| National Film Award for Best Film Critic | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to writing about Indian Cinema | |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Reward(s) |
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| First awarded | 1984 |
| Last awarded | 2019 |
| Most recent winner | Sohini Chattopadhyay |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 40 |
| First winner | Swapan Mallick |
The National Film Award for Best Film Critic is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.