| National Film Award for Best Sound Design | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to non-feature films | |
| Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Formerly called | National Film Award for Best Audiography (1991–2021) |
| Reward(s) |
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| First awarded | 1990 |
| Last awarded | 2022 |
| Most recent winner | Manas Choudhury |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 37 |
| First winner | Sujit Sarkar |
The National Film Award for Best Sound Design is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1990, at 38th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, both Best Audiography and Best On-location Sound Recordist were clubbed to a single category as Best Sound Design. Since then, only the sound designer is eligible for the award.[1]