National Film Award for Best Special Effects

National Film Award for Best Special Effects
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded forBest special graphic effects for a feature film for a year
Sponsored byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • 50,000 (US$600)
First awarded1992 (Instituted in 1991)
Last awarded2023
Most recent winnerV. Srinivas Mohan (RRR)
Highlights
Total awarded29
First winnerShashilal K. Nair

The National Film Award for Best Special Effects was 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 was one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). At the 70th National Film Awards, the category was combined with Best Animated Film, with two categories, one for the producer and director, and the other one for visual effects supervisor, named Best AVGC Film.[1]

The award was instituted in 1991 at 39th National Film Awards but awarded first time at 40th National Film Awards and then awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. As of 2020, twenty six feature films have been awarded which are made in five different languages: Tamil (ten), Hindi (seven), Telugu (seven), Malayalam (two), and Kannada (one).

  1. ^ Bharat, E. T. V. (13 February 2024). "National Film Awards Undergo Changes, Nargis Dutt, Indira Gandhi Categories Renamed". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 20 August 2024.