| National Film Award for Best Special Effects | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to Indian Cinema | |
| Awarded for | Best special graphic effects for a feature film for a year |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Reward(s) |
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| First awarded | 1992 (Instituted in 1991) |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
| Most recent winner | V. Srinivas Mohan (RRR) |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 29 |
| First winner | Shashilal 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[update], 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).