National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)

National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Indian Cinema
Description
Medal	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) (Special Jury Award)
Statistics
Instituted	1978
First awarded	1979 (Special Jury Award) 1978 (Special Mention)
Last awarded	2015
Total awarded	51 (Special Jury Award) 61 (Special Mention)
Cash award	₹200,000 (US$3,000) (Special Jury Award)
Previous name(s)	Special Commendation (1978)
First awardee(s)	• Special Jury Award  • Acharya Kripalani  • Special Mention  • Mrinal Sen  • Muzaffar Ali
Recent awardee(s)	• Special Jury Award  • Kalki Koechlin  • Special Mention  • Rinku Rajguru  • Jayasurya  • Ritika Singh

The National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) 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. The recipients of Special Jury Award are awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus), cash prize of ₹200,000 (US$3,000) and certificate of merit; whereas recipients of Special Mention are awarded with certificate of merit.

The award was instituted in 1978, at 26th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus), cash prize of ₹200,000 (US$3,000) and certificate of merit for the recipients of Special Jury Award; whereas recipients of Special Mention are awarded with certificate of merit. This award considers all the aspects of film making than individual area. Following are the award winners over the years:

Special Jury Award

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), awarded as, film(s), language(s) and citation
Year	Recipient(s)	Awarded as	Film(s)	Language(s)	Citation	Refs.
1978 (26th)	No Award					[1]
1979 (27th)	–	Director	Acharya Kripalani	English	–	[2]
1980 (28th)	No Award					[3]
1981 (29th)	Satyajit Ray	Director	Sadgati	Hindi	For making the strongest of comments in the simplest of languages on the caste system and for probing the complex relationship between a downtrodden tanner and a callous Brahmin priest in a village.	[4]
1982 (30th)	No Award					[5]
1983 (31st)	Mankada Ravi Varma	Director	Nokkukuthi	Malayalam	For successfully using a unique idiom to recreate a folk legend through dance and poetry.	[6]
1984 (32nd)	T. S. Ranga	Director	Giddh	Hindi	–	[7]
1985 (33rd)	Sudha Chandran	Actress	Mayuri	Telugu	For her work in the film in which, in her first screen appearance, she convincingly recreates her own life-story with courage and determination.	[8]
1986 (34th)	John Abraham	Director	Amma Ariyan	Malayalam	For his directorial excellence and originality in the treatment.	[9]
1987 (35th)	M. B. Sreenivasan (Posthumously)	Music director	–	–	For his contribution to a whole genre of film music, for promoting the welfare of technicians of all disciplines in the film industry and for pioneering choral music of a very high order and community singing on a national scale.	[10]
1988 (36th)	Ashok Ahuja	Director	Vasundhara	Hindi	For the sensitive and compulsive evolution of the much needed love for the eco-system and for defining the role of humanity in saving mankind and nature from devastation.	[11]
1989 (37th)	Amitabh Chakraborty	Director	Kaal Abhirati	Bengali	For having had the courage of his convictions in making this experimental film which sets out to explore new horizons in the realm of film making.	[12]
1990 (38th)	Pankaj Kapur	Actor	Ek Doctor Ki Maut	Hindi	For having effectively projected the in-built trauma of an aspiring, thinking, creative mind, in the context of a demoralising, fossilised system of establishment that does not provide scope for fruitation of a path-finding spirit.	[13]
1990 (38th)	Sunny Deol	Actor	Ghayal	Hindi	For an effective portrayal of a youth, victimised by the inherent evil in aspects of the present police system.
1990 (38th)	Jayabharathi	Actress	Marupakkam	Tamil	For a touching portrayal of the agony of a woman who has been emotionally neglected, unwittingly.
1991 (39th)	Soumitra Chatterjee	Actor	Antardhan	Bengali	For his outstanding screen performances, especially in the films of Satyajit Ray.	[14]
1992 (40th)	Sivaji Ganesan	Actor	Thevar Magan	Tamil	–	[15]
1992 (40th)	Ketan Mehta	Director	Maya Memsaab	Hindi	–
1993 (41st)	Shashi Kapoor	Actor	Muhafiz	Urdu	For a sensitive portrayal of the feeling of the poet, who is a representative of a dying humanistic culture, in course of which the life of imagination is undermined by the pressure of materialistic values.	[16]
1993 (41st)	Pallavi Joshi	Actress	Woh Chokri	Hindi	For enacting competently and realistically, a whole gamut of experiences and emotions, embracing a women's life from childhood to adulthood.
1994 (42nd)	Radhu Karmakar (Posthumously)	Cinematographer	Param Vir Chakra	Hindi	In appreciation of a lifetime achievement in creating some of the most memorable moments in Indian film history.	[17]
1994 (42nd)	Shaji N. Karun	Director	Swaham	Malayalam	For one of the most outstanding directors of Indian cinema, for sensitively probing the vacuum created in a family, when its central pivot is lost in death.
1995 (43rd)	Shyam Benegal	Director	The Making of the Mahatma	English	For effectively recreating the formative years of Gandhi during his early years in South Africa thereby giving insight into the future "Mahatma".	[18]
1996 (44th)	Amol Palekar	Director	Daayraa	Hindi	For the sensitive handling of a challenging theme laying bare the agony and courage of a neglected and marginalised section of our society.	[19]
1996 (44th)	Kiron Kher	Actress	Sardari Begum	Urdu	For superb depiction of a dynamic person who breaks shackles of society and achieves excellence in her chosen profession.
1997 (45th)	Jaimala	Actress	Thaayi Saheba	Kannada	For her restrained and compellig portrayal of a woman who silently goes through the journey of life with grace and poise.	[20]
1998 (46th)	• Drishyakavya  • Ashoke Viswanathan	• Producer  • Director	Kitchhu Sanlap Kitchhu Pralap	Bengali	The film is extra-ordinary in its experimental effort and works as a satire on our value system dominated by the pseudo intellectuals.	[21]
1999 (47th)	Kalabhavan Mani	Actor	Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum	Malayalam	For a sensitive and realistic portrayal of a blind man complete with his behavioural and gestural distortions as he copes with difficulties in making life meaningful.	[22]
2000 (48th)	Soumitra Chatterjee	Actor	Dekha	Bengali	For his realistic portrayal of the scion of a fading aristocracy who has lost his eyesight. Soumitra with great subtlety takes us through myriad evoking situations of his life, past and present with great sensitivity.	[23]
2001 (49th)	Janaki Vishwanathan	Director	Kutty	Tamil	For its realistic portrayal of the transition of a girl child from rural Tamilnadu to Chennai, in search of a livelihood. The film sensitises its viewers to the exploitation of child domestic labour, commonly prevalent within middle class families.	[24]
2002 (50th)	Prakash Raj	Actor	–	–	For the impressive power and versatility, which he has contributed to films in multiple languages.	[25]
2003 (51st)	Manoj Bajpai	Actor	Pinjar	Hindi	For his portrayal of the dilemma of a man caught between the dictates of his community and his love for his wife.	[26]
2003 (51st)	• Roopkatha  • Goutam Halder	• Producer  • Director	Bhalo Theko	Bengali	For its quiet but masterful foray into the new cinematic idioms.
2004 (52nd)	J. Phillip	Actor	Dancer	Tamil	For his incredible acting and dance performance despite being a physically challenged person.	[27]
2005 (53rd)	Anupam Kher	Actor	Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara	Hindi	For an outstanding performance in the film that brings alive the plight of an Alzheimer’s patient who is alienated from the real world.	[28]
2006 (54th)	Vishal Bhardwaj	Director	Omkara	Hindi	For an outstanding film that synergises international treatment with an earthy, rooted sensibility.	[29]
2007 (55th)	• Anil Kapoor  • Feroz Abbas Khan	• Producer  • Director	Gandhi, My Father	• Hindi  • English	For throwing light on a relatively unknown aspect of the Father of the Nation and his stormy relationship with his difficult rebellious son, in a rare and compelling manner.	[30]
2008 (56th)	• NFDC  • K. M. Madhusudhanan	• Producer  • Director	Bioscope	Malayalam	For its exciting revival of a sincerely personal style to look back on a chapter of history.	[31]
2009 (57th)	A. Sreekar Prasad	Editor	• Kaminey  • Keralavarma Pazhassiraja  • Kutty Srank	• Hindi  • Malayalam  • Malayalam	For his continued pursuance of excellence to the art and craft of editing, covering a range of themes and styles.	[32]
2010 (58th)	• Bindiya Khanolkar  • Sachin Khanolkar  • Anant Mahadevan	• Producer  • Producer  • Director	Mee Sindhutai Sapkal	Marathi	For a powerful cinematic presentation of an epic journey of a living character, an abandoned woman who refused to become a victim and in the process not only transformed her own life but also the lives of many others.	[33]
2011 (59th)	Anjan Dutt	• Actor  • Singer  • Writer  • Director	Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona	Bengali	For his versatility. He is an actor, singer, writer and director. As actor, he has portrayed with complete ease the alcoholic, debauched and ageing pop singer whose arrogance blinds him to the fine feelings of others. The stage performance at the beginning establishes his multi dimensional abilities. Finally as a director, Dutt imbues the film with a surrealistic look of a world of dreams, drugs and irresponsibility. His performance is a cry from the heart for a lost age and a reconciliation with an emergent new angst.	[34]
2012 (60th)	Rituparno Ghosh	• Actor  • Writer  • Director	Chitrangada	Bengali	For his excellent grasp of the medium of cinema and his multi-faceted versatility.	[35]
2012 (60th)	Nawazuddin Siddiqui	Actor	Kahaani Gangs of Wasseypur Dekh Indian Circus Talaash	Hindi	An actor with an enviable range of histrionics who created a niche for himself in a variety of films.
2013 (61st)	• Viva In En  • Mahesh Limaye	• Producer  • Director	Yellow	Marathi	An unbelievably inspiring film about a specially gifted girl who overcomes all the odds to make an international mark.	[36]
2013 (61st)	• Future East Film Pvt Ltd  • Ashim Ahluwalia	• Producer  • Director	Miss Lovely	Hindi	Set in the criminal depths of Mumbai’s c-grade film industry, bathed in sleaze and sex, the plot explores intense and mutually destructive relationships. A densely layered narrative, period costumes and production design conveys a pulp style, all its own.
2014 (62nd)	Bhaurao Karhade	Director	Khwada	Marathi	For a hard-hitting but restrained narration of the harsh realities of a nomadic shepherd community who are in search of stability.	[37]
2015 (63rd)	Kalki Koechlin	Actor	Margarita with a Straw	Hindi	For the realistic performance as a young woman afflicted with cerebral palsy.	[38]

Special Mention

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), awarded as, film(s), language(s) and citation
Year	Recipient(s)	Awarded as	Film(s)	Language(s)	Citation	Refs.
1978 (26th)	Mrinal Sen	Director	Parashuram	Bengali	For the senstive treatment of the problem of rural migrants to cities.	[1]
1978 (26th)	Muzaffar Ali	Director	Gaman	Hindi	For the senstive treatment of the problem of rural migrants to cities.
1979 (27th)	No Award					[2]
1980 (28th)	No Award					[3]
1981 (29th)	No Award					[4]
1982 (30th)	No Award					[5]
1983 (31st)	Kumar Shahani	Director	Tarang	Hindi	–	[6]
1984 (32nd)	No Award					[7]
1985 (33rd)	No Award					[8]
1986 (34th)	Sandip Ray	Director	Himghar	Bengali	–	[9]
1987 (35th)	M. B. Sreenivasan (Posthumously)	Music director	–	–	For his contribution to a whole genre of film music, for promoting the welfare of technicians of all disciplines in the film industry and for pioneering choral music of a very high order and community singing on a national scale.	[10]
1988 (36th)	Aamir Khan	Actor	• Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak  • Raakh	Hindi	For the imaginative, innovative and promising performance of character roles in the films.	[11]
1989 (37th)	Anupam Kher	Actor	Daddy	Hindi	For having played with great finesse and an unequalled range, the role of a gifted artiste hurt by unfortunate personal relationships.	[12]
1989 (37th)	Mohanlal	Actor	Kireedam	Malayalam	For portraying young man's agony and pain marvellously and in unique style.
1990 (38th)	Anoubham Kiranmala	Actress	Ishanou	Manipuri	For a debut performance depicting various levels of conflict effectively.	[13]
1991 (39th)	Mamata Shankar	Actress	Agantuk	Bengali	For her performance as the housewife.	[14]
1991 (39th)	Ravindran	Music director	Bharatham	Malayalam	For the quality of music composed for the song.
1992 (40th)	Sibaprasad Sen	Director	Pasanda Pandit	Bengali	For his refreshing directorial debut.	[15]
1993 (41st)	• Tahir Hussain  • Mahesh Bhatt	• Producer  • Director	Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke	Hindi	For an enjoyable and wholesome entertainment at the level of innocent comedy.	[16]
1993 (41st)	• Jugal Debata  • Susant Misra	• Producer  • Director	Indradhanura Chhai	Oriya	For their film, a sensitive exploration of a woman's experience of loneliness in the context of the inexorable passage of time, culminating on a positive note of redemption through symbolic images.
1994 (42nd)	Mahesh Mahadevan	Music director	Nammavar	Tamil	For his unusual and innovative score, using sound effects as an integral part of his musical arrangement.	[17]
1994 (42nd)	Bishnu Kharghoria	Actor	Xagoroloi Bohudoor	Assamese	For his poignant and memorable role for bringing alive the heartrending agony of a boatman and his grandson, who is not only deserted by his son, but also his life sustaining river – his only source of livelihood.
1994 (42nd)	S. Kumar ISC	Cinematographer	Parinayam	Malayalam	For recreating and bringing to life an ambiance and characters that help lend credibility to a difficult and complex scenario. Sensitively handled and a sustained performance where the camera and lights have been used as an extension of the creative story teller.
1995 (43rd)	Uttara Baokar	Actress	Doghi	Marathi	For her sensitive portrayal of the agony of a mother in the midst of poverty and honour.	[18]
1995 (43rd)	Rohini	Actress	Stri	Telugu	For her lively and poignant performance in the role of a village woman longing for love from her unpredictable paramour.
1995 (43rd)	Benaf Dadachandji	Child actor	Halo	Hindi	For her charming and natural performance.
1996 (44th)	Dolon Roy	Actress	Sanghat	Bengali	For her performance in the film.	[19]
1996 (44th)	Bhagirathee	Actress	Adajya	Assamese	For her performance in Durga's role in the film.
1997 (45th)	Akkineni Nagarjuna	Actor	Annamayya	Telugu	For his fine acting depicting various complex moods in wide ranging situations.	[20]
1997 (45th)	Jomol	Actress	Ennu Swantham Janakikutty	Malayalam	For her natural portrayal of an innocent adolescent who becomes psychologically disturbed due to loneliness and rejection, finally her mental and emotional balance.
1998 (46th)	Dasari Narayana Rao	• Producer  • Director	Kante Koothurne Kanu	Telugu	For taking a stand on gender discrimination.	[21]
1998 (46th)	Prakash Raj	Actor	Antahpuram	Telugu	For his wholesome performance of the obsessive feudal lord still, living in medieval times.
1998 (46th)	Manju Warrier	Actress	Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu	Malayalam	For her subdued and consistence performance in several films entered for the awards.
1999 (47th)	Mohan Joshi	Actor	Gharabaher	Marathi	For his wonderfully controlled performance of a corrupt politician.	[22]
1999 (47th)	Manju Borah	Director	Baibhab	Assamese	For her poetic expression in her debut film.
1999 (47th)	Kavita Lankesh	Director	Deveeri	Kannada	For her exuberant debut as a director.
2000 (48th)	No Award					[23]
2001 (49th)	• Dilip Doley  • Narayan Seal	Director	Panoi-Jongki	• Miri  • Mishing	For effectively capturing the spirit of the colourful mongoloid tribe located at the foot hills of Arunachal Pradesh .	[24]
2002 (50th)	Jyothirmayi	Actress	Bhavam	Malayalam	For her remarkable performance.	[25]
2003 (51st)	H. G. Dattatreya	Actor	Mouni	Kannada	For his tremendous screen presence that makes the film.	[26]
2003 (51st)	Nedumudi Venu	Actor	–	Malayalam	For his extra ordinary versatility in a range of roles in Malayalam films made in 2003.
2004 (52nd)	Gurdas Maan	Actor	Des Hoyaa Pardes	Punjabi	For an effective portrayal of an innocent, helpless, patriotic young Punjabi landlord caught in crossfire between terrorists and the police.	[27]
2004 (52nd)	Pradeep Nair	Director	Oridam	Malayalam	For his credible attempt at creating a new imagery and effective cinematic language in his debut film.
2005 (53rd)	No Award					[28]
2006 (54th)	Thilakan	Actor	Eakantham	Malayalam	For his evocative portrayal of a man ageing with grace and dignity.	[29]
2006 (54th)	Prosenjit Chatterjee	Actor	Dosar	Bengali	For his effective portrayal of a man, emotionally expressive despite his physical immobility.
2007 (55th)	No Award					[30]
2008 (56th)	No Award					[31]
2009 (57th)	Padmapriya Janakiraman	Actress	–	–	For the range and skill of an actor to portray varied characters in films of different languages.	[32]
2010 (58th)	K. Shivaram Karanth (Posthumously)	Writer	Bettada Jeeva	Kannada	For an industry that has steadfastly refused to acknowledge and reward its creative fountainhead – the creator of its stories – the citation acknowledges a literary giant, the late Dr. Shivaram Karanth. The citation also acknowledges his valuable association with the world of Indian cinema.	[33]
2011 (59th)	Mallika	Actress	Byari	Beary	For boldly essaying the role of Nadira, a young Muslim woman, persecuted by a rigid patriarchal system. She faithfully portrays the nuances of her character well as she goes through a turbulent married life even as she maintains a fine balance between the film's melodramatic form and the reality of the conditions in which many Indian women are trapped.	[34]
2011 (59th)	Sherrey	Director	Adimadhyantham	Malayalam	For the unique visualisation of the world of a hearing impaired child in rural Kerala. He skilfully combines folk tale, performance and simple graphics to illustrate the growth of an introverted boy who reconciles his impoverished world with the facts of life. He also inserts the cinematic landscape with folk rituals and performances.
2012 (60th)	Lal	Actor	Ozhimuri	Malayalam	A powerful portrayal of a highly surcharged role transcending different age groups in the Malayalam film Ozhimuri.	[35]
2012 (60th)	H. G. Dattatreya	Actor	Bharath Stores	Kannada	For his effortless and natural performance of a small time grocery retailer in the Kannada film Bharath Stores.
2012 (60th)	Bishnu Kharghoria	Actor	Baandhon	Assamese	For emoting the life and moods of an old man caught in the vortex of the tragedies of life in the Assamese film Baandhon.
2012 (60th)	Parineeti Chopra	Actress	Ishaqzaade	Hindi	For her convincing delineation of a daredevil girl in a moving drama of love and tragedy in the Hindi film Ishaqzade.
2012 (60th)	Tannishtha Chatterjee	Actress	Dekh Indian Circus	Hindi	For the portrayal of a village housewife from the oppressed and downtrodden class who fights for her dignity and honour in the face of extreme adversities in the Hindi film Dekh Indian Circus.
2012 (60th)	Hansraj Jagtap	Child actor	Dhag	Marathi	For his realistic portrayal of an impressionable yet responsible poor boy, living in the unlikely environs of a crematorium and his coming of age on the demise of his father in the Marathi film Dhag.
2012 (60th)	Thilakan (Posthumously)	Actor	Ustad Hotel	Malayalam	For his sensitive performance as a crusading self-made small-time hotelier with a heart for basic human values.
2013 (61st)	Gauri Gadgil	Child actor	Yellow	Marathi	To pay our salutation to the indomitable spirit of a special child.	[36]
2013 (61st)	Sanjana Rai	Child actor	Yellow	Marathi	For his effortless and natural performance of a small time grocery retailer in the Kannada film Bharath Stores.
2013 (61st)	Anjali Patil	Actor	Na Bangaaru Talli	Telugu	Kudos to the courage of a girl, who brought out her real life story and told it to the world.
2014 (62nd)	Musthafa	Actor	Ain	Malayalam	For the minute and nuanced manner in which he assays the imperceptible transformation of a carefree youth into a compassionate and responsible young man.	[37]
2014 (62nd)	Palomi Ghosh	Actor	Nachom-ia Kumpasar	Konkani	For her extraordinarily energetic performance as a girl whose infectious passion for singing and love comes at enormous personal cost.
2014 (62nd)	Parth Bhalerao	Child actor	Killa Bhoothnath Returns	Marathi Hindi	For lovable portrayals with rare aplomb of an impish and caring child in both Killa and Bhootnath Returns.
2015 (63rd)	Rinku Rajguru	Actor	Sairat	Marathi	For her effective portrayal of a lively girl who defies societal norms but ultimately has to face the wrath of her family.	[38]
2015 (63rd)	Jayasurya	Actor	• Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam  • Lukka Chuppi	Malayalam	For his inventive and heartfelt performance in varied roles.
2015 (63rd)	Ritika Singh	Actress	Irudhi Suttru	Tamil	For her gutsy performance of a boxer in the making.

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External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives
• National Film Awards at IMDB