National Film Award for Best Narration / Voice Over
| National Film Award for Best Narration / Voice Over | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to non-feature film | |
| Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Reward(s) |
|
| First award | 2003 |
| Final award | 2022 |
| Most recent winner | Sumant Shinde |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 17 |
| First winner | Balachandran Chullikkadu |
The National Film Award for Narration / Voice Over is one of the National Film Awards given by the National Film Development Corporation of India for the non-feature films. It is instituted in 2003 and awarded at 51st National Film Awards.[1]
Films made in any Indian language shot on 16 mm, 35 mm or in a wider gauge or digital format and released on either film format or video/digital but certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section.
Awards
[edit]All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize of ₹10,000 (US$120).
Following are the winners over the years:
| List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Recipient(s) | Film(s) | Language(s) | Refs. |
| 2003 (51st) |
Balachandran Chullikkadu | The 18 Elephants – 3 Monologues | Malayalam | [1] |
| 2004 (52nd) |
Yang Yen Thaw | The Legend of Fat Mama | English | [2] |
| 2005 (53rd) |
Ajay Raina | Wapsi | • English • Hindi • Urdu • Punjabi • Kashmiri |
[3] |
| 2006 (54th) |
Nedumudi Venu | Minukku | Malayalam | [4] |
| 2007 (55th) |
Vani Subramanian | Ayodhya Gatha | • English • Hindi |
[5] |
| 2008 (56th) |
Elangbam Natasha | Sana Keithel | English | [6] |
| 2009 (57th) |
Ranjan Palit | In Camera | English | [7] |
| 2010 (58th) |
Nilanjan Bhattacharya | Johar : Welcome to Our World | • Hindi • English |
[8] |
| 2011 (59th) |
Ann Abraham | Just that Sort of a Day | English | [9] |
| 2012 (60th) |
Moni Bordoloi | Suranjana Deepali | Assamese | [10] |
| 2013 (61st) |
Lipika Singh Darai | Kankee O Saapo | Oriya | [11] |
| 2014 (62nd) |
Ambooty (Anil Kumar) | Nitya Kalyani – Oru Mohiniyattam Patham | Malayalam | [12] |
| Devi S. | ||||
| 2015 (63rd) |
Harish Bhimani | Mala Laj Watat Nahai | • Marathi • Hindi • English |
[13] |
| Aliyaar | Arangile Nithya Vismayam Guru Chemancherry Kunhiraman Nair | Malayalam | ||
| 2016 (64th) |
Setsu Makino Togawa | Makino An Indian Haiku | English | [14] |
| 2017 (65th) |
Francois Castellino | The Lion of Laddak | ||
| 2018 (66th) |
Deepak Agnihotri | Madhubani – The Station of Colours | ||
| Urvija Upadhayay | ||||
| 2019 (67th) |
David Attenborough | Wild Karnataka | English | [15] |
| 2020 (68th) |
Shobha Tharoor Sreenivasan | Rhapsody of Rains – Monsoons of Kerala | English | [16] |
| 2021 (69th) |
Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee | Hati Bondhu | • English • Assamese |
[17] |
| 2022 (70th) |
Sumant Shinde | Murmurs of the Jungle | Marathi | [18] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 130. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "59th National Film Awards for 2011 – Non-Feature Films" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "67th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced". Press Information Bureau. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.