National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

The National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Since 1984, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the NFDC to an actress for the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema. It is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Actress in a Supporting Role".

The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" (Silver Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of . Including ties and repeat winners, the NFDC has presented a total of 41 Best Supporting Actress awards to 35 different actresses. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages, the performances of films that have won awards are of 11 languages: Hindi (20 awards), Malayalam (8 awards), Bengali (4 awards), Tamil (4 awards), English (2 awards), Gujarati (1 award), Haryanvi (1 award), Marathi (1 award), Meitei (1 award), Odia (1 award) and Urdu (1 award).

The first recipient was Rohini Hattangadi, who was honoured at the 32nd National Film Awards for her performance in the Hindi film Party (1984). edition, Surekha Sikri has been honoured thrice for her Hindi films – Tamas (1987), Mammo (1994) and Badhaai Ho (2018). K. P. A. C. Lalitha won the award two times for her work in the Malayalam films Amaram (1990) and Shantham (2000) along with Pallavi Joshi for her work in Hindi films The Tashkent Files (2019) and The Kashmir Files (2021) and Urvashi for her works in Malayalam films Achuvinte Amma (2005) and Ullozhukku (2023). Egyptian actress Aida El-Kashef, who was honoured at the 61st National Film Awards for her performance in the English-Hindi film Ship of Theseus (2013) is the only non-Indian actress to win the award. Urvashi and Kalpana are the only siblings to receive the honour. Ties between two actresses have occurred in the years 1999, 2012, 2013 and 2023. Sharmila Tagore, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kangana Ranaut are the three actresses to receive honours in both acting categories: Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

Recipients Key Symbol Meaning Indicates a joint award for that year

+ List of award recipients, showing the year, role, film and language(s). Year Recipient Role Work Language(s) 1984 Mohini Barve Party Hindi 1985 Mausi Rao Saheb Hindi 1986 Champa Bhangala Silata Odia 1987 Rajo Tamas Hindi 1988 Sudha Ek Din Achanak Hindi 1989 Unknown Pudhea Paadhai Tamil 1990 Bhargavi Amaram Malayalam 1991 Unknown Yamanam Malayalam 1992 Panchavarnam Thevar Magan Tamil 1993 Geeta Devi Woh Chokri Hindi 1994 Fayyazi Mammo Hindi 1995 Grandmother Kathapurushan Malayalam 1996 Sakina Sardari Begum Urdu 1997 Nisha Sandhu Dil To Pagal Hai Hindi 1998 Maltibai Barve Hu Tu Tu Hindi 1999 Malati Bariwali Bengali Khuku Paromitar Ek Din Bengali 2000 Narayani Shantham Malayalam 2001 Deepa Pandey Chandni Bar Hindi 2002 Ranga Pishima Shubho Mahurat Bengali 2003 Aparna Abar Aranye Bengali 2004 Margaret D'Costa Akale Malayalam 2005 K. P. Vanaja Achuvinte Amma Malayalam 2006 Indu Tyagi Omkara Hindi 2007 Vandana The Last Lear English 2008 Shonali Gujral Fashion Hindi 2009 Bhumi "Bum" Bhardwaj Paa Hindi 2010 Ammini Amma Namma Gramam Tamil 2011 Yaipabhee Phijigee Mani Meitei 2012 Dolly Arora Vicky Donor Hindi Razia Beevi Thanichalla Njan Malayalam 2013 Channamma Astu Marathi Aliya Kamal Ship of Theseus English/Hindi 2014 Unknown Pagdi – The Honour Haryanvi 2015 Radhabai Bajirao Mastani Hindi 2016 Young Geeta Phogat Dangal Hindi 2017 Ramadeep Braitch Irada Hindi 2018 Durga Devi Kaushik ("Dadi") Badhaai Ho Hindi 2019 Ayisha Ali Shah The Tashkent Files Hindi2020 SivaranjiniSivaranjiniyum Innum Sila PengalumTamil 2021 Radhika Menon The Kashmir Files Hindi 2022 Shabina Siddiqui Uunchai Hindi2023 Aarya Vash Gujarati Leelamma Ullozhukku Malayalam2024 Sachana Namidass Jothi Maharaja Tamil Roopashree Varkady Jyothi Mithya Kannada

National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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