The National Film Award for Best Editing is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1976, at the 24th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages; Hindi (17 awards), Tamil (12 awards), Malayalam (6 awards), Bengali (4 awards), Telugu (3 awards), English and Assamese (2 awards each), and Kannada, and Marathi (one award each) The editor with the most awards in this category is A. Sreekar Prasad with seven wins.
Multiple winners 7 wins : A. Sreekar Prasad
4 wins : Renu Saluja
3 wins : Gangadhar Naskar
2 wins : M. S. Mani, Suresh Pai, Kishore Te
Recipients
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award 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) 1976 K. Babu Rao Siri Siri Muvva Telugu 1977 Waman Bhonsle Inkaar Hindi Gurudutt Shirali 1978 Gangadhar Naskar Parasuram Bengali 1979Gangadhar Naskar Ek Din Pratidin Bengali 1980 Gangadhar Naskar Akaler Shandhaney Bengali 1981 Bhanudas Divakar Arohan Hindi 1982 Keshav Hirani Arth Hindi 1983 Mrinmoy Chakraborty Khandhar Hindi 1984 Anil Malnad Sitaara Telugu 1985 Babu Sheikh Hum Naujawan Hindi 1986 Sanjiv Shah Mirch Masala Hindi 1987 P. Mohanraj Vedham Pudhithu Tamil 1988 A. Sreekar Prasad Raakh Hindi 1989 Renu Saluja Parinda Hindi 1990 M. S. Mani Iyer the Great Malayalam 1991 Renu Saluja Dharavi Hindi 1992 M. S. Mani Sargam Malayalam 1993 Renu Saluja Sardar Hindi 1994 B. Lenin Kaadhalan Tamil V. T. Vijayan 1995 Suresh Urs Bombay Tamil 1996 A. Sreekar Prasad Rag Birag Assamese 1997 A. Sreekar Prasad The Terrorist Tamil 1998 Renu Saluja Godmother Hindi 1999 A. Sreekar Prasad Vanaprastham Malayalam 2000 Suresh Pai Snip! English Apurva Asrani 2001 Beena Paul Mitr, My Friend English 2002 A. Sreekar Prasad Kannathil Muthamittal Tamil 2003 Aarif Sheikh Samay: When Time Strikes Hindi 2004 Suresh Pai Page 3 Hindi 2005 P. S. Bharati Rang De Basanti Hindi 2006 Raja Mohammad Paruthiveeran Tamil 2007 B. Ajith Kumar Naalu Pennungal Malayalam 2008 A. Sreekar Prasad Firaaq Hindi 2009 Arghyakamal Mitra Abohomaan Bengali 2010 Kishore Te. Aadukalam Tamil 2011 Praveen K. L. Aaranya Kaandam Tamil N. B. Srikanth 2012 Namrata RaoKahaaniHindi 2013 V. J. Sabu Joseph Vallinam Tamil 2014 Vivek Harshan Jigarthanda Tamil 2015 Kishore Te Visaranai Tamil 2016 Rameshwar S. Bhagat Ventilator Marathi 2017 Rima Das Village Rockstars Assamese 2018 Nagendra K. Ujjani Nathicharami Kannada 2019 Naveen NooliJerseyTelugu 2020 A. Sreekar PrasadSivaranjiniyum Innum Sila PengalumTamil 2021 Sanjay Leela BhansaliGangubai Kathiawadi Hindi 2022 Mahesh BhuvanendAattamMalayalam 2023 Midhun MuraliPookkaalamMalayalam 2024 R. KalaivannanAmaranTamil
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives National Film Awards at IMDb