The National Film Award for Best Choreography 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 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. Hindi (20 awards), Tamil (6 awards), Telugu (5 awards), Malayalam (4 awards), Bengali and Marathi (1 each).
The choreographer who has won most Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) for Best Choreography is Saroj Khan with 3 wins followed by Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram, Ganesh Acharya, and Vaibhavi Merchant with two wins each.
Sundaram and Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram are the father and son trio who are honored by this award.
Winners
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), song(s), film(s) and language(s) Year Recipient(s) Song(s) Film(s) Language(s) 1991 No Award 1992 Laxmibai Kolhapurkar Ek Hota Vidushak Marathi 1993 Sundaram Thiruda Thiruda Tamil 1994 Subethra Sivakumar Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Hindi 1995 Ileana Citaristi Yugant Bengali 1996 Prabhu Deva "Strawberry Kannae""Vennilavae Vennilavae" Minsara Kanavu Tamil 1997 Shiamak Davar "Le Gayi"”Koi Ladki Hai"”The Dance of Envy" Dil To Pagal Hai Hindi 1998 Brinda "Swargam Thedi Vannore" Daya Malayalam 1999 Arsh Tanna "Dholi Taro" Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Hindi Sameer Tanna Vaibhavi Merchant 2000 Kala Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal Malayalam 2001 Raju Khan "Ghanan Ghanan" Lagaan Hindi 2002 Saroj Khan "Dola Re Dola" Devdas Hindi 2003 Farah Khan "Idhar Chala Main Udhar Chala" Koi... Mil Gaya Hindi 2004 Prabhu Deva "Main Aisa Kyu Hoon" Lakshya Hindi 2005 Saroj Khan Sringaram Tamil 2006 Madhu Samudra Rathri Mazha Malayalam Sajeev Samudra 2007 Saroj Khan "Yeh Ishq Haaye" Jab We Met Hindi 2008 Chinni Prakash "Azeem-o-Shaan Shahenshah" Jodhaa Akbar Hindi Rekha Prakash 2009 K. Sivasankar "Dheera Dheera Dheera" Magadheera Telugu 2010 Dinesh "Otha Sollaala" Aadukalam Tamil 2011 Bosco-Caesar "Senorita" Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Hindi 2012 Birju Maharaj "Unnai Kaanadhu Naan" Vishwaroopam Tamil 2013 Ganesh Acharya "Maston Ka Jhund" Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Hindi 2014 Sudesh Adhana "Bismil"Haider Hindi 2015 Remo D'Souza "Deewani Mastani"Bajirao Mastani Hindi 2016 Raju Sundaram "Pranaamam"Janatha Garage Telugu 2017 Ganesh Acharya "Gori Tu Latth Maar" Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Hindi 2018 Jyothi D. Tomar "Ghoomar"Padmaavat Hindi Kruti Mahesh 2019 Raju Sundaram "Everest Anchuna" Maharshi Telugu 2020 Sandhya Raju "Kadambari" Natyam Telugu 2021 Prem Rakshith "Naatu Naatu" RRR Telugu 2022 Sathish Krishnan"Megam Karukkatha"ThiruchitrambalamTamil 2023 Vaibhavi Merchant "Dhindhora Baje Re" Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Hindi 2024 Vijay Ganguly "Aaj Ki Raat" Stree 2 Hindi
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References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives National Film Awards at IMDb