National Film Award for Best Choreography

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).

National Film Award for Best Choreography
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
The 2023 recipient: Vaibhavi Merchant
Awarded for	Best choreography for a feature film song for a year
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1991
Final award	2023
Most recent winner	Vaibhavi Merchant, "Dhindhora Baje Re" from Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Highlights
Total awarded	38
First winner	Laxmibai Kolhapurkar
Website	http://dff.nic.in/NFA.aspx

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)	Refs.
1991 (39th)	No Award				[1]
1992 (40th)	Laxmibai Kolhapurkar	–	Ek Hota Vidushak	Marathi	[2]
1993 (41st)	Sundaram	–	Thiruda Thiruda	Tamil	[3]
1994 (42nd)	Subethra Sivakumar	–	Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!	Hindi	[4]
1995 (43rd)	Ileana Citaristi	–	Yugant	Bengali	[5]
1996 (44th)	Prabhu Deva	• "Strawberry Kannae"  • "Vennilavae Vennilavae"	Minsara Kanavu	Tamil	[6]
1997 (45th)	Shiamak Davar	• "Le Gayi"  • ”Koi Ladki Hai"  • ”The Dance of Envy"	Dil To Pagal Hai	Hindi	[7]
1998 (46th)	Brinda	"Swargam Thedi Vannore"	Daya	Malayalam	[8]
1999 (47th)	Arsh Tanna	"Dholi Taro"	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Hindi	[9]
	Sameer Tanna
	Vaibhavi Merchant
2000 (48th)	Kala	–	Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal	Malayalam	[10]
2001 (49th)	Raju Khan	"Ghanan Ghanan"	Lagaan	Hindi	[11]
2002 (50th)	Saroj Khan	"Dola Re Dola"	Devdas	Hindi	[12]
2003 (51st)	Farah Khan	"Idhar Chala Main Udhar Chala"	Koi... Mil Gaya	Hindi	[13]
2004 (52nd)	Prabhu Deva	"Main Aisa Kyu Hoon"	Lakshya	Hindi	[14]
2005 (53rd)	Saroj Khan	–	Sringaram	Tamil	[15]
2006 (54th)	Madhu Samudra	–	Rathri Mazha	Malayalam	[16]
	Sajeev Samudra
2007 (55th)	Saroj Khan	"Yeh Ishq Haaye"	Jab We Met	Hindi	[17]
2008 (56th)	Chinni Prakash	"Azeem-o-Shaan Shahenshah"	Jodhaa Akbar	Hindi	[18]
	Rekha Prakash
2009 (57th)	K. Sivasankar	"Dheera Dheera Dheera"	Magadheera	Telugu	[19]
2010 (58th)	Dinesh Kumar	"Otha Sollaala"	Aadukalam	Tamil	[20]
2011 (59th)	Bosco-Caesar	"Senorita"	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara	Hindi	[21]
2012 (60th)	Birju Maharaj	"Unnai Kaanadhu Naan"	Vishwaroopam	Tamil	[22]
2013 (61st)	Ganesh Acharya	"Maston Ka Jhund"	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag	Hindi	[23]
2014 (62nd)	Sudesh Adhana	"Bismil"	Haider	Hindi	[24]
2015 (63rd)	Remo D'Souza	"Deewani Mastani"	Bajirao Mastani	Hindi	[25]
2016 (64th)	Raju Sundaram	"Pranaamam"	Janatha Garage	Telugu	[26]
2017 (65th)	Ganesh Acharya	"Gori Tu Latth Maar"	Toilet: Ek Prem Katha	Hindi
2018 (66th)	Jyothi D. Tomar	"Ghoomar"	Padmaavat	Hindi	[27]
	Kruti Mahesh
2019 (67th)	Raju Sundaram	"Everest Anchuna"	Maharshi	Telugu	[28][29]
2020 (68th)	Sandhya Raju	"Kadambari"	Natyam	Telugu	[30]
2021 (69th)	Prem Rakshith	"Naatu Naatu"	RRR	Telugu	[31]
2022 (70th)	Jani Master	"Megam Karukkatha"	Thiruchitrambalam	Tamil	[32]
	Sathish Krishnan
2023 (71st)	Vaibhavi Merchant	"Dhindhora Baje Re"	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani	Hindi	[33]