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National Film Award for Best Cinematography
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The National Film Award for Best Cinematography 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 1967, at 15th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Till 34th National Film Awards, awards were given for Black-and-white as well as Color motion picture film. Since 37th National Film Awards, Laboratory Processing are also awarded under the same category. From 70th National Film Awards, the primary/main cinematographer is alone awarded, while eliminating the existing two sub-categories.[1]
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Multiple winners
4 wins: K. K. Mahajan, Avik Mukhopadhyay, Santosh Sivan
3 wins: Soumendu Roy, Apurba Kishore Bir, Madhu Ambat, Venu
2 wins: Ramachandra, Balu Mahendra, Ashok Mehta, Sudeep Chatterjee
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Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. The only female who has won this award is Anjuli Shukla, who won the award for her debut film, Kutty Srank (2010). Prasad Film Lab has been awarded eight times for the laboratory processing. Following are the award winners over the years:
* | Indicates Black-and-white feature film |
1967–2021
2022–present
Since the 70th National Film Awards, cinematographer alone is awarded.
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