National Film Award for Best Sound Design (non-feature film)

The National Film Award for Best Sound Design 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 non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

National Film Award for Best Sound Design
National award for contributions to non-feature films
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called	National Film Award for Best Audiography (1991–2021)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1990
Final award	2023
Most recent winner	Shubharun Sengupta
Highlights
Total awarded	37
First winner	Sujit Sarkar

The award was instituted in 1990, at 38th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, both Best Audiography and Best On-location Sound Recordist were clubbed to a single category as Best Sound Design. Since then, only the sound designer is eligible for the award.^[1]

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

Awards legends
*	On-location Sound Recordist (until 2021)

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s)
Year	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Refs.
1990 (38th)	Sujit Sarkar	Mohor	Bengali	[2]
1991 (39th)	Anil Tendulkar	Sons of Abotani: The Misings	Mishing	[3]
	Gautam Bora
1992 (40th)	Sanjoy Chatterjee	Wangala: A Garo Festival	English	[4]
1993 (41st)	Indrajit Neogi	Maihar Raag	Bengali	[5]
1994 (42nd)	Indrajit Neogi	Another Way of Learning	English	[6]
	A. M. Padmanabhan
1995 (43rd)	Shyam Sunder	Tatva	Hindi	[7]
1996 (44th)	Nihar R. Samal	Tat Tvam Asi	• Hindi  • English	[8]
1997 (45th)	Pankaj Shil	Matir Bhanr	Bengali	[9]
1998 (46th)	Satheesh P. M.	Kumar Talkies	Hindi	[10]
1999 (47th)	Chinmoy Nath	The Vehicle with a Soul of a Man	–	[11]
2000 (48th)	Hari Kumar	A Memory of the Sea	English	[12]
2001 (49th)	Anup Mukherjee	Enough of Silence	English	[13]
2002 (50th)	No Award			[14]
2003 (51st)	Ramesh Birajdar	Bhaba Paagla	Bengali	[15]
2004 (52nd)	Vivek	Kshy Tra Ghya	Hindi	[16]
2005 (53rd)	Anmol Bhave	Closer	–	[17]
2006 (54th)	Partha Barman	Bishar Blues	Bengali	[18]
2007 (55th)	Ajit Singh Rathore	Kramasha	Hindi	[19]
2008 (56th)	Mateen Ahmad	Children of the Pyre	Hindi	[20]
2009 (57th)	Lipika Singh Darai	Gaarud	• Hindi  • Marathi	[21]
2010 (58th)	Harikumar Madhavan Nair	A Pestering Journey	• Malayalam  • Punjabi  • Hindi  • English  • Tulu	[22]
2011 (59th)	Gautam Nair	1, 2	Hindi	[23]
2012 (60th)	Harikumar M.	Do Din Ka Mela	Kutchi	[24]
2013 (61st)	Gautam Nair	Chidiya Udh	–	[25]
2014 (62nd)	Anindit Roy	Tender is the Sight	–	[26]
	Ateesh Chattopadhyay
	Ayan Bhattacharya
2015 (63rd)	Moumita Roy	Edpa Kana	Kurukh	[27]
2016 (64th)	Ajith Abraham George	In Return Just a Book	English	[28]
2017 (65th)	Avinash Sonawane	Pavasacha Nibandha	Marathi
	Samarth Mahajan	The Unreserved
2018 (66th)	Bishwadeep Chatterjee	Children of the Soil
	Ajay Bedi	The Secret Life of Frogs
2019 (67th)	Allwin Rego	Radha	Musical	[29]
	Sanjay Maurya
	Saptarshi Sarkar	Rahas	Hindi
2020 (68th)	Ajit Singh Rathore	Pearl of the Desert	Rajasthani	[30]
	Sandip Bhati	Jadui Jangal (Magical Forest)	Hindi
	Pradeep Lekhwar
2021 (69th)	Krishnanunni N R	Ek Tha Gaon	• Garhwali  • Hindi	[31]
	Suruchi Sharma	Meen Raag	Rajasthani
2022 (70th)	Manas Choudhury	Yaan	• Hindi  • Malwi	[32]
2023 (71st)	Shubharun Sengupta	Dhundgiri Ke Phool	Hindi	[33]