National Film Award for Best Special Effects

The National Film Award for Best Special Effects was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). At the 70th National Film Awards, the category was combined with Best Animated Film, with two categories, one for the producer and director, and the other one for visual effects supervisor, named Best AVGC Film.^[1]

National Film Award for Best Special Effects
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded for	Best special graphic effects for a feature film for a year
Sponsored by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹50,000
First award	1992
Final award	2021
Most recent winner	V. Srinivas Mohan, RRR
Highlights
Total awarded	29
First winner	Shashilal K. Nair

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. As of 2020^[update], twenty six feature films have been awarded which are made in five different languages: Tamil (ten), Hindi (seven), Telugu (seven), Malayalam (two), and Kannada (one).

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), film(s) and language(s)
Year	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Refs.
1991 (39th)	No Award			[2]
1992 (40th)	Shashilal K. Nair	Angaar	Hindi	[3]
1993 (41st)	Sethu	Thiruda Thiruda	Tamil	[4]
1994 (42nd)	C. Murugesh	Kaadhalan	Tamil	[5]
	S. T. Venki
1995 (43rd)	S. T. Venki	Kaalapani	Malayalam	[6]
1996 (44th)	S. T. Venki	Indian	Tamil	[7]
1997 (45th)	No Award			[8]
1998 (46th)	S. T. Venki	Jeans	Tamil	[9]
1999 (47th)	Mantra	Hey Ram	Tamil	[10]
2000 (48th)	No Award			[11]
2001 (49th)	N. Madhusudhanan	Aalavandhan	Tamil	[12]
2002 (50th)	Indian Artists	Magic Magic	Tamil	[13]
2003 (51st)	Bimmini Special Fx Design Studios  • James Colmer  • Lara Denman	Koi... Mil Gaya	Hindi	[14]
	Digital Art Media  • Marc Kolbe  • Craig Mumma
2004 (52nd)	Sanath (Firefly Digital)	Anji	Telugu	[15]
2005 (53rd)	Tata Elxsi	Anniyan	Tamil	[16]
2006 (54th)	EFX, Chennai	Krrish	Hindi	[17]
2007 (55th)	Indian Artists	Sivaji	Tamil	[18]
2008 (56th)	Govardhan (Tata Elxsi)	Mumbai Meri Jaan	Hindi	[19]
2009 (57th)	R. C. Kamal Kannan	Magadheera	Telugu	[20]
2010 (58th)	V. Srinivas Mohan	Enthiran	Tamil	[21]
2011 (59th)	Red Chillies VFX  • Harry Hingorani  • Keitan Yadav	Ra.One	Hindi	[22]
2012 (60th)	Makuta VFX	Eega	Telugu	[23]
2013 (61st)	Intermezzo Studio Alien Sense Films Pvt Ltd	Jal	Hindi	[24]
2014 (62nd)	No Award			[25]
2015 (63rd)	V. Srinivas Mohan	Baahubali: The Beginning	Telugu	[26]
2016 (64th)	Naveen Paul	Shivaay	Hindi	[27]
2017 (65th)	R. C. Kamal Kannan	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	Telugu	[28]
2018 (66th)	Srushti Creative Studio	Awe	Telugu
	Unifi Media	KGF: Chapter 1	Kannada
2019 (67th)	Siddharth Priyadarshan	Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea	Malayalam	[29]
2020 (68th)	No Award
2021 (69th)	V. Srinivas Mohan	RRR	Telugu	[30]