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.
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. , 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) 1991 No Award 1992 Shashilal K. Nair Angaar Hindi 1993 Sethu Thiruda Thiruda Tamil 1994 C. Murugesh Kaadhalan Tamil S. T. Venki 1995 S. T. Venki Kaalapani Malayalam 1996 S. T. Venki Indian Tamil 1997 No Award 1998 S. T. Venki Jeans Tamil 1999 Mantra Hey Ram Tamil 2000 No Award 2001 N. Madhusudhanan Aalavandhan Tamil 2002 Indian Artists Magic Magic Tamil 2003 Bimmini Special Fx Design Studios James Colmer Lara Denman Koi... Mil Gaya Hindi Digital Art Media Marc Kolbe Craig Mumma 2004 Sanath(Firefly Digital) Anji Telugu 2005 Tata Elxsi Anniyan Tamil 2006 EFX, Chennai Krrish Hindi 2007 Indian Artists Sivaji Tamil 2008 Govardhan(Tata Elxsi) Mumbai Meri Jaan Hindi 2009 R. C. Kamal Kannan Magadheera Telugu 2010 V. Srinivas Mohan Enthiran Tamil 2011 Red Chillies VFX Harry Hingorani Keitan Yadav Ra.One Hindi 2012 Makuta VFX Eega Telugu 2013 Intermezzo Studio Alien Sense Films Pvt Ltd Jal Hindi 2014 No Award 2015 V. Srinivas Mohan Baahubali: The Beginning Telugu 2016 Naveen Paul Shivaay Hindi 2017 R. C. Kamal Kannan Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Telugu 2018 Srushti Creative Studio Awe Telugu Unifi Media KGF: Chapter 1 Kannada 2019 Siddharth Priyadarshan Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea Malayalam 2020 No Award 2021 V. Srinivas Mohan RRR Telugu
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives National Film Awards at IMDb