Awards & Winners

1996 National Film Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1996 National Film Awards. Check awards winners of 44th National Film Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

44th National Film Awards

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Sivaji Ganesan

(Awarded as an Actor)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film

Chitrani Lahiri, Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Honored for : Red Door
Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director

Bhaben Baruah, Khanin Baruah, Bidyut Chakraborty

Honored for : Rag Birag
National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

R.V. Pandit, Gulzar

Honored for : Maachis
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration

P. V. Gangadharan, Sibi Malayil

Honored for : Kanakkinavu
National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare

Prabhat Roy, Robin Agarwal

Honored for : Latthi
National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

Pooja Bhatt, Mahesh Bhatt

Honored for : Tamanna
National Film Award for Best Children's Film

Raja Sen, Art Films

Honored for : Damu
National Film Award for Best Direction

Agathiyan

Honored for : Kadhal Kottai
National Film Award for Best Actor

Kamal Haasan

Honored for : Indian
National Film Award for Best Actress

Tabu

Honored for : Maachis
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

Nana Patekar

Honored for : Agni Sakshi
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

Rajeshwari Sachdev

Honored for : Sardari Begum
National Film Award for Best Child Artist

Baby Kavya

Honored for : Little Soldiers
National Film Award for Best Child Artist

Master Kumar

Honored for : Journey to Wisdom
National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Honored for : Minsaara Kanavu
(Song: Thangathamara)
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer

K.S. Chithra

Honored for : Minsaara Kanavu
(Song: Manamathurai)
National Film Award for Best Cinematography

Mrinalkanti Das

Honored for : Adajya, Rag Birag
National Film Award for Best Screenplay

Agathiyan

Honored for : Kadhal Kottai
National Film Award for Best Audiography

Krishnan Unni

Honored for : Journey to Wisdom
National Film Award for Best Editing

A. Sreekar Prasad

Honored for : Rag Birag
National Film Award for Best Production Design

Thota Tharani

Honored for : Indian
National Film Award for Best Costume Design

Danda Pani

Honored for : Kulam
National Film Award for Best Music Direction

A. R. Rahman

Honored for : Minsaara Kanavu
National Film Award for Best Lyrics

Javed Akhtar

Honored for : Saaz
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)

Amol Palekar

Honored for : The Square Circle
(Director)
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)

Kirron Kher

Honored for : Sardari Begum
(Actress)
National Film Award for Best Special Effects

S. T. Venki

Honored for : Indian
National Film Award for Best Choreography

Prabhu Deva

Honored for : Minsaara Kanavu
(Song: Vennilave Vennilave and Strawberry Kanne)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese

Santwana Bardoloi, Nayan Prasad

Honored for : Adajya
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali

Pinaki Chaudhuri

Honored for : Sanghat
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

Amit Khanna, Mahesh Bhatt, Goutam Ghose

Honored for : Gudia
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada

Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, G. Nandakumar

Honored for : America America
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam

Jayaraj

Honored for : Journey to Wisdom
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi

K.B. Joshi, Ravindra Surve, Sanjay Soorkar

Honored for : Rao Saheb
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya

Alaya Kumar Mohanty, Himanshu Sekhar Khatua

Honored for : Shunya Swaroopa
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil

Agathiyan, D. Pandian

Honored for : Kadhal Kottai
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu

Nagarjuna, Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi

Honored for : Ninne Pelladata
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Urdu

Amit Khanna, Mahesh Bhatt, Shyam Benegal

Honored for : Sardari Begum
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film

Shaji N. Karun, Manu Grover

Honored for : Shams Vision
National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director

Film and Television Institute of India, V. Sudhakar Rao

Honored for : Yeh woh sahar to nahin
National Film Award for Best Biographical Film

Prabin Hazarika, Digbijay Medhi

Honored for : Hastir Kanya
National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film

Saroj Satyanarayan

Honored for : Nauka Charitramu
National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues

O K Johnny, Jose Sebastian

Honored for : Silent Screams: A Village Chronicle
National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film

Ali Akbar, Abraham Benhur

Honored for : Rabia Chalikkunnu
National Film Award for Best Investigative Film

Yash Chowdhary, V. Packiri Swamy

Honored for : N. M. No. 309 Bhiwandi Tragedy
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film

Arun Gongade

Honored for : The Lost Horizon
National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film
National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film

F & T, V. T. I. N. Chennai, P. Venkatesh

Honored for : Vidiyalai Nokki
National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)

Dolon Roy

Honored for : Sanghat
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)

Bhagirothi

Honored for : Adajya
National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema

S. Theodore Baskaran, East West Books Pvt. Ltd.

Honored for : The Eye of the Serpent
National Film Award for Best Film Critic
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography

Prasad Film Laboratory, Hari Nair

Honored for : Shams Vision
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Audiography

Nihar R. Samal

Honored for : Tat Tvam Asi
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Editing

A. Sreekar Prasad

Honored for : Nauka Charitramu
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)

Nilotpal Majumdar

Honored for : Dhatu Jhar '96