Awards & Winners

2002 National Film Awards

Check winners and nominations of 2002 National Film Awards. Check awards winners of 50th National Film Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

50th National Film Awards

National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Direction

Vinod Sukumaran

Honored for : Diary of a Housewife
Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Dev Anand

(Award for cinematic excellence)
Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director

Niti Sonee Gourisaria, Abhijit Choudhury

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

Debjani Gupta, Subhadro Chaudhary

Honored for : Prohor
National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

Bharat Shah, Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Honored for : Devdas
National Film Award for Best Children's Film
National Film Award for Best Direction

Aparna Sen

Honored for : Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration

Aparna Sen, N. Venkatesan

Honored for : Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

Anwar Jamal, George Mathew

Honored for : The Little Republic
National Film Award for Best Actor

Ajay Devgan

Honored for : The Legend of Bhagat Singh
National Film Award for Best Actress

Konkona Sen Sharma

Honored for : Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

V. Chandrasekhar

Honored for : Nanba Nanba
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

Raakhee

Honored for : Shubho Mahurat
National Film Award for Best Child Artist

Shweta Prasad

Honored for : The Web Of The Witch
National Film Award for Best Child Artist

P. S. Keerthana

Honored for : Kannathil Muthamittal
National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer

Udit Narayan

Honored for : Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai
(Song: Chhote Chhote Sapne)
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer

Shreya Ghosal

Honored for : Devdas
(Song: Bairi Piya)
National Film Award for Best Cinematography

Aveek Mukhopadhyay, Rainbow Color Lab

Honored for : Patalghar
National Film Award for Best Screenplay

Aparna Sen

Honored for : Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
National Film Award for Best Audiography

A. S. Laxmi Narayanan, H. Sridhar

Honored for : Kannathil Muthamittal
National Film Award for Best Editing

A. Sreekar Prasad

Honored for : Kannathil Muthamittal
National Film Award for Best Production Design

Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Honored for : Devdas
National Film Award for Best Costume Design
National Film Award for Best Music Direction

A. R. Rahman

Honored for : Kannathil Muthamittal
(Songs and Background Score)
National Film Award for Best Lyrics

Vairamuthu

Honored for : Kannathil Muthamittal
National Film Award for Best Special Effects

Indian Artists

Honored for : Magic Magic 3D
National Film Award for Best Choreography

Saroj Khan

Honored for : Devdas
(Song: Dola Re Dola)
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)

Prakash Raj

(Actor)
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)

Jyothirmayi

Honored for : Bhavum
(Actress)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese

Sailadhar Baruah, Jahnu Barua

Honored for : Konikar Ramdhenu
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali

Jagannath Films, Rituparno Ghosh

Honored for : Shubho Mahurat
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada

Sandesh Nagaraj, T. S. Nagabharana

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

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Honored for : Shadow Kill
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil

Madras Talkies, Mani Ratnam

Honored for : Kannathil Muthamittal
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English

Prakash Belawadi, 2 Streams Media

Honored for : Stumble
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film

Khayal Trust, Arun Khopkar

Honored for : Narayan Gangaram Surve
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Direction

Anjali Panjabi

Honored for : A Few Things I Know About Her
National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director
National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director

P. T. M. Payyoli, Vinod Mankara

Honored for : Beyond or Within
National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film

Anthropological Survey of India, Bappaditya Roy

Honored for : The Morung - Silent Witness Of The Brave Wancho
National Film Award for Best Biographical Film

Ina Puri, Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Honored for : Meeting Manjit
National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film

Films Division of India, Priya Krishnaswamy

Honored for : The Eye Of The Fish - The Kalaries Of Kerala
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film

G. Meenakshi Sundaram, B. Sivakumar

Honored for : Urumattram
National Film Award for Best Promotional Film

Indian Ministry of External Affairs, South Asia Foundation, Goutam Ghose

Honored for : The Treasure In The Snow: A Film On Sikkim
National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues

Prem Matiyani, Manisha Dwivedi

Honored for : Avchetan
National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Editing

Prathapan P.

Honored for : 00:00
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction

Raja Mitra

Honored for : Kalighat Paintings And Drawings
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)

Wrik Basu

Honored for : 00:00
(Director)
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)

Raja Mitra

Honored for : Kalighat Paintings And Drawings
National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema

Shoma Chatterjee, Parumita Publications

Honored for : Paroma and other Outsiders: The Cinema of Aparna Sen
National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema

Saaransh Publications Pvt. Ltd., Sharad Dutt

Honored for : Ritu Aaye Ritu Jaaye
National Film Award for Best Film Critic
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Film Critic)
National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation
(It was not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award.)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi
(It was not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award.)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film

Arya Bhattacharya, Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Honored for : A Tale of a Naughty Girl
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

Rajkumar Santoshi, Tips Industries Limited

Honored for : The Legend of Bhagat Singh