| National Film Award for Best Make-up | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions toIndian Cinema | |
| Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Formerly called | National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist (2006–2021) |
| Rewards |
|
| First award | 2006 |
| Final award | 2023 |
| Most recent winner | Shrikant Desai,Sam Bahadur |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 18 |
| First winner | Anil Motiram Palande |
TheNational Film Award for Best Make-up is one of theNational Film Awards presented annually by theNational Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 2006, at54th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Since the70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "National Film Award for Best Make-up".[1]
• 3 wins : Vikram Gaikwad
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 | Film(s) | Language(s) | Refs. |
| 2006 (54th) | Anil Motiram Palande | Traffic Signal | Hindi | [2] |
| 2007 (55th) | Pattanam Rasheed | Paradesi | Malayalam | [3] |
| 2008 (56th) | U. K. Sasi | Naan Kadavul | Tamil | [4] |
| 2009 (57th) | Christien Tinsley | Paa | Hindi | [5] |
| Dominie Till | ||||
| 2010 (58th) | Vikram Gaikwad | Moner Manush | Bengali | [6] |
| 2011 (59th) | Vikram Gaikwad | • Balgandharva • The Dirty Picture | • Marathi • Hindi | [7] |
| 2012 (60th) | Raja | Vazhakku Enn 18/9 | Tamil | [8] |
| 2013 (61st) | Vikram Gaikwad | Jaatishwar | Bengali | [9] |
| 2014 (62nd) | Raju | Naanu Avanalla...Avalu | Kannada | [10] |
| Nagaraj | ||||
| 2015 (63rd) | Preetisheel Singh | Nanak Shah Fakir | Punjabi | [11] |
| Clover Wootton | ||||
| 2016 (64th) | N. K. Ramakrishna | Allama | Kannada | [12] |
| 2017 (65th) | Ram Rajjak | Nagarkirtan | Bengali | [13] |
| 2018 (66th) | Ranjith | Awe | Telugu | [14] |
| 2019 (67th) | Ranjith Ambady | Helen | Malayalam | [15] |
| 2020 (68th) | T. V. Ram Babu | Natyam | Telugu | [16] |
| 2021 (69th) | Preetisheel Singh | Gangubai Kathiawadi | Hindi | [17][18] |
| 2022 (70th) | Somnath Kundu | Aparajito | Bengali | [19] |
| 2023 (71st) | Shrikant Desai | Sam Bahadur | Hindi | [20] |