National Film Award for Best Directing

The National Film Award (Golden Lotus Award) for Best Direction winners:

Year	Director (Winner)	Film	Language
2005	Budhdhadeb Dasgupta	Swapner Din	Bengali
2004	Gautam Ghose	Abar Aranye	Bengali
2003	Aparna Sen	Mr. and Mrs. Iyer	English
2002	B. Lenin	Ooruku Nooruper	Tamil
2001	Rituparno Ghosh	Utsab	Bengali
2000	Budhdhadeb Dasgupta	Uttara	Bengali
1999	Rajivnath	Janani	Malayalam
1998	Jayaraaj	Kaliyattam	Malayalam
1997	Agathyan	Kaathal Kottai	Tamil
1996	Saeed Akhtar Mirza	Naseem	Hindi
1995	Jahnu Barua	Hkhagoroloi Bahu Door	Assamese
1994	T.V. Chandran	Ponthanmada	Malayalam
1993	Gautam Ghosh	Padma Nadir Majhi	Bengali
1992	Satyajit Ray	Agantuk	Bengali
1991	Tapan Sinha	Ek Doctor Ki Maut	Hindi
1990	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Mathilukal	Malayalam
1989	Shaji N. Karun	Piravi	Malayalam
1988	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Anantharam	Malayalam
1987	G. Aravindan	Oridathu	Malayalam
1986	Shyam Benegal	Trikal	Hindi
1985	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Mukhamukham	Malayalam
1984	Mrinal Sen	Khandhar	Hindi
1983	Utpalendu Chakrabarty	Chokh	Bengali
1982	Aparna Sen	36 Chowringhee Lane	English
1981	Mrinal Sen	Akaler Sandhane	Bengali
1980	Mrinal Sen	Ek Din Pratidin	Bengali
1979	G. Aravindan	Thamp	Malayalam
1978	G. Aravindan	Kanchana Sita	Malayalam
1977	P. Lankesh	Pallavi	Kannada
1976	Satyajit Ray	Jana Aranya	Bengali
1975	Satyajit Ray	Sonar Kella	Bengali
1974	Mani Kaul	Duvidha	Hindi
1973	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Swayamvaram	Malayalam
1972	Girish Karnad, B.V. Karanth	Vamsa Vriksha	Kannada
1971	Satyajit Ray	Pratidwandi	Bengali
1970	Mrinal Sen	Bhuvan Shome	Hindi
1969	Satyajit Ray	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne	Bengali
1968	Satyajit Ray	Chiriakhana	Bengali

[edit] See also

National Film Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dadasaheb Phalke Award Best Director: Indira Gandhi Award
Feature Films: Best Film \| Best Actor \| Best Actress \| Best Supporting Actor \| Best Supporting Actress
Best Art Direction \| Best Child Artist \| Best Cinematography \| Best Costume Design \| Best Director \| Best Screenplay
Best Choreography \| Best Lyrics \| Best Music Direction \| Best Male Playback Singer \| Best Female Playback Singer
Best Audiography \| Best Film Editing \| Best Special Effects \| Best Children's Film \| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Special Jury Award / Special Mention Best Feature Film on National Integration: Nargis Dutt Award
Best Films in Regional Languages
Assamese \| Bengali \| English \| Hindi \| Kannada \| Malayalam \| Marathi \| Tamil \| Telugu \| Oriya \| Punjabi \| Konkani \| Manipuri

Others: Best Book on Cinema \| Second Best Feature Film (discontinued after 1993)