National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Narration / Voice Over

National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Narration / Voice Over
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Short Films
Description
Medal	Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal)
Statistics
Instituted	2003
First awarded	2003
Last awarded	2015
Total awarded	13
Cash award	₹10,000 (US$150)
First awardee(s)	Balachandran Chullikkadu
Recent awardee(s)	• Harish Bhimani  • Aliyaar

The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Narration / Voice Over is one of the National Film Awards given by Directorate of Film Festivals, India. It is instituted in 2003 and awarded at 51st National Film Awards.^[1]

Films made in any Indian language shot on 16 mm, 35 mm or in a wider gauge or digital format and released on either film format or video/digital but certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section.

Awards

All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize of ₹10,000 (US$150).

Following are the winners over the years:

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), language(s) and citation
Year	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Citation	Refs.
2003 (51st)	Balachandran Chullikkadu	The 18 Elephants – 3 Monologues	Malayalam	For lending feel and depth to the agonies of elephants through his voice.	[1]
2004 (52nd)	Yang Yen Thaw	The Legend of Fat Mama	English	For communicates the nostalgic journey of the Chinese community in Calcutta through a moving narration, complying with the harmonious pace of the film.	[2]
2005 (53rd)	Ajay Raina	Wapsi	• English  • Hindi  • Urdu  • Punjabi  • Kashmiri	Spoken in the first person, the director literally brings his personal voice into its making.	[3]
2006 (54th)	Nedumudi Venu	Minukku	Malayalam	For the unique style of first person narration, the quality of narrator’s voice and the selective use of narration that advances the story of the film.	[4]
2007 (55th)	Vani Subramanian	Ayodhya Gatha	• English  • Hindi	For the powerful and humane narration of Ayodhya Gatha weaves together the story of Ayodhya — its past, present and uncertain future — in a manner that touches you without overpowering you.	[5]
2008 (56th)	Elangbam Natasha	Sana Keithel	English	For a gentle and intimate voice which leads you to a great treasure house of insights on markets run by women in Manipur.	[6]
2009 (57th)	Ranjan Palit	In Camera	English	For his natural flow and engaging narration of a well-told story.	[7]
2010 (58th)	Nilanjan Bhattacharya	Johar : Welcome to Our World	• Hindi  • English	For a seamless powerful narrative about the symbiotic intricate relationship, the tribals of Jharkhand have with their forests and their struggle for existence against mindless aggressive development and flawed conservation policies, told with empathy and sincerity.	[8]
2011 (59th)	Ann Abraham	Just that Sort of a Day	English	For complementing the angst ridden film with a consciously deliberately detached narration that adds to the charm of the film.	[9]
2012 (60th)	Moni Bordoloi	Suranjana Deepali	Assamese	Evocative, gentle and understated, the voice over gives a meaningful expression to the subject of the film.	[10]
2013 (61st)	Lipika Singh Darai	Kankee O Saapo	Oriya	For its soulful and enigmatic interior dialogue between two generations that operates at an allegorical level, gently synthesising apparently unrelated visuals leaving the viewer with a strong sense of evocation.	[11]
2014 (62nd)	Ambooty (Anil Kumar)	Nitya Kalyani – Oru Mohiniyattam Patham	Malayalam	For the depth of its research and its poetic rendition of the history of Mohinyattam across the mighty empires along the riverbanks of Tungabhadra to Thanjavur.	[12]
2014 (62nd)	Devi S.
2015 (63rd)	Harish Bhimani	Mala Laj Watat Nahai	• Marathi  • Hindi  • English	For the rich baritone of the narrative underlines the plight of the under privileged.	[13]
2015 (63rd)	Aliyaar	Arangile Nithya Vismayam Guru Chemancherry Kunhiraman Nair	Malayalam	For the The rich history of voice artistry enhancing the narrative of a living legend.

References

1. "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 130. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
2. "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 124. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
3. "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 124. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
4. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 130. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
5. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 120. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
6. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 140. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
7. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 158. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
8. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 192. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
9. "59th National Film Awards for 2011 - Non-Feature Films" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
10. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
11. "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
12. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
13. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

External links

• National Film Awards Archives
• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India