Namrata Joshi

National Film Award for Best Film Critic
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Best Writing on Indian Cinema
Description
Medal	Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
Statistics
Instituted	1984
First awarded	1984
Last awarded	2014
Total awarded	34
Cash award	₹75,000 (US$1,200)
First awardee(s)	Swapan Mallick
Recent awardee(s)	G. Dhananjayan

The National Film Award for Best Film Critic is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Award includes 'Swarna Kamal' (Golden Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

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