National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema

National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Best Writing on Indian Cinema
Description
Medal	Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
Statistics
Instituted	1981
First awarded	1981
Last awarded	2014
Total awarded	39
Cash award	₹50,000 (US$740)
First awardee(s)	Thamizh Cinemavin Kathai
Recent awardee(s)	Dr. Rajkumar Samagra Charitre

The National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema 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 Best Writing on Indian Cinema and awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1981, at 29th National Film Awards and awarded annually for books written 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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