National Film Award for Best Choreography | |
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Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals | |
Type | National |
Category | Indian Cinema |
Description | |
Description | Best choreography for a feature film song for a year |
Medal | Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) |
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Instituted | 1991 |
First awarded | 1992 |
Last awarded | 2016 |
Total awarded | 29 |
Cash award | ₹50,000 (US$770) |
First awardee(s) | Laxmibai Kolhapurkar |
Recent awardee(s) | Raju Sundaram |
The National Film Award for Best Choreography 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 Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1991 at 39th National Film Awards but awarded first time at 40th National Film Awards and then awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. The choreographer who has won most number of Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) for Best Choreography is Saroj Khan with 3 wins. followed by Prabhu Deva with 2 wins.
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: