National Film Award for Best Editing | |
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Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals | |
Type | National |
Category | Indian Cinema |
Description | |
Description | Best film editing for the feature film for a year |
Medal | Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) |
Statistics | |
Instituted | 1976 |
First awarded | 1976 |
Last awarded | 2015 |
Total awarded | 44 |
Cash award | ₹50,000 (US$740) |
First awardee(s) | K. Babu Rao |
Recent awardee(s) | Kishore Te |
The National Film Award for Best Editing 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 1976, at 24th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. The editor with the most awards in this category is A. Sreekar Prasad with six wins.
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: