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| National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to Indian Cinema | |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Reward(s) |
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| First awarded | 2006 |
| Last awarded | 2020 |
| Most recent winner | T. V. Ram Babu |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 17 |
| First winner | Anil Motiram Palande |
The National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist 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 2006, at 54th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Multiple Winners[edit]
• 3 wins : Vikram Gaikwad
• 2 wins : Ranjith
Recipients[edit]
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
| List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), language(s) and citation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Recipient | Film(s) | Language(s) | Citation | Refs. |
| 2006 (54th) | Anil Motiram Palande | Traffic Signal | Hindi | For subtle and convincing make-up for a wide range of characters. | [1] |
| 2007 (55th) | Pattanam Rasheed | Paradesi | Malayalam | For technical excellence of detailing through makeup the character of the protagonist. | [2] |
| 2008 (56th) | U. K. Sasi | Naan Kadavul | Tamil | For its wide variety of make-up inputs to reflect the large spectrum of characters. | [3] |
| 2009 (57th) | Christien Tinsley | Paa | Hindi | For authentic, detailed creation of a heart-warming character stricken by a fatal disease. | [4] |
| Dominie Till | |||||
| 2010 (58th) | Vikram Gaikwad | Moner Manush | Bengali | For the admirable detailing and remarkable consistency achieved in the etching of the characters across an extensive time span. | [5] |
| 2011 (59th) | Vikram Gaikwad | • Balgandharva • The Dirty Picture | • Marathi • Hindi | For bringing to life the primary characters who propel the two films. He has especially worked on the transformations of the two characters as they journey towards their tragic fate. The makeup lends authenticity and highlights their emotional frailties thus raising the film to another temporal level. | [6] |
| 2012 (60th) | Raja | Vazhakku Enn 18/9 | Tamil | Unobtrusive, yet effective make up is the hallmark of this Tamil film. | [7] |
| 2013 (61st) | Vikram Gaikwad | Jaatishwar | Bengali | For the admirable detailing and remarkable consistency achieved in the etching of the characters played by Prosenjit Chatterjee. | [8] |
| 2014 (62nd) | Raju | Naanu Avanalla...Avalu | Kannada | For the realistic creation of gender duality in a character through different phases of life. | [9] |
| Nagaraj | |||||
| 2015 (63rd) | Preetisheel Singh | Nanak Shah Fakir | Punjabi | For Creating detailed appearances, and meticulous 'ageing' technique to a wide range of historic characters. | [10] |
| Clover Wootton | |||||
| 2016 (64th) | N. K. Ramakrishna | Allama | Kannada | The film gives a sense of 'a historical figure' and 'time' through the art and craft of make-up. | [11] |
| 2017 (65th) | Ram Rajjak | Nagarkirtan | Bengali | – | |
| 2018 (66th) | Ranjith | Awe | Telugu | For bringing out the texture of each face and giving personality to every character. | |
| 2019 (67th) | Ranjith Ambady | Helen | Malayalam | For creating gradual changes in the face and body of the lead character even in the adverse and unfavorable conditions. | [12] |
| 2020 (68th) | T. V. Ram Babu | Natyam | Telugu | For an inspired and imaginative make up that brings home the nuances embedded in the script. | |
| 2021 (69th) | Preetisheel Singh | Gangubai Kathiawadi | Hindi | [13][14] | |
References[edit]
- ^ "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "67th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "69th National Film Awards: Here's the complete updated winners' list". Business Standard. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "'RRR' bags six national awards, 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' takes five". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 August 2023.