List of National Film Awards records

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Satyajit Ray: Record holder of most number of awards (36)

This list of National Film Awards records is current as of the 67 National Film Awarda Awards ceremony, held on 2021, which honored the best films of 2020.

Most awards for a single film

Films with most number of award wins are.

List of movies with most awards

Movie and Year	No. of Awards won
Lagaan (2001)
Bajirao Mastani (2015)
Godmother (1998)
Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
Aadukalam (2010)
Sonar Kella (1974)
Daasi (1988)
Lekin... (1990)
Thevar Magan (1992)
Jogwa (2008)
Kutty Srank (2009)
Haider (2014)
Nathicharami (2018)
Soorarai Pottru (2020)

Most awards won by a male

Recipient	No. of Awards
Satyajit Ray	36
Mrinal Sen	18
Shyam Benegal
Goutom Ghosh	16
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Tapan Sinha	14
Rituparno Ghosh	12
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Gireesh Karnad	10
K. S. Sethumadhavan
A. Sreekar Prasad	9
K. Balachander
P. Sheshadri
Jayaraj
K. J. Yesudas	8
Shaji N. Karun	7
G. Aravindan
Vairamuthu
T. S. Nagabharana
Vishal Bhardwaj
M. T. Vasudevan Nair
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	6
A. R. Rahman
B. V. Karanth
Adurthy Subba Rao
K. Viswanath
T. V. Chandran
Gulzar	5
Ilaiyaraaja
Kaushik Ganguly
Tarun Majumdar

Most awards won by a female

Recipient	No. of Awards
Aparna Sen	9
K. S. Chithra	6
Shabana Azmi	5
P. Susheela

Most awards for Best Director

Recipient	No. of Awards
Satyajit Ray	6
Adoor Gopalakrishnan	5
Mrinal Sen	4
G. Aravindan	3
Goutom Ghosh	2
Aparna Sen
Rituparno Ghosh
Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Most awards for Best Actor

Recipient	No. of Awards
Amitabh Bachchan	4
Mammootty	3
Kamal Hasan
Mohanlal	2
Mithun Chakraborty
Naseeruddin Shah
Sanjeev Kumar
Om Puri
Ajay Devgn
Dhanush

Most awards for Best Actress

Recipient	No. of Awards
Shabana Azmi	5
Kangana Ranaut	3
Sharada
Shobana	2
Tabu
Archana
Smita Patil

Most awards for Best Supporting Actor

Recipient	No. of Awards
Nana Patekar	2
Atul Kulkarni
Pankaj Kapoor

Most awards for Best Supporting Actress

Recipient	No. of Awards
Surekha Sikri	3
K. P. A. C. Lalitha	2

Most awards for Best Music Director

Recipient	No. of Awards
A. R. Rahman	6
Ilaiyaraaja	5
Jaidev	3
Vishal Bhardwaj
BV Karanth	2
K. V. Mahadevan
Satyajit Ray
Johnson

Most awards for Best Lyricist

Recipient	No. of Awards
Vairamuthu	7
Javed Akhtar	5
Gulzar	2
Na. Muthukumar
Swanand Kirkire
Prasoon Joshi

Most awards for Best Male Playback Singer

Recipient	No. of Awards
K. J. Yesudas	8
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	6
Udit Narayan	3
Shankar Mahadevan
Hariharan	2
M. G. Sreekumar
Manna Dey
Hemant Kumar

Most awards for Best Female Playback Singer

Recipient	No. of Awards
K. S. Chithra	6
P. Susheela	5
Shreya Ghoshal	4
S. Janaki
Lata Mangeshkar	3
Vani Jairam
Asha Bhosle	2
Alka Yagnik
Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar

Most awards for Best Choreography

Recipient	No. of Awards
Saroj Khan	3
Raju Sundaram	2
Prabhu Deva
Ganesh Acharya

Most awards for Best Costume Design

Recipient	No. of Awards
Neeta Lulla	4
Bhanu Athaiya	2
P. Krishnamoorthy
Indrans Jayan
Dolly Ahluwalia

Most consecutive wins in a single category

• K. J. Yesudas, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Udit Narayan holds the record of winning 2 consecutive Best Male Playback Singer awards won in 1972–1973, 1995–1996 and 2001–2002 respectively.
• Lata Mangeshkar, P. Susheela, K. S. Chithra (twice) and Shreya Ghoshal holds the record of winning 2 consecutive Best Female Playback Singer awards won between 1972–1974 (no awards given in 1973), 1982–1983, 1985–1986, 1996–1997 (2nd time) and 2007–2008 respectively. K. S. Chitra made this feat twice.
• A. R. Rahman, Johnson and B. V. Karanth holds the record of winning 2 consecutive Best Music Director awards won between 2001–2002, 1993–1994 and 1976–1977 respectively.

See also

National Film Awards