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class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">Film director</a>, <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Direction" title="National Film Award for Best Direction">National Film Award for Best Direction</a>: <i><b><a href="/wiki/Naseem_(film)" title="Naseem (film)">Naseem</a> </b></i> (1995)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Saeed Akhtar Mirza</b> (born 30 June 1943) is an Indian <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">director</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hindi_films" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi films">Hindi films</a> and television. He is the maker of notable <a href="/wiki/Parallel_cinema" title="Parallel cinema">parallel films</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Joshi_Hazir_Ho!" title="Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!">Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!</a></i> (1984), <i><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pinto_Ko_Gussa_Kyoon_Aata_Hai" title="Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai">Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="/wiki/Salim_Langde_Pe_Mat_Ro" title="Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro">Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro</a></i> (1989) and <i><a href="/wiki/Naseem_(film)" title="Naseem (film)">Naseem</a></i> (1995), which won two <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award (India)">National Film Awards</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-enc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saeed Mirza Was Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at ICA – International Cultural Artifact Film Festival in 2020. </p><p>He is director of the TV serials <i><a href="/wiki/Nukkad" title="Nukkad">Nukkad</a></i> (Street Corner) (1986) and <i>Intezaar</i> (Wait) (1988), along with various documentary films on social welfare and cultural activism. He is also a trustee of <a href="/wiki/ANHAD" title="ANHAD">ANHAD</a>, a Delhi-based NGO working for communal harmony.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Saeed was born in 1943, in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> to <a href="/wiki/Akhtar_Mirza" title="Akhtar Mirza">Akhtar Mirza</a>, noted screenwriter himself in the 1960s. </p><p>After working in advertising for some time, Mirza joined the <a href="/wiki/Film_and_Television_Institute_of_India" title="Film and Television Institute of India">Film and Television Institute of India</a> (FTII), Pune, India, from where he graduated in 1976. Subsequently, later in his career, he also taught at the institute, going on to become chairman of the premier institute.<sup id="cite_ref-enc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Saeed Akhtar Mirza started his career as a documentary film maker in 1976, graduating to films with the acclaimed <i><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Desai_Ki_Ajeeb_Dastaan" title="Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan">Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan</a></i> (1978), about the frustrations of an idealistic youth caught in the trap of a feudal money culture. It won the <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Critics_Award_for_Best_Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie">Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie</a> for the year. This was followed by <i><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pinto_Ko_Gussa_Kyoon_Aata_Hai" title="Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai">Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai</a></i> (1980), about an angry youth, in search of his class and ethnic identifications. This too won the <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Critics_Award_for_Best_Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie">Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie</a>. Next in this series of his based on the urban middle class, came his satire on the Indian judicial system, <i><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Joshi_Hazir_Ho!" title="Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!">Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!</a></i> (1984), an old couple which struggles for years in their legal case that runs for years under a corrupt judiciary, in nexus with real-estate developer. Set in the urban 'middle class', his film chronicled their struggles and search of identity in a rapidly changing landscape and economic conditions. Then finally in his angst-ridden movies came, <i><a href="/wiki/Salim_Langde_Pe_Mat_Ro" title="Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro">Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro</a></i> (1989), starring <a href="/wiki/Pawan_Malhotra" class="mw-redirect" title="Pawan Malhotra">Pawan Malhotra</a>, an archetypal Muslim youth caught in the circle of crime and recrimination, and their collective state amidst growing communalism, ghetto mentality, and a search for an ethnic identity which does not clash with a national identity.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, he directed and produced popular TV serials <i><a href="/wiki/Nukkad" title="Nukkad">Nukkad</a></i> (Street Corner) (1986) and <i>Intezaar</i> (Wait) (1988), the first was set in lower middle class of various communities, which meet at a street corner in Mumbai suburb, shared their struggle of everyday survival in a harsh world, and was a big hit. He has lectured widely on Indian cinema at universities in India and The US. He contributes regularly to Indian newspapers and magazines on current political debates and through film reviews. </p><p>His last film <i><a href="/wiki/Naseem_(film)" title="Naseem (film)">Naseem</a></i> was released way in 1995 set in collapsing secular structure post <a href="/wiki/Babri_Masjid" title="Babri Masjid">Babri Masjid</a> demolition era. The film was featured in Avijit Ghosh's book, 40 Retakes, Bollywood Classics you May Have Missed. After that as he put it, "The demolition of the Babri Masjid was the last straw. Naseem was almost like an epitaph. After the film, I had really nothing to say. I needed to regain my faith and retain my sanity. So I decided to travel around India and document it on a video camera".<sup id="cite_ref-ek_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ek-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, he devoted his time to travelling, writing and making documentaries. Later started on his autobiographical work,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> finally released in 2008, as his maiden novel named <i><a href="/wiki/Ammi:_Letter_to_a_Democratic_Mother" title="Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother">Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother</a></i> which is about the memories of his mother who died in 1990 and a series of vignettes comprising Sufi fables, childhood memories.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saeed Akhtar Mirza is the life member of International Film And Television Club of <a href="/wiki/Asian_Academy_of_Film_%26_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian Academy of Film & Television">Asian Academy of Film & Television</a>. Currently he is making film, <i>Ek Tho Chance</i><sup id="cite_ref-ek_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ek-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His father <a href="/wiki/Akhtar_Mirza" title="Akhtar Mirza">Akhtar Mirza</a> was a noted film script writer, with credits like <i><a href="/wiki/Naya_Daur_(1957_film)" title="Naya Daur (1957 film)">Naya Daur</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Waqt_(1965_film)" title="Waqt (1965 film)">Waqt</a></i>. His brother is <a href="/wiki/Aziz_Mirza" title="Aziz Mirza">Aziz Mirza</a>, the Bollywood Director responsible for launching <a href="/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shahrukh Khan</a>, after directing the 1989 television serial <i><a href="/wiki/Circus_(Indian_TV_series)" title="Circus (Indian TV series)">Circus</a></i>. </p><p>He lives in Mumbai and Goa with his wife Jennifer. His sons Safdar and Zahir live in New York and Dubai, respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Slum Eviction</i> (1976)</li> <li><i>Murder</i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghashiram_Kotwal_(film)" title="Ghashiram Kotwal (film)">Ghashiram Kotwal</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i>An Actor Prepares</i> (1976)</li> <li><i>Urban Housing</i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Desai_Ki_Ajeeb_Dastaan" title="Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan">Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pinto_Ko_Gussa_Kyoon_Aata_Hai" title="Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai">Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i>Piparsod</i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Joshi_Hazir_Ho!" title="Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!">Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i>The Rickshaw Pullers of Jabalpur</i> (1984) (V)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nukkad" title="Nukkad">Nukkad</a></i> (1986) TV series</li> <li><i>Is Anybody Listening?</i> (1987) (V)</li> <li><i>We Shall Overcome</i> (1988) (V)</li> <li><i>Intezzar</i>(1988) TV series</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salim_Langde_Pe_Mat_Ro" title="Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro">Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i>Ajanta and Ellora</i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naseem_(film)" title="Naseem (film)">Naseem</a> </i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ek_Tho_Chance" title="Ek Tho Chance">Ek Tho Chance</a></i> (2009)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writer">Writer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Writer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Desai_Ki_Ajeeb_Dastaan" title="Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan">Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan</a></i> (1978) (story)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pinto_Ko_Gussa_Kyoon_Aata_Hai" title="Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai">Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Joshi_Hazir_Ho!" title="Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!">Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!</a></i> (1984) (screenplay and story)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salim_Langde_Pe_Mat_Ro" title="Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro">Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro</a></i> (1989) (screenplay and story)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naseem_(film)" title="Naseem (film)">Naseem</a> </i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Choo Lenge Akash</i> (2001)</li> <li><i>Karma Cafe</i> (short) (2018)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Producer">Producer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Producer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pinto_Ko_Gussa_Kyoon_Aata_Hai" title="Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai">Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai</a></i> (1980)</li></ul> <p><i>Saeed Mirza: The Leftist Sufi</i> (2016), a documentary film on Mirza and his works directed by Kireet Khurana and Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy, was released in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1979 <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Critics_Award_for_Best_Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie">Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Desai_Ki_Ajeeb_Dastaan" title="Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan">Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan</a></i> (1978)</li> <li>1981 <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Critics_Award_for_Best_Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie">Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pinto_Ko_Gussa_Kyoon_Aata_Hai" title="Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai">Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai</a></i> (1980)</li> <li>1984 <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Family_Welfare" title="National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare">National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Joshi_Hazir_Ho!" title="Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!">Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!</a></i> (1984)</li> <li>1990 <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Hindi" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi">National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Salim_Langde_Pe_Mat_Ro" title="Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro">Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro</a></i> (1989)</li> <li>1996 <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Direction" title="National Film Award for Best Direction">National Film Award for Best Direction</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Naseem_(film)" title="Naseem (film)">Naseem</a></i></li> <li>1996 <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Screenplay" title="National Film Award for Best Screenplay">National Film Award for Best Screenplay</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Naseem_(film)" title="Naseem (film)">Naseem</a></i> (1995)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Novels">Novels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ammi:_Letter_to_a_Democratic_Mother" title="Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother">Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Monk,_the_Moor_%26_Moses_Ben_Jalloun" title="The Monk, the Moor & Moses Ben Jalloun">The Monk, the Moor & Moses Ben Jalloun</a></i> (2012)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Karanth</a> <a href="/wiki/19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1971)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1972)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Kaul" title="Mani Kaul">Mani Kaul</a> <a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1973)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1974)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1975)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Lankesh" title="P. Lankesh">P. Lankesh</a> <a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1976)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Aravindan" title="G. Aravindan">G. Aravindan</a> <a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1977)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Aravindan" title="G. Aravindan">G. Aravindan</a> <a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1978)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1979)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1980)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aparna_Sen" title="Aparna Sen">Aparna Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1981)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utpalendu_Chakrabarty" title="Utpalendu Chakrabarty">Utpalendu Chakrabarty</a> <a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1982)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1983)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1984)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> <a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1985)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Aravindan" title="G. Aravindan">G. Aravindan</a> <a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1986)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1987)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaji_N._Karun" title="Shaji N. Karun">Shaji N. Karun</a> <a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1988)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1989)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> <a href="/wiki/38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1990)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1991)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goutam_Ghose" title="Goutam Ghose">Goutam Ghose</a> <a href="/wiki/40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1992)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._V._Chandran" title="T. V. Chandran">T. V. Chandran</a> <a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1993)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahnu_Barua" title="Jahnu Barua">Jahnu Barua</a> <a href="/wiki/42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1994)</span></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Saeed Akhtar Mirza</a> <a href="/wiki/43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1995)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agathiyan" title="Agathiyan">Agathiyan</a> <a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayaraj" title="Jayaraj">Jayaraj</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeevnath" title="Rajeevnath">Rajeevnath</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1998)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhadeb_Dasgupta" title="Buddhadeb Dasgupta">Buddhadeb Dasgupta</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1999)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rituparno_Ghosh" title="Rituparno Ghosh">Rituparno Ghosh</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2000)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._Lenin" title="B. Lenin">B. Lenin</a> <a href="/wiki/49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2001)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aparna_Sen" title="Aparna Sen">Aparna Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goutam_Ghose" title="Goutam Ghose">Goutam Ghose</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2003)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhadeb_Dasgupta" title="Buddhadeb Dasgupta">Buddhadeb Dasgupta</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2004)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Dholakia" title="Rahul Dholakia">Rahul Dholakia</a> <a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2005)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhur_Bhandarkar" title="Madhur Bhandarkar">Madhur Bhandarkar</a> <a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2006)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bala_(director)" title="Bala (director)">Bala</a> <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2008)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rituparno_Ghosh" title="Rituparno Ghosh">Rituparno Ghosh</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vetrimaaran" title="Vetrimaaran">Vetrimaaran</a> <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurvinder_Singh" title="Gurvinder Singh">Gurvinder Singh</a> <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivaji_Lotan_Patil" title="Shivaji Lotan Patil">Shivaji Lotan Patil</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansal_Mehta" title="Hansal Mehta">Hansal Mehta</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srijit_Mukherji" title="Srijit Mukherji">Srijit Mukherji</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajesh_Mapuskar" title="Rajesh Mapuskar">Rajesh Mapuskar</a> <a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2016)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayaraj" title="Jayaraj">Jayaraj</a> <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Dhar" title="Aditya Dhar">Aditya Dhar</a> <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2018)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Puran_Singh_Chauhan" title="Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan">Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan</a> <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2019)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachy_(writer)" title="Sachy (writer)">Sachy</a> <a href="/wiki/68th_National_Film_Awards" 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L. Puram Sadanandan">S. L. Puram Sadanandan</a> <a href="/wiki/15th_National_Film_Awards" title="15th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1967)</span></a></li> <li>Pandit Anand Kumar <a href="/wiki/16th_National_Film_Awards" title="16th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1968)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puttanna_Kanagal" title="Puttanna Kanagal">Puttanna Kanagal</a> <a href="/wiki/17th_National_Film_Awards" title="17th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1969)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1970)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> <a href="/wiki/19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1971)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> <a href="/wiki/20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1972)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> and Ashish Burman <a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1973)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1974)</span></a></li> <li>No Award <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1975)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Tendulkar" title="Vijay Tendulkar">Vijay Tendulkar</a> <a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1976)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyadev_Dubey" title="Satyadev Dubey">Satyadev Dubey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Girish_Karnad" title="Girish Karnad">Girish Karnad</a> <a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1977)</span></a></li> <li>T. S. Ranga and <a href="/wiki/T._S._Nagabharana" title="T. S. Nagabharana">T. S. Nagabharana</a> <a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1978)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a> <a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1979)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1980)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a> <a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1981)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1982)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._V._Iyer" title="G. V. Iyer">G. V. Iyer</a> <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1983)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1984)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhabendra_Nath_Saikia" title="Bhabendra Nath Saikia">Bhabendra Nath Saikia</a> <a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1985)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhadeb_Dasgupta" title="Buddhadeb Dasgupta">Budhdhadeb Dasgupta</a> <a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1986)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1987)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arundhati_Roy" title="Arundhati Roy">Arundhati Roy</a> <a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1988)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> <a href="/wiki/37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1989)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._S._Sethumadhavan" title="K. S. Sethumadhavan">K. S. Sethumadhavan</a> <a href="/wiki/38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1990)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> <a href="/wiki/39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1991)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> <a href="/wiki/40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1992)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1993)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> <a href="/wiki/42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1994)</span></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Saeed Akhtar Mirza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashok_Mishra" title="Ashok Mishra">Ashok Mishra</a> <a href="/wiki/43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1995)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agathiyan" title="Agathiyan">Agathiyan</a> <a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rituparno_Ghosh" title="Rituparno Ghosh">Rituparno Ghosh</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Mishra" title="Ashok Mishra">Ashok Mishra</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1998)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madampu_Kunjukuttan" title="Madampu Kunjukuttan">Madampu Kunjukuttan</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1999)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharathiraja" title="Bharathiraja">Bharathiraja</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2000)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neelakanta_(director)" title="Neelakanta (director)">Neelakanta</a> <a href="/wiki/49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2001)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aparna_Sen" title="Aparna Sen">Aparna Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goutam_Ghose" title="Goutam Ghose">Goutam Ghose</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2003)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Tyagi" title="Manoj Tyagi">Manoj Tyagi</a> and Nina Arora <a href="/wiki/52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2004)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Jha" title="Prakash Jha">Prakash Jha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manoj_Tyagi" title="Manoj Tyagi">Manoj Tyagi</a> and Shridhar Raghavan <a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2005)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhijat_Joshi" title="Abhijat Joshi">Abhijat Joshi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> <a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2006)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feroz_Abbas_Khan" title="Feroz Abbas Khan">Feroz Abbas Khan</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachin_Kundalkar" title="Sachin Kundalkar">Sachin Kundalkar</a> <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2008)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Screenplay" title="Screenplay">Original</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>P. F. Mathews and Harikrishna <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vetrimaaran" title="Vetrimaaran">Vetrimaaran</a> <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitesh_Tiwari" title="Nitesh Tiwari">Nitesh Tiwari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vikas_Bahl" title="Vikas Bahl">Vikas Bahl</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Maurya" title="Vijay Maurya">Vijay Maurya</a> <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujoy_Ghosh" title="Sujoy Ghosh">Sujoy Ghosh</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Sheshadri" title="P. Sheshadri">P. Sheshadri</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srijit_Mukherji" title="Srijit Mukherji">Srijit Mukherji</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juhi_Chaturvedi" title="Juhi Chaturvedi">Juhi Chaturvedi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Himanshu_Sharma" title="Himanshu Sharma">Himanshu Sharma</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syam_Pushkaran" title="Syam Pushkaran">Syam Pushkaran</a> <a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2016)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajeev_Pazhoor" title="Sajeev Pazhoor">Sajeev Pazhoor</a> <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Ravindran" title="Rahul Ravindran">Rahul Ravindran</a> <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2018)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Adapted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Gopal Krishan Pai and <a href="/wiki/Girish_Kasaravalli" title="Girish Kasaravalli">Girish Kasaravalli</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anant_Mahadevan" title="Anant Mahadevan">Anant Mahadevan</a> and Sanjay Pawar <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></a></li> <li>Avinash Deshpande Nigdi <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></a></li> <li>Bhavesh Mandalia and <a href="/wiki/Umesh_Shukla" title="Umesh Shukla">Umesh Shukla</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchakshari_Hiremath" title="Panchakshari Hiremath">Panchakshari</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshy_Mangalath" title="Joshy Mangalath">Joshy Mangalath</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishal_Bhardwaj" title="Vishal Bhardwaj">Vishal Bhardwaj</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></a></li> <li>Sanjay Krishnaji Patil <a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2016)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayaraj" title="Jayaraj">Jayaraj</a> <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sriram_Raghavan" title="Sriram Raghavan">Sriram Raghavan</a> , Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, <a href="/wiki/Hemanth_M._Rao" title="Hemanth M. 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Rao</a> and Pooja Ladha Surti <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2018)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dialogue" title="Dialogue">Dialogues</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pandiraj" title="Pandiraj">Pandiraj</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></a></li> <li>Sanjay Pawar <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Kulkarni" title="Girish Kulkarni">Girish Kulkarni</a> <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></a></li> <li><a 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