National Film Award / Best Music

The winners of the National Film Award category Best Music ( Best Music Direction ) were:

year	composer	Movie	language
1967	KV Mahadevan	Kandan Karunai	Tamil
1968	Kalyanji-Anandji	Saraswati Chandra	Hindi
1969	S. Mohinder	Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai	Punjabi
1970	Madan Mohan	Dastak	Hindi
1971	Jaidev	Reshma Aur Shera	Hindi
1972	Sachin Dev Burman	Zindagi Zindagi	Hindi
1973	Satyajit Ray	Ashani Sanket	Bengali
1974	Anand Shankar	Chorus	Hindi
1975	Bhupen Hazarika	Chameli Memsaab	Assamese
1976	BV Karanth	Rishya Shringa	Kannada
1977	BV Karanth	Ghattashraddha	Kannada
1978	Jaidev	Gaman	Hindi
1979	KV Mahadevan	Shankarabharanam	Telugu
1980	Satyajit Ray	Hirak Rajar Deshe	Bengali
1981	Khayyam	Umrao Jaan	Hindi
1982	Ramesh Naidu	Megha Sandesam	Telugu
1983	Ilaiyaraaja	Saagara Sangamam	Telugu
1984	Jaidev	Ankahee	Hindi
1985	Ilaiyaraaja	Sindhu Bhairavi	Tamil
1986	M. Balamuralikrishna	Madhvacharya	Kannada
1987	Vanraj Bhatia	Tamas	Hindi
1988	Ilaiyaraaja	Rudraveena	Telugu
1989	Sher Choudhury	Wosobipo	Karbi
1990	Hridaynath Mangeshkar	Lekin ...	Hindi
1991	Rajat Dholakia	Dharavi	Hindi
1992	AR Rahman	Roja	Tamil
1993	Johnson	Ponthan Mada	Malayalam
1994	Bombay Ravi	Sukrutham Parinayam	Malayalam
1995	Hamsalekha	Sangeetha Sagara Gaanayogi Panchakshara Gavai	Kannada
1996	AR Rahman	Minsara Kanavu	Tamil
1997	MM Keeravani	Annamayya	Telugu
1998	Vishal Bharadwaj	Godmother	Hindi
1999	Ismail Darbar	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Hindi
2000	Anu Malik	Refugee	Hindi
2001	AR Rahman	Lagaan	Hindi
2002	AR Rahman	Kannathil Muthamittal	Tamil
2003	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Hindi
2004	Vidyasagar	Swarabhishekam	Telugu
2005	Lalgudi Jayaraman	Sringaram	Tamil
2006	Ashok Patki	Antarnad	Konkani
2007	Ouseppachan	Ore Kadal	Malayalam
2008	Ajay Gogawle Atul Gogawle	Jogva	Marathi

Currently, the winner will receive a Rajat Kamal and a prize of 50,000 rupees .

Footnotes

1. ↑ Year for which the award was made
2. ↑ http://dff.nic.in/56th_NFA_Regulations.pdf