National Film Award / Special Jury Prize

The winners of the National Film Award category Special Jury Award ( Special Jury Award ) were:

year	Award winners	Movie	language
1978	Mrinal Sen (Director) Muzaffar Ali (Director)	Parashuram Gaman	Bengali Hindi
1979	no price	-	-
1980	no price	-	-
1981	Satyajit Ray (Director)	Sadgati	Hindi
1982	no price	-	-
1983	Kumar Shahani (Director) M. Ravi Varma (Director)	Tarang Nokkukuthi	Hindi Malayalam
1984	TS Ranga (Director)	Giddh	Hindi
1985	Sudha Chandran (actress)	Mayuri	Telugu
1986	John Abraham (director)	Amma Ariyan	Malayalam
1987	no price	-	-
1988	Aamir Khan (actor)	Raakh	Hindi
1989	Amitabh Chakraborty (Director) Mohanlal (Actor) Anupam Kher (Actor)	Kaal Abhirati Kireedam Daddy	Bengali Malayalam Hindi
1990	Anoubam Kiranmala (Actress) Jayabharathi (Actress) Sunny Deol (Actor) Pankaj Kapoor (Actor)	Ishanou Marupakkam Ghayal Ek Doctor Ki Maut	Manipuri Tamil Hindi Hindi
1991	Soumitra Chatterjee (actor) Ravindran (composer) Mamta Shankar (actress)	Antardhan Bharatham Agantuk	Bengali Malayalam Bengali
1992	Sivaji Ganesan (Actor) Ketan Mehta (Director)	Thevar Magan Maya Memsaab	Tamil Hindi
1993	Mahesh Bhatt (Director) Shashi Kapoor (Actor) Pallavi Joshi (Actress) Sushant Misra (Director)	Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke In Custody Woh Chokri Indradhanura Chhai	Hindi Hindi / Urdu Hindi Oriya
1994	Radhu Karmakar (Cinematographer) Shaji N. Karun (Director) Bishnu Kharghoria (Actor)	Param Veer Chakra Swaham Hkhgoroloi Bohu Door	Hindi Malayalam Assamese
1995	Benaf Dadachandji (child actress) Rohini (actress)	Halo Stree	Kannada / Tamil Telugu
1996	Amol Palekar (Director) Kiron Kher (Actress)	Daayraa Sardari Begum	Hindi Hindi
1997	Jayamala (actress) Nagarjuna (actor) Jomol (actress)	Thayi Saheba Annamayya Ennu Swantham Janakikutty	Kannada Telugu Malayalam
1998	Manju Warrier (actress) Simran Bagga (actress)	Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu Vaalee	Malayalam Tamil
1999	Kalabhavan Mani (actor)	Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum	Malayalam
2000	Soumitra Chatterjee (actor)	Dekha	Bengali
2001	Janaki Vishwanathan (director)	Kutty	Tamil
2002	Prakash Raj (actor) Jyothirmayi (actress)	Bhavam	Malayalam
2003	Manoj Bajpai (Actor) Nedumudi Venu (Actor)	Pinjar Margam	Hindi / Urdu Malayalam
2004	J. Phillip (actor / dancer) Pradeep Nair (director) Gurdas Maan (actor)	Dancer Oridam Des Hoyaa Pardes	Tamil Malayalam Punjabi
2005	Anupam Kher	Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara	Hindi
2006	Vishal Bharadwaj	Omkara	Hindi
2007	Anil Kapoor (producer) Feroz Abbas Khan (director)	Gandhi My Father	Hindi
2008	National Film Development Corporation (Producer) KM Madhusudhanan (Director)	Bioscope	Malayalam

At the decision of the jury, the prize is awarded to a film or a person who has not yet received any other award. Currently, the winner will receive a Rajat Kamal and prize money of 125,000 rupees .

Footnotes

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