National Film Award / Best Director

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

year	Director	Movie	language
1967	Satyajit Ray	Chiriakhana	Bengali
1968	Satyajit Ray	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne	Bengali
1969	Mrinal Sen	Bhuvan Shome	Hindi
1970	Satyajit Ray	Pratidwandi	Bengali
1971	Girish Karnad B. V. Karanth	Vamsa Vriksha	Kannada
1972	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Swayamvaram	Malayalam
1973	Mani Kaul	Duvidha	Hindi
1974	Satyajit Ray	Sonar Kella	Bengali
1975	Satyajit Ray	Jana Aranya	Bengali
1976	P. Lankesh	Pallavi	Kannada
1977	G. Aravindan	Kanchana Seetha	Malayalam
1978	G. Aravindan	Thampu	Malayalam
1979	Mrinal Sen	Ek Din Pratidine	Bengali
1980	Mrinal Sen	Akaler Sandhane	Bengali
1981	Aparna Sen	36 Chowringhee Lane	English
1982	Utpalendu Chakraborty	Chokh	Bengali
1983	Mrinal Sen	Khandhar	Hindi
1984	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Mukhamukham	Malayalam
1985	Shyam Benegal	Trical	Hindi
1986	G. Aravindan	Oridathu	Malayalam
1987	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Anantharam	Malayalam
1988	Shaji N. Karun	Piravi	Malayalam
1989	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Mathilukal	Malayalam
1990	Tapan Sinha	Ek Doctor Ki Toll	Hindi
1991	Satyajit Ray	Agantuk	Bengali
1992	Gautam Ghose	Padma Nadir Majhi	Bengali
1993	TV Chandran	Ponthan Mada	Malayalam
1994	Jahnu Barua	Hkhagoroloi Bahu Door	Assamese
1995	Saeed Akhtar Mirza	Naseem	Hindi
1996	Agaththian	Kaathal Kottai	Tamil
1997	Jayaraaj	Kaliyattam	Malayalam
1998	Rajeevnath	Janani	Malayalam
1999	Buddhadeb Dasgupta	Uttara	Bengali
2000	Rituparno Ghosh	Utsab	Bengali
2001	B. Lenin	Ooruku Nooruper	Tamil
2002	Aparna Sen	Mr. and Mrs. Iyer	English / Tamil
2003	Gautam Ghose	Abar Aranye	Bengali
2004	Buddhadeb Dasgupta	Swapner Din	Bengali
2005	Rahul Dholakia	Parzania	English
2006	Madhur Bhandarkar	Traffic signal	Hindi
2007	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Naalu Pennenal	Malayalam
2008	Bala	Naan Kadauul	Tamil

Currently, the winner will receive a Swarna Kamal and prize money of 250,000 rupees .

Footnotes

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