National Film Award / Best Lyrics

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

year	Songwriter	Movie	language
1968	Kannadasan	Kuzhanthaikkaga	Tamil
1969	Kaifi Azmi	Saat Hindustani	Hindi
1971	Prem Bhavan	Nanak Dukhiya Sab Sansar	Punjabi
1972	Vayalar Ramavarma	Achannum Bappayum	Malayalam
1974	Sri Sri	Alluri Seetharamaraju	Telugu
1980	Satyajit Ray	Hirak Rajar Deshe	Bengali
1984	Vasant Dev	Saaransh	Hindi
1985	Vairamuthu	Muthal Mariyathai	Tamil
1987	Gulzar	Ijaazat	Hindi
1988	ONV Kurup	Vaishali	Malayalam
1989	Satarupa Sanyal	Chhandaneer	Bengali
1990	Gulzar	Lekin	Hindi
1991	KS Narasimha Swamy	Mysore Mallige	Kannada
1992	Vairamuthu	Roja	Tamil
1993	Veturi Sundararama Murthy	Mathru Devo Bhava	Telugu
1994	Vairamuthu	Karuththamma Pavithra	Tamil
1995	Amit Khanna	Bhairavi	Hindi
1996	Javed Akhtar	Saaz	Hindi
1997	Javed Akhtar	Border	Hindi
1998	Javed Akhtar	Godmother	Hindi
1999	Vairamuthu	Sangamam	Tamil
2000	Yusuf Ali Kechery Javed Akhtar	Mazha Refugee	Malayalam Hindi
2001	Javed Akhtar	Lagaan	Hindi
2002	Vairamuthu	Kannathil Muthamittal	Tamil
2003	Suddala Ashok Teja	Tagore	Telugu
2004	Pa. Vijay	Autograph	Tamil
2005	Barguru Ramchandrappa	Thaayi	Kannada
2006	Swanand Kirkire	Location Raho Munna Bhai	Hindi
2007	Prasoon Joshi	Taare Zameen Par	Hindi
2008	Anindya Chatterjee Chandril Bhattacharya	Antahees	Bengali

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

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