National Film Award / Best Playback Singer

The winners of the National Film Award category Best Male Playback Singer ( Best Male Playback Singer ) were:

year	Singer	song	Movie	language
1967	Mahendra Kapoor	Mere Desh Ki Dharti	Upkaar	Hindi
1968	Manny Dey	Jhanak Jhanak Tore Baaje Paayaliya	Mere Huzoor	Hindi
1969	Sachin Dev Burman	Safal Hogi Teri Aradhana	Aradhana	Hindi
1970	Manna Dey	Yes Khushi Ora Bole	Nishi Padma	Bengali
1971	Hemant Kumar	Sinha Prishhthe Bhar Koriye	Nimantran	Bengali
1972	KJ Yesudas	Manushyan Mathangale	Achanum Bappayum	Malayalam
1973	KJ Yesudas	Padmathe girl Unaroo	Gaayathri	Malayalam
1974	Mukesh	Kahi Baar Yoon Bhi Dekha Hai	Rajnigandha	Hindi
1975	M. Balamuralikrishna		Hamsageethe	Kannada
1976	KJ Yesudas	Gori Tera Gaon	Chitchor	Hindi
1977	Mohammed Rafi	Kya Hua Tera Vaada	Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin	Hindi
1978	Shimoga Subbanna	Kaadu Kudure Odi Banditta	Kaadu Kudre	Kannada
1979	SP Balasubrahmanyam	Om Kaara Nadhaanu	Shankarabharanam	Telugu
1980	Anup Ghosal		Hirak Rajar Deshe	Bengali
1981	SP Balasubrahmanyam	Tere Mere Beech Mein	Ek Duuje Ke Liye	Hindi
1982	KJ Yesudas	Aakaasha Deshaana	Megha Sandesam	Telugu
1983	SP Balasubrahmanyam	Vedam Anuvanuvuna	Sagara Sangamam	Telugu
1984	Bhimsen Joshi	Thumak Thumak	Ankahee	Hindi
1985	P. Jayachandran	Sivasankara Sarva Saranya Vibho	Srinarayana Guru	Malayalam
1986	Hemant Kumar		Lalan fakir	Bengali
1987	KJ Yesudas	Unnical Oru Katha Parayaam	Unnical Oru Katha Parayaam	Malayalam
1988	SP Balasubrahmanyam	Cheppaalani Undi	Rudraveena	Telugu
1989	Ajoy Chakraborty		Chhandaneer	Bengali
1990	MG Sreekumar	Nadha Roopini	His Highness Abdullah	Malayalam
1991	KJ Yesudas	Rama Katha Ganalayam	Bharatham	Malayalam
1992	Rajkumar	Nadamaya Ee Lokavellaa	Jeevana Chaitra	Kannada
1993	KJ Yesudas		Sopanam	Malayalam
1994	Unnikrishnan	Ennavale	Kadhalan	Tamil
1995	SP Balasubrahmanyam	Umandu Ghumandu Ghana Gar Je Badara	Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai	Kannada
1996	SP Balasubrahmanyam	Thanga Thamarai	Minsara Kanavu	Tamil
1997	Hariharan	Mere Dushman	Border	Hindi
1998	Sanjeev Abhyankar	Suno Re Bhaila	Godmother	Hindi
1999	MG Sreekumar	Chanthu Pottum	Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum	Malayalam
2000	Shankar Mahadevan	Yenna Solla Pogirai	Kandukondain Kandukondain	Tamil
2001	Udit Narayan	Mitwa	Lagaan	Hindi
2002	Udit Narayan	Chhote Chhote Sapne	Zindagi Khoobsurat shark	Hindi
2003	Sonu nigam	Kal Ho Na Ho	Kal Ho Na Ho	Hindi
2004	Udit Narayan	Yeh Tara	Swades	Hindi
2005	Naresh Iyer	Roo Ba Roo	Rank De Basanti	Hindi
2006	Gurda's husband	army	Waris Shah-Ishq Da Waris	Punjabi
2007	Shankar Mahadevan	Maa	Taare Zameen Par	Hindi
2008	Hariharan	Jeev Dangla Gungla Rangla	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