National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress


The National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Since 1984, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the DFF to an actress for the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema. It is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi.
The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" certificate and a cash prize of 50,000. Including ties and repeat winners, the DFF has presented a total of 33 Best Supporting Actress awards to 34 different actresses. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages, the performances of films that have won awards are of ten languages: Hindi, Malayalam, Bengali, Tamil, English, Meitei, Marathi, Urdu, Haryanvi.
The first recipient was Rohini Hattangadi, who was honoured at the 32nd National Film Awards for her performance in the Hindi film Party., Surekha Sikri have been honoured thrice for her hindi films - Tamas, Mammo and Badhaai Ho. K. P. A. C. Lalitha won the award two times for her work in the Malayalam films Amaram and Shantham. Egyptian actress Aida El-Kashef, who was honoured at the 61st National Film Awards for her performance in the English-Hindi film Ship of Theseus is the only non-Indian actress to win the award. Urvasi and Kalpana are the only siblings to receive the honour. Ties between two actresses have occurred in the years 1999, 2012 and 2013. Sharmila Tagore, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kangana Ranaut are the three actresses to receive honours in both acting categories: Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. The most recent recipient is Surekha Sikri, who was honoured at the 66th National Film Awards for her performance in the Hindi film Badhaai Ho.

Recipients

Key

YearRecipientRoleWorkLanguage
1984
Mohini BarvePartyHindi
1985
MausiRao SahebHindi
1986
ChampaBhangala SilataOriya
1987
RajoTamasHindi
1988
SudhaEk Din AchanakHindi
1989
UnknownPudhea PaadhaiTamil
1990
BhargaviAmaramMalayalam
1991
UnknownYamanamMalayalam
1992
PanchavarnamThevar MaganTamil
1993
Geeta DeviWoh ChokriHindi
1994
FayyaziMammoHindi
1995
GrandmotherKathapurushanMalayalam
1996
SakinaSardari BegumUrdu
1997
Nisha SandhuDil To Pagal HaiHindi
1998
Maltibai BarveHu Tu TuHindi
1999
MalatiBariwaliBengali
1999
KhukuParomitar Ek DinBengali
2000
NarayaniShanthamMalayalam
2001
Deepa PandeyChandni BarHindi
2002
Ranga PishimaShubho MahuratBengali
2003
AparnaAbar AranyeBengali
2004
Margaret D'CostaAkaleMalayalam
2005
K. P. VanajaAchuvinte AmmaMalayalam
2006
Indu TyagiOmkaraHindi
2007
VandanaThe Last LearEnglish
2008
Shonali GujralFashionHindi
2009
Vidya's Mother PaaHindi
2010
Ammini AmmaNamma GramamTamil
2011
YaipabhiPhijigee ManiMeitei
2012
Dolly AroraVicky DonorHindi
2012
Razia BeeviThanichalla NjanMalayalam
2013
ChannammaAstuMarathi
2013
Aliya KamalShip of TheseusEnglish/Hindi
2014
UnknownPagdi – The HonourHaryanvi
2015
RadhabaiBajirao MastaniHindi
2016
Young Geeta PhogatDangalHindi
2017
Ramadeep BraitchIradaHindi
2018
Durga Devi Kaushik Badhaai HoHindi

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