Silver Lotus Award For Best Cinematography

The Silver Lotus Award for Best Cinematography was instituted in 1967 and the only female recipient of this award is Anjuli Shukla for her 2010 debut film ‘Kutty Srank’.

Year Cinematographer(Winner) Film Language
2010 Anjuli Shukla Kutty Srank Malayalam
2009 Abhik Mukhopadhyay Antaheen Bengali
2008 Shanker Raman[1] Frozen Hindi
2007 Goutam Ghose Yatra Hindi
2006 Madhu Ambat Sringaram Tamil
2005 Mahesh Aney Swades Hindi
2004 Abhik Mukhopadhyay Bhalo Theko Bengali
2003 Abhik Mukhopadhyay Patalghar Bengali
2002 Ramachandra Halkare Dweepa Kannada
2001 Ashok Mehta Moksha Hindi
2000 Anil Mehta Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Hindi
1999 Santosh Sivan Dil Se Hindi
1998 Santosh Sivan Iruvar Tamil
1997 Mrinal Kanthidas Rag Birag Assamese
1996 Santosh Sivan Kalapani Malayalam
1995 K.V. Anand Thenmavin Kombath Malayalam
1994 Venu Manichitrathazhu Malayalam
1993 Venu Miss. Beatty`s Children English
1992 Apurba Kishore Bir Adi Mimansa Oriya
1991 Santosh Sivan Perumthachan Malayalam
1990 Virendra Saini Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro Hindi
1989 Apurba Kishore Bir Daasi Telugu
1988 P.C. Sriram Nayagan Tamil
1987 Venu Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal Malayalam
1986 Subrata Mitra New Delhi Times Hindi
1985 Jehangir Choudhary Holi Hindi
1984 1. Madhu Ambatt
2. B.Bindhani & Rajshekhar		 1. Adi Shankaracharya (Colour)
2. Neerabha Jhada (Black & White)		 1. Sanskrit
2. Oriya
1983 Balu Mahendra Moondram Pirai (Colour) Tamil
1982 1. Ashok Mehta
2. Shripathi R. Bhat		 1. 36 Chowringhee Lane (Colour)
2. Mooru Darigulu (Black & White)		 1. English
2. Kannada
1981 1. Ashok Kumar Agarwal
2. Sivan		 1. Nenjathai Killathe (Colour)
2. Yagam (Black & White)		 1. Tamil
2. Malayalam
1980 1. Rajan Kinagi
2. Kamal Nayak		 1. Shodh (Colour)
2. Neem Annapurna (Black & White)		 1. Hindi
2. Bengali
1979 1. Govind Nihalani
2. Shaji N. Karun		 1. Junoon (Colour)
2. Thamp (Black & White)		 1. Hindi
2. Malayalam
1978 1. Soumendu Roy
2. Balu Mahendra		 1. Shatranj Ke Khiladi (Colour)
2. Kokila (Black & White)		 1. Hindi/Urdu
2. Tamil
1977 1. S. Ramachandra
2. P.S. Nivas		 1. Rishya Shringa (Colour)
2. Mohiniattam (Black & White)		 1. Kannada
2. Malayalam
1976 1. Ishan Arya
2. B.S. Loknath		 1. Muthyala Muggu (Colour)
2. Apoorva Raagangal (Black & White)		 1. Telugu
2. Tamil
1975 1. Soumendu Roy
2. K.K. Mahajan		 1. Sonar Kella (Colour)
2. Chorus (Black & White)		 1. Bengali
2. Bengali
1974 1. Soumendu Roy
2. Apurba Kishore Bir		 1. Ashani Sanket (Colour)
2. 27 Down (Black & White)		 1. Bengali
2. Hindi
1973 1. K.K. Mahajan
2. M.C. Ravi Varma		 1. Maya Darpan (Colour)
2. Swayamvaram (Black & White)		 1. Hindi
2. Malayalam
1972 1. S. Ramachandran
2. Nando Bhattacharya		 1. Reshma Aur Shera (Colour)
2. Anubhav (Black & White)		 1. Hindi
2. Bengali
1971 1. Radhu Karmakar
2. K.K. Mahajan		 1. Mera Naam Joker (Colour)
2. Uski Roti (Black & White)		 1. Hindi
2. Hindi
1970 1. Marcus Bartley
2. K.K. Mahajan		 1. Shanti Nilayam (Colour)
2. Sara Akash (Black & White)		 1. Tamil
2. Hindi
1969 1. K.S. Prasad
2. Nariman F. Irani		 1. Thillana Mohanambal (Colour)
2. Saraswati Chandra (Black & White)		 1. Tamil
2. Hindi
1968 1. M.N. Malhotra
2. S. Ramachandran		 1. Hamraaz (Colour)
2. Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein (Black & White)		 1. Hindi
2. Hindi


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