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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Films
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Films is presented in different divisions of Indian films.

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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for FilmsThe prime body for performing arts in India, Sangeet Natak Akademi incepted the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 1954. The objective behind incepting this award was to recognise extraordinary talents in various fields of performing arts in India and also to appreciate their achievements. The award is presented in the categories like Hindustani Music (Vocal and Instrumental), Carnatic Music (Vocal and Instrumental), Dance, Theatre, etc. Apart from these, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Films is also another principal category of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. This award is also given to the successful people from various divisions of films in India. The people involved in different aspects of films like acting, direction, lyric composition, music direction, screenplay, etc. have received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Films in different occasions. The famous actor, Durga Khote won the award for the first time in 1958 and since then, many other personalities have received it for making outstanding contributions.

List of the winners of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Films is given below:

   

•Acting
Year Actor
1961 Lalita Pawar
1960 Chhabi Biswas
1959 Ashok Kumar Ganguli
1958 Durga Khote

•Direction
Year Director
1959 Satyajit Ray
1957 Debaki Bose

•Lyric Composer
Year Lyric Composer
1961 Ram Chandra Dwivedi `Pradeep`

•Music Direction
Year Music Director
1958 Sachin Dev Burman

•Screenplay
Year Screenplay
1961 Mukhram Sharma
1957 Gajanan D. Madgulkar (Ga Di Ma)



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