Tuesday, April 5, 2016

National Film Award for Best Choreography

National Film Award for Best Choreography

The National Film Award for Best Choreography is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1991 at 39th National Film Awards but awarded first time at 40th National Film Awards and then awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years

Filmfare Award for Best Choreography

The Filmfare Best Choreography Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.
Although the awards started in 1954, the best choreography category did not start until 1989.[1]

Superlatives

Saroj Khan hold the record for maximum wins (8).
Saroj Khan, with eight wins, holds the record for most awards in this category. She is also the earliest recipient and has the most consecutive awards between 1989 to 1991. Farah Khan stands second with six wins. Chinni Prakash and Bosco-Caesar have won three times each. Ahmed Khan has won the award twice.
Madhuri Dixit is featured in 5 winning songs. Hrithik Roshan has been featured in 4 whereas Aishwarya Rai and Deepika Padukone are featured in 3 songs each. Raveena Tandon featured in 2 winning songs

Awards

Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.

 

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