National Film Award for Best Direction
Winners

National Film Award for Best Direction

Section Title: Winners
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Year	Recipient	Film	Language	Ref

1967 (15th)	Satyajit Ray	Chiriyakhana	Bengali

1968 (16th)	Satyajit Ray	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne	Bengali

1969 (17th)	Mrinal Sen	Bhuvan Shome	Hindi

1970 (18th)	Satyajit Ray	Pratidwandi	Bengali

1971 (19th)	B. V. Karanth	Vamsha Vriksha	Kannada

Girish Karnad

1972 (20th)	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Swayamvaram	Malayalam

1973 (21st)	Mani Kaul	Duvidha	Hindi

1974 (22nd)	Satyajit Ray	Sonar Kella	Bengali

1975 (23rd)	Satyajit Ray	Jana Aranya	Bengali

1976 (24th)	P. Lankesh	Pallavi	Kannada

1977 (25th)	G. Aravindan	Kanchana Sita	Malayalam

1978 (26th)	G. Aravindan	Thampu	Malayalam

1979 (27th)	Mrinal Sen	Ek Din Pratidin	Bengali

1980 (28th)	Mrinal Sen	Akaler Shandhaney	Bengali

1981 (29th)	Aparna Sen	36 Chowringhee Lane	English

1982 (30th)	Utpalendu Chakrabarty	Chokh	Bengali

1983 (31st)	Mrinal Sen	Khandhar	Hindi

1984 (32nd)	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Mukhamukham	Malayalam

1985 (33rd)	Shyam Benegal	Trikal	Hindi

1986 (34th)	G. Aravindan	Oridathu	Malayalam

1987 (35th)	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Anantaram	Malayalam

1988 (36th)	Shaji N. Karun	Piravi	Malayalam

1989 (37th)	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Mathilukal	Malayalam

1990 (38th)	Tapan Sinha	Ek Doctor Ki Maut	Hindi

1991 (39th)	Satyajit Ray	Agantuk	Bengali

1992 (40th)	Goutom Ghosh	Padma Nadir Majhi	Bengali

1993 (41st)	T. V. Chandran	Ponthan Mada	Malayalam

1994 (42nd)	Jahnu Barua	Xagoroloi Bohudoor	Assamese

1995 (43rd)	Saeed Akhtar Mirza	Naseem	Hindi

1996 (44th)	Agathiyan	Kadhal Kottai	Tamil

1997 (45th)	Jayaraj	Kaliyattam	Malayalam

1998 (46th)	Rajeevnath	Janani	Malayalam

1999 (47th)	Buddhadeb Dasgupta	Uttara	Bengali

2000 (48th)	Rituparno Ghosh	Utsab	Bengali

2001 (49th)	B. Lenin	Ooruku Nooruper	Tamil

2002 (50th)	Aparna Sen	Mr. and Mrs. Iyer	English

2003 (51st)	Goutom Ghosh	Abar Aranye	Bengali

2004 (52nd)	Buddhadeb Dasgupta	Swapner Din	Bengali

2005 (53rd)	Rahul Dholakia	Parzania	English

2006 (54th)	Madhur Bhandarkar	Traffic Signal	Hindi

2007 (55th)	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Naalu Pennungal	Malayalam

2008 (56th)	Bala	Naan Kadavul	Tamil

2009 (57th)	Rituparno Ghosh	Abohoman	Bengali

2010 (58th)	Vetrimaaran	Aadukalam	Tamil

2011 (59th)	Gurvinder Singh	Anhe Ghore Da Daan	Punjabi

2012 (60th)	Shivaji Lotan Patil	Dhag	Marathi

2013 (61st)	Hansal Mehta	Shahid	Hindi

2014 (62nd)	Srijit Mukherji	Chotushkone	Bengali

2015 (63rd)	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Bajirao Mastani	Hindi

2016 (64th)	Rajesh Mapuskar	Ventilator	Marathi

2017 (65th)	Jayaraj	Bhayanakam	Malayalam

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Jayaraj was honoured with the National Film Award for Best Direction at the 65th National Film Awards for directing the Malayalam film Bhayanakam.

final_sentence: Jayaraj was honoured with the National Film Award for Best Direction at the 65th National Film Awards for directing the Malayalam film Bhayanakam.