page_title: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer
section_title: Recipients
hierarchical_section_title: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer / Recipients
caption_attribution_description: English: K.S. Chithra at a function at Kodungalloor
context_page_description: The National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer, officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Female Playback Singer, is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to female playback singers for the best rendition of songs from soundtracks within the Indian film industry. Called the "State Awards for Films" when established in 1954, the National Film Awards ceremony is older than the Directorate of Film Festivals. The State Awards instituted the individual award in 1969 as the "Award for the Best Female Playback Singer;" in 1975, it was renamed as the "Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Female Playback Singer." Throughout the past 51 years, accounting for repeat winners, the Government of India has presented a total of 50 Best Female Playback Singer Awards to 28 singers. No award was given for this category in 1974.
  Until 1973, winners of the National Film Award received a plaque. From 1975–2006, they were awarded with a "Rajat Kamal" certificate and a cash prize of ₹10,000; and since 2007, cash reward of ₹50,000 alongside the certificate have been bestowed upon them.
caption: With six wins across three languages, K. S. Chithra is the most awarded vocalist in this category. She is also the only singer to have won two prizes consecutively on two separate occasions—first in 1986 and 1987 and then again in 1997 and 1998.
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