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{{Short description|Indian film award}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox award
| name = National Film Award for Best Make-up
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| subheader = National award for contributions to [[Cinema of India|Indian Cinema]]
| awarded_for =
| sponsor = [[National Film Development Corporation of India]]
| firstawarded = 2006
| reward = {{ubl|Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)|{{INR|2,00,000}}}}
| former name = National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist (2006–2021)
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = Shrikant Desai, ''[[Sam Bahadur (film)|Sam Bahadur]]'' (2023)
}}

The '''National Film Award for Best Make-up''' is one of the [[National Film Awards]] presented annually by the [[National Film Development Corporation of India]]. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 2006, at [[54th National Film Awards]] and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Since the [[70th National Film Awards]], the name was changed to "National Film Award for Best Make-up".<ref>{{cite web |author=Under Secretary to the Government of India |date=14 December 2023 |title=Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting {{!}} Ministry of Information and Broadcasting {{!}} Government of India |url=https://mib.gov.in/filmsdocuments/report-rationalization-awards-conferred-ministry-information-broadcasting |access-date=25 August 2024 |publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]}}</ref>

== Multiple winners ==
'''• 3 wins :''' Vikram Gaikwad

== Recipients ==

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

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"
! colspan="5" | List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s)
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Recipient
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Film(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}
|-
| align="center" | [[54th National Film Awards|2006 {{small|(54th)}}]]
! scope="row" | Anil Motiram Palande
| ''[[Traffic Signal (film)|Traffic Signal]]''
| [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| align="center" |<ref name="54thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[55th National Film Awards|2007 {{small|(55th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Pattanam Rasheed]]
| ''[[Paradesi (2007 film)|Paradesi]]''
| [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| align="center" |<ref name="55thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[56th National Film Awards|2008 {{small|(56th)}}]]
! scope="row" | U. K. Sasi
| ''[[Naan Kadavul]]''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| align="center" |<ref name="56thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/56th_nff_2008.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[57th National Film Awards|2009 {{small|(57th)}}]]
! scope="row" | [[Christien Tinsley]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Paa (film)|Paa]]''
| rowspan="2" | Hindi
| align="center" rowspan="2" |<ref name="57thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Dominie Till
|-
| align="center" | [[58th National Film Awards|2010 {{small|(58th)}}]]
! scope="row" | Vikram Gaikwad
| ''[[Moner Manush]]''
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| align="center" |<ref name="58thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/58_NFA.pdf|title=58th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[59th National Film Awards|2011 {{small|(59th)}}]]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Vikram Gaikwad
| ''[[Balgandharva (film)|Balgandharva]]''
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" |<ref name="59thaward">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|title=59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=7 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
|''[[The Dirty Picture]]''
|Hindi
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[60th National Film Awards|2012 {{small|(60th)}}]]
! scope="row" | Raja
| ''[[Vazhakku Enn 18/9]]''
| Tamil
| align="center" |<ref name="60thaward">{{cite press_release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[61st National Film Awards|2013 {{small|(61st)}}]]
! scope="row" | Vikram Gaikwad
| ''[[Jaatishwar]]''
| Bengali
| align="center" |<ref name="61staward">{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=16 April 2014|access-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2014}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[62nd National Film Awards|2014 {{small|(62nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | Raju
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Naanu Avanalla...Avalu]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[Kannada]]
| align="center" rowspan="2" |<ref name="62ndaward">{{cite press_release|title=62nd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Nagaraj
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[63rd National Film Awards|2015 {{small|(63rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | Preetisheel Singh
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Nanak Shah Fakir]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| align="center" rowspan="2" |<ref name="63rdaward">{{cite press_release|title=63rd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=28 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Clover Wootton
|-
| align="center" | [[64th National Film Awards|2016 {{small|(64th)}}]]
! scope="row" | N. K. Ramakrishna
| ''[[Allama (film)|Allama]]''
| Kannada
| align="center" |<ref name="64thaward">{{cite press_release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[65th National Film Awards|2017 {{small|(65th)}}]]
! scope="row" | Ram Rajjak
| ''[[Nagarkirtan]]''
| Bengali
| align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Awards: Sridevi Wins Best Actress Posthumously For MOM, Dadasaheb Phalke For Vinod Khanna |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/national-awards-sridevi-wins-best-actress-posthumously-for-mom-1837079 |publisher=NDTV}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[66th National Film Awards|2018 {{small|(66th)}}]]
! scope="row" | Ranjith
| ''[[Awe (film)|Awe]]''
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=66th National Film Awards for 2018 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=192564 |accessdate=5 October 2024 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[67th National Film Awards|2019 {{small|(67th)}}]]
! scope="row" | Ranjith Ambady
| ''[[Helen (2019 film)|Helen]]''
| Malayalam
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/News/1098_winners_for_67th.pdf|access-date=25 May 2022|title=67th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[68th National Film Awards|2020 {{small|(68th)}}]]
! scope="row" |T. V. Ram Babu
| ''[[Natyam]]''
| Telugu
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2022 |title=68th National Film Awards announced |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1843932 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=[[Press Information Bureau]]}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[69th National Film Awards|2021 {{small|(69th)}}]]
! scope="row" | Preetisheel Singh
| ''[[Gangubai Kathiawadi]]''
| Hindi
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/entertainment/69th-national-film-awards-here-s-the-complete-updated-winners-list-123101800870_1.html|access-date=18 Oct 2023|title=69th National Film Awards: Here's the complete updated winners' list|publisher=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rrr-bags-six-national-awards-gangubai-kathiawadi-takes-five/article67231938.ece|access-date=25 August 2023|title=‘RRR’ bags six national awards, ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ takes five|publisher=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[70th National Film Awards|2022 {{small|(70th)}}]]
! scope="row" | Somnath Kundu
| ''[[Aparajito (2022 film)|Aparajito]]''
| Bengali
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=16 August 2024 |title=70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2045960 |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=[[Press Information Bureau]]}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[71st National Film Awards|2023 {{small|(71st)}}]]
! scope="row" | Shrikant Desai
| ''[[Sam Bahadur (film)|Sam Bahadur]]''
| Hindi
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=71st National Film Awards: Vikrant Massey Bags Best Actor For 12th Fail; All Winners Announced |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/bollywood/71st-national-film-awards-vikrant-massey-competes-for-best-actor-announcement-begins-at-6-pm-ws-l-9478089.html |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]
* [http://dff.nic.in/NFA_archive.asp National Film Awards Archives]

{{National Film Awards}}

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[[Category:National Film Awards (India)|Make-Up Artist]]
[[Category:Film awards for makeup and hairstyling]]

National Film Award for Best Make-up - Revision history

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