National Film Awards - 1990
Also Known As- 37th National Film Awards 1990Location- New Delhi, India
| National Film Awards 1990 - Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Budhdhadeb Dasgupta | Bagh Bahadur (Hindi/Bengali) |
| Best Children's Film | Madan Bawaria | Ankur Maina Aur Kabootar (Hindi) |
| Best Direction | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Mathilukal (Malayalam) |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Yash Chopra & Mani Ratnam |
Chandni (Hindi) & Geethanjali (Telugu) Resp. |
| National Film Awards 1990 - Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Actor | Mammooty | Mathilukal & Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (Malayalam) |
| Best Actress | Sreelekha Mukherji | Parshuramer Kuthar (Bengali) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Nana Patekar | Parinda (Hindi) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Manorama | Puthiya Pathai (Tamil) |
| Best Music Direction | Sher Chowdhary | Wosobipo (Karbi) |
| Best Lyrics | Satarupa Sanyal | Chandaneer (Bengali) |
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Ajoy Chakraborty | for film 'Chhandaneer (Bengali)' |
| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Anuradha Paudwal | for film 'Kalat Nakalat (Marathi)' |
| Best Art Direction | P. Krishna Moorthy | Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (Malayalam) |
| Best Cinematography | Virendra Saini | Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (Hindi) |
| Best Editing | Renu Saluja | Parinda (Hindi) |
| Best Screenplay | M.T. Vasudevan Nair | Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (Malayalam) |
| Best Audiography | N. Harikumar | Mathilukal (Malayalam) |
| Best Child Artist | Mrin Moyee Chandrakar | Kalat Nakalat (Marathi) |
| Second Best Feature Film | Parasuram Kuthar | Nabayendu Chatterji (Bengali) |
| Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) | Amitabh Chakraborty (Director) & Mohanlal (Actor) & Anupam Kher (Actor) | Kaal Abhirati (Bengali) & Kireedam (Malayalam) & Daddy (Hindi) Resp. |
| National Film Awards 1990 - Best Regional Film | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Regional Film (Bengali) | Satyajit Ray | Ganashatru |
| Best Regional Film (Malayalam) | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Mathilukal |
| Best Regional Film (Telugu) | B. Narasingarao | Matti Manushulu |
| National Film Awards 1990 - Other Feature Film Awards | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Film on Other Social Issues | V.R. Gopinath | Unnikuttant Jolikitty (Malayalam) |
| Best Film on Family Welfare | Balu Mahendra | Sandhya Raagam (Tamil) |
| National Film Awards 1990 - Indira Gandhi Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| Gautam Bora | Wosobipo (Karbi) | |
| National Film Awards 1990 - Nargis Dutt Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| T.S. Nagabharana | Santha Sishunala Shariff (Kannada) | |
| National Film Awards 1990 - Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
| Winner | State | |
| A. Nageswara Rao (Actor) | Andhra Pradesh | |
| National Film Awards 1990 - Best Book on Cinema | ||
| Winner | Book | |
| Surendranath Tiwari & Sreekumaran Thampi | Shatranj Ke Khiladi (Hindi) & Cinema, Kannakkum Kavithayum (Malayalam) Resp. | |