National Film Awards - 1994
Also Known As- 41st National Film Awards 1994Location- New Delhi, India
| National Film Awards 1994 - Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Budhdhadeb Dasgupta | Charachar (Bengali) |
| Best Children's Film | Annu Kapoor | Abhay (Hindi) |
| Best Direction | T.V. Chandran | Ponthanmada (Malayalam) |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Fazil | Manichithrathazhu (Malayalam) |
| National Film Awards 1994 - Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Actor | Mammooty | Ponthan Mada & Vidheyan (Malayalam) |
| Best Actress | Sobhana | Manichithrathazhu (Malayalam) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Paresh Rawal | Woh Chokri & Sir (Hindi) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Neena Gupta | Woh Chokri (Hindi) |
| Best Music Direction | Johnson | Ponthan Mada (Malayalam) |
| Best Lyrics | Veturi Sundara Ramamurthy | Mathru Devo Bhava (Telugu) |
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | K. J. Yesudas | for All songs of film 'Sopanam (Malayalam)' |
| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Alka Yagnik | for song 'Ghoongat Ki Aad Se' from film 'Hum He Rahi Pyar Ke (Hindi)' |
| Best Art Direction | Suresh Sawant | Muhafiz (Hindi/Urdu) |
| Best Cinematography | Suresh Sawant | Muhafiz (Hindi/Urdu) |
| Best Editing | Renu Saluja | Sardar (Hindi) |
| Best Screenplay | Satyajit Ray | Uttoran (Bengali) |
| Best Audiography | H. Sridhar, Suryanarayana | Mahanadi (Tamil) |
| Best Child Artist | Tarasankar Misra | Lavanya Preethi (Oriya) |
| Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) | Mahesh Bhatt (Director) & Shashi Kapoor (Actor) & Pallavi Joshi (Actress) & Sushant Misra (Director) | Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (Hindi) & Muhafiz (Hindi) & Woh Chokri (Hindi) & Indra Dhanura Chhai (Oriya) Resp. |
| National Film Awards 1994 - Best Regional Film | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Regional Film (Bengali) | Gautam Ghose | Padma Nadir Majhi |
| Best Regional Film (Assamese) | Dr. Bhabendranath Saikia | Abartan |
| Best Regional Film (Malayalam) | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Vidheyan |
| Best Regional Film (Tamil) | Santhana Bharathi | Mahanadi |
| National Film Awards 1994 - Other Feature Film Awards | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Film on Other Social Issues | Sanat Das Gupta & Sasi Shanker | Janani (Hindi) & Narayam (Malayalam) Resp. |
| Best Film on Family Welfare | Siby Malayil | Askasadoothu (Malayalam) |
| National Film Awards 1994 - Non-Feature Film Awards | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography | Piyush Shah | Moksha (Bengali) |
| National Film Awards 1994 - Indira Gandhi Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| Ashok Viswanathan | Sunya Theke Suru (Bengali) | |
| National Film Awards 1994 - Nargis Dutt Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| Ketan Mehta | Sardar (Hindi) | |
| National Film Awards 1994 - Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
| Winner | State | |
| Dilip Kumar (Actor) | Peshawar, Pakistan | |
| National Film Awards 1994 - Best Book on Cinema | ||
| Winner | Book | |
| Dr. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna | Naalo Nenu (Telugu) | |