National Film Awards - 2002
Also Known As- 49th National Film Awards 2002Location- New Delhi, India
| National Film Awards 2002 - Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Girish Kasaravalli | Dweepa (Kannada) |
| Best Children's Film | - | - |
| Best Direction | B. Lenin | Ooruku Nooruper (Tamil) |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Ashutosh Gowariker | Lagaan (Once Upon a Time in India) (Hindi/English) |
| National Film Awards 2002 - Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Actor | Murali | Neythukaaran (Malayalam) |
| Best Actress | Tabu Sobhana | Chandni Bar (Hindi) Mitr, My Friend (English) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Atul Kulkarni | Chandni Bar (Hindi) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ananya Khare | Chandni Bar (Hindi) |
| Best Music Direction | A. R. Rahman | Lagaan (Hindi/English) |
| Best Lyrics | Javed Akhtar | Lagaan (Hindi) |
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Udit Narayan | for song 'Mitwa' from film 'Lagaan (Hindi)' |
| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Sadhana Sargam | for song 'Pattu Solli' from Azhagi (Tamil) |
| Best Art Direction | Nitin Chandrakant Desai | Lagaan (Hindi/English) |
| Best Cinematography | Ramachandra Halkare | Dweepa (Kannada) |
| Best Editing | Beena Paul | Mitr - My Friend (English) |
| Best Screenplay | Neelakanta | Show (Telugu) |
| Best Special Effects | Total Infotainment Ltd. India | Aalavandhan (Tamil) |
| Best Costume Design | Bhanu Athaiya | Lagaan (Hindi/English) |
| Best Audiography | H. Sridhar, Nakul Kamte | Lagaan (Hindi/English) |
| Best Child Artist | P. Shwetha | Kutty (Tamil) |
| Special Jury Award/Special Mention (Feature Film) | Janaki Vishwanathan (Director) Dilip Doli & Narayan Deal (Directors) | Kutty (Tamil) Panoi Jomgi |
| National Film Awards 2002 - Best Regional Film | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| For languages specified in schedule VIII of the constitution | ||
| Best Regional Film (Hindi) | Farhan Akhtar | Dil Chahta Hai |
| Best Regional Film (Telugu) | No Award | No Award |
| Best Regional Film (Tamil) | B. Lenin | Ooruku Nooruper |
| For languages those are not specified in schedule VIII of the constitution | ||
| Best Feature Film in English | Revathi | Mitr, My Friend |
| National Film Awards 2002 - Other Feature Film Awards | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Film on Other Social Issues | Madhur Bhandarkar | Chandni Bar (Hindi) |
| National Film Awards 2002 - Non-Feature Film Awards | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Film on Social Issues | Cheran | Vetri Kodi Kattu (Tamil) |
| Best Animated Film | Hayao Miyazaki | Spirited Away (Japanese) |
| National Film Awards 2002 - Indira Gandhi Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| K.N.T. Sastry | Thiladaanam (Telugu) | |
| National Film Awards 2002 - Nargis Dutt Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| Jyoti Sarup | Bub (father) (Kashmiri) | |
| National Film Awards 2002 - Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| Dev Anand (Actor, Director, Producer) | Punjab | |