National Film Award for Best Cinematography

National Film Award for Best Cinematography
National Film Award for Best Cinematography
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsored by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Formerly called	Award for excellence in Cinematography (1967–1976)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus); ₹50,000 (US$600);
First awarded	1967
Last awarded	• 2021 (Cameraman); • 2012 (Laboratory Processing);
Most recent winner	• Avik Mukhopadhyay (Cameraman); • – (Laboratory Processing);
Highlights
Total awarded	• 69 (Cameraman); • 23 (Laboratory Processing);
First winner	• Ramachandra (Colour); • M. N. Malhotra (Black-and-white);

The National Film Award for Best Cinematography is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1967, at 15th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Till 34th National Film Awards, awards were given for Black-and-white as well as Color motion picture film. Since 37th National Film Awards, Laboratory Processing are also awarded under the same category.