The National Film Award for Best Cinematography 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 non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1990, at 38th National Film Awards and awarded annually for short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Since the 70th National Film Awards (2022), the primary/main cinematographer is eligible to the award, thus eliminating the existing Cameraman and Laboratory Processing sub-categories.
[1] Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize.