The National Film Award for Best Lyrics is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards by the National Film Development Corporation of India to a lyricist who has composed the best song f
Kannadasan was the first recipient in this category.
With seven wins, Vairamuthu is the most awarded lyricist in this category.
With five wins, Javed Akhtar is the second-most awarded lyricist in this category.
Javed Akhtar
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Javed Akhtar is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, poet, and political activist. Renowned for his extensive work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards and sixteen Filmfare Awards. He wa
National Film Award for Best Lyrics
…his work in the 1967 Tamil film Kuzhanthaikkaga. The lyricist who won the most Rajat Kamal awards is Vairamuthu (Tamil) with seven wins, followed by Javed Akhtar (Hindi) with five wins. Five lyricists: Gulzar (Hindi),. Swanand Kirkire (Hindi), Prasoon Joshi (Hindi) Na. Muthukumar (Tamil) and Manoj Muntashir…
Javed Akhtar at Jaipur Literature Festival 2026
Akhtar receiving Padma Bhushan by the then President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in 2007.