National Film Award For Best Child Artist - Winners

For depicting with rare sensitivity, a child's growth into awareness of the coarseness and brutality of the adult world, for his silent struggle to retain his innocence and his natural sense of justice; for his poetic evocation of the child's response to the slowly unfolding mysteries of life, the trivial, the brutal and tragic being inextricable elements of human experience.

For being utterly himself.

For portraying the complex role of a lonely child who is a victim of social ostracisation for no fault of his own, for bringing out the terrible emotional trauma with little dialogue and a superb economy of gesture.

For an endearing portrayal of a child and his yearning for a mother's love.

For its touching innocence and lack of self-consciousness which lend meaning to the theme.

For lively depiction of a wide range of emotions of a tribal lad.

For his lively and effortless performance in the role of a poor boy who has to make the difficult choice between his personal goal and his family responsibilities.

For his lively and poignant portrayal of a young boy who brings new faith and meaning to the life of an aged artiste.

For his utterly charming and delightful portrayal of a young school going village boy who is combination of innocence and mischief, pointing to the inherent natural wisdom of the young.

For the natural ease with which he has portrayed a slum child.

For her innocent and spontaneous portrayal.

For giving excellent performances in which the children come across in all naturalness and yet give a glimpse of the adult within.

For giving a natural performance of a street-smart child.

For the sheer joy and versatility he brings to the portrayal of a lovable lad lost in his own dream world.

For depicting successfully the process of growing up from childhood to adolescence and the first awareness of sexuality.

For his portrayal of bright little boy who is a social outcast. He wins your heart with his soft and endearing mannerisms.

For his sensitive portrayal of a child, traumatised in an adult world devoid of love and understanding.

For her excellent performance.

For his excellent performance.

For actor's natural portrayal of a disabled person. His curiosity and interests make him turn from a social outcaste into a self-learning member of community.

For her infectious and vibrant performance of a young child's pure bonding with nature and her trauma at the decadence in environment.

For essaying the innocent faith of a child in the existence of a mermaid, and his confident strides to provide it with a safe environment.

For his portrayal of Pulli in the film. Pulli is a very young orphan who works in a motor garage in chennai. The jury applauds the way in which master udayaraj brings out both the innocence and street-smartness of Pulli, with a combination of energy and spontaneity.

For her subdued portrayal of Kutty, a young girl made to suffer the agonies of social disparity and human exploitation.

For her spontaneous and lively portrayal of twin sisters.

For her heart vending portrayal of a girl in search of her mother.

For his haunting performance as a child who realises he is going to lose his eyesight.

For his versatility in portraying a range of complex emotions.

For his gradual evolution from a naïve innocent young child to a patriot in the liberation movement of Goa.

For his haunting performance as a child who realises his burning desire to access school education.

For evoking the complex emotions of a talented child overshadowed by a celebrity mother.

For covering the range from tenderness to angry defiance with consummate ease, while portraying Tingya, a boy whose love for his ox is the driving force of his young life.

For his very natural depiction of a street child thrown into an unusual situation.

For the spirited performance of a protagonist and an antagonist who are incomplete without each other. The two young shoulders carry the narrative through a delightful journey.

For performing with bright, shining eyes and an urchin smile, the razor sharp spirit of a survivor who dreams of excelling.

For two brothers bonded by blood and responsibility battling for survival in the underbelly of a heartless city.

For capturing the indomitable spirit of a young village boy who is hungry to learn in an environment that closes all doors on him.

For demonstrating a rare maturity in his performance as he conveys his interiority. His expressive face and an obvious ability to understand the complex role of a child who invents a harrowing double life – make him an outstanding child artiste.

For performing its roles extremely well with a refreshing and credible on-screen innocence. The roles were difficult as the children not only had to rise to the challenge of interacting with one other as a gang of young kids who have to battle against a universe of adults, but also to develop their own characters, which required both humour and pathos. They played out the comic sequences with impeccable timing.

Unaffected and natural to the core, the child actor looks totally at home in the role of a playful yet responsible youngster.

A precocious child pushed into the vortex of his struggling family, the actor has displayed consummate artistry