The National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal).
The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. 2005 winner Urvashi and 2012 winner Kalpana are sisters.
Award includes 'Silver Lotus Award' (Rajat Kamal) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
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