National Film Award for Best Lyrics ( the Silver Lotus Award ) is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards by the Directorate of Film Festivals ( DFF ) to a lyricist who has composed the best song for films produced within the Indian film industry . The award was first introduced at the 16th National Film Awards in 1969 . It was intermittently awarded till the 22nd National Film Awards ( 1975 ) . From then on , no award was presented until the 32nd National Film Awards ( 1985 ) . However , since 1985 every year the award has been presented with the exception of the 34th National Film Awards ( 1987 ) . As of the 62nd National Film Awards ( 2015 ) , the DFF has presented a total of 36 awards to 24 different lyricists
34th National Film Awards
34th National Film Awards
National Film Award for Best Lyrics