<page_title> National Film Award for Best Music Direction </page_title> <section_title> Winners </section_title> <table> <cell> 2009 (57th) <col_header> List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), language(s) and citation </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ilaiyaraaja <col_header> List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), language(s) and citation </col_header> <col_header> Image </col_header> <col_header> Johnson </col_header> </cell> <cell> Pazhassi Raja <col_header> List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), language(s) and citation </col_header> <col_header> Recipient(s) </col_header> <col_header> K. V. Mahadevan </col_header> <col_header> Kalyanji Anandji </col_header> <col_header> S. Mohinder </col_header> <col_header> Madan Mohan </col_header> <col_header> Jaidev </col_header> <col_header> Sachin Dev Burman </col_header> <col_header> Satyajit Ray </col_header> <col_header> Ananda Shankar </col_header> <col_header> Bhupen Hazarika </col_header> <col_header> B. V. Karanth </col_header> <col_header> B. V. Karanth </col_header> <col_header> Jaidev </col_header> <col_header> K. V. Mahadevan </col_header> <col_header> Satyajit Ray </col_header> <col_header> Khayyam </col_header> <col_header> Ramesh Naidu </col_header> <col_header> Ilaiyaraaja </col_header> <col_header> Jaidev </col_header> <col_header> Ilaiyaraaja </col_header> <col_header> M. Balamuralikrishna </col_header> <col_header> Vanraj Bhatia </col_header> <col_header> Ilaiyaraaja </col_header> <col_header> Sher Choudhury </col_header> <col_header> Hridaynath Mangeshkar </col_header> <col_header> Rajat Dholakia </col_header> <col_header> A. R. Rahman </col_header> <col_header> Johnson </col_header> <col_header> Ravi (As Bombay Ravi) </col_header> <col_header> Hamsalekha </col_header> <col_header> A. R. Rahman </col_header> <col_header> M. M. Keeravani </col_header> <col_header> Vishal Bhardwaj </col_header> <col_header> Ismail Darbar </col_header> <col_header> Anu Malik </col_header> <col_header> A. R. Rahman </col_header> <col_header> A. R. Rahman </col_header> <col_header> Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy </col_header> <col_header> Vidyasagar </col_header> <col_header> Lalgudi Jayaraman </col_header> <col_header> Ashok Patki </col_header> <col_header> Ouseppachan </col_header> <col_header> Ajay-Atul </col_header> <col_header> Amit Trivedi </col_header> <row_header> Ilaiyaraaja </row_header> </cell> <cell> Malayalam <col_header> List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), language(s) and citation </col_header> <col_header> Film(s) </col_header> <row_header> Ilaiyaraaja </row_header> </cell> </table>
In 2009, Ilaiyaraaja won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the Malayalam film Pazhassi Raja.