KS Chitra is well known playback singer who has sung in number of Indian languages . She won 6 National Awards for Best Playback Singer. 

SP Balasubrahmanyam is a Playback singer, actor and producer. He won 6 National Awards for Best Playback Singer in languages like; Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada. 

Adurthi Subba Rao was a famous director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema and he also won 6 National Awards for Best feature Film in Telugu and Kannada.

KJ Yesudas is an Indian Carnatic Musician and Playback singer. He is known for classical, devotional and cinematic songs. Yesudas won 7 National Awards for Best Playback singer. 

Vairamuthu is a Tamil poet and lyricist who have won 7 National Awards for Best Lyrics. 

Sreekar Prasad is a popular Tamil movie editor known for his works in many Hindi and regional language films.. He won 7 National Awards for Best editing for his works in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam.

Lagaan is a Hindi film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker which has a record of maximum National Award for any Indian films. It won 8 National Awards. 

Girish Kasaravalli is a Director, Producer and Screenwriter in Kannada cinema who was also one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema. He won 14 National Awards in categories like; Best Director, Best Film and Best Screenwriter.

Adoor Gopalakrishnan revolutionized Malayalam cinema and took regional cinema to national level. He won 17 National Awards in categories like; Direction and Screenplay.

The celebrated Sathyajit Ray who took Indian cinema to an international level with his Pathar Panchali had been bestowed with 32 National Awards, an all time high for any Indian till now, in different categories like direction, screenplay and music composing. We salute the legend!