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National Film Award for Best Actor

The National Film Award for Best Actor, officially known as the
Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor (Hindi
National Film Award for
pronunciation: [rədʒət̪ kəməl]), is an honour presented annually at Best Actor
the National Film Awards of India instituted since 1967 to actors National award for contributions to
who have delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian Cinema
Indian film industry.[1] Called the "State Awards for Films" when
established in 1954, the National Film Awards ceremony is older
than the Directorate of Film Festivals. The State Awards instituted
the individual award in 1968 as the "Bharat Award for the Best
Actor"; in 1975, it was renamed as the "Rajat Kamal Award for the
Best Actor".[1][2][3] Throughout the past 45 years, accounting for ties
and repeat winners, the Government of India has presented a total of
52 "Best Actor" awards to 40 actors. Until 1974, winners of the
National Film Award received a figurine and certificate; since 1975,
they have been awarded with a "Rajat Kamal" (silver lotus),
The 2019 recipients:
certificate and a cash prize.[a][2]
Ayushmann Khurrana (left) for
Although the Indian film industry produces films in around 20 Andhadhun
languages and dialects,[1] the actors whose performances have won Vicky Kaushal (right) for Uri: The
awards have worked in seven major languages: Hindi (twenty-five Surgical Strike
awards), Malayalam (thirteen awards), Tamil (seven awards), Awarded Best Performance by
Bengali (five awards), Marathi (three awards), Kannada (three
for an Actor
awards) and English (two awards).
Sponsored Directorate of Film
The first recipient was Uttam Kumar from Bengali cinema, who was by Festivals
honoured at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967 for his
Formerly Bharat Award (1968–
performances in Anthony Firingee and Chiriyakhana.[5] He was also
called 1974)
the first actor who won this award for two different films in the same
year. As of 2020, Amitabh Bachchan is the most honoured actor Reward(s) Rajat Kamal (Silver
with four awards followed by Kamal Haasan,and Mammootty with Lotus)
three awards, while six actors—Sanjeev Kumar, Om Puri,
₹50,000 (US$700)
Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty, Mohanlal, and Ajay Devgn
—have won the award two times. Two actors have achieved the First 1967
honour for performing in two languages—Mithun Chakraborty awarded
(Hindi and Bengali) and Mammootty (Malayalam and English).[6] Last 2018
Riddhi Sen is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 19.
awarded
The most recent recipients are Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky
Kaushal, who were honoured at the 66th National Film Awards for Most Ayushmann Khurrana
their performances in the Hindi films Andhadhun and Uri: The recent and Vicky Kaushal
Surgical Strike, respectively. winner
Highlights
Most Amitabh Bachchan
Contents awards (4 awards)

Key Total 58
awarded
Recipients
Footnotes First Uttam Kumar
winner
References
External links

Key
Symbol Meaning
Indicates the year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification
Year
(CBFC)
Indicates a joint award for that year
Indicates that the winner won the award for two performances in that year

Recipients

Uttam Kumar was the first-


ever recipient of the Best
Actor Award for his
performances in Antony
Firingee and Chiriyakhana in
1967.
Amitabh Bachchan has
been the most frequent
winner of the award (four
times).[b]

Kamal Haasan (top) and Mammootty (bottom) have won the award three times each.
Mithun Chakraborty was
awarded for his debut film.[8]

Riddhi Sen is the youngest


recipient of the Award at the
age of 19.
List of award recipients, showing the year, role(s), film(s) and language(s)

Year[c] Recipient(s) Role(s) Work(s) Language(s) Refs.

1967
• Anthony Firingee • Antony Firingee [9]
(15th) Uttam Kumar Bengali
• Byomkesh Bakshi • Chiriyakhana

1968 Shivnath "Joggi Thakur" [10]


Ashok Kumar Aashirwad Hindi
(16th) Choudhary
1969 [11]
Utpal Dutt Bhuvan Shome Bhuvan Shome Hindi
(17th)

1970 [12]
Sanjeev Kumar Hamid Ahmed Dastak Hindi
(18th)

1971 M. G. [13]
Selvam Rickshawkaran Tamil
(19th) Ramachandran
1972 [12]
Sanjeev Kumar Hari Charan Mathur Koshish Hindi
(20th)

1973 [2]
P. J. Antony Velichapad Nirmalyam Malayalam
(21st)

1974 [3]
Sadhu Meher Kishtaya Ankur Hindi
(22nd)

1975 M. V. Vasudeva [14]


Choma Chomana Dudi Kannada
(23rd) Rao
1976 Mithun [15]
Ghinua Mrigayaa Hindi
(24th) Chakraborty
1977 [16]
Bharath Gopi Shankaran Kutty Kodiyettam Malayalam
(25th)

1978 [17]
Arun Mukherjee Parasuram Parasuram Bengali
(26th)

1979 [18]
Naseeruddin Shah Anirudh Parmar Sparsh Hindi
(27th)

1980 [19]
Balan K. Nair Govindan Oppol Malayalam
(28th)

1981 [20]
Om Puri Hari Mondal Arohan Hindi
(29th)

1982 R. Srinivas [21]


Kamal Haasan Moondram Pirai Tamil
(30th) (Cheenu)

1983 [22]
Om Puri Anant Velankar Ardh Satya Hindi
(31st)

1984 [18]
Naseeruddin Shah Naurangia Paar Hindi
(32nd)

1985 [23]
Shashi Kapoor Vikas Pande New Delhi Times Hindi
(33rd)

1986 [24]
Charuhasan Tabara Shetty Tabarana Kathe Kannada
(34th)

1987
Kamal Haasan Sakthivelu Nayakar [d] Nayakan Tamil [26]
(35th)

1988 [27]
Premji Raghava Chakyar Piravi Malayalam
(36th)

1989 Mammootty • Vaikom Muhammad Basheer • Mathilukal Malayalam [29]


(37th) [e] • Oru Vadakkan
• Chandu Chekavar Veeragatha

1990 [30]
Amitabh Bachchan Vijay Deenanath Chauhan Agneepath Hindi
(38th)

1991 [31]
Mohanlal Kalliyur Gopinathan Bharatham Malayalam
(39th)

1992 Mithun [15]


Shibnath Tahader Katha Bengali
(40th) Chakraborty
1993
• Ponthan Mada • Ponthan Mada [29]
(41st) Mammootty Malayalam
• Bhaskara Patelar • Vidheyan

1994 [32]
Nana Patekar Pratap Narayan Tilak Krantiveer Hindi
(42nd)

1995 The Making of the [33]


Rajit Kapur Mahatma Gandhi English
(43rd) Mahatma
Senapathy
1996 (Indian), [34]
Kamal Haasan Indian Tamil
(44th) Chandrabose
(Chandru)

1997
Balachandra [35]
(45th) Ismail Samaantharangal Malayalam
Menon

1997
(45th) Suresh Gopi Kannan Perumalayan Kaliyattam Malayalam [35]

1998
(46th) Ajay Devgn Ajay R. Desai Zakhm Hindi [6]

1998
(46th) Mammootty B. R. Ambedkar Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar English [6]

1999 [36]
Mohanlal Kunjikuttan Vanaprastham Malayalam
(47th)

2000 [37]
Anil Kapoor Major Jaidev Rajvansh Pukar Hindi
(48th)

2001 [38]
Murali Appa Mestry Neythukaran Malayalam
(49th)

2002 The Legend of Bhagat [39]


Ajay Devgn Bhagat Singh Hindi
(50th) Singh
2003 [40]
Vikram Chithan Pithamagan Tamil
(51st)

2004 [41]
Saif Ali Khan Karan Kapoor Hum Tum Hindi
(52nd)

2005 [42]
Amitabh Bachchan Debraj Sahai Black Hindi
(53rd)

2006 Soumitra [43]


Shashanka Palit Podokkhep Bengali
(54th) Chatterjee
2007 [44]
Prakash Raj Vengadam Kanchivaram Tamil
(55th)

2008 Upendra Limaye Tayappa Jogwa Marathi [45]


(56th)
2009 [46]
Amitabh Bachchan Auro Paa Hindi
(57th)

2010
(58th) Dhanush K. P. Karuppu Aadukalam Tamil [47]

2010
(58th) Salim Kumar Abu Adaminte Makan Abu Malayalam [47]

2011 [48]
Girish Kulkarni Keshya Deool Marathi
(59th)

2012
(60th) Irrfan Khan Paan Singh Tomar Paan Singh Tomar Hindi [4]

2012
(60th) Vikram Gokhale Ratnakar Anumati Marathi [4]

2013
(61st) Rajkummar Rao Shahid Azmi Shahid Hindi [49]

2013
Suraj
(61st)
Venjaramoodu Father [f] Perariyathavar Malayalam [49]

2014 Madesha [50]


Sanchari Vijay Naanu Avanalla...Avalu Kannada
(62nd) (Vidya) [g]

2015 [51]
Amitabh Bachchan Bhashkor Banerjee Piku Hindi
(63rd)

2016
Akshay Kumar Commander Rustom Pavri Rustom [h] Hindi [54]
(64th)

2017 [55]
Riddhi Sen Puti Nagarkirtan Bengali
(65th)

2018
Ayushmann [56]
(66th) Akash Andhadhun Hindi
Khurrana

2018
(66th) Vicky Kaushal Major Vihaan Singh Shergill Uri: The Surgical Strike Hindi [56]

Footnotes
a. As of 2014, the cash prize is ₹50,000 (US$700).[4]
b. Bachchan has been the most successful actor since 2000, having won the award three times
for his performances in Black (2005), Paa (2009) and Piku (2015).[7]
c. Denotes The year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.
d. The character played by Kamal Haasan was loosely based on the Mumbai-based Tamil
gangster Varadarajan Mudaliar.[25]
e. Mammootty played the real-life character of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer in the film that was
based on an autobiographical novel of the same name by Basheer himself .[28]
f. The character remained unnamed throughout the film.
g. Vijay played the character of a transgender.
h. In interviews with The Quint and Hindustan Times, the then-jury chairman Priyadarshan stated
that Kumar won the award for Rustom and Airlift, but for technical reasons only one film was
mentioned in the list of winners.[52][53]

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