Manoj Kumar

Indian film actor and filmmaker (1937–2025)

For other people named Manoj Kumar, see Manoj Kumar (disambiguation).

Manoj Kumar

Kumar in 2007

Born|

Harikrishan Giri Goswami

(1937-07-24)24 July 1937[1]

Abbottabad, North-West Frontier Province, British India

Died| 4 April 2025(2025-04-04) (aged 87)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nationality| Indian
Other names| Bharat Kumar
Occupations|

* Actor
* film director
* film producer
* screenwriter
* lyricist
* editor
* politician

Years active| 1957–1999
Works| Full list
Political party| Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse| Shashi Goswami
Children| 2; including Kunal Goswami
Relatives| Manish R Goswami (brother)
Awards| Full list
Honours|

* Padma Shri (1992)
* Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2015)

Manoj Kumar (born Harikrishan Giri Goswami; 24 July 1937 – 4 April 2025) was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.[2] In a career spanning over four decades, he worked in 54 films. Known for starting the trend of patriotic films, he was given the nickname Bharat Kumar.[a]

Kumar was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1992 and Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award in the field of cinema, in 2015 by the Government of India for his contribution to Indian cinema and arts. He was also the recipient of a National Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards in varied categories.

## Early life

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Kumar was born in Abbottabad, modern-day Pakistan into a Punjabi Hindu (Saraswat Brahmin) family.[3] His birth name was Harikrishan Giri Goswami.

When he was 10, his family migrated from Jandiala Sher Khan to Delhi due to the Partition.[4] Manoj Kumar pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hindu College before trying his luck in films. When he was young, he admired actors Dilip Kumar, Ashok Kumar and Kamini Kaushal and decided to name himself Manoj Kumar, after Dilip Kumar's character in Shabnam.[3][5]

## Career

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Further information: Manoj Kumar filmography

### 1957–1964: Debut and rise to prominence

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After making a little-noticed début in Fashion (1957), followed by forgettable roles in films such as Sahara (1958), Chand (1959) and Honeymoon (1960), Manoj Kumar landed his first leading role in Kaanch Ki Gudiya (1961). Piya Milan Ki Aas (1961), Suhag Sindoor (1961), Reshmi Roomal (1961) followed, but most of these productions went unnoticed.[2]

His breakthrough came in 1962 with Vijay Bhatt's Hariyali Aur Rasta opposite Mala Sinha.[6] The success of Hariyali Aur Rasta was followed by Shaadi (1962), Dr. Vidya (1962), Grahasti (1963) and Phoolon Ki Sej (1964), all four of which performed well at the box office.[7] Kumar found another huge success as the main lead with Raj Khosla's mystery thriller Woh Kaun Thi? (1964).[8] The film emerged as a superhit, which was attributed to its watertight screenplay and melodious songs composed by Madan Mohan, such as "Lag Jaa Gale" and "Naina Barse Rimjhim", both solos by Lata Mangeshkar.[9][10]

### 1965–1981: Stardom

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The year 1965 marks the start of Kumar's rise to stardom.[11] His first release was patriotic drama Shaheed, based on the life of Bhagat Singh, a Independence Movement revolutionary.[12][13] It received highly positive responses from critics as well as the then Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, and was a huge hit at the box office.[2]

This was followed by romantic drama Himalay Ki God Mein, a blockbuster which made him a bankable star.[11] Before the end of year, he scored another hit with the mystery thriller Gumnaam.[14] The success streak continued in 1966, when he reunited with Khosla for Do Badan alongside Asha Parekh. This film was remembered for Khosla's direction, Kumar's performance, and songs written by the lyricist Shakeel Badayuni, including "Raha Gardishon Mein", sung by Mohammed Rafi, and "Lo Aa Gayi Unki Yaad", a solo by Lata Mangeshkar.[15] He delivered another hit that year in Shakti Samanta's Sawan Ki Ghata, performing opposite Sharmila Tagore.

After the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri asked him to create a film based on the popular slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kissan ("Hail the soldier, hail the farmer").[3][16] The result was his directorial debut, the patriotic drama Upkar (1967).[17] It opened to critical acclaim and topped the box office chart that year, eventually emerging as the third biggest-earner ever, behind Mughal-E-Azam (1960) and Sangam (1964).[18] Its music was the sixth best-selling Hindi film album of the 1960s.[19] One of the songs from Upkar, "Mere Desh Ki Dharti" is played every year during the Republic Day and Independence Day celebrations in India.[20] The film won Kumar the National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film as well as his first Filmfare Best Director Award.[21][22]

His next release, Patthar Ke Sanam also went on to become a huge hit, but Anita opposite Sadhana flopped.[23] In 1968, he co-starred alongside Raaj Kumar and Waheeda Rehman in Neel Kamal.[24] The same year, he reunited with Rehman for Aadmi, which also had Dilip Kumar in the lead.[25]

Neel Kamal proved a blockbuster at the box office, becoming the third highest-grossing film of 1968.[2] Aadmi also performed well, and was declared a hit by the end of its run.[15][26]

The year 1969 saw the rise of Rajesh Khanna, who stormed the nation with back-to-back blockbusters in Aradhana and Do Raaste.[27] Kumar's only release that year was Mohan Sehgal's Happy Go Lovely (1951) adaptation Sajan co-starring Parekh.[28] The film was a hit, and ranked tenth among the highest-grossing films of that year.[29]

Kumar returned to patriotic themes in 1970 with Purab Aur Paschim, which juxtaposed life in the East and West.[30] It proved to be a massive blockbuster both in India and overseas.[31] In the United Kingdom, the film was released in 1971 and ran for over 50 weeks in London. It grossed £285,000 in the UK, equivalent to ₹2.5 million (US$332,252.41). It broke the UK box office record of Do Raaste, which had released in the UK a year earlier. Purab Aur Paschim held the UK record for 23 years, until it was finally broken by Hum Aapke Hain Kaun in 1994.[32] His other major releases of 1970 were – Yaadgaar and Pehchan, both of which were box office successes, especially the latter which was a hit venture.[33][34] The same year, Kumar played a supporting role in Raj Kapoor's Mera Naam Joker, which flopped at the time of release, but gained cult status with the passage of time and the growing visibility of Indian content in world cinema.[15][35][36]

After delivering a semi-hit with Balidaan in 1971, the following year, he starred in Sohanlal Kanwar's Be-Imaan and directed and starred in Shor.[37][38] Both films received highly positive responses from their audiences and emerged as blockbusters at the box office.[2] The latter featured the memorable song "Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hai", a duet by Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh, which was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal and was listed at #29 in the Binaca Geetmala annual list 1972.[39] Kumar won his first and only Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in Be-Imaan, as well as a Filmfare Award for Best Editing for Shor.[40]

Kumar's peak came in the mid-1970s, when he delivered three huge blockbusters in a row. This started with the social drama Roti Kapada Aur Makaan, which he also directed.[41] In addition to Kumar, the film starred Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman and Moushmi Chatterjee.[42] Released on 18 October 1974, it emerged as the biggest hit of the year and was given the verdict of All Time Blockbuster by the end of its run.[43] Its soundtrack composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal dominated the musical charts and was the fifth best-selling Hindi film album of the 1970s.[44]

In 1975, Kumar reunited with Sohanlal Kanwar for Sanyasi, which took a bumper opening, eventually emerging as a blockbuster and taking third spot at the box office that year.[45] For his portrayal of a religious minded young man in the film, Kumar received his fourth and final nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Actor category.[46] With the action crime film Dus Numbri in 1976, he completed his hat-trick of blockbusters.[47]

In 1977, he had two releases, the much delayed Amaanat and Shirdi Ke Sai Baba, both of which were commercially successful.[15] After a year-long break, he starred in the hit Punjabi film Jat Punjabi. In 1981, Kumar directed and starred in historical drama Kranti alongside Dilip Kumar, Hema Malini, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi and Shatrughan Sinha.[48] Kranti went on to become the biggest patriotic hit of all time, topping the box office chart in 1981.[49] It was the most successful film of the 1980s, and Kumar's third All Time Blockbuster after Upkar and Roti Kapada Aur Makaan.[50] The craze generated by the film was such that in places such as Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana there were shops selling Kranti T shirts, jackets, vests and even underwear.

The year 1981 was a big one for the industry which saw some huge blockbusters like Naseeb, Laawaris, Ek Duuje Ke Liye, Love Story and Meri Aawaz Suno and many other hits, but Kranti stood apart and top of the pile.[51] It also proved to be the last notable successful Hindi film of Kumar's career.[52]

### 1987–1999: Later career

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After Kranti in 1981, Kumar's career began to decline, and films he starred in, such as Kalyug Aur Ramayan (1987), Santosh (1989), Clerk (1989) and Deshwasi (1991), all flopped at the box office.[53][54][55] He quit acting after his appearance in the 1995 film Maidan-E-Jung.[56] He directed his son, Kunal Goswami, in the 1999 film Jai Hind, which had a patriotic theme. The film was a box office failure and the last film Kumar worked on.[57]

That same year, at the 44th Filmfare Awards, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, for a career spanning over 40 years.[58]

### Politics

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Similarly to other Bollywood stars, Kumar decided to enter politics following his retirement. Before the 2004 Indian general election, he officially joined Bharatiya Janata Party.[59]

## Death

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Kumar was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai, where he died on 4 April 2025 at the age of 87 due to chronic heart-related complications. The secondary cause of death was decompensated liver cirrhosis, according to the medical certificate issued by the hospital.[60][61][62] The Government of Maharashtra approved his cremation with state honours at the Pawan Hans crematorium the next day.[63] In a letter addressed to Kumar's wife, Shashi Goswami, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered meeting him and also praised his contribution to Indian cinema and patriotism.[64] President Droupadi Murmu expressing her grief said "Kumar left an indelible mark on Indian cinema with his patriotic films, which promoted pride in India’s values and contributions. The iconic roles he played—whether as national heroes, farmers, or soldiers—will always be remembered. His work will continue to inspire generations.[65] On 12 April 2025, his ashes were immersed in the Ganges at Haridwar, Uttarakhand by his sons Vishal and Kunal.[66]

## Legacy

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Kumar is regarded as one of the greatest and most accomplished actors of Indian cinema.[67] He is noted for his acting, style and patriotic films.[68][69] As of 2025, he is by far, the second most successful Bollywood star of all time after Dilip Kumar, with over 56% box-office successes and numerous gross records.[15]

Apart from acting, Kumar is regarded as one of the best directors of Hindi cinema along with Raj Kapoor, Raj Khosla and Mehboob Khan.[70] Many of the films directed by him, such as Upkar (1967), Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974) and Kranti (1981) sold 50–60 million tickets in India alone and are among the biggest blockbusters ever in the country.[2]

One of the most successful actors of the 1960s and 1970s, Kumar appeared in Box Office India's "Top Actors" list eight times, (1967–1969, 1972–1976).[11]

He consistently worked with the actors Prem Nath, Pran, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri, Kamini Kaushal and Hema Malini in his career. His closest friends from the industry included Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Mahendra Kapoor, Dharmendra, Rajendra Kumar and Shashi Kapoor.[71][72][73]

In 2022, he was placed in Outlook India's "75 Best Bollywood Actors" list.[74]

## Accolades and honours

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Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Manoj Kumar

## Controversy

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Kumar's trademark movement of a hand covering the face was very popular, and continues to be the subject of jokes of latter day stand-up comedians. In 2007, the Shah Rukh Khan film Om Shanti Om featured the lead character pretending to be Manoj Kumar, so as to sneak into a movie premiere, by holding his hand over his face. Kumar filed a lawsuit which was settled out of court.[75]

## Notes

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1. ^ Bharat is the name for India in Hindi.

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## Sources

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* "Manoj Kumar Biography in Hindi". Yugantar Pravah (in Hindi). 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.

## External links

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Recipients of Padma Shri in Art

1950s|

* Omkarnath Thakur (1955)
* Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956)
* Sudhir Khastgir (1957)
* Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957)
* Debaki Bose (1958)
* Shambhu Maharaj (1958)
* Nargis (1958)
* Satyajit Ray (1958)
* Devika Rani (1958)

1960s|

* K. K. Hebbar (1961)
* Bismillah Khan (1961)
* Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961)
* Ashok Kumar (1962)
* Mehboob Khan (1963)
* Melville de Mellow (1963)
* Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964)
* Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964)
* P. C. Sorcar (1964)
* Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965)
* V. Nagayya (1965)
* Ravishankar Raval (1965)
* Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965)
* Sivaji Ganesan (1966)
* M. F. Husain (1966)
* Sumitra Charat Ram (1966)
* P. Bhanumathi (1966)
* Daji Bhatawadekar (1967)
* Vasant Desai (1967)
* Siddheshwari Devi (1967)
* Mohammed Rafi (1967)
* Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967)
* Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967)
* M. R. Acharekar (1968)
* Begum Akhtar (1968)
* Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968)
* Nikhil Banerjee (1968)
* Sunil Dutt (1968)
* Durga Khote (1968)
* Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968)
* Shankar–Jaikishan (1968)
* Ayodhya Prasad (1968)
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968)
* N. T. Rama Rao (1968)
* Devi Lal Samar (1968)
* Vyjayanthimala (1968)
* Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969)
* David Abraham Cheulkar (1969)
* N. S. Bendre (1969)
* S. D. Burman (1969)
* B. Saroja Devi (1969)
* Indrani Rahman (1969)
* Balraj Sahni (1969)
* S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)

1970s|

* Sukumar Bose (1970)
* Prem Dhawan (1970)
* Ratna Fabri (1970)
* Gemini Ganesan (1970)
* Ritwik Ghatak (1970)
* Damayanti Joshi (1970)
* Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970)
* Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970)
* Madhaviah Krishnan (1970)
* Rajendra Kumar (1970)
* Pankaj Mullick (1970)
* Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970)
* Relangi (1970)
* Gummadi (1970)
* Vijay Raghav Rao (1970)
* V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970)
* Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970)
* K. B. Sundarambal (1970)
* Avinash Vyas (1970)
* M. Balamuralikrishna (1971)
* Sankho Chaudhuri (1971)
* Manna Dey (1971)
* Tripti Mitra (1971)
* Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971)
* Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971)
* K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971)
* Shanta Rao (1971)
* Ravi (1971)
* Sahir Ludhianvi (1971)
* Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971)
* Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972)
* Girija Devi (1972)
* Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972)
* Sunil Janah (1972)
* Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972)
* Bhimsen Joshi (1972)
* Mahendra Kapoor (1972)
* Ram Kumar (artist) (1972)
* Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972)
* Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972)
* Samta Prasad (1972)
* M. K. Radha (1972)
* Raghu Rai (1972)
* Krishna Reddy (1972)
* Waheeda Rehman (1972)
* Juthika Roy (1972)
* Suchitra Sen (1972)
* Gubbi Veeranna (1972)
* Sitara Devi (1973)
* T. N. Krishnan (1973)
* Kishan Maharaj (1973)
* Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973)
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973)
* Uma Sharma (1973)
* S. G. Thakur Singh (1973)
* Kaifi Azmi (1974)
* Pushkar Bhan (1974)
* Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974)
* Bindhyabasini Devi (1974)
* Naina Devi (1974)
* Girish Karnad (1974)
* Shriram Lagoo (1974)
* Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974)
* Nutan (1974)
* M. D. Ramanathan (1974)
* Som Nath Sadhu (1974)
* Emani Sankara Sastry (1974)
* Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974)
* Manik Varma (1974)
* M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975)
* Jasraj (1975)
* Amjad Ali Khan (1975)
* Gopi Krishna (1975)
* Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975)
* Basavaraj Rajguru (1975)
* Kalyanam Raghuramayya (1975)
* M. S. Sathyu (1975)
* K. G. Subramanyan (1975)
* Gitchandra Tongbra (1975)
* K. J. Yesudas (1975)
* Shyam Benegal (1976)
* Raghunath Mohapatra (1976)
* Ram Narayan (1976)
* K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976)
* R. Nagendra Rao (1976)
* S. Somasundaram (1976)
* Parveen Sultana (1976)
* Dhanraj Bhagat (1977)
* Bhupen Hazarika (1977)
* Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977)
* Alla Rakha (1977)
* Jehangir Sabavala (1977)
* Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)

1980s|

* B. V. Karanth (1981)
* Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981)
* Gambhir Singh Mura (1981)
* Dashrath Patel (1981)
* S. H. Raza (1981)
* Padma Subrahmanyam (1981)
* Allah Jilai Bai (1982)
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982)
* Jabbar Patel (1982)
* Virendra Prabhakar (1982)
* Gautam Vaghela (1982)
* Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983)
* Gautam Vaghela (1982)
* Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983)
* Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983)
* Nepal Mahata (1983)
* Handel Manuel (1983)
* Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983)
* Raghubir Singh (1983)
* Sobha Singh (1983)
* Habib Tanvir (1983)
* Ganga Devi (1984)
* Amitabh Bachchan (1984)
* Purushottam Das (1984)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984)
* Bhupen Khakhar (1984)
* Ben Kingsley (1984)
* Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984)
* Roshan Kumari (1984)
* Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984)
* N. Rajam (1984)
* Raja and Radha Reddy (1984)
* Nek Chand (1984)
* Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984)
* Shanti Dave (1985)
* Asa Singh Mastana (1985)
* Laxman Pai (1985)
* Smita Patil (1985)
* Palghat R. Raghu (1985)
* Naseeruddin Shah (1985)
* Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986)
* Kanika Banerjee (1986)
* Subrata Mitra (1986)
* Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986)
* Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986)
* K. Balachander (1987)
* Kumudini Lakhia (1987)
* Vijaya Mehta (1987)
* N. Ramani (1987)
* Aparna Sen (1987)
* Naresh Sohal (1987)
* Jitendra Abhisheki (1988)
* Shabana Azmi (1988)
* Teejan Bai (1988)
* Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988)
* Zakir Hussain (1988)
* Chindodi Leela (1988)
* Sudharani Raghupathy (1988)
* Sudarshan Sahoo (1988)
* Kudrat Singh (1988)
* Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988)
* Jitendra Abhisheki (1988)
* Adyar K. Lakshman (1989)
* Haku Shah (1989)
* L. Subramaniam (1989)
* Ratan Thiyam (1989)
* Upendra Trivedi (1989)

1990s|

* Mohan Agashe (1990)
* G. Aravindan (1990)
* Prabha Atre (1990)
* Asgari Bai (1990)
* Gulab Bai (1990)
* Balwantrai Bhatt (1990)
* Diwaliben Bhil (1990)
* Raj Bisaria (1990)
* S. M. Ganapathy (1990)
* Kamal Haasan (1990)
* Bishamber Khanna (1990)
* Krishen Khanna (1990)
* Allu Ramalingaiah (1990)
* Tarun Majumdar (1990)
* Madhavi Mudgal (1990)
* Om Puri (1990)
* Kanak Rele (1990)
* Leela Samson (1990)
* Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990)
* Kapila Vatsyayan (1990)
* Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991)
* Bharat Gopy (1991)
* Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991)
* Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991)
* Shanno Khurana (1991)
* Pratima Barua Pandey (1991)
* Manu Parekh (1991)
* Shivkumar Sharma (1991)
* Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991)
* Sharda Sinha (1991)
* Alarmel Valli (1991)
* Jaya Bachchan (1992)
* Pankaj Charan Das (1992)
* Biren De (1992)
* Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992)
* Sabri Khan (1992)
* Sunita Kohli (1992)
* Madurai N. Krishnan (1992)
* Manoj Kumar (1992)
* Meera Mukherjee (1992)
* Asha Parekh (1992)
* Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992)
* Bhagaban Sahu (1992)
* Anandji Virji Shah (1992)
* Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji) (1992)
* Sundari K. Shridharani (1992)
* Tapan Sinha (1992)
* Muthiah Sthapati (1992)
* K. Viswanath (1992)
* Chitra Visweswaran (1992)
* Dipali Barthakur (1998)
* Mammootty (1998)
* Kunja Bihari Meher (1998)
* Krishnarao Sable (1998)
* Zohra Sehgal (1998)
* K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998)
* U. Srinivas (1998)
* Javed Akhtar (1999)
* Saryu Doshi (1999)
* Sulochana Latkar (1999)
* Sumati Mutatkar (1999)
* Shobha Deepak Singh (1999)
* Jagmohan Sursagar (1999)
* Ram V. Sutar (1999)

2000s|

* Kanhai Chitrakar (2000)
* Shekhar Kapur (2000)
* Hema Malini (2000)
* Anjolie Ela Menon (2000)
* Shubha Mudgal (2000)
* Alyque Padamsee (2000)
* A. R. Rahman (2000)
* Ramanand Sagar (2000)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001)
* Aamir Raza Husain (2001)
* Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001)
* Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001)
* Sunil Kothari (2001)
* Nerella Venu Madhav (2001)
* Mohanlal (2001)
* Shobha Naidu (2001)
* D. V. S. Raju (2001)
* Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001)
* Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001)
* Thota Tharani (2001)
* W. D. Amaradeva (2002)
* Raj Begum (2002)
* Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002)
* Pushpa Bhuyan (2002)
* Rajan Devadas (2002)
* Darshana Jhaveri (2002)
* Abdul Latif Khan (2002)
* Mani Krishnaswami (2002)
* Fazal Mohammad (2002)
* Manorama (2002)
* Govind Nihalani (2002)
* Mani Ratnam (2002)
* Kiran Segal (2002)
* Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002)
* Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002)
* T. H. Vinayakram (2002)
* Jahnu Barua (2003)
* Danny Denzongpa (2003)
* Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003)
* Rita Ganguly (2003)
* Ranjana Gauhar (2003)
* Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003)
* Rakhee Gulzar (2003)
* Nemi Chandra Jain (2003)
* O. P. Jain (2003)
* Aamir Khan (2003)
* Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003)
* T. M. Soundararajan (2003)
* Sukumari (2003)
* Satish Vyas (2003)
* Bharathiraja (2004)
* Maguni Charan Das (2004)
* Manoranjan Das (2004)
* D. K. Datar (2004)
* Kadri Gopalnath (2004)
* Hariharan (singer) (2004)
* Purshottam Das Jalota (2004)
* Krishn Kanhai (2004)
* Heisnam Kanhailal (2004)
* Anupam Kher (2004)
* Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004)
* Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004)
* Sudha Ragunathan (2004)
* Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004)
* Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004)
* Bharati Shivaji (2004)
* Singh Bandhu (2004)
* Bhajan Sopori (2004)
* Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004)
* Muzaffar Ali (2005)
* Shameem Dev Azad (2005)
* M. Boyer (2005)
* K. S. Chithra (2005)
* Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005)
* Shah Rukh Khan (2005)
* Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005)
* Kavita Krishnamurti (2005)
* Chaturbhuj Meher (2005)
* Kumkum Mohanty (2005)
* Punaram Nishad (2005)
* Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005)
* Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005)
* Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005)
* Komala Varadan (2005)
* Puranchand Wadali (2005)
* Ileana Citaristi (2006)
* Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006)
* Shree Lal Joshi (2006)
* Surinder Kaur (2006)
* Rashid Khan (musician) (2006)
* Vasundhara Komkali (2006)
* Yashodhar Mathpal (2006)
* Madhup Mudgal (2006)
* Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006)
* Shyama Charan Pati (2006)
* Gayatri Sankaran (2006)
* Prasad Sawkar (2006)
* Aribam Syam Sharma (2006)
* Shobana (2006)
* Kanaka Srinivasan (2006)
* Pankaj Udhas (2006)
* Mohan Babu (2007)
* Geeta Chandran (2007)
* Astad Deboo (2007)
* Neelamani Devi (2007)
* Remo Fernandes (2007)
* P. Gopinathan (2007)
* Pushpa Hans (2007)
* Shanti Hiranand (2007)
* Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007)
* Govardhan Kumari (2007)
* Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007)
* Balachandra Menon (2007)
* Shashikala (2007)
* Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007)
* Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007)
* Pannuru Sripathy (2007)
* Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007)
* Waman Thakre (2007)
* P. R. Thilagam (2007)
* Tom Alter (2008)
* Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008)
* Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008)
* Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008)
* Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008)
* Kekoo Gandhy (2008)
* Helen Giri Syiem (2008)
* Jatin Goswami (2008)
* Hans Raj Hans (2008)
* Sabitri Heisnam (2008)
* Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008)
* P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008)
* Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008)
* Gangadhar Pradhan (2008)
* M. Night Shyamalan (2008)
* Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008)
* Jawahar Wattal (2008)
* Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009)
* Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009)
* Hemi Bawa (2009)
* Brahmanandam (2009)
* Devayani (dancer) (2009)
* Suresh Dutta (2009)
* Kalamandalam Gopi (2009)
* Niranjan Goswami (2009)
* Geeta Kapur (2009)
* Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009)
* Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009)
* Helen (2009)
* S. Krishnaswamy (2009)
* Akshay Kumar (2009)
* Iravatham Mahadevan (2009)
* Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009)
* Penaz Masani (2009)
* Shaoli Mitra (2009)
* Udit Narayan (2009)
* Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009)
* Leela Omchery (2009)
* Pratapaditya Pal (2009)
* Aruna Sairam (2009)
* Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009)
* Kumar Sanu (2009)
* Kiran Seth (2009)
* Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009)
* Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009)
* Thilakan (2009)
* K. P. Udayabhanu (2009)
* Vivek (actor) (2009)

2010s|

* Gul Bardhan (2010)
* Carmel Berkson (2010)
* Wasifuddin Dagar (2010)
* Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010)
* Nemai Ghosh (2010)
* Sumitra Guha (2010)
* Ulhas Kashalkar (2010)
* Saif Ali Khan (2010)
* Mukund Lath (2010)
* Ram Dayal Munda (2010)
* Arundathi Nag (2010)
* Raghunath Panigrahi (2010)
* Resul Pookutty (2010)
* Arjun Prajapati (2010)
* Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010)
* Shobha Raju (2010)
* Mayadhar Raut (2010)
* Rekha (2010)
* Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011)
* Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011)
* Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011)
* Mahasundari Devi (2011)
* Gajam Govardhana (2011)
* Sunayana Hazarilal (2011)
* S. R. Janakiraman (2011)
* Jayaram (2011)
* Kajol (2011)
* Shaji N. Karun (2011)
* Girish Kasaravalli (2011)
* Irrfan Khan (2011)
* Tabu (2011)
* Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011)
* Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011)
* Jivya Soma Mashe (2011)
* Dadi Pudumjee (2011)
* M. K. Saroja (2011)
* Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011)
* Prahlad Tipanya (2011)
* Usha Uthup (2011)
* Satish Alekar (2012)
* Satish Alekar (2012)
* Vanraj Bhatia (2012)
* Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012)
* Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012)
* Gundecha Brothers (2012)
* Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012)
* Anup Jalota (2012)
* Moti Lal Kemmu (2012)
* Shahid Parvez (2012)
* Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012)
* Sakar Khan (2012)
* Joy Michael (2012)
* Minati Mishra (2012)
* Na Muthuswamy (2012)
* R. Nagarathnamma (2012)
* Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012)
* Priyadarshan (2012)
* Priyadarshan (2012)
* Vijay Sharma (2012)
* Laila Tyabji (2012)
* Yamunabai Waikar (2012)
* S. Shakir Ali (2013)
* Gajam Anjaiah (2013)
* Bapu (2013)
* Pablo Bartholomew (2013)
* Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013)
* G. C. D. Bharti (2013)
* Apurba Kishore Bir (2013)
* Ghanakanta Bora (2013)
* B. Jayashree (2013)
* Hildamit Lepcha (2013)
* Madhu (actor) (2013)
* Sudha Malhotra (2013)
* Kailash Chandra Meher (2013)
* Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013)
* Nana Patekar (2013)
* Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013)
* Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013)
* Jaymala Shiledar (2013)
* Ramesh Sippy (2013)
* Sridevi (2013)
* Suresh Talwalkar (2013)
* Mahrukh Tarapor (2013)
* Balwant Thakur (2013)
* Rajendra Tiku (2013)
* Mohammad Ali Baig (2014)
* Vidya Balan (2014)
* Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014)
* Sabitri Chatterjee (2014)
* Biman Bihari Das (2014)
* Sunil Das (2014)
* Elam Endira Devi (2014)
* Supriya Devi (2014)
* Vijay Ghate (2014)
* Nayana Apte Joshi (2014)
* Elam Endira Devi (2014)
* Supriya Devi (2014)
* Vijay Ghate (2014)
* Nayana Apte Joshi (2014)
* Rani Karnaa (2014)
* Bansi Kaul (2014)
* Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014)
* Geeta Mahalik (2014)
* Paresh Maity (2014)
* Ram Mohan (2014)
* Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014)
* Paresh Rawal (2014)
* Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014)
* Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014)
* Santosh Sivan (2014)
* Sooni Taraporevala (2014)
* Naresh Bedi (2015)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015)
* Rahul Jain (2015)
* Ravindra Jain (2015)
* Prasoon Joshi (2015)
* A. Kanyakumari (2015)
* Prafulla Kar (2015)
* Tripti Mukherjee (2015)
* Neil Nongkynrih (2015)
* Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015)
* Shekhar Sen (2015)
* Pran Kumar Sharma (2015)
* Mahesh Raj Soni (2015)
* Malini Awasthi (2016)
* Madhur Bhandarkar (2016)
* Tulsidas Borkar (2016)
* Mamta Chandrakar (2016)
* Priyanka Chopra (2016)
* Ajay Devgn (2016)
* Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016)
* Laxma Goud (2016)
* Saeed Jaffrey (2016)
* Venkatesh Kumar (2016)
* Naresh Chander Lal (2016)
* Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016)
* Nila Madhab Panda (2016)
* Michael Postel (2016)
* Pratibha Prahlad (2016)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2016)
* Gulabo Sapera (2016)
* Prakash Chand Surana (2016)
* Basanti Bisht (2017)
* Baua Devi (2017)
* Jitendra Haripal (2017)
* Kailash Kher (2017)
* Sadhu Meher (2017)
* Aruna Mohanty (2017)
* T. K. Murthy (2017)
* Mukund Nayak (2017)
* Anuradha Paudwal (2017)
* Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017)
* Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017)
* Purushottam Upadhyay (2017)
* Doddarangegowda (2018)
* Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018)
* Pran Kishore Kaul (2018)
* Vijay Kichlu (2018)
* Prabhakar Maharana (2018)
* Sisir Mishra (2018)
* Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018)
* Gobardhan Panika (2018)
* R. Sathyanarayana (2018)
* Bhajju Shyam (2018)
* Ibrahim Sutar (2018)
* Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018)
* Baba Yogendra (2018)
* Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019)
* Manoj Bajpayee (2019)
* Pritam Bhartwan (2019)
* Jyoti Bhatt (2019)
* Swapan Chaudhuri (2019)
* Dinyar Contractor (2019)
* Thanga Darlong (2019)
* Prabhu Deva (2019)
* Godawari Dutta (2019)
* Joravarsinh Jadav (2019)
* Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019)
* K. G. Jayan (2019)
* Waman Kendre (2019)
* Kader Khan (2019)
* Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019)
* Shankar Mahadevan (2019)
* Narthaki Nataraj (2019)
* Milena Salvini (2019)
* Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019)
* Rajeev Taranath (2019)
* Hiralal Yadav (2019)
* Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)

2020s|

* Shashadhar Acharya (2020)
* Indira P. P. Bora (2020)
* Bombay Sisters (2020)
* Vajira Chitrasena (2020)
* Puru Dadheech (2020)
* Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020)
* Sarita Joshi (2020)
* Kangana Ranaut (2020)
* Ramzan Khan (2020)
* Manilal Nag (2020)
* Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020)
* Adnan Sami (2020)
* Suresh Wadkar (2020)
* V. K. Munusamy (2020)
* Yadla Gopalarao (2020)
* Dulari Devi (2021)
* Bombay Jayashri (2021)
* KC Sivasankaran (2021)
* Rewben Mashangva (2021)
* Sanjida Khatun (2021)
* Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021)
* Nidumolu Sumathi (2021)
* Biren Kumar Basak (2021)
* Narayan Debnath (2021)
* Bhuri Bai (2021)
* Vinayak Khedekar (2021)
* Manjamma Jogathi (2021)
* Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022)
* Lalita Vakil (2022)
* H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022)
* Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022)
* Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022)
* Ram Sahay Panday (2022)
* Durga Bai Vyam (2022)
* Sulochana Chavan (2022)
* Sonu Nigam (2022)
* Lourembam Bino Devi (2022)
* Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022)
* Shyamamani Devi (2022)
* Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022)
* Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022)
* Ram Dayal Sharma (2022)
* Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022)
* S. Ballesh (2022)
* Sowcar Janaki (2022)
* R Muthukannammal (2022)
* A. K. C. Natarajan (2022)
* Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022)
* Sakini Ramachandraih (2022)
* Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022)
* Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022)
* Shivnath Mishra (2022)
* Sheesh Ram (2022)
* Ajita Srivastava (2022)
* Madhuri Barthwal (2022)
* Kaajee Singh (2022)
* Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023)
* Premjit Baria (2023)
* Usha Barle (2023)
* Hemant Chauhan (2023)
* Bhanubhai Chitara (2023)
* Hemoprova Chutia (2023)
* Subhadra Devi (2023)
* Hem Chandra Goswami (2023)
* Pritikana Goswami (2023)
* Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023)
* Dilshad Hussain (2023)
* Mahipat Kavi (2023)
* M. M. Keeravani (2023)
* Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023)
* Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023)
* Domar Singh Kunvar (2023)
* Risingbor Kurkalang (2023)
* Rani Machaiah (2023)
* Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023)
* Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023)
* Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023)
* Krishna Patel (2023)
* K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023)
* Kapil Dev Prasad (2023)
* Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023)
* C. V. Raju (2023)
* Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023)
* Mangala Kanti Roy (2023)
* K.C. Runremsangi (2023)
* Ritwik Sanyal (2023)
* Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023)
* Neihunuo Sorhie (2023)
* Moa Subong (2023)
* Raveena Tandon (2023)
* Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023)
* Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023)
* Khalil Ahamad (2024)
* Badrappan M (2024)
* Kaluram Bamaniya (2024)
* Rezwana Choudhury Bannya (2024)
* Naseem Bano (2024)
* Ramlal Bareth (2024)
* Gita Roy Barman (2024)
* Som Dutt Battu (2024)
* Takdira Begum (2024)
* Drona Bhuyan (2024)
* Ashok Kumar Biswas (2024)
* Smriti Rekha Chakma (2024)
* A Velu Ananda Chari (2024)
* Ghulam Nabi Dar (2024)
* Mahabir Singh Guddu (2024)
* Anupama Hoskere (2024)
* Jankilal (2024)
* Ratan Kahar (2024)
* Dasari Kondappa (2024)
* Jordan Lepcha (2024)
* Binod Maharana (2024)
* Uma Maheshwari D (2024)
* Ram Kumar Mallick (2024)
* Surendra Mohan Mishra (2024)
* Ali Mohammed & Ghani Mohammed (2024)
* Kiran Nadar (2024)
* Narayanan E P (2024)
* Bhagabat Padhan (2024)
* Sanatan Rudra Pal (2024)
* Binod Kumar Pasayat (2024)
* Silbi Passah (2024)
* Shanti Devi Paswan & Shivan Paswan (2024)
* Romalo Ram (2024)
* Nirmal Rishi (2024)
* Pran Sabharwal (2024)
* Gaddam Sammaiah (2024)
* Machihan Sasa (2024)
* Omprakash Sharma (2024)
* Godawari Singh (2024)
* Seshampatti T Sivalingam (2024)
* Urmila Srivastava (2024)
* Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (2024)
* Gopinath Swain (2024)
* Laxman Bhatt Tailang (2024)
* Jagdish Trivedi (2024)
* Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil (2024)
* Babu Ram Yadav (2024)
* Adwaita Gadanayak (2025)
* Achyut Ramchandra Palav (2025)
* Arijit Singh (2025)
* Ashok Saraf (2025)
* Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (2025)
* Barry Godfray John (2025)
* Batool Begam (2025)
* Bharat Gupt (2025)
* Bheru Singh Chouhan (2025)
* Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara (2025)
* Durga Charan Ranbir (2025)
* Farooq Ahmad Mir (2025)
* Gokul Chandra Das (2025)
* Guruvayur Dorai (2025)
* Harchandan Singh Bhatty (2025)
* Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale (2025)
* Hassan Raghu (2025)
* Jaspinder Narula (2025)
* Joynacharan Bathari (2025)
* K. Omanakutty (2025)
* Madugula Nagaphani Sarma (2025)
* Mahavir Nayak (2025)
* Mamata Shankar (2025)
* Miriyala Apparao (2025)
* Naren Gurung (2025)
* Nirmala Devi (2025)
* P Datchanamoorthy (2025)
* Pandi Ram Mandavi (2025)
* Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai (2025)
* Purisai Kannappa Sambandan (2025)
* Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy (2025)
* Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar (2025)
* Ratan Parimoo (2025)
* Rebakanta Mahanta (2025)
* Ricky Kej (2025)
* Shyam Bihari Agrawal (2025)
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award

1969–1980|

* Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich (1969)
* B. N. Sircar (1970)
* Prithviraj Kapoor (1971)
* Pankaj Mullick (1972)
* Ruby Myers (1973)
* B. N. Reddy (1974)
* Dhirendranath Ganguly (1975)
* Kanan Devi (1976)
* Nitin Bose (1977)
* Rai Chand Boral (1978)
* Sohrab Modi (1979)
* Paidi Jairaj (1980)

1981–2000|

* Naushad (1981)
* L. V. Prasad (1982)
* Durga Khote (1983)
* Satyajit Ray (1984)
* V. Shantaram (1985)
* B. Nagi Reddy (1986)
* Raj Kapoor (1987)
* Ashok Kumar (1988)
* Lata Mangeshkar (1989)
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1990)
* Bhalji Pendharkar (1991)
* Bhupen Hazarika (1992)
* Majrooh Sultanpuri (1993)
* Dilip Kumar (1994)
* Dr. Rajkumar (1995)
* Sivaji Ganesan (1996)
* Pradeep (1997)
* B. R. Chopra (1998)
* Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1999)
* Asha Bhosle (2000)

2001–2020|

* Yash Chopra (2001)
* Dev Anand (2002)
* Mrinal Sen (2003)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2004)
* Shyam Benegal (2005)
* Tapan Sinha (2006)
* Manna Dey (2007)
* V. K. Murthy (2008)
* D. Ramanaidu (2009)
* K. Balachander (2010)
* Soumitra Chatterjee (2011)
* Pran (2012)
* Gulzar (2013)
* Shashi Kapoor (2014)
* Manoj Kumar (2015)
* K. Viswanath (2016)
* Vinod Khanna (2017)
* Amitabh Bachchan (2018)
* Rajinikanth (2019)
* Asha Parekh (2020)

2021–present|

* Waheeda Rehman (2021)
* Mithun Chakraborty (2022)

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Filmfare Award for Best Actor

1954–1975|

* Dilip Kumar (1954)
* Bharat Bhushan (1955)
* Dilip Kumar (1956)
* Dilip Kumar (1957)
* Dilip Kumar (1958)
* Dev Anand (1959)
* Raj Kapoor (1960)
* Dilip Kumar (1961)
* Raj Kapoor (1962)
* Ashok Kumar (1963)
* Sunil Dutt (1964)
* Dilip Kumar (1965)
* Sunil Dutt (1966)
* Dev Anand (1967)
* Dilip Kumar (1968)
* Shammi Kapoor (1969)
* Ashok Kumar (1970)
* Rajesh Khanna (1971)
* Rajesh Khanna (1972)
* Manoj Kumar (1973)
* Rishi Kapoor (1974)
* Rajesh Khanna (1975)

1976–2000|

* Sanjeev Kumar (1976)
* Sanjeev Kumar (1977)
* Amitabh Bachchan (1978)
* Amitabh Bachchan (1979)
* Amol Palekar (1980)
* Naseeruddin Shah (1981)
* Naseeruddin Shah (1982)
* Dilip Kumar (1983)
* Naseeruddin Shah (1984)
* Anupam Kher (1985)
* Kamal Haasan (1986)
* Not awarded (1987)
* Not awarded (1988)
* Anil Kapoor (1989)
* Jackie Shroff (1990)
* Sunny Deol (1991)
* Amitabh Bachchan (1992)
* Anil Kapoor (1993)
* Shah Rukh Khan (1994)
* Nana Patekar (1995)
* Shah Rukh Khan (1996)
* Aamir Khan (1997)
* Shah Rukh Khan (1998)
* Shah Rukh Khan (1999)
* Sanjay Dutt (2000)

2001–present|

* Hrithik Roshan (2001)
* Aamir Khan (2002)
* Shah Rukh Khan (2003)
* Hrithik Roshan (2004)
* Shah Rukh Khan (2005)
* Amitabh Bachchan (2006)
* Hrithik Roshan (2007)
* Shah Rukh Khan (2008)
* Hrithik Roshan (2009)
* Amitabh Bachchan (2010)
* Shah Rukh Khan (2011)
* Ranbir Kapoor (2012)
* Ranbir Kapoor (2013)
* Farhan Akhtar (2014)
* Shahid Kapoor (2015)
* Ranveer Singh (2016)
* Aamir Khan (2017)
* Irrfan Khan (2018)
* Ranbir Kapoor (2019)
* Ranveer Singh (2020)
* Irrfan Khan (2021)
* Ranveer Singh (2022)
* Rajkummar Rao (2023)
* Ranbir Kapoor (2024)

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Filmfare Award for Best Director

1954–1970|

* Bimal Roy (1954)
* Bimal Roy (1955)
* Bimal Roy (1956)
* V. Shantaram (1957)
* Mehboob Khan (1958)
* Bimal Roy (1959)
* Bimal Roy (1960)
* Bimal Roy (1961)
* B. R. Chopra (1962)
* Abrar Alvi (1963)
* Bimal Roy (1964)
* Raj Kapoor (1965)
* Yash Chopra (1966)
* Vijay Anand (1967)
* Manoj Kumar (1968)
* Ramanand Sagar (1969)
* Yash Chopra (1970)

1971–1990|

* Asit Sen (1971)
* Raj Kapoor (1972)
* Sohanlal Kanwar (1973)
* Yash Chopra (1974)
* Manoj Kumar (1975)
* Yash Chopra (1976)
* Gulzar (1977)
* Basu Chatterjee (1978)
* Satyajit Ray (1979)
* Shyam Benegal (1980)
* Govind Nihalani (1981)
* Muzaffar Ali (1982)
* Raj Kapoor (1983)
* Govind Nihalani (1984)
* Sai Paranjpye (1985)
* Raj Kapoor (1986)
* Mansoor Khan (1989)
* Vidhu Vinod Chopra (1990)

1991–2010|

* Rajkumar Santoshi (1991)
* Subhash Ghai (1992)
* Mukul S. Anand (1993)
* Shekhar Kapur (1994)
* Sooraj Barjatya (1995)
* Aditya Chopra (1996)
* Rajkumar Santoshi (1997)
* J. P. Dutta (1998)
* Karan Johar (1999)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2000)
* Rakesh Roshan (2001)
* Ashutosh Gowariker (2002)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2003)
* Rakesh Roshan (2004)
* Kunal Kohli (2005)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2006)
* Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2007)
* Aamir Khan (2008)
* Ashutosh Gowariker (2009)
* Rajkumar Hirani (2010)

2011-present|

* Karan Johar (2011)
* Zoya Akhtar (2012)
* Sujoy Ghosh (2013)
* Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2014)
* Vikas Bahl (2015)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2016)
* Nitesh Tiwari (2017)
* Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (2018)
* Meghna Gulzar (2019)
* Zoya Akhtar (2020)
* Om Raut (2021)
* Vishnuvardhan (2022)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2023)
* Vidhu Vinod Chopra (2024)

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Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue

1959–1970|

* Rajinder Singh Bedi (1959)
* Ramanand Sagar (1960)
* Amanullah Khan, Kamal Amrohi, Wajahat Mirza & Ehsan Rizvi (1961)
* Wajahat Mirza (1962)
* Akhtar ul Iman (1963)
* Arjun Dev Rashk (1964)
* Govind Moonis (1965)
* Akhtar ul Iman (1966)
* Vijay Anand (1967)
* Manoj Kumar (1968)
* Ali Raza (1969)
* Pt Anand Kumar (1970)

1971–1990|

* Rajinder Singh Bedi (1971)
* Gulzar (1972)
* Ramesh Pant (1973)
* Gulzar (1974)
* Kaifi Azmi (1975)
* Salim-Javed (1976)
* Sagar Sarhadi (1977)
* Vrajendra Gaur (1978)
* Rahi Masoom Raza (1979)
* Satyadev Dubey (1980)
* Shabd Kumar (1981)
* Kader Khan (1982)
* Dr. Achla Nagar (1983)
* Mahesh Bhatt (1984)
* Sai Paranjpye (1985)
* Rahi Masoom Raza (1986)
* no award (1987)
* no award (1988)
* Kamlesh Pandey (1989)
* Javed Akhtar (1990)

1991–2010|

* Suraj Sanim (1991 )
* Rahi Masoom Raza (1992)
* Kader Khan (1993)
* Prof Jay Dixit (1994)
* K K Singh (1995)
* Aditya Chopra & Javed Siddiqui (1996)
* Gulzar (1997)
* Aditya Chopra (1998)
* Rajkumar Santoshi & K. K. Raina (1999)
* Hriday Lani & Pathik Vats (2000)
* O. P. Dutta (2001)
* Karan Johar (2002)
* Gulzar & Jaideep Sahni (2003)
* Abbas Tyrewala (2004)
* Aditya Chopra (2005)
* Prakash Jha (2006)
* Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi (2007)
* Imtiaz Ali (2008)
* Manu Rishi (2009)
* Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (2010)

2011–present|

* Habib Faisal (2011)
* Farhan Akhtar (2012)
* Anurag Kashyap, Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh Jaiswal & Sachin Ladia (2013)
* Subhash Kapoor (2014)
* Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani (2015)
* Himanshu Sharma (2016)
* Ritesh Shah (2017)
* Hitesh Kewaliya (2018)
* Akshat Ghildial (2019)
* Vijay Maurya (2020)
* Juhi Chaturvedi (2021)

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Filmfare Award for Best Story

1955–1970|

* Mukhram Sharma (1955)
* Rajinder Singh Bedi (1956)
* Amiya Chakrabarty (1957)
* Akhtar Mirza (1958)
* Mukhram Sharma (1959)
* Subodh Ghosh (1960)
* Ruby Sen (1961)
* C. V. Sridhar (1962)
* K. P. Kottarakara (1963)
* Jarasandha (1964)
* Ban Bhatt (1965)
* Akhtar Mirza (1966)
* R. K. Narayan (1967)
* Manoj Kumar (1968)
* Sachin Bhowmick (1969)
* Vasant Shankar Kanetkar (1970)

1971–1990|

* Chandrakant Kakodkar (1971)
* Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972)
* Basu Bhattacharya (1973)
* Salim–Javed (1974)
* Kaifi Azmi, Ismat Chughtai (1975)
* Salim–Javed (1976)
* Balaichand Mukherjee (1977)
* Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1978)
* Dinesh Thakur (1979)
* Shanker Shesh (1980)
* Vijay Tendulkar (1981)
* Chetan Anand (1982)
* Samaresh Basu (1983)
* S. D. Palwalker (1984)
* Mahesh Bhatt (1985)
* Aleem Masroor (1986)
* no award (1987)
* no award (1988)
* Subodh Ghosh (1989)
* K. Viswanath (1990)

1991–2010|

* Rajkumar Santoshi (1991 )
* Honey Irani (1992)
* no award given (1993)
* Sutanu Gupta (1994)
* K. K. Singh (1995)
* Ram Gopal Varma (1996)
* Gulzar (1997)
* Kamal Haasan (1998)
* Mahesh Bhatt (1999)
* Vinay Shukla (2000)
* Honey Irani (2001)
* Ashutosh Gowariker (2002)
* Jaideep Sahni (2003)
* Nagesh Kukunoor (2004)
* Aditya Chopra (2005)
* Sudhir Mishra, Ruchi Narain & Shiv Kumar Subramaniam (2006 )
* Rajkumar Hirani & Vidhu Vinod Chopra (2007)
* Amole Gupte (2008)
* Abhishek Kapoor (2009)
* Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani (2010)

2011–present|

* Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane (2011)
* Sanjay Chauhan (2012)
* Juhi Chaturvedi (2013)
* Subhash Kapoor (2014)
* Rajat Kapoor (2015)
* V. Vijayendra Prasad (2016)
* Shakun Batra (2017)
* Amit V. Masurkar (2018)
* Anubhav Sinha (2019)
* Anubhav Sinha & Gaurav Solanki (2020)
* Anubhav Sinha & Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul (2021)

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Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

* Amitabh Bachchan (1991)
* Dev Anand (1992)
* Dilip Kumar (1993)
* Lata Mangeshkar (1994)
* Shammi Kapoor & Waheeda Rehman (1995)
* Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt & Vyjayanthimala (1996)
* Dharmendra, Mumtaz & Pran (1997)
* Sharmila Tagore (1998)
* Manoj Kumar & Helen (1999)
* Vinod Khanna & Hema Malini (2000)
* Feroz Khan & Asha Bhosle (2001)
* Gulzar & Asha Parekh (2002)
* Jeetendra (2003)
* Sulochana Latkar, Nirupa Roy & B. R. Chopra (2004)
* Rajesh Khanna (2005)
* Shabana Azmi (2006)
* Javed Akhtar & Jaya Bachchan (2007)
* Rishi Kapoor (2008)
* Bhanu Athaiya & Om Puri (2009)
* Shashi Kapoor & Khayyam (2010)
* Manna Dey (2011)
* Pyarelal & Aruna Irani (2012)
* Yash Chopra (2013)
* Tanuja (2014)
* Kamini Kaushal (2015)
* Moushumi Chatterjee (2016)
* Shatrughan Sinha (2017)
* Bappi Lahiri & Mala Sinha (2018)
* Sridevi (2019)
* Ramesh Sippy (2020)
* Irrfan Khan (2021)
* Subhash Ghai (2022)
* Prem Chopra (2023)
* David Dhawan (2024)

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