National Film Award for Best Actor

State-instituted annual film awards in India

National Film Award for Best Actor

The 2021 recipient: Allu Arjun for Pushpa: The Rise

Awarded for| Best Performance by an Actor
Sponsored by| Directorate of Film Festivals
Formerly called| Bharat Award (1968–1974)
Reward(s)|

* Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
* ₹50,000 (US$630)

First awarded| 1967
Last awarded| 2023
Most recent winner| Allu Arjun
Highlights
Most awards| Amitabh Bachchan (4)
Total awarded| 61
First winner| Uttam Kumar

The National Film Award for Best Actor, officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor (Hindi pronunciation: [rədʒət̪ kəməl]), is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India instituted since 1967 to actors who have delivered the best performance in a leading role within the 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), certificate and a cash prize.[a][2]

Although the Indian film industry produces films in around 20 languages and dialects,[1] the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in eight major languages: Hindi (twenty-five awards), Malayalam (fourteen awards), Tamil (nine awards), Bengali (five awards), Marathi, Kannada (three awards), English (two awards), and Telugu (one award).

The first recipient was Uttam Kumar from Bengali cinema, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967 for his performances in Anthony Firingee and Chiriyakhana.[5] He was also 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 with four awards. Kamal Haasan, Mammootty and Ajay Devgn with three awards, while six actors—Mohanlal, Sanjeev Kumar, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty, and Dhanush—have won the award two times. Two actors have achieved the honour for performing in two languages—Mithun Chakraborty (Hindi and Bengali) and Mammootty (Malayalam and English).[6]. The most recent recipient is Allu Arjun who is honoured at the 69th National Film Awards for his performance in the film Pushpa: The Rise.

## Key[edit]

Symbol  | Meaning

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

## Multiple winners[edit]

* 4 Wins : Amitabh Bachchan
* 3 Wins : Kamal Haasan, Mammootty, Ajay Devgn
* 2 Wins : Sanjeev Kumar, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Mithun Chakraborty, Mohanlal, Dhanush

## Recipients[edit]

Uttam Kumar
(The first-ever recipient of the Best Actor Award for his performances in Antony Firingee and Chiriyakhana in 1967.) M. G. Ramachandran, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu won the award for his performance in Rickshawkaran in 1971. Amitabh Bachchan
(Bachchan has been the most frequent winner of the award (four times, having won the award for his performances in Agneepath (1990), Black (2005), Paa (2009) and Piku (2015).)

Kamal Haasan (top), Mammootty (middle), and Ajay Devgn (bottom) are the three actors to win the honour thrice.

Mithun Chakraborty
(was awarded for his debut film.[7]) Riddhi Sen
(youngest winner) List of award recipients, showing the year, role(s), film(s) and language(s)  Year[b] | Recipient(s)  | Role(s)  | Work(s)  | Language(s)  | Refs."

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1967
(15th) ‡  | Uttam Kumar | Anthony Firingee | Antony Firingee | Bengali | [8]
Byomkesh Bakshi | Chiriyakhana
1968
(16th) | Ashok Kumar | Shivnath "Joggi Thakur" Choudhary  | Aashirwad | Hindi | [9]
1969
(17th) | Utpal Dutt | Bhuvan Shome  | Bhuvan Shome | Hindi | [10]
1970
(18th) | Sanjeev Kumar | Hamid Ahmed  | Dastak | Hindi | [11]
1971
(19th) | M. G. Ramachandran | Selvam  | Rickshawkaran | Tamil | [12]
1972
(20th) | Sanjeev Kumar | Hari Charan Mathur  | Koshish | Hindi | [11]
1973
(21st) | P. J. Antony | Velichapad  | Nirmalyam | Malayalam | [2]
1974
(22nd) | Sadhu Meher | Kishtayya  | Ankur | Hindi | [3]
1975
(23rd) | M. V. Vasudeva Rao | Choma  | Chomana Dudi | Kannada | [13]
1976
(24th) | Mithun Chakraborty | Ghinua  | Mrigayaa | Hindi | [14]
1977
(25th) | Bharath Gopi | Shankaran Kutty  | Kodiyettam | Malayalam | [15]
1978
(26th) | Arun Mukherjee | Parasuram  | Parasuram | Bengali | [16]
1979
(27th) | Naseeruddin Shah | Anirudh Parmar  | Sparsh | Hindi | [17]
1980
(28th) | Balan K. Nair | Govindan  | Oppol | Malayalam | [18]
1981
(29th) | Om Puri | Hari Mondal  | Arohan | Hindi | [19]
1982
(30th) | Kamal Haasan | R. Srinivas
(Cheenu) | Moondram Pirai | Tamil | [20]
1983
(31st) | Om Puri | Anant Velankar  | Ardh Satya | Hindi | [21]
1984
(32nd) | Naseeruddin Shah | Naurangia  | Paar | Hindi | [17]
1985
(33rd) | Shashi Kapoor | Vikas Pande  | New Delhi Times | Hindi | [22]
1986
(34th) | Charuhasan | Tabara Shetty  | Tabarana Kathe | Kannada | [23]
1987
(35th) | Kamal Haasan | Sakthivelu Nayakar [c] | Nayakan | Tamil | [25]
1988
(36th) | Premji | Raghava Chakyar  | Piravi | Malayalam | [26]
1989
(37th) ‡  | Mammootty | Vaikom Muhammad Basheer[d]
| Mathilukal | Malayalam | [28]
Chandu Chekavar | Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
1990
(38th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Vijay Deenanath Chauhan  | Agneepath | Hindi | [29]
1991
(39th) | Mohanlal | Kalliyur Gopinathan  | Bharatham | Malayalam | [30]
1992
(40th) | Mithun Chakraborty | Shibnath  | Tahader Katha | Bengali | [14]
1993
(41st) ‡  | Mammootty | Ponthan Mada  | Ponthan Mada | Malayalam | [28]
Bhaskara Patelar  | Vidheyan
1994
(42nd) | Nana Patekar | Pratap Narayan Tilak  | Krantiveer | Hindi | [31]
1995
(43rd) | Rajit Kapur | Mahatma Gandhi | The Making of the Mahatma | English | [32]
1996
(44th) | Kamal Haasan | Senapathy
(Indian),
Chandrabose
(Chandru) | Indian | Tamil | [33]
1997
(45th) †  | Balachandra Menon | Ismail  | Samaantharangal | Malayalam | [34]
Suresh Gopi | Kannan Perumalayan  | Kaliyattam | Malayalam
1998
(46th) †  | Ajay Devgn | Ajay R. Desai  | Zakhm | Hindi | [6]
Mammootty | B. R. Ambedkar | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar | English
1999
(47th) | Mohanlal | Kunjikuttan  | Vanaprastham | Malayalam | [35]
2000
(48th) | Anil Kapoor | Major Jaidev Rajvansh  | Pukar | Hindi | [36]
2001
(49th) | Murali | Appa Mestry  | Neythukaran | Malayalam | [37]
2002
(50th) | Ajay Devgn | Bhagat Singh | The Legend of Bhagat Singh | Hindi | [38]
2003
(51st) | Vikram | Chithan  | Pithamagan | Tamil | [39]
2004
(52nd) | Saif Ali Khan | Karan Kapoor  | Hum Tum | Hindi | [40]
2005
(53rd) | Amitabh Bachchan | Debraj Sahai  | Black | Hindi | [41]
2006
(54th) | Soumitra Chatterjee | Shashanka Palit  | Podokkhep | Bengali | [42]
2007
(55th) | Prakash Raj | Vengadam  | Kanchivaram | Tamil | [43]
2008
(56th) | Upendra Limaye | Tayappa  | Jogwa | Marathi | [44]
2009
(57th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Auro  | Paa | Hindi | [45]
2010
(58th) †  | Dhanush | K. P. Karuppu  | Aadukalam | Tamil | [46]
Salim Kumar | Abu  | Adaminte Makan Abu | Malayalam
2011
(59th) | Girish Kulkarni | Keshya  | Deool | Marathi | [47]
2012
(60th) †  | Irrfan Khan | Paan Singh Tomar | Paan Singh Tomar | Hindi | [4]
Vikram Gokhale | Ratnakar  | Anumati | Marathi
2013
(61st) †  | Rajkummar Rao | Shahid Azmi | Shahid | Hindi | [48]
Suraj Venjaramoodu | Father [e] | Perariyathavar | Malayalam
2014
(62nd) | Sanchari Vijay | Madesha
(Vidya) [f] | Naanu Avanalla...Avalu | Kannada | [49]
2015
(63rd) | Amitabh Bachchan | Bhashkor Banerjee  | Piku | Hindi | [50]
2016
(64th) | Akshay Kumar | Commander Rustom Pavri  | Rustom [g] | Hindi | [53]
2017
(65th) | Riddhi Sen | Parimal
(Puti) [h] | Nagarkirtan | Bengali | [54]
2018
(66th) †  | Ayushmann Khurrana | Akash  | Andhadhun | Hindi |
Vicky Kaushal | Major Vihaan Singh Shergill  | Uri: The Surgical Strike | Hindi
2019
(67th) †  | Manoj Bajpayee | Ganpath Bhonsle  | Bhonsle | Hindi | [55]
Dhanush | Sivasaami  | Asuran | Tamil
2020
(68th) †  | Suriya | Nedumaaran Rajangam (Maara)  | Soorarai Pottru | Tamil | [56]
Ajay Devgn | Tanaji Malusare | Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior | Hindi |
2021
(69th) | Allu Arjun | Molleti Pushpa Raj  | Pushpa: The Rise | Telugu | [57]

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ As of 2014, the cash prize is ₹50,000 (US$630).[4]
2. ^ Denotes The year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.
3. ^ The character played by Kamal Haasan was loosely based on the Mumbai-based Tamil gangster Varadarajan Mudaliar.[24]
4. ^ 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 .[27]
5. ^ The character remained unnamed throughout the film.
6. ^ Vijay played the character of a transgender.
7. ^ 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.[51][52]
8. ^ Sen played the character of a transgender.

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## External links[edit]

* Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
* National Film Awards Archives

* v
* t
* e

National Film Award for Best Actor

1967–1980|

* Uttam Kumar (1967)
* Ashok Kumar (1968)
* Utpal Dutt (1969)
* Sanjeev Kumar (1970)
* M. G. Ramachandran (1971)
* Sanjeev Kumar (1972)
* P. J. Antony (1973)
* Sadhu Meher (1974)
* M. V. Vasudeva Rao (1975)
* Mithun Chakraborty (1976)
* Bharath Gopi (1977)
* Arun Mukherjee (1978)
* Naseeruddin Shah (1979)
* Balan K. Nair (1980)

1981–2000|

* Om Puri (1981)
* Kamal Haasan (1982)
* Om Puri (1983)
* Naseeruddin Shah (1984)
* Shashi Kapoor (1985)
* Charuhasan (1986)
* Kamal Haasan (1987)
* Premji (1988)
* Mammootty (1989)
* Amitabh Bachchan (1990)
* Mohanlal (1991)
* Mithun Chakraborty (1992)
* Mammootty (1993)
* Nana Patekar (1994)
* Rajit Kapur (1995)
* Kamal Haasan (1996)
* Balachandra Menon and Suresh Gopi (1997)
* Ajay Devgn and Mammootty (1998)
* Mohanlal (1999)
* Anil Kapoor (2000)

2001–present|

* Murali (2001)
* Ajay Devgn (2002)
* Vikram (2003)
* Saif Ali Khan (2004)
* Amitabh Bachchan (2005)
* Soumitra Chatterjee (2006)
* Prakash Raj (2007)
* Upendra Limaye (2008)
* Amitabh Bachchan (2009)
* Dhanush and Salim Kumar (2010)
* Girish Kulkarni (2011)
* Irrfan Khan and Vikram Gokhale (2012)
* Rajkummar Rao and Suraj Venjaramoodu (2013)
* Sanchari Vijay (2014)
* Amitabh Bachchan (2015)
* Akshay Kumar (2016)
* Riddhi Sen (2017)
* Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal (2018)
* Dhanush and Manoj Bajpayee (2019)
* Suriya and Ajay Devgn (2020)
* Allu Arjun (2021)

* v
* t
* e

National Film Awards

* Directorate of Film Festivals
* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
* Cinema of India

Lifetime Achievement|

* Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Feature Films|

| Golden Lotus Awards|

* Best Feature Film
* Best Director
* Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
* Best Children's Film
* Best Debut Film of a Director
* Best Animated Film

|

Silver Lotus Awards|

* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best Supporting Actor
* Best Supporting Actress
* Best Child Artist
* Best Music Direction
* Best Male Playback Singer
* Best Female Playback Singer
* Best Lyrics
* Best Production Design
* Best Audiography
* Best Choreography
* Best Cinematography
* Best Costume Design
* Best Editing
* Best Make-up
* Best Screenplay
* Best Special Effects

* Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation
* Best Film on Family Welfare
* Best Film on National Integration
* Best Film on Other Social Issues

* Special Jury Award
* Special Mention

Silver Lotus Awards
(Regional)|

Languages specified in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India:

* Assamese
* Bodo
* Bengali
* English
* Dogri
* Gujarati
* Hindi
* Kannada
* Kashmiri
* Konkani
* Maithili
* Malayalam
* Meitei
* Marathi
* Odia
* Punjabi
* Sanskrit
* Tamil
* Telugu
* Urdu

Languages other than those specified in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution:

* Bhojpuri
* Garo
* Haryanvi
* Jasari
* Khasi
* Kodava
* Kokborok
* Ladakhi
* Mishing
* Mizo
* Monpa
* Pangchenpa
* Rabha
* Sherdukpen
* Tulu
* Wancho

Discontinued Awards|

* Second Best Feature Film
* Third Best Feature Film
* Best Story
* Best Film Based on High Literary Work

Non-Feature Films|

| Golden Lotus Awards|

* Best Non-Feature Film
* Best Director

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Silver Lotus Awards|

* Best First Film of a Director
* Best Audiography
* Best Cinematography
* Best Editing
* Best Music Direction
* Best Narration / Voice Over

* Best Agriculture Film
* Best Animation Film
* Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film
* Best Arts / Cultural Film
* Best Biographical Film
* Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film
* Best Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film
* Best Exploration / Adventure Film
* Best Film on Family Welfare
* Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film
* Best Investigative Film
* Best Promotional Film
* Best Scientific Film
* Best Short Fiction Film
* Best Film on Social Issues

* Special Jury Award
* Special Mention

Discontinued Awards|

* Best Experimental Film
* Best Filmstrip
* Best Industrial Film
* Best News Review
* Best Newsreel Cameraman

Writing on Cinema|

| Golden Lotus Awards|

* Best Book on Cinema
* Best Film Critic

|

Special Awards|

* Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)
* Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Film Critic)

Awards by year|

| 1953–1960|

* 1953 (1st)
* 1954 (2nd)
* 1955 (3rd)
* 1956 (4th)
* 1957 (5th)
* 1958 (6th)
* 1959 (7th)
* 1960 (8th)

|

1961–1980|

* 1961 (9th)
* 1962 (10th)
* 1963 (11th)
* 1964 (12th)
* 1965 (13th)
* 1966 (14th)
* 1967 (15th)
* 1968 (16th)
* 1969 (17th)
* 1970 (18th)
* 1971 (19th)
* 1972 (20th)
* 1973 (21st)
* 1974 (22nd)
* 1975 (23rd)
* 1976 (24th)
* 1977 (25th)
* 1978 (26th)
* 1979 (27th)
* 1980 (28th)

1981–2000|

* 1981 (29th)
* 1982 (30th)
* 1983 (31st)
* 1984 (32nd)
* 1985 (33rd)
* 1986 (34th)
* 1987 (35th)
* 1988 (36th)
* 1989 (37th)
* 1990 (38th)
* 1991 (39th)
* 1992 (40th)
* 1993 (41st)
* 1994 (42nd)
* 1995 (43rd)
* 1996 (44th)
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