National Film Award for Best Actress

Film award

National Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

The 2022 recipients: Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh

Awarded for| Best performance by an actress in a leading role
Sponsored by| Directorate of Film Festivals
Formerly called| Urvashi Award (1967–1973)
National Film Award for Best Actress (1974–2021)
Reward(s)|

* Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
* ₹200,000 (US$2,400)

First awarded| 1967
Last awarded| 2023
Most recent winner| Nithya Menen for Thiruchitrambalam and Manasi Parekh for Kutch Express
Highlights
Most awards| Shabana Azmi
(5 awards)
Total awarded| 56
First winner| Nargis Dutt
Website| http://dff.nic.in/NFA.aspx

The National Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to an actress for the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry.[1][2] The National Film Awards were called the "State Awards for Films" when established in 1954. The State Awards instituted the "Best Actress" category in 1968 as the "Urvashi Award for the Best Actress";[1][3][4] in 1975, the "Urvashi Award" was renamed as the "Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actress". Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of India has presented a total of 56 Best Actress awards to 45 different actresses. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to National Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.[5]

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 that amounted to ₹50,000 (US$600) in 2012.[3] Although the Indian film industry produces films in more than 20 languages and dialects,[6] the actresses whose performances have won awards have worked in eleven major languages: Hindi (22 awards), Bengali (7 awards), Tamil (8 awards), Malayalam (6 awards), Telugu (4 awards), Kannada (3 awards), English (3 awards), Marathi (2 awards), Assamese (one award),Gujarati (one award) and Urdu (one award).

The first recipient was Nargis Dutt from Bollywood, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards (1967) for her performance in Raat Aur Din.[7] The actress who won the most Rajat Kamal awards is Shabana Azmi with five wins,[8] followed by Sharada and Kangana Ranaut with three wins. As of 2021, four actresses—Smita Patil, Archana, Shobana, and Tabu who have won the award two times. Sharada, Archana and Shobana are the only three actresses to get the award for performing in two different languages. Sharada was bestowed with the awards for her performances in two Malayalam films: Thulabharam and Swayamvaram in 1968 and 1972 respectively, and in 1978 for the Telugu film Nimajjanam. Archana was first honoured in 1987 for the Tamil film Veedu and was awarded for the second time in 1988 for the Telugu film Daasi. Shobana received her first award for the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu in 1993, and her second for the English film Mitr, My Friend in 2001. As of 2020, the late Monisha Unni remains the youngest recipient of the honour; she was awarded for the Malayalam film Nakhakshathangal in 1986 when she was 16.[9][10] Indrani Haldar and Rituparna Sengupta are the only two actresses to be honoured for the same film—Dahan. Kangana Ranaut is the only actress to be honoured for her performance in two different films (Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi and Panga) in the same year. Sridevi is the only actress who was honoured posthumously for her performance in Mom (2017).[11] The most recent recipient are Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh, who were honoured at the 70th National Film Awards for their performances in the 2022 Tamil film Thiruchitrambalam and the 2022 Gujarati film Kutch Express respectively.

## Key

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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

## Recipients

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* With five wins, Shabana Azmi is the most awarded actor in this category. She is also the actress with most consecutive wins (3).

* Kangana Ranaut has won the award three times. She is the only actress to be honoured for two different films in a same year.

List of award recipients, showing the year, role(s), film(s) and language(s)  Year[a] | Photo  | Recipient(s)  | Role(s)  | Work(s)  | Language(s)  | Refs.[b]

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1967
(15th) |  | Nargis Dutt | Varuna / Peggy [c] | Raat Aur Din | Hindi | [13][14]
1968
(16th) |  | Sharada | Vijaya  | Thulabharam | Malayalam | [15][16]
1969
(17th) |  | Madhabi Mukherjee | Supriya  | Dibratrir Kabya | Bengali | [17]
1970
(18th) |  | Rehana Sultan | Salma Ahmed  | Dastak | Hindi | [17][18]
1971
(19th) |  | Waheeda Rehman | Reshma  | Reshma Aur Shera | Hindi | [19]
1972
(20th)
|  | Sharada | Sita  | Swayamvaram | Malayalam | [20][21]
1973
(21st) |  | Nandini Bhaktavatsala | Kamali  | Kaadu | Kannada | [3][22]
1974
(22nd) |  | Shabana Azmi | Lakshmi  | Ankur | Hindi | [4]
1975
(23rd) |  | Sharmila Tagore | Chanda Thapa,
Kajli [d] | Mausam | [24][25]
1976
(24th) |  | Lakshmi | Ganga  | Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal | Tamil | [26]
1977
(25th) |  | Smita Patil | Urvashi / Usha [e] | Bhumika | Hindi | [27][28]
1978
(26th) |  | Sharada | Bharathi  | Nimajjanam | Telugu | [29]
1979
(27th) |  | Shoba | Kuppamma  | Pasi | Tamil | [30][31]
1980
(28th) |  | Smita Patil | Amma  | Chakra | Hindi | [32]
1981
(29th) |  | Rekha | Amiran (Umrao Jaan) [f] | Umrao Jaan | Urdu | [34]
1982
(30th) |  | Shabana Azmi | Pooja Inder Malhotra  | Arth | Hindi | [35][36]
1983
(31st) | Jamini  | Khandhar | [37][38]
1984
(32nd) | Rama  | Paar | [39][40]
1985
(33rd) |  | Suhasini | Sindhu  | Sindhu Bhairavi | Tamil | [41]
1986
(34th) |  | Monisha Unni | Gouri  | Nakhakshathangal | Malayalam | [9]
1987
(35th) |  | Archana | Sudha  | Veedu | Tamil | [42]
1988
(36th) | Kamalakshi  | Daasi | Telugu | [43]
1989
(37th) |  | Sreelekha Mukherji | Lakkhi  | Parshuramer Kuthar | Bengali | [44]
1990
(38th) |  | Vijayashanti | Vyjayanthi  | Karthavyam | Telugu | [45]
1991
(39th) |  | Moloya Goswami | Ritu  | Firingoti | Assamese | [46]
1992
(40th) |  | Dimple Kapadia | Shanichari  | Rudaali | Hindi | [47]
1993
(41st) |  | Shobana | Ganga / Nagavalli [g] | Manichitrathazhu | Malayalam | [48]
1994
(42nd) |  | Debashree Roy | Dr. Aditi Sen  | Unishe April | Bengali | [49]
1995
(43rd) |  | Seema Biswas | Phoolan Devi | Bandit Queen | Hindi | [50]
1996
(44th) |  | Tabu | Virender Kaur  | Maachis | [51]
1997
(45th) †  |  | Indrani Haldar | Jhinuk  | Dahan | Bengali | [52]
Rituparna Sengupta | Romita Chaudhury
1998
(46th) |  | Shabana Azmi | Rambhi [h] | Godmother | Hindi | [54]
1999
(47th) |  | Kirron Kher | Banalata  | Bariwali | Bengali | [55]
2000
(48th) |  | Raveena Tandon | Durga Saikia  | Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence | Hindi | [56]
2001
(49th) †  |  | Tabu | Mumtaz Ali Ansari  | Chandni Bar | [57]
Shobana | Lakshmi  | Mitr, My Friend | English
2002
(50th) |  | Konkona Sen Sharma | Meenakshi S. Iyer  | Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | [58]
2003
(51st) |  | Meera Jasmine | Shahina  | Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam | Malayalam | [59]
2004
(52nd) |  | Tara | Hasina  | Hasina | Kannada | [60]
2005
(53rd) |  | Sarika | Shernaz  | Parzania | English | [61]
2006
(54th) |  | Priyamani | Muththazhagu  | Paruthiveeran | Tamil | [62]
2007
(55th) |  | Umashree | Gulabi  | Gulabi Talkies | Kannada | [63]
2008
(56th) |  | Priyanka Chopra | Meghna Mathur  | Fashion | Hindi | [64]
2009
(57th) |  | Ananya Chatterjee | Shikha Sarkar (Srimati Sarkar)[i] | Abohomaan | Bengali | [65]
2010
(58th) †  |
| Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar | Shirmi  | Baboo Band Baaja | Marathi | [66]
Saranya Ponvannan | Veerayi  | Thenmerku Paruvakaatru | Tamil
2011
(59th) |  | Vidya Balan | Reshma (Silk) [j] | The Dirty Picture | Hindi | [68]
2012
(60th) |  | Usha Jadhav | Yashoda  | Dhag | Marathi | [69]
2013
(61st) |  | Geetanjali Thapa | Kamala  | Liar's Dice | Hindi | [70]
2014
(62nd) |  | Kangana Ranaut | Rani Mehra  | Queen | [71]
2015
(63rd) |  | Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi,
Kusum "Datto" Sangwan [k] | Tanu Weds Manu Returns | [73]
2016
(64th) |  | Surabhi Lakshmi | Mother [l] | Minnaminungu – the Firefly | Malayalam | [74]
2017
(65th) |  | Sridevi[m] | Devki Sabarwal  | Mom | Hindi | [76]
2018
(66th) |  | Keerthy Suresh | Savitri [n] | Mahanati | Telugu | [78]
2019
(67th) ‡  |  | Kangana Ranaut | Rani Lakshmi Bai[79] | Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi | Hindi | [79]
Jaya Nigam  | Panga
2020
(68th) |  | Aparna Balamurali | Sundari "Bommi" Nedumaaran  | Soorarai Pottru | Tamil | [80]
2021
(69th) †  |  | Alia Bhatt | Gangubai Kathiawadi | Gangubai Kathiawadi | Hindi | [81]
Kriti Sanon | Mimi Rathore  | Mimi
2022
(70th) †  |  | Nithya Menen | Shobana  | Thiruchitrambalam | Tamil | [82]
Manasi Parekh | Monghi  | Kutch Express | Gujarati

## See also

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* Bollywood portal
* Film portal

* List of Indian film actresses

## Notes

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1. ^ Denotes The year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.
2. ^ Cites the recipient and the role played by them in the film.
3. ^ Dutt played the role of a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder in the film.[12]
4. ^ Tagore performed dual roles in the film.[23]
5. ^ Smita played a single character which had two different names.
6. ^ Rekha played a single character which had two different names.[33]
7. ^ Shobana played the role of a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder in the film.
8. ^ The character played by Shabana Azmi was loosely based on the Porbandar-based lady underworld don Santokben Jadeja.[53]
9. ^ Chatterjee played a single character which had two different names.
10. ^ Balan played a single character which had two different names.[67]
11. ^ Ranaut performed dual roles in the film.[72]
12. ^ The character remained unnamed throughout the film.
13. ^ Sridevi was awarded posthumously.[75]
14. ^ Keerthy Suresh played the role based on the life of Indian actress Savitri in the film.[77]

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## External links

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

* v
* t
* e

National Film Award for Best Actress

1967–1980|

* Nargis (1967)
* Sharada (1968)
* Madhabi Mukherjee (1969)
* Rehana Sultan (1970)
* Waheeda Rehman (1971)
* Sharada (1972)
* Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1973)
* Shabana Azmi (1974)
* Sharmila Tagore (1975)
* Lakshmi (1976)
* Smita Patil (1977)
* Sharada (1978)
* Shoba (1979)
* Smita Patil (1980)

1981–2000|

* Rekha (1981)
* Shabana Azmi (1982)
* Shabana Azmi (1983)
* Shabana Azmi (1984)
* Suhasini (1985)
* Monisha (1986)
* Archana (1987)
* Archana (1988)
* Sreelekha Mukherji (1989)
* Vijayashanti (1990)
* Moloya Goswami (1991)
* Dimple Kapadia (1992)
* Shobana (1993)
* Debashree Roy (1994)
* Seema Biswas (1995)
* Tabu (1996)
* Indrani Haldar and Rituparna Sengupta (1997)
* Shabana Azmi (1998)
* Kirron Kher (1999)
* Raveena Tandon (2000)

2001–2020|

* Shobana and Tabu (2001)
* Konkona Sen Sharma (2002)
* Meera Jasmine (2003)
* Tara (2004)
* Sarika (2005)
* Priyamani (2006)
* Umashree (2007)
* Priyanka Chopra (2008)
* Ananya Chatterjee (2009)
* Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar and Saranya Ponvannan (2010)
* Vidya Balan (2011)
* Usha Jadhav (2012)
* Geetanjali Thapa (2013)
* Kangana Ranaut (2014)
* Kangana Ranaut (2015)
* Surabhi Lakshmi (2016)
* Sridevi (2017)
* Keerthy Suresh (2018)
* Kangana Ranaut (2019)
* Aparna Balamurali (2020)

2021–present|

* Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon (2021)
* Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh (2022)

* 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 Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comic)

|

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 Sound Design
* Best Choreography
* Best Cinematography
* Best Costume Design
* Best Editing
* Best Make-up
* Best Screenplay
* Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comic)

* Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values

* 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
* 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
* Best Animated Film
* Best Special Effects

Non-Feature Films|

| Golden Lotus Awards|

* Best Non-Feature Film
* Best Director

|

Silver Lotus Awards|

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

* Best Agriculture Film
* Best Animation Film
* Best Arts / Cultural Film
* Best Biographical Film
* Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film
* Best Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film
* Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film
* Best Scientific Film
* Best Short Fiction Film

* Special Jury Award
* Special Mention

Discontinued Awards|

* Best Experimental Film
* Best Filmstrip
* Best Industrial Film
* Best News Review
* Best Newsreel Cameraman
* Best Audiography
* Best On-location Sound Recordist
* Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film
* Best Exploration / Adventure Film
* Best Investigative Film
* Best Promotional Film
* Best Film on Social Issues
* Best Film on Family Welfare

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)

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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)
* 1997 (45th)
* 1998 (46th)
* 1999 (47th)
* 2000 (48th)

2001–2020|

* 2001 (49th)
* 2002 (50th)
* 2003 (51st)
* 2004 (52nd)
* 2005 (53rd)
* 2006 (54th)
* 2007 (55th)
* 2008 (56th)
* 2009 (57th)
* 2010 (58th)
* 2011 (59th)
* 2012 (60th)
* 2013 (61st)
* 2014 (62nd)
* 2015 (63rd)
* 2016 (64th)
* 2017 (65th)
* 2018 (66th)
* 2019 (67th)
* 2020 (68th)

2021–present|

* 2021 (69th)
* 2022 (70th)

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