Rakhee Gulzar

Indian actress, born 1947

Rakhee Gulzar

Rakhee Gulzar in 2012

Born|

Rakhee Majumdar

(1947-08-15) 15 August 1947 (age 75)

Ranaghat, West Bengal, India

Occupation| Actor
Years active| 1967–2019
Spouse(s)|

Ajay Biswas

(m. 1963; div. 1965)​

Gulzar

(m. 1973)​

Children| Meghna Gulzar
Awards|

* National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
* Filmfare Award for Best Actress
* Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
* BJFA Award for Best Actress (Hindi)

Honors| Padma Shri

Raakhee Gulzar (born Rakhee Majumdar on 15 August 1947 and known as Raakhee) is an Indian actress[1] who has appeared in many Hindi films and Bengali films as well.[citation needed] In four decades of acting, she has won three Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award, apart from many other awards. At Filmfare, Raakhee has been nominated 16 times in all (8 times for Best Actress and 8 times for Best Supporting Actress).She debuted in the Bengali film Bodhu Boron in 1967 with Geeta Dutta in the lead role. Her first Hindi film was Jeevan Mrityu in 1970.

## Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Awards and nominations
* 5 Filmography
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Early life[edit]

Rakhee was born in a Bengali family at Ranaghat in the Nadia district of West Bengal in the early hours of 15 August 1947, just hours after the independence of India.[2][3] She received her early education in a local girls' school. Her father had a flourishing shoe business in his native village in East Bengal, modern-day Bangladesh, before the partition of India, and thereafter he settled in West Bengal. While still a teenager, Raakhee had an arranged marriage to Bengali journalist/film director Ajay Biswas, which ended shortly afterwards.

At the start of her film career, she dropped her surname and was mentioned in film credits only as "Rakhee," by which name she attained stardom, but upon marrying lyricist-director Gulzar, she took that as her surname and is credited thereafter as Rakhee Gulzar.

## Career[edit]

In 1967, the 20-year-old Rakhee acted in her first Bengali film Bodhu Boron, after which she was offered the lead role in Rajshri Productions' Jeevan Mrityu (1970) opposite Dharmendra.

In 1971, Rakhee played a double role opposite Shashi Kapoor in Sharmilee, and also starred in Lal Patthar and Paras; all three films became hits and she established herself as a leading actress of Hindi Cinema. Shehzada (1972) opposite Rajesh Khanna and Aankhon Aankhon Mein (1972) opposite a relative newcomer Rakesh Roshan showcased her comic abilities though their box office performance was unsatisfactory. She continued to display versatility even in relatively small roles in Lal Patthar, Heera Panna (1973) and Daag: A Poem of Love (1973), with her strong performances. The phenomenal success of Rajshri Productions' Tapasya (1976) a heroine-dominated movie where she played the sacrificing sister opposite Parikshit Sahni established her as a box-office name to reckon with. Rakhee regards her performances in Blackmail (1973), Tapasya (1976) and Aanchal as her best.

She acted with Dev Anand in Heera Panna, Banarasi Babu (1973), Joshila (1973) and Lootmaar (1980). Rakhee starred opposite Shashi Kapoor in 10 released films: Sharmilee, Jaanwar Aur Insaan (1972), Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Doosra Aadmi (1977), the critically acclaimed Trishna (1978), Baseraa (1981),[4] Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka (1983), Zameen Aasmaan (1984), and Pighalta Aasman (1985) and the unreleased Ek Do Teen Chaar.[5] Her exemplary chemistry with Amitabh Bachchan was showcased in eight films: Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1978), Kasme Vaade (1978), Trishul (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979), Jurmana (1979), Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981), and Bemisal (1982). In some films such as Jurmana, her name is even credited ahead of the hero. She also formed a popular pair with Sanjeev Kumar with films like Hamare Tumhare (1979) and Shriman Shrimati (1982).

In 1981, a 23-year-old aspiring director Anil Sharma asked her to star in an out and out female oriented role in his debut film Shradhanjali. After the success of the film Raakhee was flooded by strong heroine-dominated roles. At the peak of her career as a popular heroine, she surprised everyone by accepting strong character roles as sister-in-law to Rajesh Khanna in Aanchal (1980), Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh in Shaan (1980), Mithun Chakraborty in Dhuan, and mother to Amitabh in Shakti (1982) and Rishi Kapoor in Yeh Vaada Raha (1982).

She acted in other Bengali films; Paroma (1984) and was awarded the BFJA Award for Best Actress.

Towards the late 1980s and 1990s she played strong character roles as the elderly mother or a woman of principles in commercially successful films such as Ram Lakhan (1989), Anari (1993), Baazigar (1993), Khalnayak (1993), Karan Arjun (1995), Border (1997), Soldier (1998), Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love (2001) and Dil Ka Rishta (2002).

In 2003 she appeared in Rituparno Ghosh directed film Shubho Mahurat for which she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In one of her interviews, she said in 2012 that her favourite heroes were Rajesh Khanna and Shashi Kapoor.[6]

In 2019 Kolkata International Film Festival the film Nirbon directed by Goutam Halder was premiered, where Rakhee portrayed the role of Bijolibala, a seventy years old lady with a strong conviction. "Doing films is not on my agenda right now, but the story fascinated me" Rakhee said about the adaptation of Moti Nandi's novel Bijolibalar Mukti.[7]

Rakhee Gulzar has diverse experiences in a wide range of activities she has been associated with in the film industry. In many occasions she extended her contributions beyond acting and delved into various other field of activities, some of which are listed below: 1998 – Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha – Costume Designer1999 – Dil Kya Kare – Dress AssistantIn 1982 she lent her voice for the film Taaqat in the song Teri nindiya ko lag jaye aag re sung in duet with Kishore Kumar.

## Personal life[edit]

In her second marriage, Raakhee married film director, poet and lyricist Gulzar. The couple have a daughter, Meghna Gulzar. When their daughter was only one year old, they separated.[8] After completing her graduation in films from New York University, Meghna went on to become a director of films including Filhaal..., Just Married and Dus Kahaniyaan,[9] and authored a biography of her father in 2004.[10]

At one point, Raakhee stayed in her bungalow, "Muktangan" (bought from the Marathi playwright P. L. Deshpande), on Sarojini Road in Khar, Mumbai. Later, she sold the property and moved to an apartment two buildings away, though the new high rise is still called by the same name, as she had wished. As of 2015[update] she mostly stays in the Panvel farmhouse on the Mumbai outskirts.[11][12]

"My mother has lived her professional and personal life with tremendous dignity and grace". said Meghna Gulzar, daughter of Rakhee, in an interview.[13] Presently she lives in recluse in her farmhouse at Panvel, spending time in tending to a huge flock of animals, growing vegetables and reading books.[14]

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Won

* 1973 – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Daag: A Poem of Love
* 1973 – BFJA Award, Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) for Daag: A Poem of Love[15]
* 1974 – National Film Award, special souvenir for her role in 27 Down.[16]
* 1976 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress for Tapasya
* 1984 – BFJA Award, Best Actress for Paroma
* 1989 – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ram Lakhan
* 2003 – National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the Bengali film Shubho Mahurat
* 2003 – Padma Shri Award[17]

Nominated

* 1972 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Aankhon Aankhon Mein
* 1976 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Kabhie Kabhie
* 1977 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Doosra Aadmi
* 1977 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Doosra Aadmi
* 1978 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Trishna
* 1979 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Jurmana
* 1981 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Baseraa
* 1983 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Shakti
* 1985 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Saaheb
* 1993 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Anari
* 1995 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Karan Arjun
* 1997 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Border
* 1998 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Soldier

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## Filmography[edit]

Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes

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1967 | Badhu Bharan | – | Dilip Nag | Bengali film
1968 | Baghini |  | Bijay Bose | Bengali film
1970 | Aparajeya | Bina[18] | Chaturanga | Assamese film
Jeevan Mrityu | Deepa | Satyen Bose |
1971 | Sharmilee | Kanchan/Kamini | Samir Ganguly |
Reshma Aur Shera | Gopal's Wife | Sunil Dutt |
Paaras | Barkha Singh | C.P. Dixit |
Lal Patthar | Sumita | Sushil Majumdar |
1972 | Anokhi Pehchan |  | Satyen Bose |
Aan Baan | Rekha | Prakash Mehra |
Aankhon Aankhon Mein | Parvati | Raghunath Jhalani |
Beimaan |  | Sohanlal Kanwar |
Janwar Aur Insaan | Meena | Tapi Chanakya |
Shehzada | Chanda | K. Shankar |
Shaadi Ke Baad | Shova | L.V. Prasad |
Sub Ka Saathi | Rosie | A. Bhimsingh |
Wafaa | Saraswati | Ramanna |
Yaar Mera |  | Atma Ram |
1973 | Heera Panna | Reema Singh | Dev Anand |
Daag | Chandni | Yash Chopra |
Blackmail | Asha Mehta | Vijay Anand |
Banarasi Babu | Neela | Shankar Mukherjee |
Joshila | Sapna | Yash Chopra |
1974 | Pagli | Gori | C.P. Dixit |
27 Down | Shalini | Awtar Krishna Kaul |
1975 | Mere Sajna | Kammo | Kewal Kumar |
Angaarey | Shova | Govind Saraiya |
1976 | Tapasya | Indrani Sinha "Indu" | Anil Ganguly |
Kabhi Kabhie | Pooja Khanna | Yash Chopra |
1977 | Doosra Aadmi | Nisha | Ramesh Talwar |
1978 | Chameli Memsaheb | Chameli[19] | Indar Sen | Bangla film
Trishna | Aarti S. Gupta | Anil Ganguly |
Kasme Vaade | Suman | Ramesh Behl |
Trishul | Geeta | Yash Chopra |
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar | Kaamna | Prakash Mehra |
1979 | Hamare Tumhare | Maya | Umesh Mehra |
Jurmana | Rama Sharma | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
Kaala Patthar | Dr. Sudha Sen | Yash Chopra |
Shyamla | – | Joginder Shelly |
1980 | Lootmaar | Raksha Bhagat | Dev Anand |
Aanchal | Shanti | Anil Ganguly |
Hum Kadam | Indu Gupta | Anil Ganguly |
Shaan | Sheetal Kumar | Ramesh Sippy |
1981 | Rocky | Parvati | Sunil Dutt |
Laawaris | Vidya | Prakash Mehra |
Dhuaan |  | Dulal Guha |
Barsaat Ki Ek Raat |  | Shakti Samanta |
Anusandhan | Rajni | Shakti Samanta | Bengali/ Hindi
Baseraa | Sharda Balraj Kohli | Ramesh Talwar |
Shradhanjali |  | Anil Sharma |
1982 | Yeh Vaada Raha | Mrs. Sharda Rai Bahadur | Kapil Kapoor |
Taaqat | Devi | Narendra Bedi |
Shriman Shrimati | Parvati Devi | Vijay Reddy |
Bemisal | Kavita Chaturvedi (Sakhi) | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
Dil Aakhir Dil Hai | Kusum Desai | Esmayeel Shroff |
Shakti | Sheetal | Ramesh Sippy | \-
1983 | Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka |  | Anil Sharma |
1984 | Anand Aur Anand | Mrs. Arun Anand | Dev Anand |
Bandh Honth | – | Raj Marbros |
Parama | Parama | Aparna Sen | Bengali
Zindagi Jeene Ke Liye |  | K.S. Sethu Madhavan |
Zameen Aasmaan | Kavita  | Bharat Rangachary |
1985 | Pighalta Aasman | Aarti | Shammi |
Saaheb | Sujata Sharma | Anil Ganguly |
1986 | Amma | Shanta | Jiten |
Zindagani | Sumitra Devi | Prabhat Roy |
1987 | Muqaddar Ka Faisla | Laxmi | Prakash Mehra |
Dacait | Devi Choudhrain | Rahul Rawail |
1988 | Gold Medal | Shobha / Dimple  | Ravikant Nagaich |
Mere Baad | Vidya  | Vishwamitra |
Falak | Durga Verma | Shashilal K. Nair |
Prateek | Sunanda | Prabhat Roy | Bengali film
Sagar Sangam | – | Dulal Guha |
1989 | Ram Lakhan | Mrs. Sharda Pratap Singh | Subhash Ghai |
Santosh | Rachna | Balbir Wadhawan |
1990 | Jeevan Ek Sangharsh | Dharam Verma | Rahul Rawail |
1991 | Saugandh | Ganga | Raj Sippy |
Pratikar | Saraswati Devi | T. Rama Rao |
1993 | Rudaali | Bhikni/Euli | Kalpana Lajmi |
Pratimurti |  | Bimal Dutta |
Khal Nayak | Mrs. Aarti Prasad | Subhash Ghai |
Kshatriya | Maheshwari Devi | J. P. Dutta |
Dil Ki Baazi | Nirmala Devi | Anil Ganguly |
Anari |  | K. Murali Mohana Rao |
Baazigar | Mrs. Shobha Sharma | Abbas-Mustan |
1994 | Phiriye Dao | Arjun's mother | Chiranjit | Bengali film
Vivekananda | – | G.V. Iyer |
1995 | Karan Arjun | Durga Singh | Rakesh Roshan |
Kismat | Geeta | Harmesh Malhotra |
1996 | Durjan | – | Sanjay Bhattacharya |
Jaan | Rukmini | Raj Kanwar |
1997 | Achena Atithi | – | Ashim S. Samanta |
Border | Dharamvir's mother | J. P. Dutta |
Jeevan Yudh | Mrs. Rai | Partho Ghosh |
Ankhon Mein Tum Ho | Ranimaa (Mrs. Burman) | Ashim Samanta |
1998 | Sham Ghansham | Ganga Satyadev Singh | Ashok Ghai |
Barood | Gayetri Sharma | Pramod Chakravorty |
Soldier | Geeta Malhotra | Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla |
1999 | Baadshah | Chief Minister Gayatri Bachchan | Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla |
Dil Kya Kare | – | Prakash Jha |
2001 | Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love | Pratima Kapoor | Suneel Darshan |
2003 | Talaash: The Hunt Begins | Purnima | Suneel Darshan |
Dil Ka Rishta | Mrs. Sharma | Naresh Malhotra |
Shubho Mahurat | Ranga Pishima | Rituparno Ghosh | Bengali film
2009 | Classmates |  | – |
2019 | Nirbaan | Bijolibaba | Goutam Halder |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Rakhee Gulzar is Unrecognizable as She Makes a Rare Public Appearance". News18. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
2. ^ Saran, Renu (25 February 2014). Encyclopedia of Bollywood–Film Actresses. Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-93-5083-691-0.
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4. ^ "Three's company". Pune Mirror. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
5. ^ "The only memory". Pune Mirror. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
6. ^ Lalwani, Vickey (18 September 2012). "Today's hits are 7-day wonders: Rakhee". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
7. ^ "Rakhee Gulzar interview: 'My reward is when people come up to me even now and say they recognise me'". 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
8. ^ "Raakhee and Gulzar's love story". The Times of India. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
9. ^ "Women directors scale Bollywood". BBC News. 21 February 2002. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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13. ^ Mukherjee, Shreya (30 July 2018). "Meghna Gulzar on parents Rakhee and Gulzar: I learned dignity from my mother and simplicity from my father". Retrieved 11 November 2019.
14. ^ De, Hemchhaya (28 October 2018). "The life and times of Rakhee Gulzar". Retrieved 11 November 2019.
15. ^ "37th Annual BFJA Awards". BFJA. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
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19. ^ "1978 Bangla Cinema Chameli Memsaheb". Retrieved 1 February 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Rakhee Gulzar at IMDb

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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 (music director) (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 Raghuramaiah (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 (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 (Tamil actress) (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)
* Wadali Brothers (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)
* Govardan 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 (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 Tikku (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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* Manjamma Jogathi (2021)
* Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022)
* Lalita Vakil (2022)
* H R Keshavamurthy (2022)
* 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)
* Ramachandraiah (2022)
* 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)

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National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

1984–2000|

* Rohini Hattangadi (1984)
* Vijaya Mehta (1985)
* Manjula Kanwar (1986)
* Surekha Sikri (1987)
* Uttara Baokar (1988)
* Manorama (1989)
* K. P. A. C. Lalitha (1990)
* Santha Devi (1991)
* Revathi (1992)
* Neena Gupta (1993)
* Surekha Sikri (1994)
* Aranmula Ponnamma (1995)
* Rajeshwari Sachdev (1996)
* Karisma Kapoor (1997)
* Suhasini Mulay (1998)
* Sudipta Chakraborty and Sohini Haldar (1999)
* K. P. A. C. Lalitha (2000)

2001–present|

* Ananya Khare (2001)
* Rakhee (2002)
* Sharmila Tagore (2003)
* Sheela (2004)
* Urvashi (2005)
* Konkona Sen Sharma (2006)
* Shefali Shah (2007)
* Kangana Ranaut (2008)
* Arundathi Nag (2009)
* Sukumari (2010)
* Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi (2011)
* Dolly Ahluwalia and Kalpana (2012)
* Amruta Subhash and Aida El-Kashef (2013)
* Baljinder Kaur (2014)
* Tanvi Azmi (2015)
* Zaira Wasim (2016)
* Divya Dutta (2017)
* Surekha Sikri (2018)
* Pallavi Joshi (2019)
* Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli (2020)

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* e

Filmfare Award for Best Actress

1954–1975|

* Meena Kumari (1954)
* Meena Kumari (1955)
* Kamini Kaushal (1956)
* Nutan (1957)
* Nargis (1958)
* Vyjayanthimala (1959)
* Nutan (1960)
* Bina Rai (1961)
* Vyjayanthimala (1962)
* Meena Kumari (1963)
* Nutan (1964)
* Vyjayanthimala (1965)
* Meena Kumari (1966)
* Waheeda Rehman (1967)
* Nutan (1968)
* Waheeda Rehman (1969)
* Sharmila Tagore (1970)
* Mumtaz (1971)
* Asha Parekh (1972)
* Hema Malini (1973)
* Dimple Kapadia & Jaya Bachchan (1974)
* Jaya Bachchan (1975)

1976–2000|

* Lakshmi (1976)
* Rakhee Gulzar (1977)
* Shabana Azmi (1978)
* Nutan (1979)
* Jaya Bachchan (1980)
* Rekha (1981)
* Smita Patil (1982)
* Padmini Kolhapure (1983)
* Shabana Azmi (1984)
* Shabana Azmi (1985)
* Dimple Kapadia (1986)
* Not awarded (1987)
* Not awarded (1988)
* Rekha (1989)
* Sridevi (1990)
* Madhuri Dixit (1991)
* Sridevi (1992)
* Madhuri Dixit (1993)
* Juhi Chawla (1994)
* Madhuri Dixit (1995)
* Kajol (1996)
* Karisma Kapoor (1997)
* Madhuri Dixit (1998)
* Kajol (1999)
* Aishwarya Rai (2000)

2001–present|

* Karisma Kapoor (2001)
* Kajol (2002)
* Aishwarya Rai (2003)
* Preity Zinta (2004)
* Rani Mukerji (2005)
* Rani Mukerji (2006)
* Kajol (2007)
* Kareena Kapoor (2008)
* Priyanka Chopra (2009)
* Vidya Balan (2010)
* Kajol (2011)
* Vidya Balan (2012)
* Vidya Balan (2013)
* Deepika Padukone (2014)
* Kangana Ranaut (2015)
* Deepika Padukone (2016)
* Alia Bhatt (2017)
* Vidya Balan (2018)
* Alia Bhatt (2019)
* Alia Bhatt (2020)
* Taapsee Pannu (2021)
* Kriti Sanon (2022)

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* t
* e

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress

1955–1975|

* Usha Kiran (1955)
* Nirupa Roy (1956)
* Vyjayanthimala (1957)
* Shyama (1958)
* Nalini Jaywant (1959)
* Lalita Pawar (1960)
* Nanda (1961)
* Nirupa Roy (1962)
* Shashikala (1963)
* Shashikala (1964)
* Nirupa Roy (1965)
* Padmini (1966)
* Simi Garewal (1967)
* Jamuna Ramanarao (1968)
* Simi Garewal (1969)
* Tanuja Samarth (1970)
* Chand Usmani (1971)
* Farida Jalal (1972)
* Zeenat Aman (1973)
* Rakhee (1974)
* Durga Khote (1975)

1976–2000|

* Nadira (1976)
* Kajri (1977)
* Asha Sachdev (1978)
* Reena Roy (1979)
* Helen (1980)
* Padmini Kolhapure (1981)
* Supriya Pathak (1982)
* Supriya Pathak (1983)
* Rohini Hattangadi (1984)
* Aruna Irani (1985)
* Nutan (1986)
* Not awarded (1987)
* Not awarded (1988)
* Sonu Walia (1989)
* Rakhee (1990)
* Rohini Hattangadi (1991)
* Farida Jalal (1992)
* Aruna Irani (1993)
* Amrita Singh (1994)
* Dimple Kapadia (1995)
* Farida Jalal (1996)
* Rekha (1997)
* Karisma Kapoor (1998)
* Rani Mukerji (1999)
* Sushmita Sen (2000)

2001–present|

* Jaya Bachchan (2001)
* Jaya Bachchan (2002)
* Madhuri Dixit (2003)
* Jaya Bachchan (2004)
* Rani Mukerji (2005)
* Ayesha Kapur (2006)
* Konkona Sen Sharma (2007)
* Konkona Sen Sharma (2008)
* Kangana Ranaut (2009)
* Kalki Koechlin (2010)
* Kareena Kapoor (2011)
* Rani Mukerji (2012)
* Anushka Sharma (2013)
* Supriya Pathak (2014)
* Tabu (2015)
* Priyanka Chopra (2016)
* Shabana Azmi (2017)
* Meher Vij (2018)
* Surekha Sikri (2019)
* Amruta Subhash (2020)
* Farrukh Jaffar (2021)
* Sai Tamhankar (2022)

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