Screen Award for Best Comedian

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Screen Award for
Best performance in a Comic Role

The 2020 recipient: Yami Gautam

Awarded for| Award for Best performance in a Comic Role
Country| India
Presented by| Screen India
First awarded| Kader Khan,
Taqdeerwala (1996)
Currently held by| Yami Gautam,
Bala (2020)

The Screen Award for Best Comedian is chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian Bollywood film industry and the winners are announced in January. The award was further extended when they included a separate female category for performance in a comedian role, although this was only given once in 1996.

## Multiple wins

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Wins  | Recipient

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2  | Paresh Rawal, Abhishek Bachchan, Varun Dhawan

## Winners

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Year  | Winner  | Film

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1996 | Kader Khan | Taqdeerwala
1997 | Johnny Lever
Sulabha Arya | Raja Hindustani
Masoom
1998 |  - |  -
1999 | Archana Puran Singh | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2000 | Anupam Kher | Haseena Maan Jayegi
2001 | Paresh Rawal | Hera Pheri
2002 |  - |  -
2003 |  - |  -
2004 | Paresh Rawal | Awara Paagal Deewana
2005 | Riteish Deshmukh | Masti
2006 | Abhishek Bachchan | Bunty Aur Babli
2007 | Shreyas Talpade | Dor
2008 | Irfan Khan | Life in a... Metro
2009 | Tusshar Kapoor | Golmaal Returns
2010 | Omi Vaidya | 3 Idiots
2011 | Sanjai Mishra | Phas Gaye Re Obama
2012 | Pitobash | Shor in the City
2013 | Abhishek Bachchan
Annu Kapoor | Bol Bachchan
Vicky Donor
2014 | Richa Chadda | Fukrey
2015 | Sharib Hashmi | Filmistaan
2017 | Varun Dhawan | Dishoom
2018 | Badrinath Ki Dulhania
2019 |  - |  -
2020 | Yami Gautam | Bala

## See also

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* Screen Awards
* Bollywood
* Cinema of India

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Jury awards:|

* Best Film
* Best Director
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best Supporting Actor
* Best Supporting Actress
* Best Comedian
* Best Villain
* Best Male Debut
* Best Female Debut
* Best Music Director
* Best Lyricist
* Best Male Playback
* Best Female Playback

Technical awards:|

* Best Editing
* Best Story
* Best Screenplay
* Best Dialogue
* Best Background Music
* Best Special Effects

Special awards:|

* Lifetime Achievement
* Jodi No. 1
* Child Artist
* Special Jury Award
* Best Actor – Critics
* Best Actress – Critics
* Best Actor – Popular Choice
* Best Actress – Popular Choice

Award ceremonies|

* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016 (22nd
* 23rd)
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

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Screen Award for Best Comedian

* Kader Khan (1996)
* Johnny Lever & Sulabha Arya (1997)
* Archana Puran Singh (1999)
* Anupam Kher (2000)
* Paresh Rawal (2004)
* Riteish Deshmukh (2005)
* Abhishek Bachchan (2006)
* Shreyas Talpade (2007)
* Irrfan Khan (2008)
* Tusshar Kapoor (2009)
* Omi Vaidya (2010)
* Sanjay Mishra (2011)
* Pitobash Tripathy (2012)
* Abhishek Bachchan, Annu Kapoor (2013)
* Richa Chadda (2014)
* Varun Dhawan (2017)
* Varun Dhawan (2018)
* Yami Gautam (2020)

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