The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is an award, begun in 1954, presented annually at the Filmfare Awards to an actor via a jury. This is given by ''

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'' as part of its annual

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for

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) films. The award was first given in 1954. The most recent winner of the award is

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. As of 2020,

Dilip Kumar Mohammed Yusuf Khan (; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021), better known by his stage name Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated the Indian movie scene from ...

and

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lead the list, with 8 wins each.

Superlatives

*Dilip Kumar also holds the record for most consecutive wins, having won the award for three years in a row from 1956 to 1958. Six other actors have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Rajesh Khanna (1971–72), Sanjeev Kumar (1976–77), Amitabh Bachchan (1978–79), Naseeruddin Shah (1981–82), Shah Rukh Khan (1998–99), and Ranbir Kapoor (2012–13). *Actors who have won both

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

and Best Supporting Actor awards include Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan,

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, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher,

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and Irrfan Khan. *Three actors were nominated for both these awards, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, for the same performance:

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for '' Kaajal'' (1966), Ashok Kumar for '' Aashirwad'' (1970) and

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for '' Saagar'' (1986). On both occasions, Ashok Kumar and Kamal Haasan won the Best Actor award and Raaj Kumar won the Best Supporting Actor award. *10 actors have won the Best Actor award in both the Popular and Critics categories; in chronological order they are; Anupam Kher,

, Anil Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Irrfan Khan and

. *Actors who won both these Best Actor awards (Popular and Critics) in the same year are Shah Rukh Khan (1994), Hrithik Roshan (2004), Amitabh Bachchan (2006) and Ranbir Kapoor (2012). *3 actors have won the Best Actor award for their debut performances: Rishi Kapoor for '' Bobby'' (1974), Anupam Kher for '' Saaransh'' (1985) and Hrithik Roshan for '' Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' (2001). Other actors who got nominated in this category for their debut performances are Sunny Deol for ''

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'' (1984) and Darsheel Safary for '' Taare Zameen Par'' (2008). *Darsheel Safary became the youngest Best Actor nominee in the history of Filmfare at the age of 11 for ''Taare Zameen Par'' (2008). Rishi Kapoor became the youngest winner of the Best Actor award at the age of 21 for ''Bobby'' (1974). *Aamir Khan has the highest number of consecutive nominations, having been nominated for the award every year from 1989 till 1997, eventually winning in the 9th consecutive nomination for ''

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'' (1997); followed by Amitabh Bachchan being nominated consecutive eight times from 1976 to 1983 having total 15 nominations and winning the award twice in 1978 and 1979 for '' Amar Akbar Anthony'' and ''Don'' respectively. *

achieved supremacy in the 1950s with 4 wins and continued domination in the 1960s with 3 wins.

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took over in the 1970s with 3 wins.

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emerged successful in the 1980s with 3 wins.

triumphed in the 1990s with 4 wins. Hrithik Roshan had 4 wins in the 2000s. Ranbir Kapoor led the 2010s with 3 wins to his credit. *Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan hold the record for the highest number of Best Actor nominations in a single year. Amitabh Bachchan has been nominated thrice in 1979 and 1983 and

in 2005. *Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are the most awarded actors in the overall acting categories, with 8 awards each: Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan are the winners of eight ''Best Actor'' awards, and Amitabh Bachchan is the winner of five Best Actor awards and three Best Supporting Actor awards. Amitabh Bachchan is the most nominated actor in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 42 nominations overall. *Amitabh Bachchan holds a unique record of receiving nominations in this category in 6 decades (1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s) and winning an award in 4 decades. *Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and

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are the only actors to be nominated twice for the same role. Hrithik Roshan achieved this feat twice in the ''Krrish'' franchise; he was nominated for his role as Krishna Mehra for ''

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'' in 2007 and 2014 for ''

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'', and for his role as Rohit Mehra in 2004 for '' Koi... Mil Gaya'' and 2014 for ''Krrish 3'' (he won in 2004). Shah Rukh Khan was nominated in 2007 and 2012 for his portrayal of the

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in '' Don'' and Salman Khan was nominated in 2011 and 2013 for his role as Chulbul Pandey in ''

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'' and '' Dabangg 2'' respectively. *''Devdas'' is the only character to win most Best Actor awards. Both

and

won for portraying the titular character in ''

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'' and ''

'', respectively in 1956 and in 2003. * Ranbir Kapoor is the only actor to win a Best Actor award for portraying a real Best Actor winner. He won in 2019 for portraying

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in '' Sanju''. *Three occasions where two actors were nominated for Best Actor for the same movie. In 1981, both Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha were nominated Best Actor for the movie '' Dostana''. In 1983, both Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan were nominated for Best Actor for ''Shakti'', with Kumar winning the award. In 2000, both Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan were nominated for the movie ''

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''.

Multiple nominees

* 33 Nominations:

Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...

* 26 Nominations:

* 19 Nominations:

Aamir Khan Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan (; born 14 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi films. Through his career spanning over 30 years, Khan has established himself as one of the most notable actors of Indian ci ...

* 14 Nominations:

, Hrithik Roshan * 11 Nominations: Sanjeev Kumar * 10 Nominations:

* 9 Nominations: Ranbir Kapoor * 8 Nominations:

Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, besides television and international films and television. In a career spanning over 40 years as an actor and since 2005 as a producer, Kapo ...

Ajay Devgn Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Devgn has appeared in over a hundred films and has won numerous accolades, including four ...

Multiple winners

* 8 Wins:

* 5 Wins:

* 4 Wins: Hrithik Roshan * 3 Wins:

, Ranbir Kapoor,

* 2 Wins:

Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor (pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ kəpuːɾ born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of th ...

Dev Anand Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema, through a career that spanned over six decades. He was ...

, Ashok Kumar,

Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Dutt; 6 June 1929 — 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician. Dutt was one of the major stars of Hindi cinema in the late 1950s and 1960s and continued to star in many successful film ...

, Sanjeev Kumar,

, Irrfan Khan

Winners and nominees

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References

External links

Filmfare Award Best Actor
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Film awards for lead actor