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Filmfare Award for Best Actor

The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is written by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare prizes for Hindi (Bollywood) films, to determine a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a task that is leading. The award was first given in 1954. As of 2016, Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan lead the list, with eight wins each.

Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan, with eight wins, do have more actor awards that are best than any other star. Hrithik Roshan has four wins, and Rajesh Khanna and Naseeruddin Shah have three victories each.

Dilip Kumar additionally holds the record for many wins that are consecutive having won the award for 36 months in a row from 1956 to 1958. Six other actors have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological purchase, 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 that have won both actor that is better and Best Supporting Actor honors include Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shammi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar and Farhan Akhtar.

Three actors were nominated for both these prizes, Best Actor and most readily useful Supporting Actor, for the performance that is same Raaj Kumar for Kaajal(1967), Ashok Kumar for Aashirwad (1970) and Kamal Haasan for Saagar (1986). On both occasions, Ashok Kumar and Kamal Haasan won the actor award that is best and Raaj Kumar won the greatest Supporting Actor award.

Eight actors have won the star award that is well in both the Popular and Critics categories; in chronological order they are; Anupam Kher, Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor.

Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor are the actors who won both these actor awards that are most readily useful (Popular and Critics) within the same year. Shah Rukh Khan (1994), Hrithik Roshan (2004), Amitabh Bachchan (2006) and Ranbir Kapoor (2012).

Three actors have won the award because of 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 first shows are Sunny Deol for Betaab (1984) and Darsheel Safary for Taare Zameen Par (2008), who, during the age of 11, became the youngest star nominee that is most readily useful in the history of Filmfare.

Aamir Khan has the quantity that is greatest of consecutive nominations, having been selected for the Award every year from 1989 till 1997, fundamentally winning 9th time for Raja Hindustani in 1997. Accompanied by Amitabh Bachchan being nominated consecutive eight times from 1976 to 1983 having total 15 nominations and winning the honor twice in 1978 and 1979.

Dilip Kumar achieved supremacy in 1950s with four wins and domination that is continued 1960s with three wins. Rajesh Khanna took over in the 1970s with three wins. Naseeruddin Shah emerged successful into the 1980s with three victories. Shah Rukh Khan garnered triumph with four wins in the 1990s. Hrithik Roshan had four wins in 2000s that have been the highest. Ranbir Kapoor is leading the 2010s with two wins to his credit.

Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan contain the record for the highest number of actor nominations that are best in a single year. Amitabh Bachchan has been nominated thrice in 1979 and 1983 and Shah Rukh Khan in 2005. Moreover, Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are probably the most awarded actors into the general acting categories, with eight awards each: Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan would be the winners of eight Best Actor awards, and Amitabh Bachchan is the winner of five actor prizes that are best and three Best Supporting Actor awards. Amitabh Bachchan is the most performer that is selected any major acting category at Filmfare, with 40 nominations overall.

Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are the only actors to be selected twice for the role that is same. Hrithik Roshan attained this feat twice; he had been nominated for his role as Krishna Mehra in 2007 and 2014, and for his role as Rohit Mehra in 2004 and 2014 (he won in 2004). Shah Rukh Khan was nominated in 2007 and 2012 for his portrayal of the type that is titular Don and Salman Khan was nominated in 2011 and 2013 for his role as Chulbul Pandey in Dabangg and Dabangg 2 respectively.

Multiple nominees

31 Nominations: Amitabh Bachchan
23 Nominations: Shah Rukh Khan
19 Nominations: Dilip Kumar
18 Nominations: Aamir Khan
13 Nominations: Rajesh Khanna
12 Nominations: Hrithik Roshan
11 Nominations: Sanjeev Kumar
9 Nominations: Salman Khan
7 Nominations: Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor
6 Nominations: Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Naseeruddin Shah
5 Nominations: Sunny Deol, Govinda
4 Nominations: Dharmendra, Manoj Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Kamal Hassan, Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar
3 Nominations: Ashok Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Nana Patekar, Abhishek Bachchan, Shahid Kapoor
2 Nominations: Bharat Bhushan, Shammi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Amol Palekar, Raj Babbar, Jackie Shroff, Manoj Bajpai, Saif Ali Khan, Ranveer Singh

Multiple winners

8 Wins: Dilip Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan
5 Wins: Amitabh Bachhan
4 Wins: Hrithik Roshan
3 Wins: Rajesh Khanna, Naseeruddin Shah
2 Wins: Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor, Sunil Dutt, Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor