The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. Although the awards started in 1953, awards for the best supporting actor category started only the following year.

Superlatives[link]

Pran, Amrish Puri, Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, with 3 awards each, have more Best Supporting Actor awards at Filmfare than any other actor. Seven actors have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are Motilal, Nana Palsikar, Raaj Kumar, Amjad Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor.

Abhishek Bachchan also holds the record for most consecutive wins, having won the award thrice in a row from 2005 to 2007. Three other actors have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Danny Denzongpa (1992-93), Jackie Shroff (1995-96) and Amrish Puri (1997-98).

Only twice have siblings been nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award during the same year: Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor in 1983 (Shammi ultimately won), and Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan in 1999 (Salman ultimately won). Father and son Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan have been nominated for this award in a single year on three occasions for three consecutive years (2005-2007). In all three times, Abhishek won the award.

Pran and Amitabh Bachchan hold the record for the highest number of Best Supporting Actor nominations, with 9, followed by Amrish Puri and Naseeruddin Shah, with 8 nominations each. Bachchan is the most-nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 37 nominations overall.

List of winners[link]

1950s[link]

• 1955 David Abraham Cheulkar - Boot Polish as John

• 1956 Abhi Bhattacharya - Jagriti as Shekhar
  • Johnny Walker - Railway Platform as Johny
  • Ulhas - Kundan as Inspector Sher Singh

• 1957 Motilal - Devdas as Chunni Babu
  • Johnny Walker - C.I.D. as Master

• 1958 Raj Mehra - Sharada as Kashiram
  • Ajit Khan - Naya Daur as Krishna

• 1959 Johnny Walker - Madhumati as Charandas
  • Rehman - Phir Subha Hogi as Rehman
  • Sohrab Modi - Yahudi as Ezra

1960s[link]

• 1960 Manmohan Krishna - Dhool Ka Phool as Abdul Rasheed
  • Mehmood - Chhoti Bahen as Mahesh
  • Raaj Kumar - Paigham as Ram Lal

• 1961 Motilal - Parakh as Sir Jagdish Chandra Roy
  • Rehman - Chaudhvin Ka Chand as Pyare Mohan/Nawab Sahib
  • Agha - Ghunghat as Agha

• 1962 Nana Palsikar - Kanoon as Kaalia
  • Mehmood - Sasural as Mahesh
  • Pran - Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai as Raka

• 1963 Mehmood - Dil Tera Diwana as Anokhe
  • Mehmood - Rakhi as Kasturi
  • Rehman - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam as Chhote Sarkar

• 1964 Raaj Kumar - Dil Ek Mandir as Ram
  • Johnny Walker - Mere Mehboob as Ghayal
  • Mehmood - Ghar Basake Dekho as Mehmood

• 1965 Nana Palsikar - Shehar Aur Sapna as Johnny
  • Dharmendra - Ayee Milan Ki Bela as Ranjit
  • Rajendra Kumar - Sangam as Gopal Verma

• 1966 Raaj Kumar - Waqt as Raju
  • Mehmood - Gumnaam as The Butler
  • Raaj Kumar - Kaajal as Moti

• 1967 Ashok Kumar - Afsana as Gopal Das
  • Pran - Dil Diya Dard Liya as Thakur Ramesh
  • Rehman - Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya as Amjad

• 1968 Pran - Upkar as Malang
  • Ashok Kumar - Mehrban as Shanti Swarup
  • Om Prakash - Dus Lakh as Gokulchand

• 1969 Sanjeev Kumar - Shikar as Inspector Rai
  • Manoj Kumar - Aadmi as Dr. Shekhar
  • Raaj Kumar - Neel Kamal as Chitrasen

1970s[link]

• 1970 Pran - Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool as Shambhu Mahadev Rao
  • Ashok Kumar - Aashirwad as Shivnath 'Joggi Thakur' Choudhary
  • Balraj Sahni - Ek Phool Do Mali as Kailash Nath Kaushal

• 1971 Feroz Khan - Aadmi Aur Insaan as Jai Kishan / J.K.
  • Feroz Khan - Safar as Shekhar Kapoor
  • Prem Chopra - Himmat as Boss

• 1972 Amitabh Bachchan - Anand as Dr. Bhaskar K. Bannerjee
  • Pran - Adhikar as Shikari Banhe Khan Bhopali
  • Shatrughan Sinha - Paras as Thakur Arjun Singh

• 1973 Pran - Be-Imaan as Ram Singh
  • Prem Nath - Shor as Khan Badshah

• 1974 Amitabh Bachchan - Namak Haraam as Vikram 'Vicky' Maharaj
  • Ashok Kumar - Victoria No. 203 as Raja
  • Asrani - Abhimaan as Chandru Kriplani
  • Pran - Zanjeer as Sher Khan
  • Prem Nath - Bobby as Jack Braganza

• 1975 Vinod Khanna - Haath Ki Safai as Shankar Kumar
  • Feroz Khan - International Crook as SP Rajesh
  • Prem Nath - Amir Garib as Daulatram
  • Prem Nath - Roti Kapda Aur Makaan as Harnam Singh
  • Shatrughan Sinha - Dost as Gopichand 'Gopi' Sharma

• 1976 Shashi Kapoor - Deewaar as Ravi Verma
  • Amjad Khan - Sholay as Gabbar Singh
  • Pran - Do Jhoot as
  • Pran - Majboor as Michael D'Souza
  • Utpal Dutt - Amanush as Maheem Ghosal

• 1977 Prem Chopra - Do Anjaane as Ronjit Malik
  • Ashok Kumar - Chhoti Si Baat as Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh
  • Prem Chopra - Mehbooba as Appa
  • Shashi Kapoor - Kabhi Kabhie as Vijay Khanna
  • Vinod Khanna - Hera Pheri as Ajay Pirachand

• 1978 Shriram Lagoo - Gharaonda as Mr. Modi
  • Shriram Lagoo - Kinara as
  • Tariq - Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin as Sanjay Kumar
  • Vikram - Aadmi Sadak Ka as Chandramohan 'Chander' U. Nath
  • Vinod Mehra - Anurodh as Shrikanth Mathur

• 1979 Saeed Jaffrey - The Chess Players as Mir Roshan Ali
  • Danny Denzongpa - Devtaa as Inspector Lawrence
  • Randhir Kapoor - Kasme Vaade as Raju
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Trishul as Raj Kumar Gupta
  • Vinod Khanna - Muqaddar Ka Sikandar as Vishal Anand

1980s[link]

• 1980 Amjad Khan - Dada as Fazlu
  • Naseeruddin Shah - Junoon as Sarfaraz Khan
  • Shatrughan Sinha - Kaala Patthar as Mangal Singh
  • Utpal Dutt - Gol Maal as Bhavani Shankar
  • Vinod Mehra - Amardeep as Kishan

• 1981 Om Puri - Aakrosh as Bhiku Lahanya
  • Amjad Khan - Qurbani as Inspector Amjad Khan
  • Girish Karnad - Aasha as Deepak
  • Raj Kapoor - Abdullah as Abdullah
  • Shriram Lagoo - Insaaf Ka Tarazu as Mr. Chandra

• 1982 Amjad Khan - Yaarana as Bishan
  • Amjad Khan - Love Story as Havaldar Sher Singh
  • Rakesh Roshan - Dhanwan as Anil
  • Saeed Jaffrey - Chashme Buddoor as Lalan Mian
  • Suresh Oberoi - Lawaaris as Ram Singh

• 1983 Shammi Kapoor - Vidhaata as Gurbaksh
  • Girish Karnad - Teri Kasam as Rakesh
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Vidhaata as Abu Baba
  • Shashi Kapoor - Namak Halaal as Raja
  • Vinod Mehra - Bemisal as Dr. Prashant Chaturvedi

• 1984 Sadashiv Amrapurkar - Ardh Satya as Rama Shetty
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Andha Kanoon as Jan Nissar Akhtar Khan
  • Naseeruddin Shah - Katha as Rajaram Purshotam Joshi
  • Naseeruddin Shah - Mandi as Tungrus
  • Raj Babbar - Agar Tum Na Hote as Raj Bedi

• 1985 Anil Kapoor - Mashaal as Raja
  • Danny Denzongpa - Kanoon Kya Karega as Raghuvir Singh
  • Nikhil Bhagal - Hip Hip Hurray as Raghu
  • Shafi Inamdar - Aaj Ki Awaaz as Inspector Shafi
  • Suresh Oberoi - Ghar Ek Mandir as Rahim

• 1986 Amrish Puri - Meri Jung as G.D. Thakral
  • Anupam Kher - Janam as Virendra
  • Kamal Haasan - Saagar as Raja
  • Kulbhushan Kharbanda - Ghulami as Havaldar Gopi Dada
  • Saeed Jaffrey - Ram Teri Ganga Maili as Kunj Bihari
  • Utpal Dutt - Saaheb as Badri Prasad Sharma

• 1987 - No award

• 1988 - No award

• 1989 Anupam Kher - Vijay as Lala Yodhraj Bhalla
  • Chunky Pandey - Tezaab as Baban
  • Nana Patekar - Andha Yudh as S.P. Suhas Dandekar

1990s[link]

• 1990 Nana Patekar - Parinda as Anna
  • Amrish Puri - Tridev as Bhairav Singh
  • Mohsin Khan - Batwara as Thakur Rajendra Singh
  • Pankaj Kapoor - Raakh as Inspector P.K

• 1991 Mithun Chakraborty - Agneepath as Krishnan Iyer M.A.
  • Anupam Kher - Dil as Hazari Prasad
  • Om Puri - Ghayal as Joe D'Souza
  • Rami Reddy - Pratibandh as Gangster

• 1992 Danny Denzongpa - Sanam Bewafa as Sher Khan
  • Amrish Puri - Phool Aur Kaante as Nageshwar
  • Anupam Kher - Saudagar as Mandhari
  • Saeed Jaffrey - Henna as Khan Baba

• 1993 Danny Denzongpa - Khuda Gawah as Khuda Baksh
  • Amrish Puri - Muskurahat as Gopichand Verma
  • Nana Patekar - Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman as Jai

• 1994 Sunny Deol - Damini – Lightning as Govind
  • Amrish Puri - Gardish as Purshotam Kashinath Sathe
  • Jackie Shroff - Khalnayak as Ram Kumar Sinha
  • Nana Patekar - Tirangaa as Shivajirao Wagle
  • Naseeruddin Shah - Sir as Amar Verma

• 1995 Jackie Shroff - 1942: A Love Story as Shubhankar
  • Anupam Kher - Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! as Prof. Siddharth Choudhury
  • Mohnish Behl - Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! as Rajesh
  • Saif Ali Khan - Main Khiladi Tu Anari as Deepak Kumar
  • Sunil Shetty - Dilwale as Vikram

• 1996 Jackie Shroff - Rangeela as Raj Kamal
  • Amrish Puri - Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge as Chaudhry Baldev Singh
  • Anil Kapoor - Trimurti as Anand Singh / Sikander
  • Naseeruddin Shah - Naajayaz as Raj Solanki
  • Paresh Rawal - Raja as Brijnath 'Birju'

• 1997 Amrish Puri - Ghatak: Lethal as Shambu Nath
  • Anupam Kher - Chaahat as Shambunath Singh Rathod
  • Om Puri - Maachis as Sanatan
  • Salman Khan - Jeet as Rajnath 'Raju' Sahay
  • Jackie Shroff - Agni Sakshi as Suraj Kapoor

• 1998 Amrish Puri - Virasat as Raja Thakur
  • Akshaye Khanna - Border as Dharamvir
  • Akshay Kumar - Dil To Pagal Hai as Ajay
  • Om Puri - Gupt: The Hidden Truth as Insp. Udham Singh
  • Sunil Shetty - Border as Bhairav Singh

• 1999 Salman Khan - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai as Aman Mehra
  • Arbaaz Khan - Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya as Vishal Thakur
  • Manoj Bajpai - Satya as Bhiku Mhatre
  • Naseeruddin Shah - China Gate as Maj. Sarfaraz Khan
  • Om Puri - Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha as Inspector Khan

2000s[link]

• 2000 Anil Kapoor - Taal as Vikrant Kapoor
  • Mohnish Behl - Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United as Vivek
  • Mukesh Rishi - Sarfarosh as Inspector Salim
  • Saif Ali Khan - Kachche Dhaage as Dhananjay Pandit 'Jai'
  • Sanjay Narvekar - Vaastav: The Reality as Shorty

• 2001 Amitabh Bachchan - Mohabbatein as Narayan Shankar
  • Atul Kulkarni - Hey Ram as Shriram Abhyankar
  • Chandrachur Singh - Kya Kehna as Ajay
  • Sayaji Shinde - Kurukshetra as Havaldas Gopinath Surve Patil
  • Sunil Shetty - Refugee as Ranger Mohammad Ashraf

• 2002 Akshaye Khanna - Dil Chahta Hai as Siddharth 'Sid' Sinha
  • Ajay Devgn - Lajja as Bulwa
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Yashvardhan 'Yash' Raichand
  • Hrithik Roshan - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Rohan Y. Raichand
  • Jackie Shroff - Yaadein as Raj Singh Puri

• 2003 Vivek Oberoi - Company as Chandrakant 'Chandu'
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Aankhen as Vijay Singh Rajput
  • Jackie Shroff - Devdas as Chunnilal
  • Mohanlal - Company as Srinivasan
  • Sanjay Dutt - Kaante as Jay 'Ajju' Rehan

• 2004 Saif Ali Khan - Kal Ho Naa Ho as Rohit Patel
  • Abhishek Bachchan - Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon as Prem Kumar
  • Arshad Warsi - Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. as Circuit
  • Manoj Bajpai - LOC Kargil as Gren. Yogender Singh Yadav
  • Salman Khan - Baghban as Alok Raj

• 2005 Abhishek Bachchan - Yuva as Lallan Singh
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Veer-Zaara as Chaudhary Sumer Singh
  • Akshay Kumar - Khakee as Inspector Shekhar Verma
  • Akshay Kumar - Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as Sunny Khurana
  • Zayed Khan - Main Hoon Na as Laxman Prasad Sharma

• 2006 Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar as Shankar Nagre
  • Arshad Warsi - Salaam Namaste as Ranjan 'Ron' Mathur
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Bunty Aur Babli as DCP Dashrath Singh
  • Naseeruddin Shah - Iqbal as Mohit
  • Sanjay Dutt - Parineeta as Girish Sharma

• 2007 Abhishek Bachchan - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rishi Talwar
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Samarjit 'Sam' Talwar
  • John Abraham - Baabul as Rajat Verma
  • Kunal Kapoor - Rang De Basanti as Aslam
  • Siddharth Narayan - Rang De Basanti as Karan R. Singhania

• 2008 Irrfan Khan - Life in a... Metro as Monty
  • Aamir Khan - Taare Zameen Par as Ram Shankar Nikumbh
  • Anil Kapoor - Welcome as Sagar 'Manju' Pandey
  • Mithun Chakraborty - Guru as Manikdas Gupta
  • Shreyas Talpade - Om Shanti Om as Pappu Master

• 2009 Arjun Rampal - Rock On!! as Joseph 'Joe' Mascarenhas
  • Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar Raj as Shankar Nagre
  • Prateik Babbar - Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na as Amit
  • Sonu Sood - Jodhaa Akbar as Rajkumar Sujamal
  • Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns as Lucky
  • Vinay Pathak - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Balwinder 'Bobby' Khosla

2010s[link]

• 2010 Boman Irani - 3 Idiots as Viru Sahastrabudhhe
  • Amole Gupte - Kaminey as Sunil Shekhar Bhope
  • Neil Nitin Mukesh - New York as Omar
  • R. Madhavan - 3 Idiots as Farhan Qureshi
  • Rishi Kapoor - Luck by Chance as Romy Rolly
  • Sharman Joshi - 3 Idiots as Raju Rastogi

• 2011 Ronit Roy - Udaan as Bhairav Singh
  • Arjun Rampal - Raajneeti as Prithviraj Pratap
  • Arshad Warsi - Ishqiya as Razzak Hussain aka Babban
  • Emraan Hashmi - Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Shoaib Khan
  • Manoj Bajpai - Raajneeti as Veerendra Pratap
  • Nana Patekar - Raajneeti as Brij Gopal

• 2012 Farhan Akhtar - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as Imraan
  • Abhay Deol - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as Kabir
  • Naseeruddin Shah - The Dirty Picture as Suryakanth
  • Pitobash Tripathy - Shor in the City as Mandook
  • Vir Das - Delhi Belly as Arup

See also[link]

• Filmfare Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India

References[link]

• Filmfare Awards at Bollywood Hungama

External links[link]

• Official site

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This is a list of awards for supporting actor. These are accolades given by a group of film or television professionals in recognition of the work of supporting and character actors. Most awards for supporting actors are gender-specific.

Film[link]

Male[link]

• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• Black Reel Award: Best Supporting Actor
• Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
• César Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
• David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor
• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
• Golden Calf Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
• Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
• Italian Online Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
• NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
• National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
• National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
• National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
• San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
• Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
• St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Male

Female[link]

• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
• BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
• Black Reel Award: Best Supporting Actress
• Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
• César Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
• David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress
• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
• Golden Calf Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
• Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
• Italian Online Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
• NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
• National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
• National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
• National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
• San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
• Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
• St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female

Television[link]

Male[link]

• Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
• Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
• Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television Series
• Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
• TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actor
• British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor

Female[link]

• Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
• Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
• Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television Series
• Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
• TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Best Supporting Actress

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A supporting actor is an actor who performs roles in a play or film other than that of the leads.

These roles range from bit parts to secondary leads. They are sometimes but not necessarily character roles. A supporting actor must also use restraint not to upstage the main actor/actress in the play/movie. In earlier times these were often ethnic stereotypes. The title is usually specific to the performance, that is, a person may be a supporting actor in one film and the leading actor in the next. An individual who typically plays supporting roles is considered a character actor.

In television, a day player refers to most performers with supporting speaking roles hired on a daily basis without long-term contracts.

Supporting roles may be pivotal or vital to the story. In recognition of important nature of this work, the theater and film industries give separate awards to the Best Supporting Actor and actress. A supporting actor/actress can also be known as a 'sidekick'.

See also[link]

• Supernumerary actor
• Extra (actor)
• Under-Five
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
• Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie

External links[link]

• FilmReference.com on "Supporting Actors"
• SupportingActors.com

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Filmfare Awards
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Awarded for	Best in film
Presented by	Filmfare
Country	India
First awarded	1954
Official website	www.filmfare.com

The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India.^[1][2][3] The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the Clare Awards after the editor of The Times of India, Clare Mendonca. A dual voting system was developed in 1956.^[4] Under this system, "in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted for by both the public and a committee of experts."^[5] The Filmfare Awards have been often referred to as Hindi film industry's equivalent to the Oscars.^[1][2][3][6]

History[link]

The Filmfare awards were first introduced in 1954. The Clares was the original name of the award ceremony, named after The Times of India critic Clare Mendonca. Readers of Filmfare were polled to decide the winners, and over 20,000 readers spread throughout India participated in the polls; trophies were given to winners of the popular vote. In the first awards function, held on 21 March 1954 at the Metro Theatre of Mumbai, only five awards were presented: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Music Director. Do Bigha Zameen was the first movie to win the award for Best Film. The first winners for other four categories were: Bimal Roy for his direction of Do Bigha Zameen, Dilip Kumar for his performance in Daag, Meena Kumari for her performance in Baiju Bawra, and Naushad for his music in Baiju Bawra.

The statuette, depicting a woman whose arms uprise in a dance number with her fingers touching, is commonly referred to as "The Black Lady" (or "The Lady in Black"). Originally designed by N.G. Phansare under the supervision of Times of India's art director Walter Langhammer, it is generally made of bronze, its height is 46.5 cm and it weighs around five kg.^[7] To celebrate the 25th year of the awards, the statues were made in silver and to celebrate the 50th year the statues were made in gold.^[8]

Awards[link]

As of 2012, there are 37 awards. There is a separate category of film-critics awards, decided by noted film-critics rather than popular votes. This dual format has also generated some controversy amongst viewers and recipients. Awards are given in the following categories. Follow the links for lists of the award winners, year by year.

Merit awards[link]

• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Performance in a Negative Role (category removed after 2007)
• Best Performance in a Comic Role (category removed after 2007)
• Best Male Debut
• Best Female Debut
• Best Music Director
• Best Lyricist
• Best Male Playback Singer
• Best Female Playback Singer

Critics' awards[link]

• Critics Award Best Movie
• Critics Award Best Actor (pre-1998 was known as one common category for both male and female actors: Critics Award Best Performance)
• Critics Award Best Actress (pre-1998 was known as one category common for both male and female actors: Critics Award Best Performance)
• Best Documentary (category removed after 1997)

Technical awards[link]

• Best Story
• Best Screenplay
• Best Dialogue
• Best Action
• Best Art Direction
• Best Background Score
• Best Cinematography
• Best Editing
• Best Choreography
• Best Sound Recording
• Best Special Effects
• Best Costume Design

Special awards[link]

• Lifetime Achievement
• Power Award (category removed after 2008)
• Special Performance Award
• Best Scene of the Year
• RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
• Best Film of 50 Years (2005)

Records and facts[link]

• Most awards to a single film
  • Black (2005) - 11
  • Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) - 10
  • Devdas (2002) - 10

• Most directing awards
  • Bimal Roy - 7

• Most acting awards – male (Best Actor + Best Supporting Actor)
  • Dilip Kumar (8+0) = 8
  • Shahrukh Khan (8+0) = 8
  • Amitabh Bachchan (5+3) = 8

• Most acting awards – female (Best Actress + Best Supporting Actress)
  • Nutan (5+1) = 6
  • Jaya Bachchan (3+3) = 6
  • Kajol (5+0) = 5
  • Madhuri Dixit (4+1) = 5
  • Rani Mukerji (2+3) = 5

• Most awards for music direction
  • A. R. Rahman = 10
  • Shankar Jaikishan = 9

• Most playback singer - male
  • Kishore Kumar = 8
  • Mohammed Rafi = 6

• Most playback singer - female
  • Asha Bhosle = 7
  • Alka Yagnik = 7

• Most Lyricist Awards
  • Gulzar = 10
  • Javed Akhtar = 8

• Most Choreography Awards
  • Saroj Khan = 8
  • Farah Khan = 6

See also[link]

• Filmfare Awards South
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Filmfare Awards

• The Official Site
• Times Syndication Service archives of photos of FILMFARE awards since the beginning.
• Filmfare Awards - Year wise Internet Movie Database
• List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations, 1953-2005

Anushka Sharma
Anushka Sharma at Women's Health inaugural issue launch
Born	(1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 (age 24)[1]
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Model, Actress
Years active	2008–present

Anushka Sharma (Hindi: अनुष्का शर्मा pronounced [əˈnʊʂkaː ˈʃərmaː]; born 1 May 1988)^[1] is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Hindi films. In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films and made her screen debut in Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She later received acclaim for her role as Shruti Kakkar in Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).^[2] Both films fetched her a Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare Awards ceremony.^[3]

Early life and background[link]

Sharma's father, Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer and her mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife. She has an elder brother named Karnesh,^[4] who was a state-level cricketer and now, is in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.^[5] She later moved to Mumbai to further pursue her modelling career, where she currently resides.

Career[link]

Early Career & Debut (2007-2009)[link]

Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world but had no strong aspirations for films.^[5] She began her modeling career at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer '07 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.

Her first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) opposite Shahrukh Khan. Her performance was appreciated with film critic Taran Adarsh stating, "Anushka looks the character and surprises you with a confident performance. It's no small achievement to share screen space with an actor of the caliber of SRK and Anushka manages it very well from start to end."^[6] The film received positive reviews and was declared a blockbuster, and had been concluded as the second-highest grossing film of all-time to that point by the end of the year.^[7]

Breakthrough & Initial Success (2010-present)[link]

Her second film, Badmaash Company, also under Yash Raj Films, was released on May 7, 2010. While Taran Adarsh added, "Anushka is a revelation. She looks stunning, her performance is livewire and the chemistry with Shahid is electrifying."^[8]

In 2010, Sharma completed her three-film contract with Yash Raj Films, starring in Band Baaja Baaraat, a romantic comedy directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh.^[10] She played a middle-class Delhi-Punjabi girl who goes on to launch her own independent business of wedding planning and later falls for her partner. In preparation for the part, Sharma was required to master the dialect of a young Punjabi woman from Delhi. She cited it as the toughest part of her role, describing the way the lead characters in the film interact as "crude but cute", and calling for her to "talk fast, sometimes mix words and even omit words completely".^[11] Prior to its release, she referred to it as her "best film till date".^[12] Some pundits, however, had expressed doubts about the film's prospects to leave a mark, citing the middling response to Yash Raj Films' last few productions, the lack of a male star, and claiming that by then Sharma was an "almost-forgotten" actress.^[13]

Band Baaja Baaraat was released on December 10, 2010 to positive reviews and went on to become a sleeper hit. Box Office India website reported that the film grossed approximately  21.44 crore after five weeks, making it a moderate box office success.^[14] Sharma's performance was praised by critics, many of whom called it her best work up to that point.^[15] Taran Adarsh described her as "truly wonderful," noting that it is "the first time in her 3-film career, a film rests mainly on Anushka's shoulders, and she handles the responsibility so well."^[16] For her work in the film, Sharma received her second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and earned several awards and nominations at different award ceremonies.^[17]

Sharma's first venture outside the Yash Raj banner was Patiala House directed by Nikhil Advani and co-starring Akshay Kumar. Patiala House was released on February 11, 2011.^[18] Despite the film's lukewarm performance at the box office, Sharma received positive reviews. Nikhat Kazmi of The Times Of India wrote, "Anushka Sharma’s vivacity may have an after taste of her bubbling Band Baaja Baraat act but her passage from Janakpuri’s dhinchak girl to Southall’s siren is sweet and smooth. Watch out for the girl; she’s truly on a roll."^[19]

In December 2011, she re-united with her Band Baaja Baarat team of Ranveer Singh and Maneesh Sharma for Yashraj Films's Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Despite negative media perception, the film was a moderate success at the box office.^[20][21]

Filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

Filmfare Awards[link]

Nominated

• 2009: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi^[23]
• 2011: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Band Baaja Baaraat^[24]

Star Screen Awards[link]

Nominated

• 2008: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
• 2011: Star Screen Award for Best Actress; Band Baaja Baaraat

IIFA Awards[link]

Winner

• 2011: IIFA Award for Best Actress; Band Baaja Baaraat^[25]

Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards[link]

Winner

• 2009: Best Debut (Female); Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi^[26]
• 2011: Best Actress in a Leading Role; Band Baaja Baaraat^[27]

Zee Cine Awards[link]

Nominated

• 2011: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female; Band Baaja Baaraat^[28]
• 2012: Zee Cine Awards, International Icon Female

Other awards[link]

• 2011 - GQ Men of the Year Awards: Excellence Award^[29]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Anushka Sharma at the Internet Movie Database

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