The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi (Bollywood) films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954.

Superlatives[link]

13 actors account for 45 of the 56 awards recognised thus far. Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh Khan, with 8 wins, have more Best Actor awards than any other actor. Amitabh Bachchan has 5 wins, Hrithik Roshan has 4 wins, and Rajesh Khanna and Naseeruddin Shah have 3 wins each.

Dilip Kumar also holds the record for most consecutive wins, having won the award for three years in a row from 1956 to 1958. Five 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) and Shahrukh Khan (1998–99).

Actors who have won both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards include Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shammi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff and Nana Patekar. Two actors were nominated for both these awards for the same performance: Ashok Kumar for Aashirwad (1970) and Kamal Haasan for Saagar (1986). In both occasions, they won the Best Actor award.

Three actors have won the award for their debut performances: Rishi Kapoor for Bobby (1973), 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 Betaab (1984) and Darsheel Safary for Taare Zameen Par (2008), who, at the age of 11, became the youngest Best Actor nominee in the history of Filmfare.

Aamir Khan has the highest number of consecutive nominations, having been nominated for the award every year from 1989 till 1997, eventually winning 9th time for Raja Hindustani in 1997.

Amitabh Bachchan holds the record for most Best Actor nominations, with 28, followed by Shahrukh Khan with 20 nominations and Dilip Kumar with 19 nominations. Bachchan and Khan also hold the record for the highest number of Best Actor nominations in a single year, having been nominated thrice in 1979 and 2005, respectively. Moreover, Kumar, Bachchan and Khan are the most awarded actors in the overall acting categories, with 8 awards each: Kumar and Khan are the winners of 8 Best Actor awards, and Bachchan is the winner of 5 Best Actor awards and 3 Best Supporting Actor awards. Bachchan is the most-nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 37 nominations overall.

List of winners[link]

1950s[link]

• 1954 Dilip Kumar - Daag as Shankar

• 1955 Bharat Bhushan - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

• 1956 Dilip Kumar - Azaad as Abdul Rahim Khan
  • Bharat Bhushan - Mirza Ghalib as Mirza Ghalib
  • Dev Anand - Munimji as Kala Ghoda

• 1957 Dilip Kumar - Devdas as Devdas Mukherji
  • Raj Kapoor - Jagte Raho as Peasant

• 1958 Dilip Kumar - Naya Daur as Shankar

• 1959 Dev Anand - Kala Pani as Karan Mehra
  • Dilip Kumar - Madhumati as Anand/Deven
  • Raj Kapoor - Phir Subah Hogi as Ram Babu

1960s[link]

• 1960 Raj Kapoor - Anari as Raj Kumar
  • Dev Anand - Love Marriage as Sunil Kumar
  • Dilip Kumar - Paigham as Ratan Lal

• 1961 Dilip Kumar - Kohinoor as Rajkumar Dhivendra Pratap Bahadur Chandrabhan
  • Dev Anand - Kala Bazar as Raghuvir
  • Raj Kapoor - Chhalia as Chhalia

• 1962 Raj Kapoor - Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai as Raju
  • Dev Anand - Hum Dono as Capt. Anand/Major. Manohar Lal Verma
  • Dilip Kumar - Gunga Jumna as Gungaram

• 1963 Ashok Kumar - Rakhi as Raj Kumar
  • Guru Dutt - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam as Atulya "Bhootnath" Chakraborty
  • Shammi Kapoor - Professor as Pritam Khanna

• 1964 Sunil Dutt - Mujhe Jeene Do as Thakhur Jernail Singh
  • Ashok Kumar - Gumrah as Barrister Ashok
  • Rajendra Kumar - Dil Ek Mandir as Dr. Dharmesh

• 1965 Dilip Kumar - Leader as Vijay Khanna
  • Rajendra Kumar - Ayee Milan Ki Bela as Shyam
  • Raj Kapoor - Sangam as Lt. Sunder Khanna

• 1966 Sunil Dutt - Khandan as Govind S. Lal
  • Raaj Kumar - Kaajal as Moti
  • Rajendra Kumar - Arzoo as Gopal

• 1967 Dev Anand - Guide as Raju
  • Dharmendra - Phool Aur Patthar as Shakti "Shaaka" Singh
  • Dilip Kumar - Dil Diya Dard Liya as Shankar/Rajasahab

• 1968 Dilip Kumar - Ram Aur Shyam as Ram / Shyam
  • Manoj Kumar - Upkar as Bharat
  • Sunil Dutt - Milan as Gopikishan 'Gopi'

• 1969 Shammi Kapoor - Brahmachari as Brahmachari
  • Dilip Kumar - Aadmi as Rajesh Saab
  • Dilip Kumar - Sunghursh as Kundan S. Prasad

1970s[link]

• 1970 Ashok Kumar - Aashirwad as Shivnath 'Joggi Thakur' Choudhary
  • Rajesh Khanna - Aradhana as Arun/Suraj Prasad Saxena
  • Rajesh Khanna - Ittefaq as Dilip Roy

• 1971 Rajesh Khanna - Sachaa Jhutha as Bhola/Ranjit Kumar
  • Dilip Kumar - Gopi as Gopiram 'Gopi'
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Khilona as Vijay Kamal Singh

• 1972 Rajesh Khanna - Anand as Anand Saigal
  • Dharmendra - Mera Gaon Mera Desh as Ajit
  • Rajesh Khanna - Kati Patang as Kamal Sinha

• 1973 Manoj Kumar - Be-Imaan as Mohan
  • Rajesh Khanna - Amar Prem as Anand Babu
  • Rajesh Khanna - Dushmun as Surjit Singh

• 1974 Rishi Kapoor - Bobby as Raj Nath
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Zanjeer as Insp. Vijay Khanna
  • Dharmendra - Yaadon Ki Baaraat as Shankar
  • Rajesh Khanna - Daag: A Poem of Love as Sunil Kohli
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Koshish as Hari Charan Mathur

• 1975 Rajesh Khanna - Avishkaar as Amar
  • Dharmendra - Resham Ki Dori as Ajit Singh
  • Dilip Kumar - Sagina as Sagina
  • Manoj Kumar - Roti Kapda Aur Makaan as Bharat
  • Rajesh Khanna - Prem Nagar as Chhotey Kunver Karan U. Singh

• 1976 Sanjeev Kumar - Aandhi as J.K
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Deewaar as Vijay Verma
  • Manoj Kumar - Sanyasi as Ram Rai
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Sholay as Thakur Baldev Singh
  • Uttam Kumar - Amanush as Madhusudan Roy Chaudhary

• 1977 Sanjeev Kumar - Arjun Pandit as Arjun Pandit
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Kabhi Kabhie as Amitabh Malhotra
  • Amol Palekar - Chhoti Si Baat as Arun Pradeep
  • Dilip Kumar - Bairaag as Kailash / Bholenath
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Mausam as Dr. Amarnath Gill

• 1978 Amitabh Bachchan - Amar Akbar Anthony as Anthony Gonzalves
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Adalat as Thakur Dharam Chand / Raju
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Yehi Hai Zindagi as Anand Narayan
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Zindagi as Raghu Shukla
  • Vinod Khanna - Shaque as Vinod Joshi

• 1979 Amitabh Bachchan - Don as Don / Vijay
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Muqaddar Ka Sikandar as Sikandar
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Trishul as Vijay Kumar
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Devata as Tony/Tarun Kumar Gupta
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Pati Patni Aur Woh as Ranjeet Chhadha

1980s[link]

• 1980 Amol Palekar - Gol Maal as Ram/Laxman Prasad Dasharath Prasad Sharma
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Kaala Patthar as Vijay Pal Singh
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Mr. Natwarlal as Natwarlal
  • Rajesh Khanna - Amardeep as Raja / Sonu
  • Rishi Kapoor - Sargam as Raju

• 1981 Naseeruddin Shah - Aakrosh as Bhaskar Kulkarni
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Dostana as Vijay Varma
  • Raj Babbar - Insaaf Ka Tarazu as Ramesh R. Gupta
  • Rajesh Khanna - Thodisi Bewafaii as Arun Kumar Choudhary
  • Shatrughan Sinha - Dostana as Ravi Kapoor
  • Vinod Khanna - Qurbani as Amar

• 1982 Naseeruddin Shah - Chakra as Looka
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Lawaaris as Heera
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Silsila as Amit Malhotra
  • Kamal Haasan - Ek Duuje Ke Liye as S. Vasudevan 'Vasu'
  • Rajesh Khanna - Dard as Deepak Srivastav / Vikas

• 1983 Dilip Kumar - Shakti as DCP Ashwini Kumar
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Bemisal as Dr. Sudhir Roy / Adhir Roy, Namak Halaal as Arjun Singh, Shakti as Vijay Kumar
  • Naseeruddin Shah - Bazaar as Salim
  • Rishi Kapoor - Prem Rog as Devdhar 'Dev'
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Angoor as Ashok R. Tilak

• 1984 Naseeruddin Shah - Masoom as D. K. Malhotra
  • Kamal Haasan - Sadma as K. Somprakash 'Somu'
  • Om Puri - Ardh Satya as Sub-inspector Anant Velankar
  • Rajesh Khanna - Avtaar as Avtaar Krishen
  • Sunny Deol - Betaab as Sunny Kapoor

• 1985 Anupam Kher - Saaransh as B. V. Pradhan
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Sharaabi as Vicky Kapoor
  • Dilip Kumar - Mashaal as Vinod Kumar
  • Naseeruddin Shah - Sparsh as Anirudh Parmar
  • Raj Babbar - Aaj Ki Awaaz as Prof. Prabhat Kumar Varma

• 1986 Kamal Haasan - Saagar as Raja
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Mard as Raju Singh
  • Anil Kapoor - Meri Jung as Arun Verma
  • Kumar Gaurav - Janam as Rahul
  • Rishi Kapoor - Tawaif as Dawood Mohammed Ali Khan Yusuf Zahi

• 1987 No award

• 1988 No award

• 1989 Anil Kapoor - Tezaab as Mahesh "Munna" Deshmukh
  • Aamir Khan - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak as Raj
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Shahenshah as Vijay Kumar Srivastava / Shahenshah

1990s[link]

• 1990 Jackie Shroff - Parinda as Kishen
  • Aamir Khan - Raakh as Amir Hussein
  • Anil Kapoor - Eeshwar as Ishwarchand Vishnunath Brahmanand
  • Rishi Kapoor - Chandni as Rohit Gupta
  • Salman Khan - Maine Pyar Kiya as Prem Choudhary

• 1991 Sunny Deol - Ghayal as Ajay Mehra
  • Aamir Khan - Dil as Raja
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Agneepath as Vijay Deenanath Chauhan
  • Chiranjeevi - Pratibandh as Siddhanth

• 1992 Amitabh Bachchan - Hum as Tiger / Shekhar
  • Aamir Khan - Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin as Raghu Jetley
  • Anil Kapoor - Lamhe as Virendra Pratap Singh
  • Dilip Kumar - Saudagar as Veeru Singh
  • Sanjay Dutt - Saajan as Aman Verma

• 1993 Anil Kapoor - Beta as Raju
  • Aamir Khan - Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar as Sanjaylal Sharma
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Khuda Gawah as Baadshah Khan

• 1994 Shahrukh Khan - Baazigar as Ajay Sharma
  • Aamir Khan - Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke as Rahul Malhotra
  • Govinda - Aankhen as Bunnu / Gulshan / Gaurishankar
  • Jackie Shroff - Gardish as Shiva P. Sathe
  • Sanjay Dutt - Khalnayak as Balaram Prasad

• 1995 Nana Patekar - Krantiveer as Pratap Narayan Tilak
  • Aamir Khan - Andaz Apna Apna as Amar Manohar
  • Akshay Kumar - Yeh Dillagi as Vijay Saigal
  • Anil Kapoor - 1942: A Love Story as Narendra Singh
  • Shahrukh Khan - Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa as Sunil

• 1996 Shahrukh Khan - Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge as Raj Malhotra
  • Aamir Khan - Rangeela as Munna
  • Ajay Devgn - Naajayaz as Jay Bakshi
  • Govinda - Coolie No. 1 as Raju
  • Salman Khan - Karan Arjun as Karan Singh

• 1997 Aamir Khan - Raja Hindustani as Raja Hindustani
  • Govinda - Saajan Chale Sasural as Shyamsunder
  • Nana Patekar - Khamoshi: The Musical as Joseph Braganza
  • Nana Patekar - Agni Sakshi as Vishwanath
  • Sunny Deol - Ghatak: Lethal as Kashi Nath

• 1998 Shahrukh Khan - Dil To Pagal Hai as Rahul
  • Anil Kapoor - Virasat as Shakti Thakur
  • Govinda - Deewana Mastana as Bunnu
  • Kamal Haasan - Chachi 420 as Jaiprakash Paswan / Laxmi Godbhole
  • Shahrukh Khan - Yes Boss as Rahul

• 1999 Shahrukh Khan - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai as Rahul Khanna
  • Aamir Khan - Ghulam as Siddharth Marathe
  • Ajay Devgn - Zakhm as Ajay R. Desai
  • Govinda - Bade Miyan Chote Miyan as Pyare Mohan / Chotey Miyan
  • Salman Khan - Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya as Suraj Khanna

2000s[link]

• 2000 Sanjay Dutt - Vaastav: The Reality as Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar
  • Aamir Khan - Sarfarosh as Ajay Singh Rathod
  • Ajay Devgn - Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as Vanraj
  • Manoj Bajpai - Shool as Samar Pratap Singh
  • Salman Khan - Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as Sameer Rafilini

• 2001 Hrithik Roshan - Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai as Rohit / Raj Chopra
  • Anil Kapoor - Pukar as Major Jaidev Rajvansh
  • Hrithik Roshan - Fiza as Amaan Ikramullah
  • Sanjay Dutt - Mission Kashmir as SSP Inayat Khan
  • Shahrukh Khan - Mohabbatein as Raj Aryan Malhotra

• 2002 Aamir Khan - Lagaan as Bhuvan
  • Aamir Khan - Dil Chahta Hai as Akash Malhotra
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Aks as Manu Verma
  • Shahrukh Khan - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Rahul Y. Raichand
  • Sunny Deol - Gadar: Ek Prem Katha as Tara Singh

• 2003 Shahrukh Khan - Devdas as Devdas Mukherjee
  • Ajay Devgn - Company as Mallik
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Kaante as Yashvardhan 'Major' Rampal
  • Bobby Deol - Humraaz as Raj Singhania
  • Vivek Oberoi - Saathiya as Aditya Sehgal

• 2004 Hrithik Roshan - Koi... Mil Gaya as Rohit Mehra
  • Ajay Devgn - Gangaajal as Amit Kumar
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Baghban as Raj Malhotra
  • Salman Khan - Tere Naam as Radhe Mohan
  • Shahrukh Khan - Kal Ho Naa Ho as Aman Mathur

• 2005 Shahrukh Khan - Swades as Mohan Bhargav
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Khakee as Anant Kumar Shrivastav
  • Hrithik Roshan - Lakshya as Karan Shergill
  • Shahrukh Khan - Main Hoon Na as Ram Prasad Sharma
  • Shahrukh Khan - Veer-Zaara as Veer Pratap Singh

• 2006 Amitabh Bachchan - Black as Debraj Sahai
  • Aamir Khan - Mangal Pandey: The Rising as Mangal Pandey
  • Abhishek Bachchan - Bunty Aur Babli as Rakesh Trivedi/Bunty
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Sarkar as Subhash Nagre 'Sarkar'
  • Saif Ali Khan - Parineeta as Shekhar Roy

• 2007 Hrithik Roshan - Dhoom 2 as Mr.A/Aryan
  • Aamir Khan - Rang De Basanti as Daljeet 'DJ' / Chandra Shekhar Azad
  • Hrithik Roshan - Krrish as Krishna 'Krrish' Mehra
  • Sanjay Dutt - Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Murli Prasad Sharma
  • Shahrukh Khan - Don: The Chase Begins Again as Don / Vijay
  • Shahrukh Khan - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Dev Saran

• 2008 Shahrukh Khan - Chak De! India as Coach Kabir Khan
  • Abhishek Bachchan - Guru as Gurukant Desai
  • Akshay Kumar - Namastey London as Arjun Singh
  • Darsheel Safary - Taare Zameen Par as Ishaan Awasthi
  • Shahid Kapoor - Jab We Met as Aditya Kashyap
  • Shahrukh Khan - Om Shanti Om as Om Prakash/Om Kapoor

• 2009 Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar as Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar
  • Aamir Khan - Ghajini as Sanjay Singhania
  • Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana as Sameer
  • Akshay Kumar - Singh Is Kinng as Happy Singh
  • Naseeruddin Shah - A Wednesday! as The Common Man
  • Shahrukh Khan - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Surinder 'Suri' Sahni

2010s[link]

• 2010 Amitabh Bachchan - Paa as Auro
  • Aamir Khan - 3 Idiots as Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad / Rancho / Phunsukh Wangdu
  • Ranbir Kapoor - Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani as Prem Shankar Sharma
  • Ranbir Kapoor - Wake Up Sid as Siddharth Mehra
  • Saif Ali Khan - Love Aaj Kal as Jai Vardhan Singh/Young Veer Singh
  • Shahid Kapoor - Kaminey as Charlie/Guddu

• 2011 Shahrukh Khan - My Name Is Khan as Rizwan Khan
  • Ajay Devgn - Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Sultan Mirza
  • Hrithik Roshan - Guzaarish as Ethan Mascarenhas
  • Salman Khan - Dabangg as Chulbul Pandey
  • Ranbir Kapoor - Raajneeti as Samar Pratap

• 2012 Ranbir Kapoor - Rockstar as Janardan Jhakhar / Jordan
  • Ajay Devgn - Singham as Bajirao Singham
  • Amitabh Bachchan - Aarakshan as Prabhakar Anand
  • Hrithik Roshan - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as Arjun
  • Salman Khan - Bodyguard as Lovely Singh
  • Shahrukh Khan - Don 2 as Don

See also[link]

• Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Best Actress Award
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India

References[link]

External links[link]

• Best Actor list from Filmfare

Best Actor may refer to:

• Academy Award for Best Actor
• BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
• Empire Award for Best Actor
• Empire Award for Best British Actor
• Filmfare Best Actor Award
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
• IIFA Best Actor Award
• National Film Award for Best Actor
• Star Screen Award for Best Actor
• Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
• Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Other uses[link]

• Best Actor (film), a 2010 Malayalam film by Martin Prakatt

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Filmfare Awards
57th 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

Ranbir Kapoor
Kapoor at the BIG Star Entertainment Awards, December 2011
Born	(1982-09-28) 28 September 1982 (age 29) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present
Parents	Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh
Signature	150px

Ranbir Kapoor (born 28 September 1982^[1]) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies.

Making his acting debut in the 2007 film Saawariya, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, Kapoor earned positive notice for his performance in Wake Up Sid (2009). He later appeared in the romantic comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009) and the political thriller Raajneeti (2010), with the later being his biggest commercial success to date.^[2] In 2011, Kapoor starred and earned critical acclaim for his performance in Rockstar for which he received the Best Actor and Best Actor (Critics) awards at the Filmfare ceremony.

Early life[link]

Ranbir Kapoor, the son of actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, was born into a family of Punjabi origin;^[3] his sister is Riddhima Kapoor Sahni. He is the grandson of actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor, great grandson of Prithviraj Kapoor, nephew of actors Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor, grand-nephew of actors Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor, and first-cousin of actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. Kapoor studied at Bombay Scottish School in Mahim, Mumbai and went on to pursue method acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.^[4]

Career[link]

Before starting off his career as an actor, Kapoor appeared in two short films: Passion to Love (2002), which was also directed by him, and India 1964 (2004). He later began working as an assistant with director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, where he was involved in the making of the film Black (2005).^[5] Kapoor who initially had plans of becoming an actor was later cast by Bhansali in his next directional venture, Saawariya opposite newcomer Sonam Kapoor. The film failed to do well at the box office,^[6] though his performance was largely appreciated. Kapoor was then seen in Siddharth Anand's romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) alongside Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba and Deepika Padukone. The film was a semi-hit at the box-office.^[7]

2009 saw Kapoor appear in three movies. His first release was Ayan Mukerji's Wake Up Sid, in which he portrayed the character of Siddharth Mehra, a spoiled and self-centered college student from Mumbai. Featured opposite Konkona Sen Sharma, the film was a critical and commercial success.^[8] Shrey Patnaik wrote, "Ranbir's Sid is a near-perfect portrait of the aimless young man searching for a direction in life. Ranbir handles the character's inner life with the effortlessness of a Sitar maestro twiddling with his instrument's strings to create a music that takes the audience to a world where the sounds suggest a harmony between art and life. In Wake Up Sid, Ranbir proves once and for all that he's the future of Hindi cinema."^[9] Kapoor earned several nominations for Best Actor. He next starred alongside Katrina Kaif in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, which surfaced as one of the biggest hits of the year.^[10]

Following this, Kapoor appeared in Shimit Amin's drama Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year. Upon release, the film received positive reviews by critics but failed to do well.^[11] Kapoor's performance was critically acclaimed, with one critic writing, "Ranbir brings to his part a whole lot of earnestness and heart. His natural and utterly contagious exuberance so much on display in his last two films Wake Up Sid and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is effortlessly curbed here."^[12]

In 2010, he featured in Prakash Jha's multi-starrer political thriller Rajneeti. The film opened to positive reviews and was declared a "blockbuster".^[13] His performance was well received with critic Nikhat Kazmi concluding, "The film finally belongs to Ranbir Kapoor who perfects the art of minimalism – and literally grows before your eyes – as the simmering volcano that cannot be held back, once it erupts. He's as grey and soot-filled, as volcanoes go."^[14] In the same year, Kapoor appeared alongside Priyanka Chopra in Siddharth Anand's Anjaana Anjaani which was a moderate box office success.^[13]

2011 saw Kapoor feature opposite newcomer Nargis Fakhri in Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar. The film, upon release, met with positive to mixed reviews^[15] and grossed over Rs.1 billion worldwide^[16] In a review published by CNN-IBN, Rajeev Masand wrote: "Rockstar belongs to Ranbir Kapoor over everyone else. It is a riveting performance [...] and Ranbir roots it in the real. Watch how he seizes the stage in the "Sadda Haq" number and virtually makes the track his own. For Ranbir alone, this film deserves a watch."^[17] The film earned Kapoor a Best Actor and Best Actor (Critics) award at the 2012 Filmfare awards ceremony.

As of April 2012, Kapoor is scheduled to appear in Anurag Basu's Barfee alongside Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz and Ayan Mukherjee's Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani alongside ex-girlfriend Deepika Padukone.

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Kapoor currently lives with his parents in Pali Hill in Mumbai, Maharashtra. During an interview in March 2008, he announced that he was dating Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone;^[18] the couple later broke up in 2009.^[19] In 2008, Kapoor co-hosted the 54th Filmfare Awards alongside Imran Khan; he was later chosen to co-host the 56th and 57th edition of the award ceremony alongside Imran Khan and Shah Rukh Khan respectively. During November 2010, he made an appearance on the talk show Koffee with Karan alongside Imran Khan.

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References[link]

External links[link]

• Ranbir Kapoor at the Internet Movie Database

Pawan Kalyan
Born	Konidala Kalyan Babu (1971-09-02) 2 September 1971 (age 40)[1][2] Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India [3]
Residence	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names	Pawan Kalyan, Power Star[4][5]
Occupation	Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Action Choreographer, Choreography, Playback Singer, Producer
Years active	1996 – present
Spouse	Renu Desai (2009 – present)[6]
Children	Akira Nandan Aadhya
Parents	Venkat Rao Konidala Anjana Devi Konidala
Relatives	Chiranjeevi Konidala (brother) Nagendra Babu Konidala (brother) Ram Charan Teja Konidala (nephew) Arjun Allu (2nd nephew) Aravind Allu (brother-in-law) Rama Lingaiah Allu (father-in-law of brother)

Pawan Kalyan (Telugu: పవన్ కళ్యాణ్; born Konidala Kalyan Babu on 2 September 1971)^[2] is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter and action choreographer in Telugu cinema. He is the brother of Indian actor Chiranjeevi. He made his acting debut in 1996 with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi.

In 1998, he was starred in Tholi Prema which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that Year. He is known for his works in other blockbusters like Gokulamlo Seetha, Suswagatham, Thammudu, Badri, Kushi, Jalsa and Gabbar Singh ^[7]

Personal life[link]

Born to Konidela Venkata Rao and Anjana Devi,^[8] Pawan Kalyan is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu.^[9] After his divorce from Nandini,^[10] Pawan Kalyan married Renu Desai on 28 January 2009. She co-starred with him in the films Badri and Johnny^[10] and has worked as costume designer for most of his films. The couple have two children, a son named Akira Nandan born in 2004 and a girl named Aadhya born in 2010. Akira was named after Pawan Kalyan's favorite director Akira Kurosawa.

Kalyan is trained in martial arts.^{[11][12][13][14]} He holds a black belt in karate^[15] and has displayed his skills in several of his films. He publicly performed his martial arts skills at several auditoriums.^[16] He was awarded the title "Pawan", symbolizing Hanuman. From then, Kalyan Babu became popular as Pawan Kalyan.^[17][18][19]

His brother-in-law Allu Aravind is an Indian film producer. Ram Charan Teja Konidala and Allu Arjun are other actors from the family. Pawan Kalyan is a vegetarian. He is highly influenced by Che Guevara, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Swami Vivekananda's philosophy.^[20]

Career[link]

Pawan Kalyan entered the Telugu movie industry with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi (1996) as Kalyan Babu in which he performed martial arts action sequences. His second movie was Gokulamlo Seetha (1997), which is a remake of the 1996 Tamil film Gokulathil Seethai. He also starred in Suswagatham, which is also a remake of a Tamil film Love Today (1997).

In 1998, Tholi Prema released and received 6 Nandi Awards and National Award for the Best Feature Film (Telugu).^[21] After Tholi Prema, Pawan acted in Thammudu (1999) playing the role of a kickboxer. Pawan In 2000, he featured in Puri Jagannadh's first directorial venture Badri. Pawan acted in Kushi (2001) directed by S. J. Surya.

After the release of Kushi, Pawan Kalyan took a long gap of two years in his film career. He went to Japan for a brief period to learn a martial art called Aikido. He learnt this stunt to use in his first directorial venture Johnny. His next releases were Gudumba Shankar, Balu ABCDEFG, Bangaram and Annavaram

In 2008, Jalsa directed by Trivikram Srinivas released. His subsequent release Puli arrived on 10 September. The audio sales reached a total of 1.6 lakhs of CDs in the first three days, which is an all-time record in Telugu film history.^{[22][relevant? – discuss]}

Pawan Kalyan first release of 2011 was Theenmaar directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee in which he portrayed the two contrasting characters of present and yesteryear generations. Following this, Pawan Kalyan appeared in a Vishnuvardhan's gangster film Panjaa.This film is now set to release in Tamil.^[23] In September 2011, Pawan began shooting for the movie Gabbar Singh. The movie is being directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Bandla Ganesh. The movie is a remake of the Hindi film Dabangg.^[24] In 2012, Pawan is slated to work in Puri Jagannadh's Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu. The film is being produced by D. V. V. Danayya and filming is set to begin in May 2012.^{[25] [26]}

A social networking community on his name in the popular social networking website orkut is the second most active community in india. After orkut 'India' community, orkut 'Power Star Pawan Kalyan' community takes second place in Top 10 orkut National communities.^[27][28]

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

Action Choreographer[link]

Playback singing[link]

Choreography/Songs Visualization[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Pawan Kalyan at the Internet Movie Database