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State-instituted annual film awards in India
National Film Award for Best Actor
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Awarded for
| Best Performance by an Actor
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Sponsored by
| Directorate of Film Festivals
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Formerly called
| Bharat Award (1968?1974)
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Reward(s)
| - Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
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50,000
(US$600)
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First awarded
| 1967
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Last awarded
| 2021
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Most recent winner
| Allu Arjun
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Most awards
| Amitabh Bachchan
(4)
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Total awarded
| 61
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First winner
| Uttam Kumar
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The
National Film Award for Best Actor
, officially known as the
Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor
(
Hindi pronunciation:
[r?d??t?
k?m?l]
), is an honour presented annually at the
National Film Awards
of India instituted since 1967 to actors who have delivered the best performance in a leading role within the
Indian film industry
.
[1]
Called the "State Awards for Films" when established in 1954, the National Film Awards ceremony is older than the
Directorate of Film Festivals
. The State Awards instituted the individual award in 1968 as the "Bharat Award for the Best Actor"; in 1975, it was renamed as the "Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor".
[1]
[2]
[3]
Throughout the past 45 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of India has presented a total of 52 "Best Actor" awards to 40 actors. Until 1974, winners of the National Film Award received a
figurine
and certificate; since 1975, they have been awarded with a "Rajat Kamal" (silver
lotus
), certificate and a cash prize.
[a]
[2]
Although the Indian film industry produces films in around 20
languages and dialects
,
[1]
the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in eight major languages:
Hindi
(twenty-five awards),
Malayalam
(fourteen awards),
Tamil
(nine awards),
Bengali
(five awards),
Marathi
,
Kannada
(three awards), English (two awards), and
Telugu
(one award).
The first recipient was
Uttam Kumar
from
Bengali cinema
, who was honoured at the
15th National Film Awards
in 1967 for his performances in
Anthony Firingee
and
Chiriyakhana
.
[5]
He was also the first actor who won this award for two different films in the same year. As of 2021,
Amitabh Bachchan
is the most honoured actor with four awards.
Kamal Haasan
,
Mammootty
,
Mithun Chakraborty
and
Ajay Devgn
with three awards, while five actors?
Mohanlal
,
Sanjeev Kumar
,
Om Puri
,
Naseeruddin Shah
, and
Dhanush
?have won the award two times. Two actors have achieved the honour for performing in two languages?Mithun Chakraborty (Hindi and Bengali) and Mammootty (Malayalam and English).
[6]
The most recent recipient is
Allu Arjun
who is honoured at the
69th National Film Awards
for his performance in the film
Pushpa: The Rise
. Shonon won the highest honorary award for best acting
Recipients
[
edit
]
Uttam Kumar
(The first-ever recipient of the Best Actor Award for his performances in
Antony Firingee
and
Chiriyakhana
in 1967.)
M. G. Ramachandran
, former
chief minister of Tamil Nadu
won the award for his performance in
Rickshawkaran
in 1971.
Amitabh Bachchan
(Bachchan has been the most frequent winner of the award (four times, having won the award for his performances in
Agneepath
(1990),
Black
(2005),
Paa
(2009) and
Piku
(2015).)
Mithun Chakraborty
(was awarded for his debut film.
[7]
)
Riddhi Sen
(youngest winner)
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