Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.
| Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
![]() The 2023 recipient: Sanjay Mishra | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First awarded | Anupam Kher, Daddy (1991) |
| Currently held by | Sanjay Mishra, Vadh (2022) |
| Website | Filmfare Awards |
Superlatives
The record of the maximum number of wins in this category is with Amitabh Bachchan having won the award 4 times (2002, 2006, 2016 & 2021), then Manoj Bajpai 3 times (1999, 2000 & 2017), followed by four actors (in chronological order): Shahrukh Khan (1994 & 2001), Ranbir Kapoor (2010 & 2012), Rajkummar Rao (2014 & 2018) and Ayushmann Khurrana (2019 & 2020).
- There have been two ties in this category's history, between Manoj Bajpai and Shahid Kapoor for Aligarh and Udta Punjab respectively (2017); and between Ayushmann Khurrana and Ranveer Singh for Andhadhun and Padmaavat respectively (2019).
- 2 actors have won the award in consecutive years; they are Manoj Bajpai (1999 & 2000) and Ayushmann Khurrana (2019–20).
- 4 actors have won both the Popular and Critics categories in the same year, three for the same film: Hrithik Roshan for Koi... Mil Gaya in 2004, Amitabh Bachchan for Black in 2006 and Ranbir Kapoor for Rockstar in 2012. Shah Rukh Khan is the first and only actor so far to win both categories in the same year in 1994 for 2 different films, with Best Actor (Popular) for Baazigar and Best Actor (Critics) for Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa.
- Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh have all won awards also for Best Male Debut and Best Actor while Ayushmann Khurrana has won for Best Male Debut and Best Male Playback singer.
- Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Amitabh Bachchan have all won awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor while Rajkummar Rao has won Best Supporting Actor.
- Ajay Devgn (The Legend of Bhagat Singh), Amitabh Bachchan (Black and Piku), Rajkummar Rao (Shahid), Irrfan Khan (Paan Singh Tomar) and Ayushmann Khurrana (Andhadhun) have all won the National Film Award for Best Actor, while Anupam Kher (Daddy) received a National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Film Critic) and Manoj Bajpai (Satya) and Pankaj Kapoor (Maqbool) have won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Multiple Wins
- 4 wins: Amitabh Bachchan
- 3 wins: Manoj Bajpai
- 2 wins: Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sanjay Mishra
List of winners
Outstanding Performance In A Non-Commercial Film
(Betweeb 1991 and 1992, there was one special category known as the Outstanding Performance In A Non-Commercial Film, and was awarded without prior nomination to acknowledge an actor of either sex.)
| Year | Photos of winners | Actor | Role | Film |
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| 1991 (36th) |
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Anupam Kher |
Anand | Daddy |
| 1992 (37th) |
Award Won by an Actress | |||
Critics Award for Best Performance
(From 1993 until 1997, there was one special category known as the Critics Award for Best Performance, and was awarded without prior nomination to acknowledge an actor of either sex.)
| Year | Photos of winners | Actor | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 (38th) |
Award Won by an Actress | |||
| 1994 (39th) |
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Shah Rukh Khan |
Sunil | Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa |
| 1995 (40th) |
Award Won by an Actress | |||
| 1996 (41st) | ||||
| 1997 (42nd) | ||||
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
(The category is officially divided into two separate categories to acknowledge both male and female actors individually.)
1990s
| Year | Photos of winners | Actress | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 (43rd) |
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Anil Kapoor |
Shakti Thakur | Virasat |
| 1999 (44th) |
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Manoj Bajpai |
Bhiku Mhatre | Satya |
2000s
| Year | Photos of winners | Actress | Role | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (45th) |
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Manoj Bajpai |
Inspector Samar Pratap Singh | Shool |
| 2001 (46th) |
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Shah Rukh Khan |
Raj Aryan Malhotra | Mohabbatein |
| 2002 (47th) |
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Amitabh Bachchan |
Inspector Manu Verma | Aks |
| 2003 (48th) |
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Ajay Devgn |
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| 2004 (49th) |
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Hrithik Roshan |
Rohit Mehra | Koi... Mil Gaya |
| 2005 (50th) |
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Pankaj Kapur |
Jahangir Khan (Abbaji) | Maqbool |
| 2006 (51st) |
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Amitabh Bachchan |
Debraj Sahai | Black |
| 2007 (52nd) |
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Aamir Khan |
Daljit "DJ" Singh | Rang De Basanti |
| 2008 (53rd) |
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Darsheel Safary |
Ishaan "Inu" Awasthi | Taare Zameen Par |
| 2009 (54th) |
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Manjot Singh |
Young Lucky | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! |
2010s
- 2010 Ranbir Kapoor – Wake Up Sid, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani & Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year as Siddharth "Sid" Mehra (in Wake Up Sid) / Prem Shankar Sharma (in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani) / Harpreet Singh Bedi (in Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year)
- 2011 Rishi Kapoor – Do Dooni Chaar as Santosh Duggal
- 2012 Ranbir Kapoor – Rockstar as Janardhan "Jordan" Jhakhar / JJ
- 2013 Irrfan Khan – Paan Singh Tomar as Paan Singh Tomar
- 2014 Rajkummar Rao – Shahid as Shahid Azmi
- 2015 Sanjay Mishra – Ankhon Dekhi as Bauji
- 2016 Amitabh Bachchan – Piku as Bhashkor Banerjee [1]
- 2017 Manoj Bajpai – Aligarh as Prof. Ramchandra Siras and Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab as Tejinder "Tommy" Singh a.k.a. Gabru [2]
- 2018 Rajkummar Rao – Trapped as Shaurya
- Irrfan Khan – Hindi Medium'' as Raj Batra
- Rajkummar Rao – Newton as Nutan "Newton" Kumar
- Ranbir Kapoor – Jagga Jasoos as Jagga
- Vikrant Massey – A Death in the Gunj as Shyamal Chatterjee (Shutu)
- 2019 Ayushmann Khurrana – Andhadhun as Akash Saraf and Ranveer Singh – Padmaavat as Alauddin Khalji
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Manto as Saadat Hasan Manto
- Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju as Sanjay Dutt
- Varun Dhawan – October as Danish "Dan" Walia
- Vineet Kumar Singh – Mukkabaaz as Shravan Kumar Singh
2020s
- 2020 Ayushmann Khurrana – Article 15 as Additional SP Ayan Ranjan
- Akshaye Khanna – Section 375 as Tarun Saluja
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Photograph as Rafiullah / "Rafi"
- Rajkummar Rao – Judgementall Hai Kya as Keshav Kumar / Shravan
- 2021 Amitabh Bachchan – Gulabo Sitabo as Chunan "Mirza" Nawab
- Gajraj Rao – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Shankar Tripathi
- Irrfan Khan – Angrezi Medium as Champak Ghasiteram Bansal
- Rajkummar Rao – Ludo as Alok “Alu” Kumar Gupta
- Sanjay Mishra – Kaamyaab as Sudhir
- Shardul Bhardwaj – Eeb Allay Ooo! as Anjani Prasad
- 2022 Vicky Kaushal – Sardar Udham as Udham Singh
- Abhishek Bachchan – Bob Biswas as Bob Biswas
- Pratik Gandhi – Bhavai as Raja Ram Joshi
- Ranveer Singh – 83 as Kapil Dev
- Vikrant Massey – Haseen Dilruba as Rishabh Saxena
- 2023 Sanjay Mishra – Vadh as Shambhunath Mishra'
- Amitabh Bachchan – Jhund as Vijay Borade
- R. Madhavan – Rocketry: The Nambi Effectas Nambi Narayanan
- Rajkummar Rao – Badhaai Do as Shradul Thakur
- Shahid Kapoor – Jersey as Arjun Talwar
- Varun Dhawan – Bhediya as Bhaskar Sharma
See also
References
- "60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners". The Times of India. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- "62nd Filmfare Awards 2017: Winners' list". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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