National Award Best Actor: 1968 – 2016

Akshay Kumar has become only the 16th Hindi film actor to win the National Award. Only 23 performances in Hindi films have won the National Award for Best Actor. Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has won the most number of awards for his performance in films like Agneepath, Black, Paa and Piku.

Sanjeev Kumar, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah and Ajay Devgn are the only actors to win 2 awards each.

The iconic trio of Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan have never won a National Award. Shah Rukh was the leading contender in 2003, but his performance in Swades was overlooked and Saif Ali Khan’s performance in Hum Tum was declared the winner.

Hrithik Roshan too was expected to win the National Award for his incredible act in Koi Mil Gaya, but Tamil actor Vikram won the award that year for his film Pithamagan.

Check out the full list of Hindi film performance that have won the National Award for Best Actor:

YearActorMovie
1968Ashok KumarAashirwad
1969Utpal DuttBhuvan Shome
1970Sanjeev KumarDastak
1972Sanjeev KumarKoshish
1974Sadhu MeherAnkur
1976Mithun ChakrabortyMrigayaa
1979Naseeruddin ShahSparsh
1981Om PuriArohan
1983Om PuriArdh Satya
1984Naseeruddin ShahPaar
1985Shashi KapoorNew Delhi Times
1990Amitabh BachchanAgneepath
1994Nana PatekarKrantiveer
1998Ajay DevgnZakhm
2000Anil KapoorPukar
2002Ajay DevgnThe Legend of Bhagat Singh
2004Saif Ali KhanHum Tum
2005Amitabh BachchanBlack
2009Amitabh BachchanPaa
2012Irrfan KhanPaan Singh Tomar
2013Rajkummar RaoShahid
2015Amitabh BachchanPiku
2016Akshay KumarRustom
YearActorMovieLanguage
1967Uttam KumarAntony Firingee, ChiriyakhanaBengali
1968Ashok KumarAashirwadHindi
1969Utpal DuttBhuvan ShomeHindi
1970Sanjeev KumarDastakHindi
1971M. G. RamachandranRickshawkaranTamil
1972Sanjeev KumarKoshishHindi
1973P. J. AntonyNirmalyamMalayalam
1974Sadhu MeherAnkurHindi
1975M. V. Vasudeva RaoChomana DudiKannada
1976Mithun ChakrabortyMrigayaaHindi
1977Bharath GopiKodiyettamMalayalam
1978Arun MukherjeeParasuramBengali
1979Naseeruddin ShahSparshHindi
1980Balan K. NairOppolMalayalam
1981Om PuriArohanHindi
1982Kamal HaasanMoondram PiraiTamil
1983Om PuriArdh SatyaHindi
1984Naseeruddin ShahPaarHindi
1985Shashi KapoorNew Delhi TimesHindi
1986CharuhasanTabarana KatheKannada
1987Kamal HaasanNayaganTamil
1988PremjiPiraviMalayalam
1989Mammootty • MathilukalMalayalam
1990Amitabh BachchanAgneepathHindi
1991MohanlalBharathamMalayalam
1992Mithun ChakrabortyTahader KathaBengali
1993Mammootty • Ponthan MadaMalayalam
1994Nana PatekarKrantiveerHindi
1995Rajit KapurThe Making of the MahatmaEnglish
1996Kamal HaasanIndianTamil
1997Balachandra MenonSamaantharangalMalayalam
1997Suresh GopiKaliyattamMalayalam
1998Ajay DevgnZakhmHindi
1998MammoottyDr. Babasaheb AmbedkarEnglish
1999MohanlalVanaprasthamMalayalam
2000Anil KapoorPukarHindi
2001MuraliNeythukaranMalayalam
2002Ajay DevgnThe Legend of Bhagat SinghHindi
2003VikramPithamaganTamil
2004Saif Ali KhanHum TumHindi
2005Amitabh BachchanBlackHindi
2006Soumitra ChatterjeePodokkhepBengali
2007Prakash RajKanchivaramTamil
2008Upendra LimayeJogwaMarathi
2009Amitabh BachchanPaaHindi
2010DhanushAadukalamTamil
2010Salim KumarAdaminte Makan AbuMalayalam
2011Girish KulkarniDeoolMarathi
2012Irrfan KhanPaan Singh TomarHindi
2012Vikram GokhaleAnumatiMarathi
2013Rajkummar RaoShahidHindi
2013Suraj VenjaramooduPerariyathavarMalayalam
2015Amitabh BachchanPikuHindi
2016Akshay KumarRustomHindi
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87 Comments

  • Akashya kumar never deserve the national award for rustom . I didn’t believe movie like , Lagan , swadesh and chak de india didn’t get any award . shame on jury . every time fake desh bhakti wala waiter saying I didn’t believe an award now what does he say .

  • congrats Akki for the feat….

    Due to heavy demand there is scarcity for burnol…Dear modi plz supply abundantly till next national award…

  • Hrithik deserves for Jodha Akbar or Guzarish, KMG was Debatable…
    Even he is the only actor to won International Award For BEST Actor after BigB for his Performance In JODHA AKBAR
    Akshay for RUSTOM is totally non deserving even now Priyadarshan is covering it by saying award is for both Airlift and Rustom lol..
    SRK deserves for Swadesh and Aamir and this year Aamir deserve for DANGAL
    Only reason Akki get bcoz Priyadarshan was jury only member…

    Acc to me, HRITHIK, AJAY, AAMIR and SRK r the actors who r most versatile and done several challenging roles in their career like DANGAL, PK, KMG, GUZARISH, JODHA AKBAR, KAABIL, FAN, MNIK, LEGEND OF BHAGAT SINGH, ZAKHM, etc

    Akshay can do comedy, action and romance doesn’t mean he is most versatile actor even Varun can do that.
    Akki did one challenging role recently in last 8-10 years of SHOHAIB in OUATIMD and Failed Badly to show his versatility
    Otherwise his roles r straight and simple, love him in comedy tho…

  • Dont know about others, in my personal opinion I thoroughly enjoyed Rustom

    wanted rustom or airlift any one of them to win a filmfare award but winning a national award makes all Akkians truly proud and ecstatic.

  • A big thank you to indicine for updating the comments quickly in last three articles of Akki, seems hater are full in house. popcorn moment for Akkians

  • @ Aamir Khan,

    Abey Psychopurian (Fan of Psycho Tingu Khan), What You said Akki is a fake patriotic?

    So, The So Called Fake Patriotic has opened self defence academies for women empowerment, he has opened several karate academies all over India, He has been top tax payer since 2008, He has been donating money to martyrs’ families, He has been helping to poor farmers and had adopted few villages which were drough affected, He has intiated for making an app for soldiers and requested to the Indian Govt. for the same for helping soldiers by depositing amount and recently Govt. has given approval to it, He has been doing regular visits to Indian Army and to their family, He has started picking those scripts which have messages i.e. for terrorism, for corruption, for Open Defecation, for Indian Navy, for Indian Law, etc…

    What your so called actor has done in his entire life?
    Leave him, He is an actor at least, What You have done for this country so far?

    Tum logo ki aadat hai, Khud se aur Tumhare so called actor se kuchh hota jata hai nahi lekin, JO BANDA KUCHH KAR RAHA HAI, USKE UNGLI ZARUR KARNI HOTI HAI TUM LOGO KO…

    First do any one thing what Akki has done till date then blabber here, You Moron…

    Aur haan, Ek baat aur, Whatever Akki has done, 95% Indians couldn’t have done… Indicine told it few months backkk… Rawana ho, Dhakkan…

  • rustom wasn’t a bad film, it had a plot, a story and suspense, akki’s performace was very good, but airlift was a better choice imo. sometimes juries also look at performance in a film and not just the film. aamir’s performace in dangal was good but the actress in the film was more deserving imo.

  • from the list of winners over the years, you can see with clarity that na is by far the most fair awards in india, look at thw number of regional winners and say to me its not fair. I’m proud because all the awards this year blatantly ignored him, not a single nomination, and then he comes of a this piece of jewel to slap them in the face.

  • Haters burning like hell, according to these guys national awards are given for showing Desh Bhakti to your country.

    @ABC, yes sir a waiter has won a National Award today, but you loser have still remained a loser in your life?

    If you guys think he bought national award, answer a simple question who is stopping all your favourite stars who have bought those chote-mote awards from buying National Award all these years?

  • @indicine Aamir Khan won the National award in special mention category for Raakh and QSQT. Please update.

  • national award is much better than filmfake awards at least they are not only gave awards to the superstars and big hit films so plz don’t compare national award with this fake awards

  • Abhishek akki sir deserves national award for rustom&airlift more than any one this year and according to you akki sir failed to show his versatility but every one know akki one of the most versatility actor in bollywood and Hrithik is no were close to akki when it is coming to versatility you need to put that in your little mind

  • @Wicked sunny
    Wohi to “Dear Modiji.”
    Dear modi dear yogi kehte te to mila tere akki ko iss 2.5 rated film ke liye award.
    Some morons are talking about festive releases:
    Garam masala-Deeewali
    Aitraaz-Deewali
    Ab tumhare hawale watan sathiho-Christmas
    Tees maar khan-Christmas
    Jaaneman-Deewali
    Blue-Deewali
    Welcome-christmas
    Aur kitna holiday chaiye? Akki has more festives than Aamir.

  • people need to know akki sir winning national award for both airlift&rustom I know there are also other good Performance this year like aamir in dangal Manoj in aligarh & sushant for msd but akki is also deserving to win not just for one but for two of the best Performances last year and his Performances in airlift is without doubt is one of the best last year

  • Congratulations,Akki Bhai!
    #But honestly speaking his Airlift acting was better than that in Rustom
    #Overall in the last year,performance wise Sushant in ‘Dhoni’ and SRK in’ Fan ‘were much better.
    #It was little ‘hatke’ to find a non-Hindi movie in wholesome entertainment category.
    It proves again that a little bit of Luck n jury’s approach in a particular year may be decider.
    Remember SRK ‘s Swadesh debacle against Saif’s win for Hum Tum (Sudhir Mishra better knows why!) !

  • He deseved every bit of it more than any other actor this year and manoj bajpai was also a deserving candidate. And glad to know kamal hassan got national award for indian it was a marvellous performance and saif for hum tum was only a undeserving one it is like a black mark on national film awards.

  • Great update abt Dangal.Reported fig. were only for Taipei.Rest of Taiwan was not incl.Real fig.r 3 times reported.30MNT$(1M$) till second weekend.
    30MNT$ till second weekend.Almost 1MUS$ till second weekend.Must have crossed 1.25m$ after second week.Ab china mein kya hoga,bhagwan hi jaane.Screens have been increased to 50 from 16 this weekend.HISTORIC ABSOLUTE HISTORIC.

    Highest non aamir starrer SRK’s MNIK-0.046M$.Dangal has done more than 20 times in 10 days.Competing with japanese/hollywood films in taiwan.

  • Sorry @ indicine, Srk didn’t do anything great in Swades……..no matter what the media or his fans say.

    Srk was brilliant in two films……Darr and Chak De, no doubt on it.

    There is always someone who is sort of overlooked, but to win in itself is a great achievement.

    But, then there are always exception to anything….and Saif didn’t deserve that award…..that was the crappiest ever decision by National Award Jury.

  • I dont trust any award anymore now.Srk for Swades,CDI,MNIK,Fan Deserve for national award.Amir For PK,RDB,3I, even Dangal is also my choice.Hritik For KMG.Amitabh ji for Deewar,Paa,Black..But nowdays i dont understand what is this all about If actor acted brillint in movie so i dont think BO should matter Srk should won for Fan more than Dangal but due to fan was flop so award given to amir.For me Srk was best choice or amir but akshay is 100% not better than Srk or Or amir last year…

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