The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor is an award in India given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.
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); Manoj Bajpai (1999, 2000 & 2017) and Rajkummar Rao (2014,2018 & 2025) won three times, followed by three actors (in chronological order): Shahrukh Khan (1994 & 2001), Ranbir Kapoor (2010 & 2012) and Ayushmann Khurrana (2019 & 2020). Rajkummar Rao also holds the record for the maximum number of nominations in the category (7), followed by Amitabh Bachchan with 5 nominations, and Ranbir Kapoor and Manoj Bajpayee with 4 nominations each.
There have been two ties in this category's history, between Manoj Bajpayee 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 Bajpayee (1999 & 2000) and Ayushmann Khurrana (2019–20).
4 actors have won both the Critics and Popular 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, Amitabh Bachchan and Rajkummar Rao have all won awards for Best Actor and 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 +WinsRecipient4Amitabh Bachchan3Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar Rao2Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sanjay Mishra
Multiple Nominations +NominationsRecipient7Rajkummar Rao5Amitabh Bachchan4Ranbir Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee
List of winners Outstanding Performance In A Non-Commercial Film (Between 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 1991 (36th) 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) Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa 1995 (40th) Award Won by an Actress1996 (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 Actor Role Film 1998 (43rd) Virasat 1999 (44th) Satya
2000s
Year Photos of winners Actor Role Film 2000 (45th) Shool 2001 (46th) Mohabbatein 2002 (47th) Aks 2003 (48th) N. Malik Bhagat Singh Company The Legend of Bhagat Singh 2004 (49th) Koi... Mil Gaya 2005 (50th) Maqbool 2006 (51st) Black 2007 (52nd) Rang De Basanti 2008 (53rd) Taare Zameen Par 2009 (54th) Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
2010s Year Photos of winners Actor Role Film 2010 (55th) Ranbir Kapoor Siddharth "Sid" Mehra Prem Shankar Sharma Harpreet Singh Bedi Wake Up Sid Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year 2011 (56th) Rishi Kapoor Santosh Duggal Do Dooni Chaar 2012 (57th) Ranbir Kapoor Janardhan "Jordan" Jhakhar / JJ Rockstar 2013 (58th) Irrfan Khan Paan Singh Tomar Paan Singh Tomar 2014 (59th) Rajkummar Rao Shahid Azmi Shahid 2015 (60th) Sanjay Mishra Bauji Ankhon Dekhi 2016 (61st) Amitabh Bachchan Bhashkor Banerjee Piku 2017 (62nd) Manoj Bajpayee Prof. Ramchandra Siras AligarhShahid Kapoor Tejinder "Tommy" Singh a.k.a. Gabru Udta Punjab 2018 (63rd) Rajkummar Rao Shaurya Trapped Irrfan Khan Raj Batra Hindi Medium Rajkummar Rao Nutan "Newton" Kumar Newton Ranbir Kapoor Jagga Jagga Jasoos Vikrant Massey Shyamal "Shutu" Chatterjee A Death in the Gunj 2019 (64th) Ayushmann Khurrana Akash Saraf AndhadhunRanveer Singh Alauddin Khalji Padmaavat Nawazuddin Siddiqui Saadat Hasan Manto Manto Ranbir Kapoor Sanjay Dutt Sanju Varun Dhawan Danish "Dan" Walia October Vineet Kumar Singh Shravan Kumar Singh Mukkabaaz
2020s Year Photos of winners Actor Role Film 2020 (65th) Ayushmann Khurrana Additional SP Ayan Ranjan Article 15 Akshaye Khanna Tarun Saluja Section 375 Nawazuddin Siddiqui Rafiullah "Rafi" Photograph Rajkummar Rao Keshav Kumar / Shravan Judgementall Hai Kya 2021 (66th) Amitabh Bachchan Chunan "Mirza" Nawab Gulabo Sitabo Gajraj Rao Shankar Tripathi Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Irrfan Khan Champak Ghasiteram Bansal Angrezi Medium Rajkummar Rao Alok “Alu” Kumar Gupta Ludo Sanjay Mishra Sudhir Kaamyaab Shardul Bhardwaj Anjani Prasad Eeb Allay Ooo! 2022 (67th) Vicky Kaushal Udham Singh Sardar Udham Abhishek Bachchan Bob Biswas Bob Biswas Pratik Gandhi Raja Ram Joshi Bhavai Ranveer Singh Kapil Dev 83 Vikrant Massey Rishabh Saxena Haseen Dilruba 2023 (68th) Sanjay Mishra Shambhunath Mishra Vadh Amitabh Bachchan Vijay Borade Jhund R. Madhavan Nambi Narayanan Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Rajkummar Rao Shardul Thakur Badhaai Do Shahid Kapoor Arjun Talwar Jersey Varun Dhawan Bhaskar Sharma Bhediya 2024 (69th) Vikrant Massey Manoj Kumar Sharma 12th Fail Abhishek Bachchan Padam “Paddy” Singh Sodhi Ghoomer Jaideep Ahlawat Pradeep Kamat Three of Us Rajkummar Rao Surya Kumar Singh Tikas Bheed Manoj Bajpayee Dasru / Bala Joram Pankaj Tripathi Kanti Sharan Mudgal OMG 2 Vicky Kaushal Sam Manekshaw Sam Bahadur 2025 (70th) Rajkummar Rao Srikanth Bolla Srikanth Abhishek Bachchan Arjun Sen I Want to Talk Pratik Gandhi Pratik Garodia "Pinku" Madgaon Express Randeep HoodaVinayak Damodar Savarkar Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Sparsh Shrivastava Deepak kumar Laapataa Ladies
See also Filmfare Awards Bollywood Cinema of India
References
External links Filmfare Nominees and Winners