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| National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
|---|---|
 The 2022 recipient: Rishab Shetty | |
| Awarded for | Best performance by an actor in a leading role |
| Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Formerly called | Bharat Award (1968–1974) National Film Award for Best Actor (1975–2021) |
| Reward(s) |
|
| First award | 1967 |
| Final award | 2022 |
| Most recent winner | Rishab Shetty, Kantara |
| Highlights | |
| Most wins | Amitabh Bachchan (4) |
| Total awarded | 61 |
| First winner | Uttam Kumar |
The National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 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] Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role".[5]
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 (four 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.[6] He was also the first actor who won this award for two different films in the same year. As of 2022 edition, Amitabh Bachchan is the most honoured actor with four awards. Kamal Haasan, Mammootty and Ajay Devgn with three awards, while six actors—Mohanlal, Mithun Chakraborty, 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).[7] The most recent recipient is Rishab Shetty who is honoured at the 70th National Film Awards for his performance in Kantara.
- ^ a b c "About National Film Awards". Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ a b "21st National Awards For Films (1974)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
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- ^ "Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information" (PDF). Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 14 December 2023. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "National Awards for Films: Uttam Kumar (1967)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 25 November 1968. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
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