National Film Award for Best Actor - wikipedia National Film Award for Best Actor National Film Award for Best Actor National award for contributions to Indian Cinema Awarded for Best Performance by an Actor Sponsored by Directorate of Film Festivals Formerly called Bharat Award ( 1968 -- 1974 ) Reward ( s ) Rajat Kamal ( Silver Lotus ) ₹ 50,000 ( US $770 ) First awarded 1967 Last awarded 2017 Most recent winner Riddhi Sen Highlights Total awarded 56 First winner Uttam Kumar The National Film Award for Best Actor, officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor ( Hindi pronunciation : ( rədʒət̪ kəməl ) ), 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. 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 ''. 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. Although the Indian film industry produces films in around 20 languages and dialects, the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in seven major languages : Hindi ( twenty - two awards ), Malayalam ( thirteen awards ), Tamil ( seven awards ), Bengali ( five awards ), Marathi ( three awards ), Kannada ( three awards ) and English ( two awards ). The first recipient was Uttam Kumar from Bengali cinema, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards in 1968 for his performances in Anthony Firingee and Chiriyakhana. As of 2017, Amitabh Bachchan is the most honoured actor, with four awards. Two actors -- Kamal Haasan and Mammootty -- have been honoured three times, while six actors -- Sanjeev Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Mohanlal, and Ajay Devgn -- 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 ). The most recent recipient is Riddhi Sen, who was honoured at the 65th National Film Awards for his performance in the Bengali film Nagarkirtan. Riddhi Sen is the youngest reciepient of this prestigious award. He won it at the age of 19. Contents 1 Recipients 2 Footnotes 3 References 4 External links Recipients Amitabh Bachchan has won the honour maximum number of times ( four ). Kamal Haasan ( top ) and Mammootty ( bottom ) have won the award three times. Mithun Chakraborty was awarded for his debut film. Key Symbol Meaning Year Indicates the year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification ( CBFC ) Indicates a joint award for that year List of award recipients, showing the year, role ( s ), film ( s ) and language ( s ) Year Recipient ( s ) Role ( s ) Work ( s ) Language ( s ) Refs. 1967 ( 15th ) Uttam Kumar Anthony Firingee Byomkesh Bakshi Antony Firingee Chiriyakhana Bengali 1968 ( 16th ) Ashok Kumar Jogi Thakur Aashirwad Hindi 1969 ( 17th ) Utpal Dutt Bhuvan Shome Bhuvan Shome Hindi 1970 ( 18th ) Sanjeev Kumar Hamid Ahmed Dastak Hindi 1971 ( 19th ) M.G. Ramachandran Selvam Rickshawkaran Tamil 1972 ( 20th ) Sanjeev Kumar Hari Charan Mathur Koshish Hindi 1973 ( 21st ) P.J. Antony Velichapad Nirmalyam Malayalam ( 22nd ) Sadhu Meher Kishtaya Ankur Hindi ( 23rd ) M.V. Vasudeva Rao Choma Chomana Dudi Kannada 1976 ( 24th ) Mithun Chakraborty Ghinua Mrigayaa Hindi 1977 ( 25th ) Bharath Gopi Shankaran Kutty Kodiyettam Malayalam 1978 ( 26th ) Arun Mukherjee Parasuram Parasuram Bengali 1979 ( 27th ) Naseeruddin Shah Anirudh Parmar Sparsh Hindi 1980 ( 28th ) Balan K. Nair Govindan Oppol Malayalam 1981 ( 29th ) Om Puri Hari Mondal Arohan Hindi 1982 ( 30th ) Kamal Haasan R. Srinivas ( Cheenu ) Moondram Pirai Tamil ( 31st ) Om Puri Anant Velankar Ardh Satya Hindi 1984 ( 32nd ) Naseeruddin Shah Naurangia Paar Hindi 1985 ( 33rd ) Shashi Kapoor Vikas Pande New Delhi Times Hindi 1986 ( 34th ) Charuhasan Tabara Shetty Tabarana Kathe Kannada ( 35th ) Kamal Haasan Sakthivelu Nayakar Nayakan Tamil 1988 ( 36th ) Premji Raghava Chakyar Piravi Malayalam 1989 ( 37th ) Mammootty Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Chandu Chekavar Mathilukal Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha Malayalam 1990 ( 38th ) Amitabh Bachchan Vijay Deenanath Chauhan Agneepath Hindi 1991 ( 39th ) Mohanlal Gopinathan Bharatham Malayalam 1992 ( 40th ) Mithun Chakraborty Shibnath Tahader Katha Bengali 1993 ( 41st ) Mammootty Ponthan Mada Bhaskara Patelar Ponthan Mada Vidheyan Malayalam 1994 ( 42nd ) Nana Patekar Pratap Narayan Tilak Krantiveer Hindi 1995 ( 43rd ) Rajit Kapur Mahatma Gandhi Making of the Mahatma ! The Making of the Mahatma English ( 44th ) Kamal Haasan Senapathy ( Indian ) Chandrabose Indian Tamil 1997 ( 45th ) Balachandra Menon Ismail Samaantharangal Malayalam 1997 ( 45th ) Suresh Gopi Kannan Perumalayan Kaliyattam Malayalam 1998 ( 46th ) Ajay Devgn Ajay R. Desai Zakhm Hindi 1998 ( 46th ) Mammootty B.R. Ambedkar Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar English 1999 ( 47th ) Mohanlal Kunjikuttan Vanaprastham Malayalam 2000 ( 48th ) Anil Kapoor Major Jaidev Rajvansh Pukar Hindi 2001 ( 49th ) Murali Appa Mestry Neythukaran Malayalam 2002 ( 50th ) Ajay Devgn Bhagat Singh Legend of Bhagat Singh ! The Legend of Bhagat Singh Hindi 2003 ( 51st ) Vikram Chithan Pithamagan Tamil ( 52nd ) Saif Ali Khan Karan Kapoor Hum Tum Hindi 2005 ( 53rd ) Amitabh Bachchan Debraj Sahai Black Hindi 2006 ( 54th ) Soumitra Chatterjee Shashanka Palit Podokkhep Bengali 2007 ( 55th ) Prakash Raj Vengadam Kanchivaram Tamil 2008 ( 56th ) Upendra Limaye Tayappa Jogwa Marathi 2009 ( 57th ) Amitabh Bachchan Auro Paa Hindi ( 58th ) Dhanush K.P. Karuppu Aadukalam Tamil ( 58th ) Salim Kumar Abu Adaminte Makan Abu Malayalam 2011 ( 59th ) Girish Kulkarni Keshya Deool Marathi 2012 ( 60th ) Irrfan Khan Paan Singh Tomar Paan Singh Tomar Hindi 2012 ( 60th ) Vikram Gokhale Ratnakar Anumati Marathi 2013 ( 61st ) Rajkummar Rao Shahid Azmi Shahid Hindi 2013 ( 61st ) Suraj Venjaramoodu Father Perariyathavar Malayalam 2014 ( 62nd ) Sanchari Vijay Madesha ( Vidya ) Naanu Avanalla... Avalu Kannada 2015 ( 63rd ) Amitabh Bachchan Bhashkor Banerjee Piku Hindi 2016 ( 64th ) Akshay Kumar Rustom Pavri Rustom Hindi 2017 ( 65th ) Riddhi Sen Puti Nagarkirtan Bengali Footnotes Jump up ^ As of 2014, the cash prize is ₹ 50,000 ( US $770 ). Jump up ^ Bachchan has been the most successful actor since 2000, having won the award three times for his performances in Black ( 2005 ), Paa ( 2009 ) and Piku ( 2015 ). Jump up ^ Denotes The year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification. Jump up ^ The character played by Kamal Haasan was loosely based on the Mumbai - based Tamil gangster Varadarajan Mudaliar. Jump up ^ Mammootty played the real - life character of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer in the film that was based on an autobiographical novel of the same name by Basheer himself. Jump up ^ The character remained unnamed throughout the film. References ^ Jump up to : `` About National Film Awards ''. Directorate of Film Festivals. 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Archived ( PDF ) from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` 65th National Film Awards announcement LIVE UPDATES ''. The Indian Express. 13 April 2018. External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives National Film Award for Best Actor 1967 -- 1980 Uttam Kumar ( 1967 ) Ashok Kumar ( 1968 ) Utpal Dutt ( 1969 ) Sanjeev Kumar ( 1970 ) M.G. Ramachandran ( 1971 ) Sanjeev Kumar ( 1972 ) P.J. Antony ( 1973 ) Sadhu Meher ( 1974 ) M.V. Vasudeva Rao ( 1975 ) Mithun Chakraborty ( 1976 ) Bharath Gopi ( 1977 ) Arun Mukherjee ( 1978 ) Naseeruddin Shah ( 1979 ) Balan K. 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Question: who won most national award for best actor
Answer: Amitabh Bachchan