Filmfare Awards bestowed upon Amitabh Bachchan

The Filmfare Best Actor Award is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi (Bollywood) films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first instituted in 1954.




Amitabh Bachchan have four wins in this category. In 1978 for film, Amar Akbar Anthony , in 1979 for Don, 1992 for Hum, and in 2006 for Black.

Dilip Kumar also holds the record for most consecutive wins from 1956 to 1958. Five other actors have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Rajesh Khanna (1972-72),Sanjeev Kumar (1976-77), Amitabh Bachchan (1978-79), Naseeruddin Shah (1981-82) and Shahrukh Khan (1998-99).

Amitabh Bachchan holds the record for most Best Actor nominations, with 26, followed by Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh Khan, who have 19 and 18 nominations respectively.

Bachchan and Khan also hold the record for most number of Best Actor nominations in a single year, having been nominated thrice in 1979 and 2005 respectively.


Amitabh has won maximum 3 Filmfare Awards in Supporting Actor Male Category also. First,in 1972 for Aanand, 1974 for Namak Haraam and finally in 2001 for Mohabattein.

In 1990, he became the first recipient of Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000, he won the Superstar of the Millennium.In 2001, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Aks and in 2003

Filmfare Power Award also went to him.

Filmfare Awards- Fascinating Relevations

Filmfare Awards were first called Clare Awards, constituted in 1954 after the name of Clare Mendonca (the Times of India film critic who died the year of the first awards, 1954). A dual voting system was developed in 1956.

To celebrate the 25th year of the awards the statues were made in Silver.

To celebrate the 50th year the statues were made in Gold.

Gregory Peck was expected to be the guest of honour at the first ever awards (March 21, 1954 at the Metro theatre, Mumbai). He couldn't make it to the function since his flight from Colombo got delayed. Peck, however, did attend the banquet that followed the award nite.

The first awards function was held on 21 March 1954, and only five awards were presented that day– for the best film , the best director, the best actor, the best actress, and the best music director.

At the first “Clares” Awards function, Bimal Roy’s ‘Do Bigha Zameen’ won the award for the best film; Bimal Roy went home with the Best Director award. Dilip Kumar was adjudged as the Best Actor (Male) for ‘Daag’, while Meena Kumari won her statuette for Baiju Bawra. Naushad was bestowed with the Best Music-director for his beautiful compositions in the Bharat Bhushan starrer, ‘Baiju Bawra’.

Lata Mangeshkar refused to accept her first Filmfare award because the Filmfare statuette was designed in the shape of a woman and “the woman had no clothes on”; the award had to be wrapped with a handkerchief for it to be accepted by the Nightingale.

In 1969, Sunil Dutt lost the best actor’s statuette to Dilip Kumar; Sunil organized a party for Dilip Kumar soon after the awards function, starting the trend of post-award parties.

In 1975, Yash Chopra's Deewaar swept all the awards except, surprisingly, for the lead actor Amitabh Bachchan.

One of Filmfare’s mighty losers has been ‘Sholay’, which won only one award in 1975- for Best Editing!!!

Vani Ganpathi and Kamal Haasan got married on the day of the 25th Filmfare Awards; they attended the award nite with their garlands still around their necks.

The award for Best Choreography was instituted only in 1988. Saroj Khan won it for Madhuri’s sizzling “Ek Do Teen…” number from ‘ Tezaab ’.

As the Filmfare award function of 1991 came to an end, the entire crowd ran towards Amitabh Bachchan as he stood up near the pool. One of the planks cracked, and Amitabh Bachchan had to do a filmy style rescue operation to save Rakhee from falling.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Black’ holds the record of winning the maximum number of Filmfare Awards. It won 11 at the 51st Filmfare Awards.

Dilip Kumar has been nominated for 19 Filmfare Best Actor Awards in all and he won 8 awards for Best Actor (a record). Shah Rukh Khan has been nominated for 17 times and won 7 times. Amitabh Bachchan has been nominated for 28 Filmfare Best Actor Awards in all (a record) but won 4.