Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor

The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
The 2024 recipient: Vikrant Massey
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First award	Anupam Kher, Daddy (1991)
Currently held by	Vikrant Massey, 12th Fail (2024)
Website	Filmfare Awards

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), then Manoj Bajpai 3 times (1999, 2000 & 2017), followed by four actors (in chronological order): Shahrukh Khan (1994 & 2001), Ranbir Kapoor (2010 & 2012), Rajkummar Rao (2014 & 2018) and Ayushmann Khurrana (2019 & 2020).
• Rajkummar Rao also holds the record for the maximum number of nominations in the category (6), 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

Wins	Recipient
4	Amitabh Bachchan
3	Manoj Bajpayee
2	Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sanjay Mishra

Multiple Nominations

Nominations	Recipient
7	Rajkummar Rao
5	Amitabh Bachchan
4	Ranbir 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)		Anupam Kher ‡	Anand	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)		Shah Rukh Khan ‡	Sunil	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
1995 (40th)	Award Won by an Actress
1996 (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)		Anil Kapoor ‡	Shakti Thakur	Virasat
1999 (44th)		Manoj Bajpai ‡	Bhiku Mhatre	Satya

2000s

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role	Film
2000 (45th)		Manoj Bajpai ‡	Inspector Samar Pratap Singh	Shool
2001 (46th)		Shah Rukh Khan ‡	Raj Aryan Malhotra	Mohabbatein
2002 (47th)		Amitabh Bachchan ‡	Inspector Manu Verma	Aks
2003 (48th)		Ajay Devgn ‡	N. Malik Bhagat Singh	Company The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2004 (49th)		Hrithik Roshan ‡	Rohit Mehra	Koi... Mil Gaya
2005 (50th)		Pankaj Kapur ‡	Jahangir Khan (Abbaji)	Maqbool
2006 (51st)		Amitabh Bachchan ‡	Debraj Sahai	Black
2007 (52nd)		Aamir Khan ‡	Daljit "DJ" Singh	Rang De Basanti
2008 (53rd)		Darsheel Safary ‡	Ishaan "Inu" Awasthi	Taare Zameen Par
2009 (54th)		Manjot Singh ‡	Young Lucky	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)[1]		Manoj Bajpayee ‡	Prof. Ramchandra Siras	Aligarh
		Shahid 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	Andhadhun
		Ranveer 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

See also

• Filmfare Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India