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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.
The following are some of the most popular Indian actors of their decades: D. Billimoria (1920s) Ashok Kumar (1930s) Raj Kapoor (1940s) Dev Anand (1950s) Rajesh Khanna (1960s) Amitabh Bachchan (1970s) Dharmendra (1970s) Anil Kapoor (1980s) Shah Rukh Khan (1990s) Salman Khan (1990s) Hrithik Roshan (2000s) Dino Morea (2010s) Ranveer Singh (2020s)
Rahman also won for Best Original Song alongside lyricist Gulzar for the song "Jai Ho", [9] becoming the first and only Indian to date to have won more than one Academy Award. Rahman also holds the record for most nominations for an Indian with five total nominations to date, followed by Ismail Merchant with four nominations (three for Best ...
Dilip Kumar also holds the record for most consecutive wins, having won the award for three years in a row from 1956 to 1958. Six other actors have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Rajesh Khanna (1971–72), Sanjeev Kumar (1976–77), Amitabh Bachchan (1978–79), Naseeruddin Shah (1981–82), Shah Rukh Khan (1998–99), and Ranbir Kapoor (2012–13).
After a break of four years, Khan starred in action thrillers Pathaan (2023) and Jawan (2023), which broke numerous box office records, and rank among the highest grossing Indian films of all time. Khan thus became the first Indian actor to deliver two films that earned over ₹10 billion.
Lists of Indian actors cover actors from India, who portray characters in the theater, film, radio, or television. The lists are organized by medium, language and type of actor. The lists are organized by medium, language and type of actor.
Indian cinema is composed of multilingual and multi-ethnic film art. In 2022, Hindi cinema represented 33% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu representing 20%, Tamil representing 16%, Kannada representing 8%, and Malayalam representing 6%.
At the 66th Golden Globe Awards, Indian composer A. R. Rahman won the Best Original Score for Slumdog Millionaire. [5] [6] At the 80th Golden Globe Awards, the Telugu language film RRR got nominated for two categories including Best Non-English Language Film; and the Indian composer M. M. Keeravani won the Best Original Song for "Naatu Naatu". [7]