Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
	The 2025 recipient: Rajkummar Rao
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	Rajkummar Rao, ; Srikanth (2025)
Website	Filmfare Awards

Last updated October 14, 2025

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

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); Manoj Bajpai (1999, 2000 & 2017) and Rajkummar Rao (2014,2018 & 2025) won three times, followed by three actors (in chronological order): Shahrukh Khan (1994 & 2001), Ranbir Kapoor (2010 & 2012) 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)