National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
National award for contributions to Indian cinema
Pawan Malhotra in 2017 (cropped).jpg
The 2022 recipient: Pavan Malhotra
Awarded forBest performance by an actor in a supporting role
Sponsored by National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly calledNational Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (1984–2021)
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹2,00,000
First awarded1984
Last awarded2022
Most recent winner Pavan Malhotra
Highlights
Most awards Atul Kulkarni, Nana Patekar and Pankaj Kapur (2)
Total awarded37
First winner Victor Banerjee
Website https://dff.gov.in/Archive.aspx?ID=6   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (known as National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor prior to 69th NFA) is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. [1] A national panel appointed annually by the NFDC selects the actor who has given the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema. [1] The award is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi. [2] Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Actor in a Supporting Role". [3]

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The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" (Silver Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of 2 lakh (US$2,400). [lower-alpha 1] Including ties and repeat winners, the government of India has presented a total of 32 Best Supporting Actor awards to 29 different actors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages, [6] the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in one or more of seven major languages: Hindi (18 awards), Tamil (9 awards), Bengali (3 awards), Malayalam (4 awards), Marathi (3 awards), Telugu (1 award), Kannada (1 award).

The first recipient was Victor Banerjee, who was honoured at the 32nd National Film Awards for his performance in the Bengali film Ghare Baire (1984). [7] As of the 2013 awards, three actors—Nana Patekar, Pankaj Kapur, and Atul Kulkarni—have been honoured twice. Patekar was awarded for the Hindi films Parinda (1989) [lower-alpha 2] and Agni Sakshi (1996). [8] Kapur received the awards for his work in the Hindi films Raakh (1988) and Maqbool (2003). [9] Kulkarni was awarded for his performances in the Tamil / Hindi film Hey Ram (1999) and the Hindi film Chandni Bar (2001). [10] Paresh Rawal and Dilip Prabhavalkar have each won the award for two performances in a single year. Rawal received the award for his starring roles in the Hindi films Woh Chokri (1993) and Sir (1993) at the 41st National Film Awards, while Prabhavalkar won at the 54th National Film Awards for his performances in the Hindi film Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) and the Marathi film Shevri (2006). [11] At the 42nd National Film Awards, the award was tied between Ashish Vidyarthi and Nagesh, winning for their roles in the Hindi film Drohkaal (1994) and the Tamil film Nammavar (1994), respectively. [12] The most recent recipient of the award is Pavan Malhotra, who was honoured at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony for his performance in the film Fouja (2022). Nana Patekar, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Prakash Raj and Manoj Bajpayee are the actors to receive honours in both acting categories: Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

List of recipients

Victor Banerjee is the first-ever recipient of the Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance in Bengali film Ghare Baire in 1984. VictorBanerjee.jpg
Victor Banerjee is the first-ever recipient of the Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance in Bengali film Ghare Baire in 1984.
Nana Patekar snapped at the press meet for movie on Baba Amte 06.jpg
Pankaj Kapur.jpg
Atul Kulkarni graces the screening of Sonata.jpg
Nana Patekar (top), Pankaj Kapur (middle), and Atul Kulkarni (bottom) are the three actors to win the honour twice.
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Ashish Vidyarthi (top) and Nagesh (bottom) tied the award in 1994 for their roles in Drohkaal and Nammavar respectively.
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Dilip Prabhavalkar.jpg
Paresh Rawal (top) and Dilip Prabhavalkar (bottom) are the two actors who won the award for different films in a single year for different award ceremonies. Rawal was awarded in 1993 & Prabhavalkar in 2006.
Key
SymbolMeaning
Indicates a joint award for that year
Indicates that the winner won the award for two performances in that year
List of award recipients, showing the year, role(s), film(s) and language(s)
Year [lower-alpha 2] Recipient(s)Role(s)Film(s)Language(s)Ref. [lower-alpha 3]
1984
(32nd)
Victor Banerjee Nikhilesh Choudhury Ghare Baire Bengali [13]
1985
(33rd)
Dipankar De Husband Parama Bengali [14]
1986
(34th)
Suresh Oberoi Mukhi Mirch Masala Hindi [15]
1987
(35th)
Thilakan Neduvancheril Achunni Nair (Mooppil Nair) Rithubhedam Malayalam [16]
1988
(36th)
Pankaj Kapur Inspector P. K. Raakh Hindi [17]
1989
(37th)
Nana Patekar Anna Seth Parinda Hindi [18]
1990
(38th)
Nedumudi Venu Maharaja Udayavarma Thampuran His Highness Abdullah Malayalam [19]
1991
(39th)
P. L. Narayana Appala Nayudu Yagnam Telugu [20]
1992
(40th)
Sunny Deol Govind Srivatsav Damini – Lightning Hindi [21]
1993
(41st)
Paresh Rawal  Lalitram Mohan Roy
  Velji
  Woh Chokri
  Sir
Hindi [22]
1994
(42nd)
Ashish Vidyarthi Commander Bhadra Drohkaal Hindi [23]
Nagesh Prabhakar Rao Nammavar Tamil
1995
(43rd)
Mithun Chakraborty Ramakrishna Swami Vivekananda Hindi [24]
1996
(44th)
Nana Patekar Vishwanath Agni Sakshi Hindi [25]
1997
(45th)
Prakash Raj Tamizhselvan Iruvar Tamil [26]
1998
(46th)
Manoj Bajpai Bhiku Mhatre Satya Hindi [27]
1999
(47th)
Atul Kulkarni Shriram Abhyankar Hey Ram Tamil [28]
2000
(48th)
H. G. Dattatreya Hasanabba Munnudi Kannada [29]
2001
(49th)
Atul Kulkarni Pothya Sawant Chandni Bar Hindi [30]
2002
(50th)
Chandrasekhar Lawrence [lower-alpha 4] Nanba Nanba Tamil [32]
2003
(51st)
Pankaj Kapur Jahangir Khan (Abbaji) Maqbool Hindi [33]
2004
(52nd)
Haradhan Bandopadhyay Haradhan Bandopadhyay Krantikaal Bengali [34]
2005
(53rd)
Naseeruddin Shah Mohit Iqbal Hindi [5]
2006
(54th)
Dilip Prabhavalkar   Mahatma Gandhi [lower-alpha 5]
  Clerk
  Lage Raho Munna Bhai
  Shevri
  Hindi
  Marathi
[4]
2007
(55th)
Darshan Jariwala Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, My Father Hindi [36]
2008
(56th)
Arjun Rampal Joseph Mascarenhas (Joe) Rock On!! Hindi [37]
2009
(57th)
Farooq Sheikh S. K. Rao Lahore Hindi [38]
2010
(58th)
Thambi Ramaiah Ramaiah Mynaa Tamil [39]
2011
(59th)
Appukutty Azhagarsami Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai Tamil [40]
2012
(60th)
Annu Kapoor Dr. Baldev Chaddha Vicky Donor Hindi [41]
2013
(61st)
Saurabh Shukla Justice Sunderlal Tripathi Jolly LLB Hindi [42]
2014
(62nd)
Bobby Simha Assault Sethu Jigarthanda Tamil [43]
2015
(63rd)
Samuthirakani Muthuvel Visaranai Tamil [44]
2016
(64th)
Manoj Joshi KeshavDashkriya Marathi [45]
2017
(65th)
Fahadh Faasil Prasad Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Malayalam [46]
2018
(66th)
Swanand Kirkire Prasanna Chumbak Marathi [47]
2019
(67th)
Vijay Sethupathi Shilpa (Manickam) [lower-alpha 6] Super Deluxe Tamil [48]
2020
(68th)
Biju Menon SI Ayyappan Nair alias Mundoor Madan Ayyappanum Koshiyum Malayalam
2021
(69th)
Pankaj Tripathi Bhanu Pratap Pandey Mimi Hindi
2022
(70th)
Pavan Malhotra Fouja Haryanvi

See also

Footnotes

  1. The cash prize was ₹50,000, from 54th National Film Awards (2006) until 69th National Film Awards (2021). [4] Before the 54th National Film Awards (2006), the cash prize was ₹10,000. [5]
  2. 1 2 Year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.
  3. The "Ref." cites the winner and the role played by them in the film. While there are some sources that are written in both English and Hindi, certain references are entirely in Hindi language.
  4. Chandrasekhar played the role of a man suffering from tetraplegia. [31]
  5. Dilip Prabhavalkar played the image of Mahatma Gandhi. [35]
  6. Vijay Sethupathi played a man who undergoes gender transitioning.

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