Screen Award for Best Comedian

Screen Award for Best performance in a Comic Role
The 2020 recipient: Yami Gautam
Awarded for	Award for Best performance in a Comic Role
Country	India
Presented by	Screen India
First award	Kader Khan, Taqdeerwala (1996)
Currently held by	Yami Gautam, Bala (2020)

The Screen Award for Best Comedian is chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian Bollywood film industry and the winners are announced in January. The award was further extended when they included a separate female category for performance in a comedian role, although this was only given once in 1996.

Multiple wins

Wins	Recipient
2	Paresh Rawal
	Abhishek Bachchan
	Varun Dhawan

Winners

Year	Winner	Film	Ref.
1996	Kader Khan	Taqdeerwala	[1]
1997	Johnny Lever Sulabha Arya	Raja Hindustani Masoom	[2]
1998	–	–	[3]
1999	Archana Puran Singh	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	[4]
2000	Anupam Kher	Haseena Maan Jayegi	[5]
2001	Paresh Rawal	Hera Pheri	[6]
2002	–	–	[7]
2003	–	–	[8]
2004	Paresh Rawal	Awara Paagal Deewana	[9]
2005	Riteish Deshmukh	Masti	[10]
2006	Abhishek Bachchan	Bunty Aur Babli	[11]
2007	Shreyas Talpade	Dor	[12]
2008	Irfan Khan	Life in a... Metro	[13]
2009	Tusshar Kapoor	Golmaal Returns	[14]
2010	Omi Vaidya	3 Idiots	[15]
2011	Sanjay Mishra	Phas Gaye Re Obama	[16]
2012	Pitobash	Shor in the City	[17]
2013	Abhishek Bachchan Annu Kapoor	Bol Bachchan Vicky Donor	[18]
2014	Richa Chadda	Fukrey	[19]
2015	Sharib Hashmi	Filmistaan	[20]
2017	Varun Dhawan	Dishoom	[21]
2018		Badrinath Ki Dulhania	[22]
2019	–	–	[23]
2020	Yami Gautam	Bala	[24]

See also

• Screen Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India

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