National Film Award for Best Actress

National Film Award for Best Actress
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type National
Category Indian Cinema
Description
Description Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Medal Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
Statistics
Instituted 1953
First awarded 1967
Last awarded 2015
Total awarded 52
Cash award ₹50,000 (US$740)
Previous name(s) Urvashi Award (1967–73)
First awardee(s) Nargis Dutt
Recent awardee(s) Kangana Ranaut

The National Film Award for Best Actress (officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actress) is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to an actress for the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry.[1][2] The National Film Awards were called the "State Awards for Films" when established in 1954. The State Awards instituted the "Best Actress" category in 1968 as the "Urvashi Award for the Best Actress";[1][3][4] in 1975, the "Urvashi Award" was renamed as the "Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actress". Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of India has presented a total of 52 Best Actress awards to 41 different actresses.

Until 1974, winners of the National Film Award received a figurine and certificate; since 1975, they have been awarded with a "Rajat Kamal" (silver lotus), certificate and a cash prize that amounted to ₹50,000 (US$740) in 2012.[3] Although the Indian film industry produces films in more than 20 languages and dialects,[5] the actresses whose performances have won awards have worked in ten major languages: Assamese, Bengali, English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

The first recipient was Nargis Dutt from Bollywood, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Award (1968) for her performance in Raat Aur Din.[6] The actress who won the most number of Rajat Kamal awards is Shabana Azmi with five wins,[7] followed by Sharada with three. As of 2016, five actresses—Smita Patil, Archana, Shobana, Tabu, and Kangana Ranaut—have won the award two times. Sharada, Archana and Shobana are the only three actresses to get the award for performing in two different languages. Sharada was bestowed with the awards for her performances in two Malayalam films: Thulabharam and Swayamvaram in 1970 and 1973 respectively, and in 1979 for the Telugu film Nimajjanam. Archana was first honoured in 1988 for the Tamil film Veedu and was awarded for the second time in 1989 for the Telugu film Daasi. Shobana received her first award for the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu in 1994, and her second for the English film Mitr, My Friend in 2002. As of 2016, the late Monisha Unni remains the youngest recipient of the honour; she was awarded for the Malayalam film Nakhakshathangal in 1987 when she was 16.[8][9] Indrani Haldar and Rituparna Sengupta are the only two actresses to be honoured for the same film.

The most recent recipient is Kangana Ranaut, who was honoured at the 63rd National Film Awards ceremony for her performance in the 2015 Hindi film Tanu Weds Manu Returns.

Key

Symbol Meaning
dagger Indicates a joint award for that year

Recipients

Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi has been the most frequent winner with five awards.
Shobana
Tabu
Kangana Ranaut
Shobana (top), Tabu (middle) and Kangana Ranaut (bottom) are among the actresses who have been honored twice.
List of award recipients, showing the year, role(s), film(s) and language(s)
Year[lower-alpha 1] Recipient(s) Role(s) Work(s) Language(s) Refs.[lower-alpha 2]
1967
(15th)		 Nargis Dutt Varuna/Peggy[lower-alpha 3] Raat Aur Din Hindi [11][12]
1968
(16th)		 Sharada Vijaya Thulabharam Malayalam [13][14]
1969
(17th)		 Madhabi Mukherjee Supriya Dibratrir Kabya Bengali [15]
1970
(18th)		 Rehana Sultan Salma Ahmed Dastak Hindi [15][16]
1971
(19th)		 Waheeda Rehman Reshma Reshma Aur Shera Hindi [17]
1972
(20th)
 Sharada Sita Swayamvaram Malayalam [18][19]
1973
(21st)		 Nandini Bhaktavatsala Kamali Kaadu Kannada [3][20]
1974
(22nd)		 Shabana Azmi Laxmi Ankur Hindi [4]
1975
(23rd)		 Sharmila Tagore Chanda, Kajli[lower-alpha 4] Mausam Hindi [22][23]
1976
(24th)		 Lakshmi Ganga Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal Tamil [24]
1977
(25th)		 Smita Patil Usha Bhumika Hindi [25][26]
1978
(26th)		 Sharada Bharathi Nimajjanam Telugu [27]
1979
(27th)		 Shoba Kuppamma Pasi Tamil [28][29]
1980
(28th)		 Smita Patil Amma Chakra Hindi [30]
1981
(29th)		 Rekha Amiran (Umrao Jaan)[lower-alpha 5] Umrao Jaan Urdu [32]
1982
(30th)		 Shabana Azmi Pooja Inder Malhotra Arth Hindi [33][34]
1983
(31st)		 Shabana Azmi Jamini Khandhar Hindi [35][36]
1984
(32nd)		 Shabana Azmi Rama Paar Hindi [37][38]
1985
(33rd)		 Suhasini Sindhu Sindhu Bhairavi Tamil [39]
1986
(34th)		 Monisha Unni Gouri Nakhakshathangal Malayalam [8]
1987
(35th)		 Archana Sudha Veedu Tamil [40]
1988
(36th)		 Archana Kamalakshi Daasi Telugu [41]
1989
(37th)		 Sreelekha Mukherji Lakkhi Parshuramer Kuthar Bengali [42]
1990
(38th)		 Vijayashanti Vyjayanthi Karthavyam Telugu [43]
1991
(39th)		 Moloya Goswami Ritu Firingoti Assamese [44]
1992
(40th)		 Dimple Kapadia Shanichari Rudaali Hindi [45]
1993
(41st)		 Shobana Ganga Nakulan Manichitrathazhu Malayalam [46]
1994
(42nd)		 Debashree Roy Aditi Unishe April Bengali [47]
1995
(43rd)		 Seema Biswas Phoolan Devi Bandit Queen Hindi [48]
1996
(44th)		 Tabu Virender Kaur Maachis Hindi [49]
1997
(45th) dagger		 Indrani Haldar Jhinuk Dahan Bengali [50]
1997
(45th) dagger		 Rituparna Sengupta Romita Chaudhury Dahan Bengali [50]
1998
(46th)		 Shabana Azmi Rambhi Godmother Hindi [51]
1999
(47th)		 Kirron Kher Banalata Bariwali Bengali [52]
2000
(48th)		 Raveena Tandon Durga Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence Hindi [53]
2001
(49th) dagger		 Tabu Mumtaz Chandni Bar Hindi [54]
2001
(49th) dagger		 Shobana Lakshmi Mitr, My Friend English [54]
2002
(50th)		 Konkona Sen Sharma Meenakshi S. Iyer Mr. and Mrs. Iyer English [55]
2003
(51st)		 Meera Jasmine Shahina Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam Malayalam [56]
2004
(52nd)		 Tara Hasina Hasina Kannada [57]
2005
(53rd)		 Sarika Shernaz Parzania English [58]
2006
(54th)		 Priyamani Muththazhagu Paruthiveeran Tamil [59]
2007
(55th)		 Umashree Gulabi Gulabi Talkies Kannada [60]
2008
(56th)		 Priyanka Chopra Meghna Mathur Fashion Hindi [61]
2009
(57th)		 Ananya Chatterjee Shikha Abohoman Bengali [62]
2010
(58th) dagger		 Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar Shirmi Baboo Band Baaja Marathi [63]
2010
(58th) dagger		 Saranya Ponvannan Veerayi Thenmerku Paruvakaatru Tamil [63]
2011
(59th)		 Vidya Balan Reshma (Silk)[lower-alpha 6] The Dirty Picture Hindi [65]
2012
(60th)		 Usha Jadhav Yashoda Dhag Marathi [66]
2013
(61st)		 Geetanjali Thapa Kamala Liar's Dice Hindi [67]
2014
(62nd)		 Kangana Ranaut Rani Mehra Queen Hindi [68]
2015
(63rd)		 Kangana Ranaut Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi/
Kusum "Datto" Sangwan[lower-alpha 7]		 Tanu Weds Manu Returns Hindi [70]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Denotes The year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.
  2. ↑ Cites the recipient and the role played by them in the film.
  3. ↑ Dutt played the role of a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder in the film.[10]
  4. ↑ Tagore performed dual roles in the film.[21]
  5. ↑ Rekha played a single character which had two different names.[31]
  6. ↑ Vidya played a single character which had two different names.[64]
  7. ↑ Ranaut performed dual roles in the film.[69]

References

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  4. 1 2 "22nd National Film Festival (1975)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 15. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
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  8. 1 2 "34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 27. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
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  15. 1 2 "17th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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  40. ↑ "35th National Film Awards – 1988" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 29. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  41. ↑ "36th National Film Festival – 1989" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 28. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  42. ↑ "37th National Film Awards – 1990" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 34. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  43. ↑ "38th National Film Awards – 1991" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  44. ↑ "39th National Film Festival – 1992" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 38. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  45. ↑ "40th National Film Awards – 1993" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals – 1993. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  46. ↑ "41st National Film Awards – 1994" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  47. ↑ "42nd National Film Awards – 1995" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  48. ↑ "43rd National Film Awards – 1996" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  49. ↑ "44th National Film Awards – 1997" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 24. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  50. 1 2 "45th National Film Awards – 1998" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 27. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  51. ↑ "46th National Film Awards – 1999" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 26. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  52. ↑ "47th National Film Awards – 2000" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 26. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  53. ↑ "48th National Film Awards – 2001" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 42. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  54. 1 2 "49th National Film Awards – 2002" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
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  56. ↑ "51st National Film Awards – 2004" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 30. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  57. ↑ "52nd National Film Awards – 2005" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 31. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  58. ↑ "53rd National Film Awards – 2006" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 30. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  59. ↑ "54th National Film Awards – 2006" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 28. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  60. ↑ "55th National Film Awards – 2007" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 34. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  61. ↑ "56th National Film Awards – 2008" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 36. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  62. ↑ "57th National Film Awards – 2009" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 66. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  63. 1 2 "58th National Film Awards – 2010" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 78. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
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