Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor

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Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Rajkumar Rao (current winner of this award)
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	David Abraham Cheulkar, Boot Polish (1955)
Currently held by	Rajkummar Rao, Bareilly Ki Barfi (2018)
Website	Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. Although the awards started in 1954, awards for the best supporting actor category started only the following year 1955. As of 2016, Pran, Amrish Puri, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Anil Kapoor lead the list, with three wins each. Anil Kapoor currently also holds the record of being the youngest (Mashaal, 1985) recipient of the award, whereas Rishi Kapoor holds the record for being the eldest (Kapoor & Sons, 2017).

Superlatives[edit]

Multiple Nominees[edit]

• 9 Nominations : Pran, Amitabh Bachchan
• 8 Nominations : Amrish Puri, Naseeruddin Shah
• 7 Nominations : Anupam Kher
• 6 Nominations : Mehmood, Jackie Shroff, Abhishek Bachchan
• 5 Nominations : Raaj Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Amjad Khan, Om Puri, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar
• 4 Nominations : Johnny Walker, Rehman, Prem Nath, Saeed Jaffrey, Danny Denzongpa, Akshay Kumar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
• 3 Nominations : Saif Ali Khan, Salman Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, Feroz Khan, Prem Chopra, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Utpal Dutt, Shriram Lagoo, Vinod Mehra, Sunil Shetty, Manoj Bajpai, Arshad Warsi, Rishi Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao
• 2 Nominations : Motilal, Nana Palsikar, Girish Karnad, Suresh Oberoi, Pankaj Kapur, Mithun Chakraborty, Mohnish Bahl, Akshaye Khanna, Vivek Oberoi, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Ronit Roy, Emraan Hashmi, Deepak Dobriyal, Aamir Khan

Multiple Winners[edit]

• 3 Awards: Pran, Amrish Puri, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Anil Kapoor
• 2 Awards: Motilal, Nana Palsikar, Raaj Kumar, Amjad Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Jackie Shroff

List of winners[edit]

1950s[edit]

• 1955 David Abraham Cheulkar – Boot Polish as John
• 1956 Abhi Bhattacharya – Jagriti as Shekhar
  • Johnny Walker – Railway Platform as Johny
  • Ulhas – Kundan as Inspector Sher Singh
• 1957 Motilal – Devdas as Chunni Babu
  • Johnny Walker – C.I.D. as Master
• 1958 Raj Mehra – Sharada as Kashiram
  • Ajit – Naya Daur as Krishna
• 1959 Johnny Walker – Madhumati as Charandas
  • Rehman – Phir Subah Hogi as Rehman
  • Sohrab Modi – Yahudi as Ezra

1960s[edit]

• 1960 Manmohan Krishna – Dhool Ka Phool as Abdul Rasheed
  • Mehmood – Chhoti Bahen as Mahesh
  • Raaj Kumar – Paigham as Ram Lal
• 1961 Motilal – Parakh as Sir Jagdish Chandra Roy
  • Rehman – Chaudhvin Ka Chand as Pyare Mohan/Nawab Sahib
  • Agha – Ghunghat as Agha
• 1962 Nana Palsikar – Kanoon as Kaalia
  • Mehmood – Sasural as Mahesh
  • Pran – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai as Raka
• 1963 Mehmood – Dil Tera Diwana as Anokhe
  • Mehmood – Rakhi as Kasturi
  • Rehman – Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam as Chhote Sarkar
• 1964 Raaj Kumar – Dil Ek Mandir as Ram
  • Johnny Walker – Mere Mehboob as Ghayal
  • Mehmood – Ghar Basake Dekho as Mehmood
• 1965 Nana Palsikar – Shehar Aur Sapna as Johnny
  • Dharmendra – Ayee Milan Ki Bela as Ranjit
  • Rajendra Kumar – Sangam as Gopal Verma
• 1966 Raaj Kumar – Waqt as Raju
  • Mehmood – Gumnaam as The Butler
  • Raaj Kumar – Kaajal as Moti
• 1967 Ashok Kumar – Afsana as Gopal Das
  • Pran – Dil Diya Dard Liya as Thakur Ramesh
  • Rehman – Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya as Amjad
• 1968 Pran – Upkar as Malang
  • Ashok Kumar – Mehrban as Shanti Swarup
  • Om Prakash – Dus Lakh as Gokulchand
• 1969 Sanjeev Kumar – Shikar as Inspector Rai
  • Manoj Kumar – Aadmi as Dr. Shekhar
  • Raaj Kumar – Neel Kamal as Chitrasen

1970s[edit]

• 1970 Pran – Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool as Shambhu Mahadev Rao
  • Ashok Kumar – Aashirwad as Shivnath 'Joggi Thakur' Choudhary
  • Balraj Sahni – Ek Phool Do Mali as Kailash Nath Kaushal
• 1971 Feroz Khan – Aadmi Aur Insaan as Jai Kishan / J.K.
  • Feroz Khan – Safar as Shekhar Kapoor
  • Prem Chopra – Himmat as Boss
• 1972 Amitabh Bachchan – Anand as Dr. Bhaskar K. Bannerjee
  • Pran – Adhikar as Shikari Banhe Khan Bhopali
  • Shatrughan Sinha – Paras as Thakur Arjun Singh
• 1973 Pran – Be-Imaan as Ram Singh
  • Prem Nath – Shor as Khan Badshah
• 1974 Amitabh Bachchan – Namak Haraam as Vikram 'Vicky' Maharaj
  • Ashok Kumar – Victoria No. 203 as Raja
  • Asrani – Abhimaan as Chandru Kriplani
  • Pran – Zanjeer as Sher Khan
  • Prem Nath – Bobby as Jack Braganza
• 1975 Vinod Khanna – Haath Ki Safai as Shankar Kumar
  • Feroz Khan – International Crook as SP Rajesh
  • Prem Nath – Amir Garib as Daulatram
  • Prem Nath – Roti Kapda Aur Makaan as Harnam Singh
  • Shatrughan Sinha – Dost as Gopichand 'Gopi' Sharma
• 1976 Shashi Kapoor – Deewaar as Ravi Verma
  • Amjad Khan – Sholay as Gabbar Singh
  • Pran – Do Jhoot as
  • Pran – Majboor as Michael D'Souza
  • Utpal Dutt – Amanush as Maheem Ghosal
• 1977 Prem Chopra – Do Anjaane as Ronjit Malik
  • Ashok Kumar – Chhoti Si Baat as Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh
  • Prem Chopra – Mehbooba as Appa
  • Shashi Kapoor – Kabhi Kabhie as Vijay Khanna
  • Vinod Khanna – Hera Pheri as Ajay Pirachand
• 1978 Shriram Lagoo – Gharaonda as Mr. Modi
  • Shriram Lagoo – Kinara as
  • Tariq – Hum Kisise Kum Naheen as Sanjay Kumar
  • Vikram – Aadmi Sadak Ka as Chandramohan 'Chander' U. Nath
  • Vinod Mehra – Anurodh as Shrikanth Mathur
• 1979 Saeed Jaffrey – Shatranj Ke Khilari as Mir Roshan Ali
  • Danny Denzongpa – Devata as Inspector Lawrence
  • Randhir Kapoor – Kasme Vaade as Raju
  • Sanjeev Kumar – Trishul as Raj Kumar Gupta
  • Vinod Khanna – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar as Vishal Anand

1980s[edit]

• 1980 Amjad Khan – Dada as Fazlu
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Junoon as Sarfaraz Khan
  • Shatrughan Sinha – Kaala Patthar as Mangal Singh
  • Utpal Dutt – Gol Maal as Bhavani Shankar
  • Vinod Mehra – Amar Deep as Kishan
• 1981 Om Puri – Aakrosh as Bhiku Lahanya
  • Amjad Khan – Qurbani as Inspector Amjad Khan
  • Girish Karnad – Aasha as Deepak
  • Raj Kapoor – Abdullah as Abdullah
  • Shriram Lagoo – Insaaf Ka Tarazu as Mr. Chandra
• 1982 Amjad Khan – Yaarana as Bishan
  • Amjad Khan – Love Story as Havaldar Sher Singh
  • Rakesh Roshan – Dhanwan as Anil
  • Saeed Jaffrey – Chashme Buddoor as Lalan Mian
  • Suresh Oberoi – Lawaaris as Ram Singh
• 1983 Shammi Kapoor – Vidhaata as Gurbaksh
  • Girish Karnad – Teri Kasam as Rakesh
  • Sanjeev Kumar – Vidhaata as Abu Baba
  • Shashi Kapoor – Namak Halaal as Raja
  • Vinod Mehra – Bemisal as Dr. Prashant Chaturvedi
• 1984 Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Ardh Satya as Rama Shetty
  • Amitabh Bachchan – Andha Kanoon as Jan Nissar Akhtar Khan
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Katha as Rajaram Purshotam Joshi
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Mandi as Tungrus
  • Raj Babbar – Agar Tum Na Hote as Raj Bedi
• 1985 Anil Kapoor – Mashaal as Raja
  • Danny Denzongpa – Kanoon Kya Karega as Raghuvir Singh
  • Nikhil Bhagat – Hip Hip Hurray as Raghu
  • Shafi Inamdar – Aaj Ki Awaaz as Inspector Shafi
  • Suresh Oberoi – Ghar Ek Mandir as Rahim
• 1986 Amrish Puri – Meri Jung as G.D. Thakral
  • Anupam Kher – Janam as Virendra
  • Kamal Haasan – Saagar as Raja
  • Kulbhushan Kharbanda – Ghulami as Havaldar Gopi Dada
  • Saeed Jaffrey – Ram Teri Ganga Maili as Kunj Bihari
  • Utpal Dutt – Saaheb as Badri Prasad Sharma
• 1987 – No award
• 1988 – No award
• 1989 Anupam Kher – Vijay as Lala Yodhraj Bhalla
  • Chunky Pandey – Tezaab as Baban
  • Nana Patekar – Andha Yudh as S.P. Suhas Dandekar

1990s[edit]

• 1990 Nana Patekar – Parinda as Anna
  • Amrish Puri – Tridev as Bhairav Singh
  • Mohsin Khan – Batwara as Thakur Rajendra Singh
  • Pankaj Kapur – Raakh as Inspector P.K
• 1991 Mithun Chakraborty – Agneepath as Krishnan Iyer M.A.
  • Anupam Kher – Dil as Hazari Prasad
  • Om Puri – Ghayal as Joe D'Souza
  • Rami Reddy – Pratibandh as Gangster
• 1992 Danny Denzongpa – Sanam Bewafa as Sher Khan
  • Amrish Puri – Phool Aur Kaante as Nageshwar
  • Anupam Kher – Saudagar as Mandhari
  • Saeed Jaffrey – Henna as Khan Baba
• 1993 Danny Denzongpa – Khuda Gawah as Khuda Baksh
  • Amrish Puri – Muskurahat as Gopichand Verma
  • Nana Patekar – Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman as Jai
• 1994 Sunny Deol – Damini – Lightning as Govind
  • Amrish Puri – Gardish as Purshotam Kashinath Sathe
  • Jackie Shroff – Khalnayak as Ram Kumar Sinha
  • Nana Patekar – Tirangaa as Shivajirao Wagle
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Sir as Amar Verma
• 1995 Jackie Shroff – 1942: A Love Story as Shubhankar
  • Anupam Kher – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! as Prof. Siddharth Choudhury
  • Mohnish Bahl – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! as Rajesh Nath
  • Saif Ali Khan – Main Khiladi Tu Anari as Deepak Kumar
  • Sunil Shetty – Dilwale as Vikram Singh
• 1996 Jackie Shroff – Rangeela as Raj Kamal
  • Amrish Puri – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge as Baldev Singh Chaudhary
  • Anil Kapoor – Trimurti as Anand Singh / Sikander
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Naajayaz as Raj Solanki
  • Paresh Rawal – Raja as Brijnath 'Birju'
• 1997 Amrish Puri – Ghatak: Lethal as Shambu Nath
  • Anupam Kher – Chaahat as Shambunath Singh Rathod
  • Om Puri – Maachis as Sanatan
  • Salman Khan – Jeet as Rajnath 'Raju' Sahay
  • Jackie Shroff – Agni Sakshi as Suraj Kapoor
• 1998 Amrish Puri – Virasat as Raja Thakur
  • Akshaye Khanna – Border as Dharamvir
  • Akshay Kumar – Dil To Pagal Hai as Ajay
  • Om Puri – Gupt: The Hidden Truth as Insp. Udham Singh
  • Sunil Shetty – Border as Bhairav Singh
• 1999 Salman Khan – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai as Aman Mehra
  • Arbaaz Khan – Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya as Vishal Thakur
  • Manoj Bajpai – Satya as Bhiku Mhatre
  • Naseeruddin Shah – China Gate as Maj. Sarfaraz Khan
  • Om Puri – Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha as Inspector Khan

2000s[edit]

• 2000 Anil Kapoor – Taal as Vikrant Kapoor
  • Mohnish Bahl – Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United as Vivek
  • Mukesh Rishi – Sarfarosh as Inspector Salim
  • Saif Ali Khan – Kachche Dhaage as Dhananjay Pandit 'Jai'
  • Sanjay Narvekar – Vaastav: The Reality as Dedh Footiya
• 2001 Amitabh Bachchan – Mohabbatein as Narayan Shankar
  • Atul Kulkarni – Hey Ram as Shriram Abhyankar
  • Chandrachur Singh – Kya Kehna as Ajay
  • Sayaji Shinde – Kurukshetra as Havaldar Gopinath Surve Patil
  • Sunil Shetty – Refugee as Ranger Mohammad Ashraf
• 2002 Akshaye Khanna – Dil Chahta Hai as Siddharth 'Sid' Sinha
  • Ajay Devgan – Lajja as Bulwa
  • Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Yashvardhan 'Yash' Raichand
  • Hrithik Roshan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Rohan Y. Raichand
  • Jackie Shroff – Yaadein as Raj Singh Puri
• 2003 Vivek Oberoi – Company as Chandrakant 'Chandu' Nagre
  • Amitabh Bachchan – Aankhen as Vijay Singh Rajput
  • Jackie Shroff – Devdas as Chunnilal "Chunnibabu"
  • Mohanlal – Company as Srinivasan
  • Sanjay Dutt – Kaante as Jay 'Ajju' Rehan
• 2004 Saif Ali Khan – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Rohit Patel
  • Abhishek Bachchan – Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon as Prem Kumar
  • Arshad Warsi – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. as Circuit
  • Manoj Bajpai – LOC Kargil as Gren. Yogender Singh Yadav
  • Salman Khan – Baghban as Alok Raj Malhotra
• 2005 Abhishek Bachchan – Yuva as Lallan Singh
  • Akshay Kumar – Khakee as Inspector Shekhar Verma
  • Akshay Kumar – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as Sunny Khurana
  • Amitabh Bachchan – Veer-Zaara as Chaudhary Sumer Singh
  • Zayed Khan – Main Hoon Na as Laxman Prasad Sharma
• 2006 Abhishek Bachchan – Sarkar as Shankar Nagre
  • Arshad Warsi – Salaam Namaste as Ranjan 'Ron' Mathur
  • Amitabh Bachchan – Bunty Aur Babli as DCP Dashrath Singh
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Iqbal as Mohit
  • Sanjay Dutt – Parineeta as Girish Sharma
• 2007 Abhishek Bachchan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rishi Talwar
  • Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Samarjit 'Sam' Talwar
  • John Abraham – Baabul as Rajat Verma
  • Kunal Kapoor – Rang De Basanti as Aslam
  • Siddharth Narayan – Rang De Basanti as Karan R. Singhania
• 2008 Irrfan Khan – Life in a... Metro as Monty
  • Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par as Ram Shankar Nikumbh
  • Anil Kapoor – Welcome as Sagar 'Manju' Pandey
  • Mithun Chakraborty – Guru as Manikdas Gupta
  • Shreyas Talpade – Om Shanti Om as Pappu Master
• 2009 Arjun Rampal – Rock On!! as Joseph 'Joe' Mascarenhas
  • Abhishek Bachchan – Sarkar Raj as Shankar Nagre
  • Prateik Babbar – Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na as Amit Mahant
  • Sonu Sood – Jodhaa Akbar as Rajkumar Sujamal
  • Tusshar Kapoor – Golmaal Returns as Lucky
  • Vinay Pathak – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Balwinder Khosla

2010s[edit]

• 2010 Boman Irani – 3 Idiots as Viru Sahastrabudhhe
  • Amole Gupte – Kaminey as Sunil Shekhar Bhope
  • Neil Nitin Mukesh – New York as Omar Aijaz
  • R. Madhavan – 3 Idiots as Farhan Qureshi
  • Rishi Kapoor – Luck by Chance as Romy Rolly
  • Sharman Joshi – 3 Idiots as Raju Rastogi
• 2011 Ronit Roy – Udaan as Bhairav Singh
  • Arjun Rampal – Raajneeti as Prithviraj Pratap
  • Arshad Warsi – Ishqiya as Razzak Hussain aka Babban
  • Emraan Hashmi – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Shoaib Khan
  • Manoj Bajpai – Raajneeti as Veerendra Pratap
  • Nana Patekar – Raajneeti as Brij Gopal
• 2012 Farhan Akhtar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as Imraan Habib
  • Abhay Deol – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as Kabir
  • Naseeruddin Shah – The Dirty Picture as Suryakanth
  • Pitobash Tripathy – Shor in the City as Mandook
  • Vir Das – Delhi Belly as Arup
• 2013 Annu Kapoor – Vicky Donor as Dr. Baldev Chaddha
  • Akshay Kumar – OMG – Oh My God! as Krishna Vasudev Yadav
  • Emraan Hashmi – Shanghai as Joginder Parmar
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Talaash: The Answer Lies Within as Taimur
  • Rishi Kapoor – Agneepath as Rauf Lala
• 2014 Nawazuddin Siddiqui – The Lunchbox as Shaikh
  • Aditya Roy Kapur – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Avinash 'Avi' Yog
  • Anupam Kher – Special 26 as P.K. Sharma
  • Pankaj Kapur – Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola as Harphool Singh Mandola
  • Rajkummar Rao – Kai Po Che! as Govind Patel
  • Vivek Oberoi - Krrish 3 as Kaal
• 2015 Kay Kay Menon - Haider as Khurram Meer
  • Abhishek Bachchan - Happy New Year as Nandu Bhide / Vicky Grover
  • Riteish Deshmukh - Ek Villain as Rakesh Mahadkar
  • Ronit Roy - 2 States as Vikram Malhotra
  • Tahir Raj Bhasin - Mardaani as Karan Rastogi
• 2016 Anil Kapoor - Dil Dhadakne Do as Kamal Mehra
  • Deepak Dobriyal – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Pappi Sharma
  • Jimmy Shergill – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Raja Awasthi
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Badlapur as Liak Mohammed Tungrekar
  • Sanjay Mishra – Masaan as Vidyadhar Pathak
• 2017 Rishi Kapoor - Kapoor & Sons as Amarjeet "Dadu" Kapoor
  • Diljit Dosanjh - Udta Punjab as ASI Sartaj Singh
  • Fawad Khan - Kapoor & Sons as Rahul Kapoor
  • Jim Sarbh - Neerja as Khalil
  • Rajat Kapoor - Kapoor & Sons as Harsh Kapoor
  • Rajkummar Rao - Aligarh as Deepu Sebastian
• 2018 Rajkummar Rao - Bareilly Ki Barfi as Pritam Vidrohi
  • Aamir Khan - Secret Superstar as Shakti Kumar
  • Deepak Dobriyal - Hindi Medium as Shyamprakash Kori
  • Manav Kaul - Tumhari Sulu as Ashok Dubey
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Mom as Daya Shankar Kapoor aka DK
  • Pankaj Tripathi - Newton as AC Aatma Singh

See also[edit]

• Filmfare Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India

References[edit]

• Filmfare Awards at Bollywood Hungama

External links[edit]

• Official site