Sarika Thakur is an Indian actress and costume designer. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the English-language film Parzania. She was also awarded the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for her work in Hey Ram (2001).
Sarika in 2010
Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Best Film Actress Award for the year 2005 to Ms. Sarika for her role in English Language Film Parzania, at the 53rd National Film Awards function, in New Delhi on 14 September 2007.
National Film Award for Best Actress
The National Film Award for 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. 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"; 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 56 Best Actress awards to 45 different actresses.
2021 recipients: Alia Bhatt (left) and Kriti Sanon (right)
Nargis Dutt was the first-ever recipient of the Best Actress Award for her performance in Raat Aur Din in 1967.
With five wins, Shabana Azmi is the most awarded actor in this category. She is also the actress with most consecutive wins (3).
Shobana is two time winner for two different Languages -Manichitrathazhu (1993 Malayalam) and Mitr, My Friend ( 2001 English).
