National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor


The National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Supporting Actor, is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A national panel appointed annually by the DFF selects the actor who has given the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema. The award is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi.
The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" certificate and a cash prize of. 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, the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in one or more of seven major languages: Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada.
The first recipient was Victor Banerjee, who was honoured at the 32nd National Film Awards for his performance in the Bengali film Ghare Baire. 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 and Agni Sakshi. Kapur received the awards for his work in the Hindi films Raakh and Maqbool. Kulkarni was awarded for his performances in the Tamil / Hindi film Hey Ram and the Hindi film Chandni Bar. 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 and Sir 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 and the Marathi film Shevri. At the 42nd National Film Awards, the award was tied between Ashish Vidyarthi and Nagesh, winning for their roles in the Hindi film Drohkaal and the Tamil film Nammavar, respectively. The most recent recipient of the award is Swanand Kirkire, who earned the award at the 66th National Film Awards ceremony for his performance in the Marathi film Chumbak.

List of recipients

;Key
SymbolMeaning
Indicates a joint award for that year
Indicates that the winner won the award for two performances in that year

YearRecipientRoleFilmLanguage
1984
Victor BanerjeeGhare BaireBengali
1985
Dipankar DeHusbandParamaBengali
1986
Suresh OberoiMukhiMirch MasalaHindi
1987
ThilakanRithubhedamMalayalam
1988
Pankaj KapurInspector P. K.RaakhHindi
1989
Nana PatekarParindaHindi
1990
Nedumudi VenuHis Highness AbdullahMalayalam
1991
P. L. NarayanaYagnamTelugu
1992
Sunny DeolDamini – LightningHindi
1993
Paresh Rawal
Velji		Woh Chokri
Sir		Hindi
1994
Ashish VidyarthiCommander BhadraDrohkaalHindi
1994
NageshNammavarTamil
1995
Mithun ChakrabortyRamakrishnaSwami VivekanandaHindi
1996
Nana PatekarVishwanathAgni SakshiHindi
1997
Prakash RajTamizhselvanIruvarTamil
1998
Manoj BajpaiSatyaHindi
1999
Atul KulkarniHey RamTamil
2000
H. G. DattatreyaHasanabbaMunnudiKannada
2001
Atul KulkarniChandni BarHindi
2002
ChandrasekharLawrence Nanba NanbaTamil
2003
Pankaj KapurMaqboolHindi
2004
Haradhan BandopadhyayKrantikaalBengali
2005
Naseeruddin ShahMohitIqbalHindi
2006
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Clerk		 Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Shevri		Hindi
Marathi
2007
Darshan JariwalaGandhi, My FatherHindi
2008
Arjun RampalRock On!!Hindi
2009
Farooq SheikhLahoreHindi
2010
Thambi RamaiahRamaiahMynaaTamil
2011
AppukuttyAzhagarsamiAzhagarsamiyin KuthiraiTamil
2012
Annu KapoorVicky DonorHindi
2013
Saurabh ShuklaJolly LLBHindi
2014
Bobby SimhaAssault SethuJigarthandaTamil
2015
SamuthirakaniMuthuvelVisaranaiTamil
2016
Manoj JoshiKeshavDashkriyaMarathi
2017
Fahadh FaasilPrasadThondimuthalum DriksakshiyumMalayalam
2018
Swanand KirkirePrasannaChumbakMarathi

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