National Film Award for Best Actress

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 55 Best Actress awards to 44 different actresses.

National Film Award for Best Actress
The 2019 recipient Keerthy Suresh
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Sponsored byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Formerly calledUrvashi Award (1967–1973)
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹50,000 (US$700)
First awarded1967
Last awarded2018
Most recent winnerKeerthy Suresh for film Mahanati
Highlights
Most awardsShabana Azmi
(5 awards)
Total awarded55
First winnerNargis Dutt
Websitehttp://dff.nic.in/NFA.aspx 

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$700) 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: Hindi (22 awards), Bengali (7 awards), Tamil (6 awards), Malayalam (6 awards), Telugu (4 awards), Kannada (3 awards), English (3 awards) , Marathi (2 awards), Assamese (one award) and Urdu (one award).

The first recipient was Nargis Dutt from Bollywood, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards (1967) 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 2019, 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 1968 and 1972 respectively, and in 1978 for the Telugu film Nimajjanam. Archana was first honoured in 1987 for the Tamil film Veedu and was awarded for the second time in 1988 for the Telugu film Daasi. Shobana received her first award for the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu in 1993, and her second for the English film Mitr, My Friend in 2001. As of 2019, the late Monisha Unni remains the youngest recipient of the honour; she was awarded for the Malayalam film Nakhakshathangal in 1986 when she was 16.[8][9] Indrani Haldar and Rituparna Sengupta are the only two actresses to be honoured for the same film—Dahan. The most recent recipient is Keerthy Suresh, who was honoured at the 66th National Film Awards for her performance in the 2018 Telugu film Mahanati.

Key
Symbol Meaning
Indicates a joint award for that year

Recipients
With five wins, Shabana Azmi is the most awarded actor in this category.
Shobana (top), Tabu (middle) and Kangana Ranaut (bottom) are among the actresses who have been honored two times.
Indrani Halder (top) and Rituparna Sengupta (bottom) are the only two actresses to be honoured for the same film —Dahan.
Sridevi was posthumously awarded for her performance in Mom, marking the first occurrence of this event in this category.
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 Lakshmi Ankur Hindi [4]
1975
(23rd)		 Sharmila Tagore Chanda Thapa,
Kajli [lower-alpha 4]		 Mausam Hindi [22][23]
1976
(24th)		 Lakshmi Ganga Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal Tamil [24]
1977
(25th)		 Smita Patil Urvashi / Usha [lower-alpha 5] 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 6] 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 Manichitrathazhu Malayalam [46]
1994
(42nd)		 Debashree Roy Dr. Aditi Sen Unishe April Bengali [47]
1995
(43rd)		 Seema Biswas Phoolan Devi Bandit Queen Hindi [48]
1996
(44th)		 Tabu Virender Kaur Maachis Hindi [49]
1997
(45th) 		Indrani Haldar Jhinuk Dahan Bengali [50]
1997
(45th) 		Rituparna Sengupta Romita Chaudhury Dahan Bengali [50]
1998
(46th)		 Shabana Azmi Rambhi [lower-alpha 7] Godmother Hindi [52]
1999
(47th)		 Kirron Kher Banalata Bariwali Bengali [53]
2000
(48th)		 Raveena Tandon Durga Saikia Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence Hindi [54]
2001
(49th) 		Tabu Mumtaz Ali Ansari Chandni Bar Hindi [55]
2001
(49th) 		Shobana Lakshmi Mitr, My Friend English [55]
2002
(50th)		 Konkona Sen Sharma Meenakshi S. Iyer Mr. and Mrs. Iyer English [56]
2003
(51st)		 Meera Jasmine Shahina Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam Malayalam [57]
2004
(52nd)		 Tara Hasina Hasina Kannada [58]
2005
(53rd)		 Sarika Shernaz Parzania English [59]
2006
(54th)		 Priyamani Muththazhagu Paruthiveeran Tamil [60]
2007
(55th)		 Umashree Gulabi Gulabi Talkies Kannada [61]
2008
(56th)		 Priyanka Chopra Meghna Mathur Fashion Hindi [62]
2009
(57th)		 Ananya Chatterjee Shikha Abohomaan Bengali [63]
2010
(58th) 		Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar Shirmi Baboo Band Baaja Marathi [64]
2010
(58th) 		Saranya Ponvannan Veerayi Thenmerku Paruvakaatru Tamil [64]
2011
(59th)		 Vidya Balan Reshma (Silk) [lower-alpha 8] The Dirty Picture Hindi [66]
2012
(60th)		 Usha Jadhav Yashoda Dhag Marathi [67]
2013
(61st)		 Geetanjali Thapa Kamala Liar's Dice Hindi [68]
2014
(62nd)		 Kangana Ranaut Rani Mehra Queen Hindi [69]
2015
(63rd)		 Kangana Ranaut Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi,
Kusum "Datto" Sangwan [lower-alpha 9]		 Tanu Weds Manu Returns Hindi [71]
2016
(64th)		 Surabhi Lakshmi Mother [lower-alpha 10] Minnaminungu – the Firefly Malayalam [72]
2017
(65th)		 Sridevi[lower-alpha 11] Devki Sabarwal Mom Hindi [74]
2018
(66th)		 Keerthy Suresh Savitri Mahanati Telugu [75]
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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. Smita played a single character which had two different names.
  6. Rekha played a single character which had two different names.[31]
  7. The character played by Shabana Azmi was loosely based on the Porbandar-based lady underworld don Santokben Jadeja.[51]
  8. Balan played a single character which had two different names.[65]
  9. Ranaut performed dual roles in the film.[70]
  10. The character remained unnamed throughout the film.
  11. Sridevi was awarded posthumously.[73]

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