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| Zee Cine Award for Best Actor (Popular) | |
|---|---|
 The 2025 recipient:Kartik Aaryan | |
| Type | Viewers' Choice |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Date | 17 May 2025 |
| Venue | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
| First award | Shah Rukh Khan, Dil To Pagal Hai (1998) |
| Currently held by | Kartik Aaryan Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (2025) |
| Website | zeecineawards |
TheZee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male is chosen by the viewers of Zee Entertainment Enterprises as part of itsannual award ceremony forHindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. Following its inception in 1998, a ceremony was not held in 2009 and 2010, but resumed back in 2011.Shah Rukh Khan, with eight awards holds the record of the maximum wins in this category.
† - indicates the performance alsowon theFilmfare Award
‡ - indicates the performance was alsonominated for theFilmfare Award
| Superlative | Actor | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Actor with most consecutive year nominations | Shah Rukh Khan(1998-2014) | 15 |
| Actor with most awards | Shah Rukh Khan | 8 |
| Actor with most nominations | 22 | |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Ajay Devgn | 9 |
| Actor with most nominations in a single year | Shah Rukh Khan(2005) | 3 |
| Eldest Winner | Anupam Kher(2023) | 68 |
| Youngest Winner | Hrithik Roshan(2001) | 26 |
| Eldest Nominee | Amitabh Bachchan(2017) | 74 |
| Youngest Nominee | Hrithik Roshan(2001) Vivek Oberoi(2003) | 26 |
| Year | Actor | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | |||
| Shah Rukh Khan † | Dil To Pagal Hai | Rahul | |
| Aamir Khan | Ishq | Raja | |
| Kamal Haasan ‡ | Chachi 420 | Jaiprakash Paswan / Lakshmi Godbole | |
| Shah Rukh Khan | Pardes | Arjun Sagar | |
| Sunny Deol | Border | MajorKuldip Singh Chandpuri | |
| 1999 | |||
| Shah Rukh Khan † | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | Rahul Khanna | |
| Aamir Khan ‡ | Ghulam | Siddharth "Siddhu" Marathe | |
| Salman Khan | Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai | Suraj Dhanrajgir | |
| Salman Khan ‡ | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya | Suraj Khanna | |
| Shah Rukh Khan | Duplicate | Bablu Chaudhary / Manu Dada |