TheFilmfare Best Villain Award was given byFilmfare as part of its annualFilmfare Awards forHindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in anegative role.
Although the awards started in 1954, this category was first introduced in 1992 and has been marked as obsolete since 2007.
| Category | Name | Superlative | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Awards | Ashutosh Rana | 2 awards | From 2 nominations |
| Nana Patekar | From 3 nominations | ||
| Most Nominations | Amrish Puri | 7 nominations | 0 awards[1] |
| Most Nominations without a Win | – |
Ashutosh Rana is the only actor to have won the Best Villain award in consecutive years, receiving the honor in 1998 and 1999.Amrish Puri received nominations in this category for three consecutive years, from 1991 to 1993. In 1994,Danny Denzongpa became the only actor to be nominated twice in the same year, although he did not win.
Abhishek Bachchan andPriyanka Chopra are the only actors to have received nominations in another acting category alongside Best Villain for the same performance. Bachchan was nominated forBest Supporting Actor forYuva , while Chopra received a nomination forBest Supporting Actress forAitraaz. Moreover, both actors were nominated in their respective categories in the same year (2004).
In 1997, Kajol became the first female actor to win the Best Villain award for her performance inGupt: The Hidden Truth. She and Priyanka Chopra (Aitraaz, 2004) are the only female actors to have won in this category. Other female nominees includeUrmila Matondkar (Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, 2001),Shabana Azmi (Makdee, 2002),Bipasha Basu (Jism, 2003),Preity Zinta (Armaan, 2003), andAmrita Singh (Kalyug, 2005).[2]
Preity Zinta is also the only actor to have been nominated for bothBest Actress and Best Villain in the same year, for her role inArmaan (2003).
| Wins | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2 | Ashutosh Rana |
| Nana Patekar |
| Nominations | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 7 | Amrish Puri |
| 5 | Danny Denzongpa |
| 4 | Naseeruddin Shah |
| 3 | Shah Rukh Khan,Ajay Devgn,Nana Patekar |
| 2 | Ashish Vidyarthi,Milind Gunaji,Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Manoj Bajpayee,Suniel Shetty,John Abraham |
In the list below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. The films are listed by the years when the award was presented.
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