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Farhan Akhtar is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playback singer and television host. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influence of the Hindi film industry. He began his career in Bollywood by working as an assistant director in Lamhe (1991) and Himalay Putra (1997).

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This is a list of awards and nominations of Asin Thottumkal, an Indian actress who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi movies. Asin has won a number of awards for her performance in various films in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi industries, including the most coveted Kalaimamani award by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in 2009. She has won various Filmfare awards and other prominent awards for her acting skills in all three major industries which she has been part of in her career. The three Filmfare awards, she has won so far includes, Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Award for Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award for Ghajini and Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her Hindi debut in Ghajini.

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Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian film actor and film producer known for his work in Bollywood. He made his acting debut in 2000 with J. P. Dutta's war film Refugee, and followed it by starring in over a dozen films which were both critical and commercial failures. His first commercial success came with the 2004 action film Dhoom, which changed his career prospects. Bachchan went on to earn critical appreciation for his performances in the dramas Yuva (2004), Sarkar (2005), and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), which won him three consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2007, he portrayed a character loosely based on Dhirubhai Ambani in Mani Ratnam's drama film Guru, which earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

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Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for movies like Zanjeer and Deewaar, and was dubbed India's first "angry young man" for his on-screen roles in Bollywood. Referred to as the "Shahenshah of Bollywood", "Star of the Millennium" or "Big B", he has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades. Bachchan is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. So total was his dominance of the movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the French director François Truffaut called him a "one-man industry."

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Vidya Balan is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Hindi films. She has received several awards, including a National Film Award, six Filmfare Awards, six Screen Awards, four International Indian Film Academy Awards, and five awards each from the Producers Guild and Zee Cine award ceremonies.

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Alia Bhatt is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Hindi films. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Awards: one Best Actress (Critics) for the road film Highway (2014) and three Best Actress for the crime drama Udta Punjab (2016), the spy thriller Raazi (2018) and the musical drama Gully Boy (2019). She has received additional Filmfare nominations for Best Actress for Highway (2014), the coming-of-age film Dear Zindagi (2016), and the romantic comedy Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017); and for Best Female Debut for Student of the Year (2012).

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This is a list of awards and nominations of Juhi Chawla, an Indian actress.

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Parineeti Chopra is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. As of January 2016, she has received 22 awards including a National Film Award, one each from the Filmfare, Screen and Zee Cine Awards, and two awards each from the Producers Guild and International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA).

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Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress who has received several awards and nominations including two National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards, eight Producers Guild Film Awards, eight Screen Awards, six IIFA Awards, and two People's Choice Awards. In 2000, she participated in the Femina Miss India contest, where she finished second, winning the Femina Miss India World title. She then entered the Miss World pageant and was crowned Miss World 2000, becoming the fifth Indian to win the contest. Chopra made her Bollywood film debut with a supporting role in the 2003 spy thriller The Hero, which earned her the Stardust Award for Best Supporting Actress. The same year, her performance in the romantic musical Andaaz won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the same ceremony. For her portrayal of a seductress in the romantic thriller Aitraaz, Chopra won the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role and received her second nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The same year, she was nominated for the IIFA Award for Best Actress for the romantic comedy Mujhse Shaadi Karogi.

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Ajay Singh Deol, better known as Sunny Deol, is an Indian film actor, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema. In a film career spanning over thirty five years and over hundred films, Deol has won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards.

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Riteish Vilasrao Deshmukh is an Indian film actor, producer and architect. He is known for his work in Hindi and Marathi cinema.

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Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor, producer and director who appears in Bollywood films. He has received 32 awards, including two National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards, one Zee Cine Award four awards each from Screen Awards and Stardust awards ceremonies.

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Madhuri Dixit is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films. She made her acting debut in Abodh (1984). Though the film failed commercially, Dixit continued acting in films and attained commercial success with Tezaab in 1988. The film earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 34th Filmfare Awards. Dixit starred in the 1990 romantic drama Dil, the biggest hit of the year and it won her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

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This following is the list of awards and nominations received by Indian actor Sanjay Dutt.

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Amrinder Gill is an Indian actor known for his work in Punjabi cinema and Punjabi music. In 2016, Gill won his first PTC Award for Best Actor for Angrej (2015), followed by Love Punjab (2016) and Lahoriye (2018).

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This is a list of awards and nominations of Govinda, an Indian actor.

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Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. Considered to be one of the finest method actors of Indian cinema, he received the President's Gold Medal at the age of six for acting in his debut film Kalathur Kannamma. As of 2013, Haasan has won four National Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards and a record 17 Filmfare Awards South. After his last Filmfare award for Hey Ram in 2000, he wrote to the organisation requesting not to award him further. Haasan received his first National Film Award for Best Actor in 1983 for Moondram Pirai in which he played the role of a school teacher who looks after a girl suffering from amnesia. In 1988 he secured his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan, which was ranked by Time magazine as one of the "Top-100 best films" of all time. In 1997, Haasan received his third National Film Award for Best Actor in Indian, in which he portrayed the role of a freedom fighter who tries to drive out corruption from the country.

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Karan Johar is an Indian film director, producer, costume designer, actor and television personality who works in Hindi films.

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Kajol also known as Kajol Devgn, is an Indian film actress. She has won awards at various award ceremonies. She made her debut with the 1992 film Bekhudi. She attained commercial success in the 1993 crime thriller Baazigar. She received critical appreciation for the 1997 mystery thriller Gupt and the 1998 thriller Dushman. She achieved commercial success with films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..., Fanaa and My Name Is Khan.

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Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in many Bollywood films and more recently international films. Kapoor's career has spanned for over 30 years as an actor, he turned into producer with his critically acclaimed movie namely Gandhi, My Father. His first role as a lead actor was in the Tollywood Telugu film Vamsa Vruksham (1980). He won his first Filmfare Award, in the Best Supporting Actor category, for his role in Yash Chopra's Mashaal (1984). Kapoor earned his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in N. Chandra's Tezaab (1988) and later again for his performance in Indra Kumar's Beta (1992). He also starred in many other critically and commercially successful films, including Woh Saat Din (1983), Meri Jung (1985), Janbaaz (1986), Karma (1986), Mr. India (1987), Virasat (1997) for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor, Biwi No.1 (1999), Taal (1999) for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, Pukar (2000) for which he won a National Film Award for Best Actor as well as No Entry (2005), Welcome (2007), Race (2008) and Race 2 (2013). He also received another Filmfare award for 'Best Supporting Actor' role for Dil Dhadakne Do, a movie released in 2015.

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Kareena Kapoor Khan is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. For her acting debut in J. P. Dutta's 2000 film Refugee, Kapoor received the Best Female Debut award at the 46th Filmfare Awards. In addition to her Filmfare Award, she received three additional Best Debut awards – at the Bollywood Movie, International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) and Sansui ceremonies – and the Lux Face of the Year award at the Zee Cine Awards. The following year, kapoor featured in the critically acclaimed drama Asoka and the drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham....

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This is a List of the awards and nominations received by Raj Kapoor.

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Shahid Kapoor is an Indian film actor. Kapoor is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards — Best Male Debut for Ishq Vishk (2003), Best Actor for Haider (2014) and Best Actor (Critics) for Udta Punjab (2016). He has received three additional Best Actor nominations at Filmfare for Jab We Met (2007), Kaminey (2009) and Udta Punjab (2016). For his performance in Haider, Kapoor was also awarded the Screen Award for Best Actor, Star Guild Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, among other awards.

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This is a list of the awards and nominations received by the Indian actor, producer and director Aamir Khan. He has won 9 Filmfare Awards, out of 32 nominations, including the 3 Best Actor award for Raja Hindustani (1996), Lagaan (2001), and Dangal (2016), the Best Actor (Critics) award for Rang De Basanti (2006), the Best Film award for Lagaan, Taare Zameen Par (2007), and Dangal, and the Best Director award for Taare Zameen Par. He has also won four National Film Awards, as an actor in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and Raakh (1989), the producer of Lagaan and Madness in the Desert (2004), and director-producer of Taare Zameen Par.

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Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan, also credited as simply Irrfan, was an Indian film actor, known for his work predominantly in Hindi cinema, as well as his works in British films and Hollywood.

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Saif Ali Khan is an Indian film actor and producer.

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Salman Khan is an Indian film actor and producer who began his acting career with Biwi Ho To Aisi but it was his second film Maine Pyar Kiya in which he acted in a lead role that garnered him acclaim. Khan has starred in several commercially successful films, such as Saajan (1991), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994), Karan Arjun (1995), Judwaa (1997), Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998), Biwi No.1 (1999), and Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999), having appeared in the highest-grossing film ten separate years during his career, a record that remains unbroken.

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Shah Rukh Khan is an Indian actor, producer and television personality who has received many awards and nominations. These include 15 Filmfare Awards, five Producers Guild Film Awards, 17 Screen Awards and six IIFA Awards. He began his acting career on television playing a soldier in the Doordarshan series Fauji (1988). He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his debut film, the romantic drama Deewana (1992), in which he played a supporting part. For the role of an ambiguous avenger who murders his girlfriend in the crime thriller film Baazigar (1993), he received his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor. At the 41st Filmfare Awards, he garnered Best Actor award for Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), which saw him play a young non-resident Indian (NRI) who falls in love during a trip across Europe.

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Khanna was an Indian Hindi film actor. He won seven All-India Critics Association (AICA) Best Actor Awards, and received 10 nominations. He won four Best Actor Awards in the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, and received 25 nominations. He won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards, one Filmfare Special Guest Actor Award in 1973, and received a Filmfare Special Award in 1991, after 25 years in the Hindi film industry. He received the Filmfare Life Time Achievement Award at the 50th anniversary Filmfare award ceremony in 2005.

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Anupam Kher is an Indian actor and the former Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India. He is the recipient of two National Film Awards and eight Filmfare Awards. He has appeared in over 500 films in several languages and many plays. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in Saaransh (1984). He holds the record for winning the Filmfare Award for Best Comedian five times in total for: Ram Lakhan (1989), Lamhe (1991), Khel (1992), Darr (1993) and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995). He won the National Film Award for Special Mention twice for his performances in Daddy (1989) and Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005). For his performance in the film Vijay (1988), he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Ayushmann Khurrana is an Indian actor, poet, singer, and television host. He has established a career in Hindi cinema and is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award and four Filmfare Awards.

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Kalki Koechlin is a French actress and writer, who works primarily in Bollywood and theater productions in India. Her work has garnered her such accolades as a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award, The Hindu Metroplus Playwright Award, and two Screen Awards among others. She was conferred with the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture for her contributions to the field of arts.

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Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia aka Akshay Kumar is an Indian actor, producer and television personality and currently World's 4th highest paid. Kumar won the National Film Award for Best Actor in 2016 for his performances in Rustom and Airlift. He has been nominated for the Filmfare Awards several times, winning it two times. In 2008, he won the Screen Award for Best Actor for his performance in Singh Is Kinng and in 2009 he was nominated for Asian Film Award for Best Actor. In 2008, 2011, and 2013 he won the Stardust Award for Star of the Year – Male.

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Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian fashion designer and actress. She been awarded the National Film Award for Best Costume Design twice, for Bandit Queen in (1996) and Haider in (2015). She won the Filmfare Awards three times, for Omkara (2007), Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2014) and Haider (2015).

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Hema Malini is an Indian film actress who primarily works in Bollywood films. Apart from being an actress, she has also worked as a director, producer, dancer-choreographer, and politician. Malini made her acting debut as a lead actress through the 1968 Hindi film Sapno Ka Saudagar, and went on to appear in numerous films throughout the 1970s and 80s. Her performances in both commercial and arthouse productions won a lot of accolades. During her career, Malini has been nominated 11 times for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, of which she won once in 1972 for her role as twin-sisters in Seeta Aur Geeta; the first time she was nominated for the award. She received two nominations in a single year on two occasions – Amir Garib, Prem Nagar and Sanyasi, Mehbooba. Malini was initially promoted as "Dream Girl" of Bollywood, and went on to star in a film of the same name in 1977. After her marriage with co-star Dharmendra, she continued to act in various films which included a few art films. Malini's portrayal as an attitudinal wife in Rihaee won her a Filmfare Best Actress nomination for the tenth time. In 2000, she was presented with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to films. In the same year, she was honoured with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour. The Sir Padampat Singhania University conferred an Honorary Doctorate upon Malini in recognition of her contribution to Indian cinema in 2012. After a brief hiatus, Malini made a comeback with Baghban in 2003. She played an elderly woman and was paired opposite Amitabh Bachchan, earning a Best Actress Award nomination from Filmfare for the eleventh time. She received lot of praise and nominations for her work in the film such as the Most Sensational Actress at the Bollywood Movie Awards and the Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1.

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Urmila Matondkar is an Indian film actress known for her work in Hindi movies. She started her acting career as a child artiste in Kalyug (1980) and starred as the leading lady in the action Narsimha (1991). The highly successful romantic drama Rangeela marked a turning point in her career, following which she received widespread praise for her performances, including, the 1997 drama Judaai, the 1998 crime thriller Satya, the 1999 romantic comedy Khoobsurat, the 2000 thriller Jungle and the 2002 psychological romance Deewangee. She also achieved success in Telugu and Tamil cinema with starring roles in Antham (1992), Gaayam (1993), Indian (1996) and Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997). Matondkar garnered critical acclaim and commercial success with Kaun (1999), Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001), Bhoot (2003), for which she won a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress, Tehzeeb (2003), Pinjar (2003), Ek Hasina Thi (2004), Naina (2005), Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005), Bas Ek Pal (2006) and the Marathi film Ajoba (2014). She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Filmfare Award, a Screen Award and a Nandi Award. She has also won an Apsara Award, three Bollywood Movie Awards and a Zee Cine Award.

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Rani Mukerji is an Indian actress who has won several awards and nominations. She made her film debut with a supporting role in the Bengali film Biyer Phool (1996), which was directed by her father Ram Mukherjee. She made her Hindi debut with Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat in 1996, for which she received her first award at the Star Screen Awards for Best Fresh Talent. The following year she was featured in two successful films. For her third movie, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), she earned the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 44th Filmfare Awards. She also collected the Zee Cine Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Lux Face of the Year accolades at the Zee Cine Awards. Following this, she starred in several movies, some of which were critically and commercially successful, such as Hey Ram (2000) which was chosen as India's official entry to the Oscars and Badal (2000) which was one of the highest-grossing films of that year.

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Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress who works in the Bollywood film industry. She has received three Filmfare Awards, three IIFA, two Producers Guild Film Awards, nine Screen Awards, three Stardust Awards and six Zee Cine Awards. In addition to film awards, Padukone has topped various listings of India's most attractive people, including The Times of India's "Most Desirable Woman", Maxim's "Hot 100", FHM (India)'s "World's Sexiest Woman" and People (India)'s "Most Beautiful Woman".

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Aishwarya Rai is an Indian film actress and former model. She has been called the "most beautiful woman in the world", Rai won the Miss India and Miss World pageants in 1994. After a brief stint with modeling, Rai made her cinematic debut through the 1997 Tamil film Iruvar, a semi-biographical political drama, directed by Mani Ratnam. She followed with Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, that marked her Bollywood debut and Jeans, her first commercial success. The latter India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the year 1998. As of February 2021, she has received two awards each at the Filmfare Awards, and numerous times at Screen Awards, and IIFA Awards ceremonies for her on-screen performances.

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This article details the Awards, Honors and Recognitions won by Indian actor Prakash Raj.

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Arjun Rampal is an Indian film actor, model, producer and television personality who works in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat. He was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for the movie and won the Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male and IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year - Male. He has won numerous awards including the prestigious National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Rajkummar Rao is an Indian actor who works in the Hindi film industry. He has received three Filmfare Awards, two Screen Awards and two Zee Cine Awards. He began his career with the experimental anthology film Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010). After a few brief roles, he had his breakthrough with the drama film Kai Po Che! (2013). He rose to prominence with his portrayal of Shahid Azmi in the critically acclaimed biographical drama Shahid (2013), for which he was awarded the National Film Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. Trapped (2017) earned him another Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor

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Rekha is an Indian film actress who primarily works in Hindi films. Hailed as one of India's finest actresses, she made her debut as a child artist in 1966 and went on to appear in lead roles in the early 1970s. Since her debut as a leading actress she has acted in over 180 films. Rekha has often portrayed strong female characters, while also acting in some arthouse films besides numerous mainstream cinema. She has won four Filmfare Awards; two Best Actress Awards—resulting from seven nominations, one Best Supporting Actress Award—resulting from six nominations, and a Lifetime Achievement Award. The first award came in 1981 for the Hrishikesh Mukherjee-directed Khubsoorat where she was cast in a comic role. Her portrayal of a classical courtesan in Umrao Jaan (1981) fetched her the National Film Award for Best Actress in 1982. Rekha received her second Filmfare award in 1989 for Khoon Bhari Maang. She portrayed the role of a widow who sets out to take revenge on her lover. Her negative role in Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi was highly appreciated by the critics and earned her a Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actress category. In 2003, she was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2010, Rekha was awarded the Padma Shri, the 4th highest civilian honour in India. Other awards won by her include International Indian Film Academy Awards, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Star Screen Awards, Zee Cine Awards, Stardust Awards and Bollywood Movie Awards.

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This is a list of awards and nominations received by Himesh Reshammiya.

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Hrithik Roshan is an Indian film actor. Having appeared as a child actor in several films throughout the 1980s, Roshan made his film debut In leading role in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai in 2000. His performance in the film earned him the Best Actor and Best Male Debut awards at Filmfare. He followed it with leading roles in Fiza and Mission Kashmir and a supporting part in the blockbuster Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001).

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Anushka Sharma is an Indian actress. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2012 romantic drama Jab Tak Hai Jaan. She has received seven more Filmfare Award nominations, including Best Actress for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), NH10 (2015), and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil; Best Supporting Actress for Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), and Critic's Choice Best Actress for Sui Dhaaga (2018).

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Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress, who works in the Bollywood film industry. She made her acting debut in Baazigar, for which she received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year. As an actress, Shetty has won 2 awards out of 10 nominations including 1 Bollywood Movie Award and 1 Zee Cine Award.

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Simran is an Indian actress who has starred in several Indian films. who has predominantly appeared in Tamil, Telugu and a few Malayalam films. She debuted in Bollywood and acted in Hindi films, before starring in her first Tamil film V.I.P and her first Telugu film Abbai Gari Pelli in 1997. Having a string of successes in her early career, in 1999, Simran received critical praise for playing a blind woman in Thulladha Manamum Thullum. However the turning point of her career came with the success of Vaali (1999) which made Simran the most successful actress in the industry. At the peak of her career she agreed to play the role of an antagonist in Parthen Rasithen (2000) and in Priyamaanavale (2000) as a woman living in agony caused by a premarital agreement. Both went on to become commercial and critical successes. She received her first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress for Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), as the mother of an adopted 9-year-old daughter. Other than romantic dramas, Simran had also appeared in two blockbuster comedy films alongside Kamal Hassan; Pammal K. Sambandam and Panchathantiram, both released in 2002. In Telugu, Simran starred in a series of commercially successful films, Samarasimha Reddy (1999), Kalisundam Raa (2000) and Narasimha Naidu (2001). With the success of the 2004 sci fi film New, Simran left the film industry following her marriage with her childhood family friend Deepak Bagga. In 2008 she made a comeback to Tamil cinema with Vaaranam Aayiram, where she played the role of a mother and a wife to the characters played by Suriya and won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Ranveer Singh is an Indian actor. He is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards: Best Male Debut for Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) and Best Actor for Bajirao Mastani (2016) and Gully Boy(2020).He has Won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for Padmaavat (2019). He has received an additional Best Actor nomination at the ceremony for Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) and Padmaavat.

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Tabu is an Indian film actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, though she has also starred in numerous Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali language films, as well as Hollywood films. She has won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, and she holds the record for the most wins of Filmfare Awards in Critics Best Actress with four. Other than Best Actress category, she has received Filmfare Awards in Best Female Debut, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress (Tamil) and Best Actress (Telugu) categories.

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Vikram is an Indian Tamil film actor. After making his cinematic debut in the 1990 film En Kadhal Kanmani, he acted in a series of small-budget Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. It was Bala's tragedy film Sethu (1999) that established Vikram in the Tamil film industry. In the early 2000s Vikram appeared in a series of masala films—Dhill, Gemini, Dhool and Saamy all becoming commercially successful. During this period, Vikram performed diverse roles and received critical acclaim for his performances in Kasi and Samurai. In 2003, Vikram's performance as an autistic gravedigger in Pithamagan won a lot of acclaim and secured his first National Film Award for Best Actor. His portrayal as an innocent man with dissociative identity disorder in Shankar's Anniyan was commercially successful. The film also fetched him a Filmfare Best Actor Award. Vikram's portrayal as a tribal leader in Mani Ratnam's Raavanan saw him secure further acclaim. He is only the third actor to receive a National Film Award for Best Actor in the Tamil film industry. Vikram is known for his intense performances, with his work often fetching critical acclaim and commercial success. He has won a National Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards South, of which five are Best Actor awards.

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Vyjayanthimala is a former Bollywood and Kollywood actress who also appears in Tollywood and Bengali films. With the multilingual film Vazhkai, Jeevitham and Bahar, she was introduced into the world of cinema by A. V. Meiyappan and discovered by M. V. Raman. She shoot to fame when one of her film, Nagin becomes blockbuster at box office in 1954. After the success of that films, her career later focused more on Bollywood films where most of her movie was commercially successful beside being received well by critics alike. She also occasionally made appearance in Tamil films where she was also regarded as one of the successful actress in the industry. Beside her ability as an actress, she was also accomplish dancer who introduced semi-classical dance in Bollywood films and predated the concept of item number. Furthermore, she was the first South Indian actress who becomes a national star which pave the way for other South Indian actress to foray into Bollywood.

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Indian actor Arshad Warsi started his career as an assistant director to Mahesh Bhatt in Kaash (1987). Warsi choreographed the title song of Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993), before making his acting debut in the Amitabh Bachchan-produced Tere Mere Sapne (1996). It was followed by Betaabi (1997), Hero Hindustani (1998), Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet and Trishakti, among others, but most of these films failed to do well at the box office. In 2003, he had his breakthrough by playing the comic sidekick Circuit in Rajkumar Hirani's comedy-drama Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. His performance garnered him the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role and received nominations for the Filmfare, IIFA, Screen and Apsara Film Producers Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. Warsi won the GIFA Best Comedian Award for his role in the comedy Hulchul (2004), and garnered critical acclaim for portraying a police officer in the crime drama Sehar (2005). He received his second Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in the romantic comedy Salaam Namaste (2005).

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Preity Zinta is an Indian actress. Her career began with Mani Ratnam's acclaimed drama Dil Se.. (1998), and in that same year she appeared in the box office hit Soldier. Both films won her the award for Best Female Debut at the 44th Filmfare Awards. Her performance in Dil Se.. also earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the same ceremony, while Soldier won her three more Best Debut awards at other major ceremonies. Zinta received her first Filmfare nomination for Best Actress for her portrayal of a teenage single mother in Kya Kehna. She followed these films with several critically and commercially successful films, such as Mission Kashmir (2000) and Dil Chahta Hai (2001), and her performances in films like Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001), Dil Hai Tumhaara (2002) and Armaan (2003) were praised.