Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role

See also: Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role and Indian Telly Award for Fan Favorite Actor

Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role is an award given by the jury as a part of the annual Indian Telly Awards. It was awarded without prior nominations until 2012. Since then, the jury award has awarded with nominations like the popular award.

Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role Male
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Country	India
First award	2005
Currently held by	Kanwar Dhillon for Udne Ki Aasha as Sachin Deshmukh
Website	Indian Telly Awards

Winners

• 2005
  Pawan Shankar for Siddhanth as Siddhanth.^[1]
• 2007
  Sharad Malhotra for Banoo Main Teri Dulhann as Sagar Pratap Singh.^[2]
• 2010
  Deven Bhojani for Baa Bahoo Aur Baby as Gopal "Gattu" Thakkar.
• 2012
  Manish Wadhwa for Chandragupta Maurya as Chanakya.^[3]
  • Jay Soni for Sasural Genda Phool as Ishaan Kashyap
  • Ram Kapoor for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Ram Kapoor
  • Mohnish Behl for Kuch Toh Log Kahenge as Dr. Ashutosh
  • Narendra Jha for Havan as Hari Om Bappaji
• 2013
  Mohit Raina for Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev as Shiva.^[4]
  • Sumit Vats for Hitler Didi as Rishi Diwan
  • Dilip Joshi for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah as Jethalal Gada
  • Bhavesh Balchandani for Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera as Ranvijay Singh
  • Ram Kapoor for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Ram Kapoor
• 2014
  Anil Kapoor for 24 as Jai Singh Rathod.^[5]
  • Mohit Raina for Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev as Shiva
  • Ram Kapoor for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as Ram Kapoor
  • Gautam Rode for Saraswatichandra as Saraswatichandra
  • Yash Tonk for Pavitra Bandhan as Girish
• 2019
  Mohit Raina for 21 Sarfarosh – Saragarhi 1897 as Havildar Ishar Singh^[6]
• 2023
  Sumeet Raghavan for Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey as Rajesh Wagle & Pravisht Mishra for Banni Chow Home Delivery as Yuvan Singh Rathore.^[7]
  • Gaurav Khanna for Anupamaa as Anuj Kapadia
  • Nakuul Mehta for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2 as Ram Kapoor
  • Ankit Gupta for Udaariyaan as Fateh Singh Virk
  • Shaheer Sheikh for Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi as Dev Dixit
• 2025
  Kanwar Dhillon for Udne Ki Aasha as Sachin Deshmukh
  • Gaurav Khanna for Anupamaa as Anuj Kapadia
  • Sumeet Raghavan for Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey as Rajesh Wagle
  • Arjit Taneja for Kaise Mujhe Tum Mil Gaye as Virat Singh Ahuja
  • Rohit Purohit for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as Armaan Poddar