Meril-Prothom Alo Award for Best Film Actor

The Meril-Prothom Alo Award for Best Film Actor is an award jointly presented by Meril and Prothom Alo in recognition of the contribution of Bangladeshi film actors. The award was first presented in 1999 as part of the Meril-Prothom Alo Awards for a 1998 film.^[1]

Meril-Prothom Alo Award for Best Film Actor
The 2022 recipient: Chanchal Chowdhury
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Country	Bangladesh
Presented by	Meril–Prothom Alo
First award	Riaz (1998)
Currently held by	Chanchal Chowdhury, Hawa (2022)
Most awards	Shakib Khan (8)
Most nominations	Shakib Khan (18)
Website	Official Website

Riaz won the award for the first time in this category. Shakib Khan won this award for a record eight times, including five times in a row from 2011 to 2015. Riaz has also come second five times, followed by Manna three times and Arifin Shuvoo twice. The latest winner is Chanchal Chowdhury won the award for his performance in the Hawa (2022).

Multiple wins

The following actors have won two or more times:

Won	Actor(s)	Nominations
8	Shakib Khan	18
5	Riaz	13
3	Manna	9
	Siam Ahmed	3
2	Arifin Shuvoo	8
	Chanchal Chowdhury	5

Multiple nominations

The following actors received two or more nominations:

Nomination	Actor(s)
18	Shakib Khan
13	Ferdous Ahmed
	Riaz
9	Manna
8	Arifin Shuvoo
5	Chanchal Chowdhury
	Mosharraf Karim
3	Ananta Jalil
	Zahid Hasan
	Mamnun Hasan Emon
	Mahfuz Ahmed
	Siam Ahmed
2	Kazi Maruf

Winners and nominees

The first titles in the list below indicate the winners. Winning actors' names are in bold and those not in bold indicate nominations. The years given in the list are considered to be the year of release of the film and not the year of the award. The awards are usually held in the following year.

Shakib Khan won the award maximum eight times for his performances in the films Priya Amar Priya (2008), Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na (2010), King Khan (2011), Don Number One (2012), Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini (2013), Hero: The Superstar (2014) and Shikari (2016), Toofan (2024)

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Riaz won the award the second most five times for his performances in Shashurbari Zindabad (2001), O Priya Tumi Kothay (2002), Moner Majhe Tumi (2003) and Hridoyer Kotha (2006).

Arifin Shuvoo won the award twice for his performance in Chuye Dile Mon (2015) and Dhaka Attack (2017).

Siam Ahmed won the award thrice for his performance in PoraMon 2 (2018), Fagun Haway (2019) and Mridha Bonam Mridha (2021)

1998–2009

Year[a]	Nominee(s)	Film(s)	Ref
1998 (1st)	Riaz		[1]
	Manna
	Shakil Khan
1999 (2nd)	Manna
	Ferdous Ahmed
	Riaz
2000 (3rd)	Manna
	Ferdous Ahmed
	Riaz
2001 (4th)	Riaz	Shoshurbari Zindabad	[1]
	Ferdous Ahmed	Premer Jala
	Manna	Abbajan
	Mahfuz Ahmed	Dui Duari
2002 (5th)	Riaz	O Priya Tumi Kothay
	Kazi Maruf	Itihas
	Mahfuz Ahmed	Sabar Upore Prem
	Manna	Swami Strir Joddo
2003 (6th)	Riaz	Moner Majhe Tumi	[2]
	Ferdous Ahmed	Bou Shashurir Joddho
	Manna	Dui Bodhu Ek Swami
2004 (7th)	Ferdous Ahmed	Bachelor
	Mahfuz Ahmed	Joyjatra
	Riaz	Megher Pore Megh
2005 (8th)	ATM Shamsuzzaman	Molla Barir Bou	[3]
	Ferdous Ahmed	Bolo Na Bhalobashi
	Manna	Ami Jel Theke Bolchi
	Riaz	Molla Barir Bou
2006 (9th)	Riaz	Hridoyer Kotha	[1] [4]
	Ferdous Ahmed	Rani Kuthir Baki Itihash
	Manna	Mayer Morjada
	Shakib Khan	Chachchu
2007 (10th)	Manna	Machine Man	[5]
	Ferdous Ahmed	Jomela Sundori
	Riaz	Daruchini Dwip
	Shakib Khan	Amar Praner Priya
2008 (11th)	Shakib Khan	Priya Amar Priya	[6]
	Zahid Hasan	Amar Ache Jol
	Mamnun Hasan Emon	Ek Buk Jala
	Riaz	Akash Chhoa Bhalobasa
2009 (12th)	Chanchal Chowdhury	Monpura	[7]
	Mamnun Hasan Emon	Piriter Agun Jole Digun
	Mosharraf Karim	Third Person Singular Number
	Riaz	Protarok
	Shakib Khan	Bolbo Kotha Bashor Ghore

2010s

Year	Nominee(s)	Film(s)	Ref
2010 (13th)	Shakib Khan	Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na	[8]
	Kazi Maruf	Ora Amake Valo Hote Dilo Na
	Chanchal Chowdhury	Moner Manush
	Ferdous Ahmed	Jaago
	Mamnun Hasan Emon	Gohine Shobdo
2011 (14th)	Shakib Khan	King Khan	[9]
	Zahid Hasan	Projapoti: The Mysterious Bird
	Ferdous Ahmed	Guerrilla
	Mosharraf Karim	Projapoti: The Mysterious Bird
2012 (15th)	Shakib Khan	Don Number One	[10]
	Ananta Jalil	Most Welcome
	Ferdous Ahmed	Hothath Shedin
	Shahiduzzaman Selim	Chorabali
2013 (16th)	Shakib Khan	Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini	[11] [12]
	Ananta Jalil	Nishwartha Bhalobasa
	Arifin Shuvoo	Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini
	Mosharraf Karim	Television
2014 (17th)	Shakib Khan	Hero: The Superstar	[13]
	Ananta Jalil	Most Welcome 2
	Arifin Shuvoo	Agnee
	Ferdous Ahmed	Brihonnola
2015 (18th)	Arifin Shuvoo	Chuye Dile Mon	[14]
	Mahfuz Ahmed	Zero Degree
	Mosharraf Karim	Jalal's Story
	Shakib Khan	Eito Prem
2016 (19th)	Shakib Khan	Shikari	[15]
	Arifin Shuvoo	Musafir
	Chanchal Chowdhury	Aynabaji
	Riaz	Krishnopokkho
2017 (20th)	Arifin Shuvoo	Dhaka Attack	[16]
	Zahid Hasan	Haldaa
	Mosharraf Karim	Haldaa
	Shakib Khan	Rajneet
2018 (21th)	Siam Ahmed	Poramon 2	[17]
	Arifin Shuvoo	Bhalo Theko
	Chanchal Chowdhury	Debi
	Shakib Khan	Super Hero (film)
2019 (22th)	Siam Ahmed	Fagun Haway	[18]
	Arifin Shuvoo	Shapludu
	Tahsan Rahman Khan	Jodi Ekdin
	Shakib Khan	Password

2020s

Year	Nominee(s)	Film(s)	Ref.
2021 (23rd)	Siam Ahmed	Mridha Bonam Mridha	[19] [20]
	Arifin Shuvoo	Mission Extreme
	Tariq Anam Khan	Mridha Bonam Mridha
	Shakib Khan	Nabab LLB
2022 (24th)	Chanchal Chowdhury	Hawa	[21]
	Sariful Razz	Poran
	Shakib Khan	Golui
2024	Shakib khan	toofan	[22]

Footnotes

1. The years given in the list are considered to be the year of release of the film and not the year of the award. The awards are usually held in the following year.