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National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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The National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[1] A national panel appointed annually by the NFDC selects the actor who has given the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema.[1] The award is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi.[2] Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Actor in a Supporting Role".[3]

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The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" (Silver Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of 2 lakh (US$2,400).[a] Including ties and repeat winners, the government of India has presented a total of 32 Best Supporting Actor awards to 29 different actors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages,[6] the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in one or more of seven major languages: Hindi (18 awards), Tamil (9 awards), Bengali (3 awards), Malayalam (4 awards), Marathi (3 awards), Telugu (1 award), Kannada (1 award).

The first recipient was Victor Banerjee, who was honoured at the 32nd National Film Awards for his performance in the Bengali film Ghare Baire (1984).[7] As of the 2013 awards, three actors—Nana Patekar, Pankaj Kapur, and Atul Kulkarni—have been honoured twice. Patekar was awarded for the Hindi films Parinda (1989)[b] and Agni Sakshi (1996).[8] Kapur received the awards for his work in the Hindi films Raakh (1988) and Maqbool (2003).[9] Kulkarni was awarded for his performances in the Tamil / Hindi film Hey Ram (1999) and the Hindi film Chandni Bar (2001).[10] Paresh Rawal and Dilip Prabhavalkar have each won the award for two performances in a single year. Rawal received the award for his starring roles in the Hindi films Woh Chokri (1993) and Sir (1993) at the 41st National Film Awards, while Prabhavalkar won at the 54th National Film Awards for his performances in the Hindi film Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) and the Marathi film Shevri (2006).[11] At the 42nd National Film Awards, the award was tied between Ashish Vidyarthi and Nagesh, winning for their roles in the Hindi film Drohkaal (1994) and the Tamil film Nammavar (1994), respectively.[12] The most recent recipients of the award are Vijayaraghavan and M. S. Bhaskar, who were honoured at the 71st National Film Awards ceremony for their performance in the 2023 films Pookkaalam and Parking respectively. Nana Patekar, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Prakash Raj and Manoj Bajpayee are the actors to receive honours in both acting categories: Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

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Victor Banerjee is the first-ever recipient of the Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance in Bengali film Ghare Baire in 1984.
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Nana Patekar (top), Pankaj Kapur (middle), and Atul Kulkarni (bottom) are the three actors to win the honour twice.
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Ashish Vidyarthi (top) and Nagesh (bottom) tied the award in 1994 for their roles in Drohkaal and Nammavar respectively.
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Paresh Rawal (top) and Dilip Prabhavalkar (bottom) are the two actors who won the award for different films in a single year for different award ceremonies. Rawal was awarded in 1993 & Prabhavalkar in 2006.
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