# List of awards and nominations received by Amitabh Bachchan
The awards and nominations received by [Amitabh Bachchan](https://www.edgepedia.org/amitabh-bachchan) (born 1942) span more than five decades of [Hindi cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/hindi-cinema) and include four National Film Awards for Best Actor, the [Dadasaheb Phalke Award](https://www.edgepedia.org/dadasaheb-phalke-award), all three tiers of the Padma civilian honors, and fifteen Filmfare Awards. Aggregator listings put his career total at 106 wins and 141 nominations.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000821/awards/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| National Film Award, Best Actor | 4 wins, the record for the category: Agneepath (1990), Black (2005), Paa (2009), Piku (2015); Kamal Haasan and Mammootty follow with 3 each[2](https://www.nationalfilmawards.in/national-film-awards-winners/) |
| First National honor | Best Promising Actor for his debut film Saat Hindustani, 1970[3](https://nfaindia.org/images/pdf/53rd%20National%20Film%20Award%20Catalogue.pdf) |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award | 50th recipient, for the year 2018; presented by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 29, 2019[4](https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?lang=2®=48&relid=196174) • [5](https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/dadasaheb-phalke-award-amitabh-bachchan-indian-cinema-highest-honour-6033709/lite/) |
| Padma Awards | Padma Shri (1984), Padma Bhushan (2001), Padma Vibhushan (2015)[6](https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf) • [7](https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Document/pdf/notifications/PadmaAwards/2001.pdf) • [8](https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Document/pdf/notifications/PadmaAwards/2015.pdf) |
| Filmfare Awards | 15 wins; first was Best Supporting Actor for Anand in 1971[9](https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-flashback-super-performers-26074.html) |
| Filmfare Best Actor | 5 wins, with nominations in the category across 6 decades (1970s to 2020s) and wins in 4[10](https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-throwback-stars-who-have-won-the-most-number-of-filmfare-awards-for-best-actor-57932.html) |
| Foreign honor | Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur from the French Government[6](https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf) |
## National Film Awards
Bachchan's [National Film Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/national-film-awards) (सर्वोत्तम अभिनेता recognition among them) bookend his career. His first national recognition came in 1970, when he won the award for Best Promising Actor for his debut film *Saat Hindustani*.[3](https://nfaindia.org/images/pdf/53rd%20National%20Film%20Award%20Catalogue.pdf)
His four Best Actor wins came for *Agneepath* (films of 1990), *Black* (2005), *Paa* (2009), and *Piku* (2015). The *Piku* win, his fourth, was reported at the time as extending a lead no other actor held.[11](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/national-film-awards-bollywood-is-the-winner-but-should-it-be/) The winners database records him as the most honored actor in the category, followed by [Kamal Haasan](https://www.edgepedia.org/kamal-haasan) and [Mammootty](https://www.edgepedia.org/mammootty) with three wins each.[2](https://www.nationalfilmawards.in/national-film-awards-winners/)
The *Black* award, announced with the 53rd National Film Awards in 2007, carried a Rajat Kamal and a cash prize of Rs 10,000, and the jury citation praised his "dramatic rendition of reformed alcoholic who struggles to give a physically handicapped child a new life."[12](https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/49_53Nfacatalogue-%20.pdf) He received that award from President Pratibha Patil at the 53rd ceremony in New Delhi.[13](https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/story/national-film-awards-history-state-awards-to-indias-top-cinema-honours-delhi-to-gujarat-2989607-2026-09-08) He is also listed among the winners for Best Feature Film in Hindi for *Paa* (2010).[14](https://indianexpress.com/about/amitabh-bachchan/awards/)
Some of these wins have drawn criticism. A retrospective survey of the National Film Awards lists his awards for *Agneepath* and *Piku* among the edition results that commentators have contested.[15](https://www.highonfilms.com/the-decline-of-integrity-in-national-film-awards/)
## Dadasaheb Phalke Award
In September 2019 the government announced that Bachchan would receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema's highest honor, as its 50th recipient.[5](https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/dadasaheb-phalke-award-amitabh-bachchan-indian-cinema-highest-honour-6033709/lite/) The award, instituted in 1969 and named after the pioneer who made India's first full-length feature film *Raja Harishchandra* (1913), recognizes "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema" and comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a shawl, and a cash prize of ₹1 million (₹10 lakh).[16](https://dff.nic.in/PhalkeAward.aspx)
Because ill health kept him from the 66th National Film Awards ceremony on December 23, 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind presented the award to him separately at [Rashtrapati Bhavan](https://www.edgepedia.org/rashtrapati-bhavan) on December 29, 2019, in his 50th year in the film industry.[17](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1597256&lang=2®=48) • [4](https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?lang=2®=48&relid=196174)
## Padma Awards
The [Government of India](https://www.edgepedia.org/government-of-india) has conferred all three Padma civilian awards on Bachchan at intervals across his career: the [Padma Shri](https://www.edgepedia.org/padma-shri) in 1984, the [Padma Bhushan](https://www.edgepedia.org/padma-bhushan) in 2001, and the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honor, in 2015.[6](https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf) • [7](https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Document/pdf/notifications/PadmaAwards/2001.pdf) • [8](https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Document/pdf/notifications/PadmaAwards/2015.pdf) The 2001 notification lists him under Padma Bhushan in the Art (Cinema) category, and the 2015 notification places him in the Padma Vibhushan list for Art, Maharashtra.[7](https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Document/pdf/notifications/PadmaAwards/2001.pdf) • [8](https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Document/pdf/notifications/PadmaAwards/2015.pdf)
## Filmfare Awards
Bachchan's fifteen [Filmfare Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/filmfare-awards) began with Best Supporting Actor for *Anand* in 1971.[9](https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-flashback-super-performers-26074.html) In the Best Actor category he has five wins, named by Filmfare as *Amar Akbar Anthony* (1977), *Don* (1978), *Hum* (1991), and *Paa* (2010), among others, and he holds the record of receiving Best Actor nominations in six decades, from the 1970s through the 2020s, winning in four of them.[10](https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-throwback-stars-who-have-won-the-most-number-of-filmfare-awards-for-best-actor-57932.html) He also won the Filmfare Best Actor (Critics') Award for *Aks* at the 47th Filmfare Awards.[18](https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/filmfare-award-winning-movies-of-amitabh-bachchan-69007.amp)
## Other Indian awards
The trade and popular ceremonies have honored him repeatedly across film and television. [The Indian Express](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-indian-express) awards index records IIFA Best Actor in a Leading Role for *Black* (2006) and *Paa* (2010); Screen Awards Best Actor for *Black* (2006), *Paa* (2010), *Piku* (2016), and *Pink* (2017); Stardust Best Actor for *The Last Lear* (2009), *Paa* (2010), *Piku* (2016), and *Pink* (2017); and Zee Cine Best Actor for *Black* (2006), *Piku* (2016), and *Pink* (2017), along with lifetime and legend honors from GQ, Masala!, Global Film Awards, and Zee Cine (Extraordinary Legend, 2018).[14](https://indianexpress.com/about/amitabh-bachchan/awards/)
His television work as host of the quiz show *Kaun Banega Crorepati* earned Indian Television Academy Best Anchor awards in 2001, 2005, 2006, and 2013, plus Indian Telly Awards for Best Anchor in 2001, 2002, and 2005, and a Hall of Fame entry in 2020.[14](https://indianexpress.com/about/amitabh-bachchan/awards/)
## International and festival honors
**Festival recognition** came early and late in his career. He received an Honorary Award of the Festival at Marrakech in 2003,[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000821/awards/) a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 4th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong in 2010,[19](https://www.aimsbaramati.org/pdfs/PRINT.pdf) and the Indian Film Personality of the Year award at the [International Film Festival of India](https://www.edgepedia.org/international-film-festival-of-india) in 2017.[20](https://www.ibtindia.com/assets/upload/download/September_magaziene_English-min.pdf) The French Government honored him with the Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur.[6](https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf) In 2007 BAFTA celebrated him with a dedicated tribute, its brochure calling him "a true screen icon of world cinema" with a towering presence of nearly 40 years in Hindi films.[21](https://static.bafta.org/files/amitabhbachchanbrochure-82.pdf)
Universities have also recognized him with honorary doctorates, including Jhansi University, University of Delhi, Jodhpur National University, and Rabindra Bharati University in India, and [De Montfort University](https://www.edgepedia.org/de-montfort-university) in [Leicester](https://www.edgepedia.org/leicester), Leeds Metropolitan University in Yorkshire, and Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, as well as the Academy of Arts in Egypt.[19](https://www.aimsbaramati.org/pdfs/PRINT.pdf)
## References
1. [Amitabh Bachchan – Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000821/awards/)
2. [National Film Awards Winners List: Complete Database (1954–2026)](https://www.nationalfilmawards.in/national-film-awards-winners/)
3. [53rd National Film Award Catalogue, Directorate of Film Festivals / NFA India](https://nfaindia.org/images/pdf/53rd%20National%20Film%20Award%20Catalogue.pdf)
4. [President of India Presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award, Press Information Bureau (December 29, 2019)](https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?lang=2®=48&relid=196174)
5. [Explained: Who was Dadasaheb Phalke, after whom Indian cinema's highest honour is named?, The Indian Express (2019)](https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/dadasaheb-phalke-award-amitabh-bachchan-indian-cinema-highest-honour-6033709/lite/)
6. [57th National Film Awards Catalogue, Directorate of Film Festivals](https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf)
7. [Padma Awards Notification, January 26, 2001, Padma Awards portal](https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Document/pdf/notifications/PadmaAwards/2001.pdf)
8. [Padma Awards Notification, April 8, 2015, Padma Awards portal](https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Document/pdf/notifications/PadmaAwards/2015.pdf)
9. [Filmfare Flashback: Super Performers, Filmfare.com](https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-flashback-super-performers-26074.html)
10. [Filmfare Throwback: Stars Who Have Won The Most Number of Filmfare Awards For Best Actor, Filmfare.com](https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-throwback-stars-who-have-won-the-most-number-of-filmfare-awards-for-best-actor-57932.html)
11. [National Film Awards: Bollywood is the winner but should it be?, The Indian Express (2016)](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/national-film-awards-bollywood-is-the-winner-but-should-it-be/)
12. [53rd National Film Awards catalogue (Best Actor citation), Directorate of Film Festivals](https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/49_53Nfacatalogue-%20.pdf)
13. [History of National Film Awards: The 72-year journey from Delhi to Gujarat, India Today (2026)](https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/story/national-film-awards-history-state-awards-to-indias-top-cinema-honours-delhi-to-gujarat-2989607-2026-09-08)
14. [Amitabh Bachchan Awards: Achievements & Honors, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/about/amitabh-bachchan/awards/)
15. [The Decline of Integrity in National Film Awards, High On Films](https://www.highonfilms.com/the-decline-of-integrity-in-national-film-awards/)
16. [Dada Saheb Phalke Award Overview, Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting](https://dff.nic.in/PhalkeAward.aspx)
17. [Vice President of India honours winners at 66th National Film Awards, Press Information Bureau (December 23, 2019)](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1597256&lang=2®=48)
18. [Filmfare Award-Winning movies of Amitabh Bachchan, Filmfare.com](https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/filmfare-award-winning-movies-of-amitabh-bachchan-69007.amp)
19. [Table: Achievements of Amitabh Bachchan in last 50 years, AIMS Baramati publication](https://www.aimsbaramati.org/pdfs/PRINT.pdf)
20. [IBT India magazine, current affairs compilation (IFFI 2017 award)](https://www.ibtindia.com/assets/upload/download/September_magaziene_English-min.pdf)
21. [BAFTA tribute brochure: Amitabh Bachchan](https://static.bafta.org/files/amitabhbachchanbrochure-82.pdf)
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