Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role

The Filmfare Best Villain Award was given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role. Although the awards started in 1954, this category was first introduced in 1992, and has not been awarded since 2007.

Superlatives

As the award was instituted in 1991, it could not be given to some of the famous Bollywood villains of the preceding decades:

• Amjad Khan for his role of Gabbar Singh in Sholay (1975), although he was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category.
• Amrish Puri for his role of Mogambo in Mr. India (1987), although he was nominated 7 times once the category was instituted. Unfortunately, he never won.
• Actors like Pran, Prem Chopra, Jeevan, Ajit and Ranjeet, who were known for their portrayal of negative roles in the 70s and 80s.

Nana Patekar (l) and Ashutosh Rana (r) hold the record of maximum wins in this category.

Category	Name	Superlative	Notes
Most Awards	Nana Patekar Ashutosh Rana	2 awards	Awards resulted from 3 nominations Awards resulted from 2 nominations
Most Nominations	Amrish Puri	7 nominations	Nominations resulted in 0 awards.
Most Nominations without a Win	Amrish Puri	7 nominations	–

Ashutosh Rana is the only actor to have won the award twice in a row, in 1998 and 1999. Amrish Puri was nominated consecutively for three years from 1991 to 1993. Also, Danny Dengzongpa is the only actor to have been nominated twice in the same year in 1994, although he failed to win.

Priyanka Chopra and Abhishek Bachchan are the only actors to have been nominated in another acting category along with the Best Villain category for the same role. Priyanka Chopra was nominated for her role in Aitraaz in the Best Supporting Actress category. Abhishek Bachchan was nominated as well for Yuva.

In 1997, Kajol became the first female actor to be nominated in this category and win the award for her role in Gupt.She and Priyanka Chopra (for Aitraaz) are the only female actor who won this award. Other actresses to have been nominated are Urmila Matondkar for Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya in 2001, Shabana Azmi for Makdee in 2002, Bipasha Basu for Jism in 2003, Preity Zinta for Armaan in 2003 and Amrita Singh for Kalyug in 2005.

Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra are the only actors to be nominated in the supporting category for the same role.

Preity Zinta for Armaan in 2003 is the only actor to be nominated for the Best Actress award as well as this award in the same year.

Multiple nominations

The following 14 actors have received multiple Best Villain nominations. The list is sorted by the number of total awards (with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses).

• 2 : Nana Patekar (3)
• 2 : Ashutosh Rana (2)
• 1 : Ajay Devgn (3)
• 1 : Shah Rukh Khan (3)
• 1 : Sadashiv Amrapurkar (2)
• 1 : Paresh Rawal (2)
• 1 : Sunil Shetty (2)
• 0 : Amrish Puri (7)
• 0 : Danny Denzongpa (5)
• 0 : Naseeruddin Shah (4)
• 0 : John Abraham (2)
• 0 : Manoj Bajpai (2)
• 0 : Milind Gunaji (2)
• 0 : Ashish Vidyarthi (2)

Winners and nominees

In the list below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. The films are listed by the years when the award was presented.

1990s

• 1992 Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Sadak
  • Amrish Puri – Saudagar
  • Danny Dengzongpa – Hum
  • Raza Murad – Henna
• 1993 Nana Patekar – Angaar
  • Amrish Puri – Tahalka
  • Kiran Kumar – Khuda Gawah
• 1994 Paresh Rawal – Sir
  • Amrish Puri – Damini
  • Gulshan Grover – Sir
  • Raj Babbar – Dalaal
  • Shah Rukh Khan – Darr
• 1995 Shah Rukh Khan – Anjaam
  • Danny Denzongpa – Krantiveer
  • Danny Denzongpa – Vijaypath
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Mohra
  • Paresh Rawal – Virasat
• 1996 Mithun Chakraborty – Jallaad
  • Amrish Puri – Karan Arjun
  • Ashish Vidyarthi – Drohkaal
  • Danny Denzongpa – Barsaat
  • Raj Babbar - Yaraana
  • Mohan Agashe – Trimurti
• 1997 Arbaaz Khan – Daraar
  • Ashish Vidyarthi – Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin
  • Danny Denzongpa – Ghatak
  • Milind Gunaji – Fareb
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Chaahat
• 1998 Kajol – Gupt
  • Aditya Pancholi – Yes Boss
  • Amrish Puri – Koyla
  • Milind Gunaji – Virasat
  • Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Ishq
• 1999 Ashutosh Rana – Dushman
  • Govind Namdeo – Satya
  • Mukesh Tiwari – China Gate
  • Shah Rukh Khan – Duplicate
  • Sharat Saxena – Ghulam

2000s

• 2000 Ashutosh Rana – Sangharsh
  • Amrish Puri – Baadshah
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Sarfarosh
  • Rahul Bose – Thakshak
  • Sayaji Shinde – Shool
• 2001 Sunil Shetty – Dhadkan
  • Govinda – Shikari
  • Jackie Shroff – Mission Kashmir
  • Rahul Dev – Champion
  • Sharad Kapoor – Josh
• 2002 Akshay Kumar – Ajnabee
  • Aftab Shivdasani – Kasoor
  • Amrish Puri – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
  • Manoj Bajpai – Aks
  • Urmila Matondkar – Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya
• 2003 Ajay Devgn – Deewangee
  • Akshaye Khanna – Humraaz
  • Manoj Bajpai – Road
  • Nana Patekar – Shakti: The Power
  • Shabana Azmi – Makdee
• 2004 Irfan Khan – Haasil
  • Bipasha Basu – Jism
  • Feroz Khan – Janasheen
  • Preity Zinta – Armaan
  • Yashpal Sharma – Gangaajal
• 2005 Priyanka Chopra - Aitraaz
  • John Abraham – Dhoom
  • Abhishek Bachchan – Yuva
  • Ajay Devgn – Khakee
  • Sunil Shetty – Main Hoon Na
• 2006 Nana Patekar – Apaharan
  • Ajay Devgn – Kaal
  • Amrita Singh – Kalyug
  • Kay Kay Menon – Sarkar
  • Pankaj Kapoor – Dus
• 2007 Saif Ali Khan – Omkara
  • Boman Irani – Lage Raho Munna Bhai
  • Emraan Hashmi – Gangster
  • John Abraham – Zinda
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Krrish

See also

• Filmfare Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India

References

• Nasreen Munni Kabir's book Bollywood, Channel 4 Books 2001, for a whole chapter on villains and vamps.