|
 The Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role was given by Filmfare in its annual Filmfare Awards to the actor who had delivered an outstanding portrayal of a comical character with natural comic timing in a Hindi film that released in the preceding year. The category was introduced in the year 1967 and was removed after the 2007 edition of Filmfare Awards.
Prominent Records in Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
Renowned actor Anupam Kher has won the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role maximum number of times, having 5 wins under his belt. He is followed by popular comic actor Mehmood who has 4 wins and Deven Verma and Utpal Dutt who hold 3 wins each. Having won the award thrice in a row from 1992 to 1994, Anupam Kher also holds the record for most consecutive wins in this category. Mehmood with 19 nominations holds the record for the highest number of nominations and also maximum nominations in a single year, with 3 out of 5 nominations to his name in the year 1975, eventually winning for the film ‘Vardaan’. Actors Jagdeep and Laxmikant Berde hold the most number of nominations without a win, with 4 each.
 Veteran comic actors Johnny Lever, Asrani and Paresh Rawal have 2 wins each, from a total of 13, 12 and 9 nominations respectively.
List of Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
The following list displays the winning actors of Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role, from 1990 to 2016 and the respective films in which their performances stood out in making the audience go in splits.
(Last Updated on : 28-01-2016)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recently Updated Articles in Indian Movies
|
|
|
| • | Bhanu Athaiya
Bhanu Athaiya was one of the most eminent costume designers of India. She was the first Indian to win an academy awards and also the only female member of the Bombay Progressive Artists` Group.
| | | • | Tarun Majumdar
Tarun Majumdar was a notable Bengali film director and has recreated classics written by some of the best writers. He was an iconic filmmaker who deftly blended aesthetics of art films with the mainstream cinema to make movies for the masses.
| | | • | Soumitra Chatterjee
Soumitra Chatterjee is one of the most talented and acknowledged one from Bengal. Bengali film Industry became enriched after getting one actor like him. Through his career spanning across many decades, Soumitra Chatterjee has worked with legendary film makers like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha, Ajoy Kar, and many more.
| | | • | Bappi Lahiri
Bappi Lahiri was an Indian singer, music composer, dancer, disco musician, actor and record producer. He is known as the ‘Disco King’ because he popularized the use of synthesized disco music in Indian cinema with a traditional blend of Indian flavor. He has also composed songs in South Indian movies.
| | | • | Sandhya Mukhopadhyay
Sandhya Mukhopadhyay is a legendary singer. She made her career in Bengali and Hindi music.
| | |
|
|
|
|
|
