Filmfare Award for Best Action is presented by Filmfare in its annual Filmfare Awards to the action director, stunt choreographer and coordinator who conceive, create and bring out the most appropriate awe-inspiring and breathtaking action sequences, in a Hindi film of the preceding year. This category was introduced in Filmfare Awards only in 1994.
Prominent Records in Filmfare Award for Best Action
Film action and stunt director Sham Kaushal has won the Filmfare Award for Best Action maximum number of times, with a total of 4 wins. Action directors Allan Amin and Tinnu Verma have won the award thrice each and Bhiku Verma, Akbar Bakshi and Vijayan Master hold two wins each. Sham Kaushal, in 2015 and 2016 and Vijayan Master, in 2010 and 2011, have won the award consecutively.
Filmfare Award for Best Action at 61st Filmfare Awards
The 61st Filmfare Awards of 2016 honoured action director Sham Kaushal with the Filmfare Award for Best Action, for his spectacular war sequences in the film "Bajirao Mastani".
List of Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Action
The following is the list of winning action directors of the Filmfare Award for Best Action and the respective films in which their work was recognised, from the category"s inception in 1994 to 2016.
| Year | Winning Action Director /Stunt Coordinator | Film |
| 2016 | Sham Kaushal | Bajirao Mastani |
| 2015 | Sham Kaushal | Gunday |
| 2014 | Thomas Struthers & Guru Bachchan | D-Day |
| 2013 | Sham Kaushal | Gangs of Wasseypur |
| 2012 | Matthias Barsch | Don 2 |
| 2011 | Vijayan Master | Dabangg |
| 2010 | Vijayan Master | Wanted |
| 2009 | Peter Hein | Ghajini |
| 2008 | Rob Miller | Chak De! India |
| 2007 | Tony Ching Siu-tung & Sham Kaushal | Krrish |
| 2006 | Allan Amin | Dus |
| 2005 | Vikram Dharma | Yuva |
| 2004 | Allan Amin | Qayamat: City Under Threat |
| 2003 | Philip Ko & Abbas Ali Moghal | Awara Paagal Deewana |
| 2002 | Tinnu Verma | Gadar: Ek Prem Katha |
| 2001 | Allan Amin | Mission Kashmir |
| 2000 | Tinnu Verma | Arjun Pandit |
| 1999 | Akbar Bakshi | Soldier |
| 1998 | Bhiku Verma & Tinnu Verma | Border |
| 1997 | Akbar Bakshi | Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi |
| 1996 | Bhiku Verma | Karan Arjun |
| 1995 | Ravi Dewan | Anth |
| 1994 | Tyagarjan | Gardish |
