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Filmfare Award for Best Action
Filmfare Award for Best Action is presented to the action directors of Bollywood, who design incredible action sequences in Hindi films.

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Filmfare Award for Best ActionFilmfare 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



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