the titular character in Devdas and Devdas, respectively in 1956 and in 2003. Ranbir Kapoor is the only actor to win a Best Actor award for portraying a real Best Actor winner. He won in 2019 for portraying Sanjay Dutt in Sanju. Three occasions where two actors were nominated for Best Actor for the same movie. In 1981, both Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha were nominated Best Actor for the movie Dostana. In 1983, both Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan were nominated for Best Actor for Shakti, with Kumar winning the award. In 2000, both Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan were nominated for the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. Irrfan Khan is the only actor to receive the award posthumously in the year 2021 for the movie Angrezi Medium. Multiple nominees 33 Nominations: Amitabh Bachchan 26 Nominations: Shah Rukh Khan 19 Nominations: Dilip Kumar, Aamir Khan 14 Nominations: Rajesh Khanna, Hrithik Roshan 11 Nominations: Sanjeev Kumar 10 Nominations: Salman Khan 9 Nominations: Ranbir Kapoor 8 Nominations: Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgn Multiple winners 8 Wins: Dilip Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan 5 Wins: Amitabh Bachchan 4 Wins: Hrithik Roshan 3 Wins: Rajesh Khanna, Naseeruddin Shah, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh 2 Wins: Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan Winners and nominees 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also Cinema of India Filmfare Best Actress Award Filmfare Awards East Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Marathi Awards References External links Filmfare Award Best Actor Actor Film awards for lead actor