the winner of the best actor award in the 64th national film festival 2017
Akshay Kumar Manoj Joshi
title: National Film Award for Best Actor text: Tamil (seven awards), Bengali (five awards), Marathi (three awards), Kannada (three awards) and English (two awards). The first recipient was Uttam Kumar from Bengali cinema, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards in 1968 for his performances in "Anthony Firingee" and "Chiriyakhana". As of 2017, Amitabh Bachchan is the most honoured actor with four awards followed by Kamal Haasan and Mammootty with three awards, while six actors—Sanjeev Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Mohanlal, and Ajay Devgn—have won the award two times. Two actors have achieved the honour for performing in two languagesMithun Chakraborty (Hindi and Bengali) title: 64th National Film Awards text: 64th National Film Awards The 64th National Film Awards was an award ceremony during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 7 April 2017, and the ceremony was held on 3 May 2017. The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries for the first time on 16 January 2017 and the acceptable last date for entries was until 21 January 2017. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2016, and 31 December title: 64th National Film Awards text: of Khan: 64th National Film Awards The 64th National Film Awards was an award ceremony during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 7 April 2017, and the ceremony was held on 3 May 2017. The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries for the first time on 16 January 2017 and the acceptable last date for entries was until 21 January 2017. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2016, and title: 64th National Film Awards text: A committee of three, headed by the National Award-winning writer Bhavana Somaya was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows: Official Name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) accompanied with a cash prize. There was controversy over the National Film Award for Best Actor, which the committee awarded to Akshay Kumar for his performance in Rustom, snubbing Aamir Khan's performance for "Dangal". Committee member Priyadarshan, who has worked with Kumar on several films, gave the following explanation for awarding Kumar instead title: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor text: the 41st National Film Awards, while Prabhavalkar won at the 54th National Film Awards for his performances in the Hindi film "Lage Raho Munna Bhai" (2006) and the Marathi film "Shevri" (2006). At the 42nd National Film Awards, the award was tied between Ashish Vidyarthi and Nagesh, winning for their roles in the Hindi film "Drohkaal" (1994) and the Tamil film "Nammavar" (1994), respectively. The most recent recipient of the award is Fahadh Faasil, who earned the award at the 65th National Film Awards ceremony for his performance in the Malayalam film "Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum" (2017). National Film Award for Best