1977 माइथायाव , बिथांआ अमर अकबर एंथनीयाव गावनि दिन्थिफुंनायनि थाखाय गावनि गिबि फिल्मफेयरनि साबसिन फावखुंगुर बान्थाखौ देरहायो , जेराव बिथांआ विनोद खन्ना आरो ऋषि कपूरजों लोगोसे एंथनी गोंजाल्विसनि महरै थामथि गाहाय बिफाव लादोंमोन।
In 1977, he won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in Amar Akbar Anthony, in which he played the third lead opposite Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor as Anthony Gonsalves.