At the 64th National Film Awards in 2017 , there was controversy over the National Film Award for Best Actor , which the committee awarded to Akshay Kumar for his performance in '' Rustom '' , instead of 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 of Khan : Similarly , '' Dangal '' was not awarded at the 18th IIFA Awards , where Kumar was also not awarded . According to the IIFA Awards organizers :
18th IIFA Awards
18th IIFA Awards
Dangal (film)