Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male explained

Zee Cine Award for Best Actor (Popular)
Awarded For:Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Presenter:Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Country:India
Year:Shah Rukh Khan,
Dil To Pagal Hai (1998)
Holder:Sunny Deol
Gadar 2 (2024)

The Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male is chosen by the viewers of Zee Entertainment Enterprises as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. Following its inception in 1998, a ceremony was not held in 2009 and 2010, but resumed back in 2011. Shah Rukh Khan, with eight awards holds the record of the maximum wins in this category.

† - indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award
‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award

Superlatives

SuperlativeActorRecord
Actor with most consecutive year nominations15
Actor with most awardsShah Rukh Khan8
Actor with most nominations22
Actor with most nominations without ever winningAjay Devgn9
Actor with most nominations in a single yearShah Rukh Khan 3
Eldest Winner68
Youngest Winner26
Eldest Nominee74
Youngest Nominee26

Multiple Winners

List of winners and nominees

1990s

YearActorFilmCharacter
1998
Shah Rukh KhanDil To Pagal HaiRahul
Aamir KhanIshqRaja
Kamal Haasan ‡Chachi 420Jaiprakash Paswan / Lakshmi Godbole
Shah Rukh KhanPardesArjun Sagar
Sunny DeolBorderMajor Kuldip Singh Chandpuri
1999
Shah Rukh KhanKuch Kuch Hota HaiRahul Khanna
Aamir KhanGhulamSiddharth "Siddhu" Marathe
Salman KhanJab Pyaar Kisise Hota HaiSuraj Dhanrajgir
Salman Khan ‡Pyaar Kiya To Darna KyaSuraj Khanna
Shah Rukh KhanDuplicateBablu Chaudhary / Manu Dada

2000s

YearActorFilmCharacter
2000
Aamir KhanSarfaroshA.C.P. Ajay Singh Rathod
Ajay DevganHum Dil De Chuke SanamVanraj
Salman KhanBiwi No.1Prem
Hum Saath Saath Hain
Shah Rukh KhanBaadshahBaadshah
2001
Hrithik RoshanKaho Naa... Pyaar HaiRohit / Raj Chopra
Anil KapoorPukarMajor Jaidev Rajvansh
Hrithik Roshan ‡FizaAmaan Ikramullah
Sanjay DuttMission KashmirSSP Inayat Khan
Shah Rukh KhanMohabbateinRaj Aryan Malhotra
2002
Aamir KhanLagaanBhuvan
Aamir Khan ‡Dil Chahta HaiAkash Malhotra
Amitabh BachchanAksManu Verma
Shah Rukh KhanKabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...Rahul Y. Raichand
Sunny DeolTara Singh
2003
Shah Rukh KhanDevdasDevdas Mukherjee
Ajay DevganCompanyMallik
Ajay Devgan The Legend of Bhagat SinghBhagat Singh
Amitabh BachchanAankhenVijay Singh Rajput
Vivek OberoiSaathiyaAditya Sehgal
2004
Hrithik RoshanKoi... Mil GayaRohit Mehra
Ajay DevganGangaajalAmit Kumar
Amitabh BachchanBaghbanRaj Malhotra
Salman KhanTere NaamRadhe Mohan
Shah Rukh KhanKal Ho Naa HoAman Mathur
2005
Shah Rukh KhanVeer-ZaaraVeer Pratap Singh
Amitabh BachchanKhakeeAnant Kumar Shrivastav
Hrithik RoshanLakshyaKaran Shergill
Salman KhanMujhse Shaadi KarogiSameer Malhotra
Shah Rukh Khan ‡Main Hoon NaMajor Ram Prasad Sharma
Shah Rukh Khan †SwadesMohan Bhargav
2006
Amitabh BachchanBlackDebraj Sahai
ApaharanAjay Shastri
Akshay KumarAditya "Adi" Ishwarchand Thakur
Amitabh Bachchan ‡SarkarSubhash Nagre (Sarkar)
Saif Ali KhanParineetaShekhar Roy
Shah Rukh KhanPaheliKishanlal / The Ghost
2007
Hrithik RoshanKrrishKrishna "Krrish" Mehra
Aamir KhanRang De BasantiDaljit "DJ" Singh / Chandra Shekhar Azad
Ajay DevganOmkaraOmkara "Omi" Shukla
Sanjay DuttLage Raho Munna BhaiMurli Prasad Sharma
Shah Rukh KhanKabhi Alvida Naa KehnaDev Saran
2008
Shah Rukh KhanChak De! IndiaCoach Kabir Khan
Abhishek BachchanGuruGurukant Desai
Akshay Kumar ‡Namastey LondonArjun Singh
Amitabh BachchanCheeni KumBuddhadev Gupta
Shahid KapoorJab We MetAditya Kashyap
Shah Rukh Khan ‡Om Shanti OmOm Prakash Makhija / Om Kapoor
2009No award----

2010s

YearActorFilmCharacter
2010No award----
2011
Shah Rukh KhanMy Name Is KhanRizwan Khan
Ajay DevgnOnce Upon a Time in MumbaaiSultan Mirza
Akshay KumarHousefullAarush Awasti
Hrithik RoshanGuzaarishEthan Mascarenhas
Ranbir KapoorRaajneetiSamar Pratap
Salman KhanDabanggInspector Chulbul Pandey
2012
Ranbir KapoorRockstarJanardan Jhakhar / Jordan
Ajay DevgnSinghamBajirao Singham
Hrithik RoshanZindagi Na Milegi DobaraArjun Saluja
Salman KhanBodyguardLovely Singh
Shah Rukh KhanDon 2Don
Shah Rukh KhanRa.OneShekhar Subramanium / G.One
2013
Salman KhanDabangg 2Inspector Chulbul Pandey
Hrithik RoshanAgneepathVijay Deenanath Chauhan
Irrfan KhanPaan Singh TomarPaan Singh Tomar
Ranbir KapoorBarfi!Murphy "Barfi" Johnson
Shah Rukh KhanJab Tak Hai JaanMajor Samar Anand
2014
Shah Rukh KhanChennai ExpressRahul Mithaiwala
Aamir KhanDhoom 3Sahir Khan / Samar Khan
Aditya Roy KapurAashiqui 2Rahul Jaykar
Farhan AkhtarBhaag Milkha BhaagMilkha Singh
Aditya Roy KapoorYeh Jawaani Hai DeewaniAvinash
Ranveer Singh ‡Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-LeelaRam Rajadi
2015No award----
2016
Salman KhanBajrangi BhaijaanPavan Kumar Chaturvedi / Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Ajay DevgnDrishyamVijay Salgaonkar
Akshay KumarBabyAjay Singh Rajput
Ranbir KapoorTamashaVed Vardhan Sahni
Ranveer Singh † Bajirao MastaniPeshwa Bajirao
Varun DhawanBadlapurRaghav "Raghu" Purohit
2017
Salman KhanSultanSultan Ali Khan[1]
Aamir KhanDangalMahavir Singh Phogat
Akshay KumarAirliftRanjit Katyal
Amitabh BachchanPinkDeepak Sehgal
Ranbir KapoorAe Dil Hai MushkilAyan Sanger
Sushant Singh RajputMahendra Singh Dhoni
2018
Akshay Kumar Jolly LLB 2Advocate Jagdishwar Mishra
Akshay Kumar ‡Keshav Sharma
Ayushmann KhurranaShubh Mangal SaavdhanMudit Sharma
Hrithik RoshanKaabil Rohan Bhatnagar
Shah Rukh KhanRaeesRaees
Varun DhawanJudwaa 2Prem/Raja
2019[2]
Ranveer SinghPadmaavatAlauddin Khilji
Ayushmann KhurranaAndhadhunAkash
Kartik AaryanSonu Ke Titu Ki SweetySonu Sharma
Ranbir KapoorSanjuSanjay Dutt
Ranveer SinghSimmbaSangram "Simmba" Bhalerao
Varun DhawanSui DhaagaMauji Sharma

2020s

YearActorFilmCharacter
2020[3]
Ranveer SinghGully BoyMurad Ahmed aka Gully Boy
Akshay KumarGood NewwzVarun Batra
Ayushmann KhurranaDream GirlKaram
Hrithik RoshanWarMaj. Kabir Dhaliwal
Luka ChuppiGuddu
Shahid KapoorKabir SinghKabir Rajdheer Singh
2021No award Due to COVID-19----
2022No award Due to COVID-19----
2023 [4]
Anupam KherThe Kashmir FilesPushkar Nath Pandit
Ajay DevgnDrishyam 2Vijay Salgaonkar
Hrithik RoshanVikram VedhaVedha Betal
Kartik AaryanBhool Bhulaiyaa 2Ruhaan Randhawa a.k.a. Rooh Baba
Ranbir KapoorShiva
Varun DhawanBhediyaBhaskar Sharma
2024 [5]
Sunny DeolTara SinghGadar 2
Ranbir KapoorRanvijay Singh/Aziz HaqueAnimal
Ranveer Singh ‡Rocky RandhawaRocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Shah Rukh KhanCaptain Vikram Rathore/AzadJawan
Shah Rukh Khan PathaanPathaan
Manoj Kumar Sharma12th Fail

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Full List: Winners of Zee Cine Awards 2016 . zeenews.india.com . 2016-02-22. 22 February 2016.
  2. Web site: ZEE Cine Awards 2019: Nominations list (viewer’s choice). BizAsiaLive. 21 March 2019. 23 February 2019.
  3. Web site: ZEE Cine Awards 2019: Nominations list (viewer’s choice). BizAsiaLive. 21 March 2019. 23 February 2019.
  4. Web site: Zee Cine Awards 2023: Kartik Aaryan And Alia Bhatt Win Best Actor; See Complete Winner List . English Jagran. 27 February 2023. 27 February 2023.
  5. Web site: Zee Cine Awards 2024 Winners: Shah Rukh Khan Wins Best Actor; Jawan Bags Best Film, Best Music. News18. 11 March 2024.