Bimal Pandey.
Actually the role he played was of a man, who disguised as a woman in the whole movie.
In 2008, the Academy Awards parted from the long-held custom of having the previous year's Best Actor present the award for Best Actress and vice versa. That year, a group of five previous Best Actor winners presented the award for Best Actor, and five previous Best Actress winners presented the award for Best Actress.
Kirron Kher won the Best Actress Award in 2000.
Best Actor award was instituted in 1968 and 8th National film award was given in 1961. That time there was no separate category for Best Actor.
Ben Kingsley is the only actor of Indian descent to win the Best Actor Academy Award. Though of Indian descent, Ben Kingsley is British.
Sharmila Tagore received the National Award for Best Actress in 1976.
Raveena Tandon received the National Award in 2001 for the film 'Daman'.
Dimple Kapadia won the National Award for Best Actress in 1993 for the movie 'Rudaali'.
Sanjeev Kumar won the National Award for Best Actor of 1971 for his performance in the movie 'Dastak'.
Sanjeev Kumar bagged his second National Award for Best Actor in 1973 for 'Koshish'.
Tabu won the Best Actress National Award in 1997 for 'Maachis'.
Approximately 300 actors and actresses have won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress. Please follow the related links below to see a complete list of nominees and winners.
In 1972 Waheeda Rehman won the National Award for Best Actress for the film Reshma Aur Shera.