Ajay Devgan received the National Award for Best Actor in 2003 for his lead role in 'The Legend of Bhagat Singh.
Uttam Kumar was the first recipient of National Film Award for Best Actor in 1968.
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.
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'.
Amitabh Bachchan won his first National Award for Best Actor in 1991 for Agneepath.
Sachin Dev Burman received the National Award for Best Music Direction in 1973 for the film 'zindagi Zindagi'.
Sharmila Tagore received the National Award for Best Actress in 1976.
National Award for Best Actor, 1969 was bestowed to Ashok Kumar for his performance in the movie, Ashirwad.
Raveena Tandon received the National Award in 2001 for the film 'Daman'.
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Kamal Hasan is an exceptional actor. He does not do movies for Bollywood but for south Indian Industry. He has won the national award 13 times.
Ben Kingsley is the only actor of Indian descent to win the Best Actor Academy Award. Though of Indian descent, Ben Kingsley is British.