Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role

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The '''Filmfare Best Villain Award''' was given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual [[Filmfare Awards]] for [[Hindi film]]s, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role. Although the awards started in 1954, this category was first introduced in 1992 and has not been awarded since 2007.

==Superlatives==
As the award was instituted in 1991, it could not be given to some of the famous Bollywood villains of the preceding decades:
* [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] for his role of [[Sholay#Cast|Gabbar Singh]] in ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975), although he was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category.
* [[Amrish Puri]] for his role of Mogambo in ''[[Mr. India (1987 film)|Mr. India]]'' (1987), although he was nominated 7 times once the category was instituted. Unfortunately, he never won.
* Actors like [[Pran (actor)|Pran]], [[Prem Chopra]], [[Jeevan (actor)|Jeevan]], [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]] and [[Ranjeet]], who were known for their portrayal of negative roles in the '70s and '80s.
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|Most Awards
|[[Ashutosh Rana]]
[[Nana Patekar]]
|2 awards
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|[[Amrish Puri]]
|7 nominations
|Nominations resulted in 0 awards.
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|[[Amrish Puri]]
|7 nominations
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[[Ashutosh Rana]] is the only actor to have won the award twice in a row, in 1998 and 1999. [[Amrish Puri]] was nominated consecutively for 3 years from 1991 to 1993. Also, [[Danny Denzongpa]] is the only actor to have been nominated twice in the same year in 1994, although he failed to win.

[[Abhishek Bachchan]] and [[Priyanka Chopra]] are the only actors to have been nominated in another acting category along with the Best Villain category for the same role. [[Abhishek Bachchan]] was nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] as well for ''[[Yuva]]''. [[Priyanka Chopra]] was nominated also for [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[Aitraaz]]''.

In 1997, [[Kajol]] became the first female actor to be nominated in this category and win the award for her role in ''[[Gupt: The Hidden Truth|Gupt]]''. She and Priyanka Chopra (for [[Aitraaz]]) are the only female actors who won this award. Other actresses to have been nominated are [[Urmila Matondkar]] for ''[[Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya]]'' in 2001, [[Shabana Azmi]] for ''[[Makdee]]'' in 2002, [[Bipasha Basu]] for ''[[Jism (2003 film)|Jism]]'' in 2003, [[Preity Zinta]] for ''[[Armaan (2003 film)|Armaan]]'' in 2003 and [[Amrita Singh]] for ''[[Kalyug (2005 film)|Kalyug]]'' in 2005.

Preity Zinta for ''[[Armaan (2003 film)|Armaan]]'' in 2003 is the only actor to be nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] as well as this award in the same year.

==Multiple nominations==
The following 16 actors have received [[wikt:multiple|multiple]] Best Villain nominations. The list is sorted by the number of total awards (with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses).

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* 2 : [[Nana Patekar]] (3)
* 2 : [[Ashutosh Rana]] (2)
* 1 : [[Ajay Devgn]] (3)
* 1 : [[Shah Rukh Khan]] (3)
* 1 : [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] (2)
* 1 : [[Sunil Shetty]] (2)
* 1 : [[Paresh Rawal]] (1)
* 1 : [[Mithun Chakraborty]] (1)
* 1 : [[Arbaaz Khan]] (1)
* 1 : [[Kajol]] (1)
* 1 : [[Akshay Kumar]] (1)
* 1 : [[Irrfan Khan]] (1)
* 1 : [[Priyanka Chopra]] (1)
* 1 : [[Saif Ali Khan]] (1)
* 0 : [[Amrish Puri]] (7)
* 0 : [[Danny Denzongpa]] (5)
* 0 : [[Naseeruddin Shah]] (4)
* 0 : [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] (2)
* 0 : [[Manoj Bajpai]] (2)
* 0 : [[Milind Gunaji]] (2)
* 0 : [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] (2)
}}

==Winners and nominees==
In the list below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. The films are listed by the years when the award was presented.

===1990s===
* '''1992 [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] as Maharani – ''[[Sadak]]'''''
** [[Amrish Puri]] as Chuniya Chand Chaukhan a.k.a. Chuniya Mama – ''[[Saudagar (1991 film)|Saudagar]]''
** [[Danny Dengzongpa]] as Bhaktawar – ''[[Hum (film)|Hum]]''
** [[Om Puri]] as Suraj Narayan Singh a.k.a. Baapji – ''[[Narsimha (film)|Narsimha]]''
** [[Raza Murad]] as Daroga Shahbaz Khan – ''[[Henna (film)|Henna]]''
* '''1993 [[Nana Patekar]] as Majid Khan – ''[[Angaar]]'''''
** [[Amrish Puri]] as General Dong – ''[[Tahalka]]''
** [[Kiran Kumar]] as Pasha – ''[[Khuda Gawah]]''
* '''1994 [[Paresh Rawal]] as Velji – ''[[Sir (1993 film)|Sir]]'''''
** [[Amrish Puri]] as Barrister Indrajit Chaddha – ''[[Damini – Lightning|Damini]]''
** [[Gulshan Grover]] as Chhappan Tikli a.k.a. Jimmy – ''[[Sir (1993 film)|Sir]]''
** [[Raj Babbar]] as Jagannath Tripathi – ''[[Dalaal]]''
** [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Rahul Mehra – ''[[Darr]]''
* '''1995 [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Vijay Agnihotri – ''[[Anjaam]]'''''
** [[Danny Denzongpa]] as Chatur Singh Chitah – ''[[Krantiveer]]''
** [[Danny Denzongpa]] as Dilawar Singh – ''[[Vijaypath]]''
** [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Mr.Jindal – ''[[Mohra]]''
* '''1996 [[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Amavas a.k.a. Vijay Bahadur Kunwar / Police Inspector Kranti Kumar (Double Role) – ''[[Jallaad]]'''''
** [[Amrish Puri]] as Durjan Singh – ''[[Karan Arjun]]''
** [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Commander Bhadra – ''[[Drohkaal]]''
** [[Danny Denzongpa]] as ACP Negi – ''[[Barsaat (1995 film)|Barsaat]]''
** [[Mohan Agashe]] as Kooka – ''[[Trimurti (film)|Trimurti]]''
* '''1997 [[Arbaaz Khan]] as Vikram – ''[[Daraar]]'''''
** [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Ramanbhai – ''[[Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin]]''
** [[Danny Denzongpa]] as Katya – ''[[Ghatak: Lethal|Ghatak]]''
** [[Milind Gunaji]] as Inspector Indrajeet Saxena – ''[[Fareb (1996 film)|Fareb]]''
** [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Ajay Narang – ''[[Chaahat (1996 film)|Chaahat]]''
* '''1998 [[Kajol]] as Isha Diwan – ''[[Gupt: The Hidden Truth|Gupt]]'''''
** [[Aditya Pancholi]] as Siddharth Chaudhary – ''[[Yes Boss (film)|Yes Boss]]''
** [[Amrish Puri]] as Raja Sahab – ''[[Koyla]]''
** [[Milind Gunaji]] as Bali Thakur – ''[[Virasat (1997 film)|Virasat]]''
** [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] as Ranjit Rai – ''[[Ishq (1997 film)|Ishq]]''
* '''1999 [[Ashutosh Rana]] as Gokul Pandit – ''[[Dushman (1998 film)|Dushman]]'''''
**[[Govind Namdeo]] as Thakurdas Jhawle aka 'Bhau'– ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]''
** [[Mukesh Tiwari]] as Jageera – ''[[China Gate (1998 film)|China Gate]]''
** [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Bablu Chaudhry / Manu Dada (Double Role) – ''[[Duplicate (1998 film)|Duplicate]]''
** [[Sharat Saxena]] as Raunak "Ronnie" Singh – ''[[Ghulam (film)|Ghulam]]''

===2000s===
* '''2000 [[Ashutosh Rana]] as Lajja Shankar Pandey – ''[[Sangharsh (1999 film)|Sangharsh]]'''''
** [[Amrish Puri]] as Surya Singh Thapar – ''[[Baadshah (1999 film)|Baadshah]]''
** [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Gulfam Hassan – ''[[Sarfarosh]]''
** [[Rahul Bose]] as Sunny – ''[[Thakshak]]''
** [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Bacchu "Bhaiyyaji" Yadav – ''[[Shool]]''
* '''2001 [[Sunil Shetty]] as Dev Ranjan Chopra – ''[[Dhadkan]]'''''
** [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] as Om Srivastav/Mahendra Pratap Singhania – ''[[Shikari (2000 film)|Shikari]]''
** [[Jackie Shroff]] as Hilal Kohistani – ''[[Mission Kashmir]]''
** [[Rahul Dev]] as Naseer Ahmed – ''[[Champion (2000 film)|Champion]]''
** [[Sharad Kapoor]] as Prakash Sharma – ''[[Josh (2000 film)|Josh]]''
* '''2002 [[Akshay Kumar]] as Vikram Bajaj (Vicky) – ''[[Ajnabee (2001 film)|Ajnabee]]'''''
** [[Aftab Shivdasani]] as Shekhar Saxena – ''[[Kasoor]]''
** [[Amrish Puri]] as Mayor Ashraf Ali – ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]''
** [[Manoj Bajpai]] as Raghavan Ghatge – ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]''
** [[Urmila Matondkar]] as Ria Jaiswal – ''[[Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya]]''
* '''2003 [[Ajay Devgn]] as Tarang / Ranjeet Bharadwaj – ''[[Deewangee]]'''''
** [[Akshaye Khanna]] as Karan Malhotra – ''[[Humraaz]]''
** [[Manoj Bajpai]] as Babu – ''[[Road (film)|Road]]''
** [[Nana Patekar]] as Narsimha – ''[[Shakti: The Power]]''
** [[Shabana Azmi]] as Makdee – ''[[Makdee]]''
* '''2004 [[Irrfan Khan|Irfan Khan]] as Ranvijay Singh – ''[[Haasil (film)|Haasil]]'''''
** [[Bipasha Basu]] as Sonia Khanna – ''[[Jism (2003 film)|Jism]]''
** [[Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939)|Feroz Khan]] as Saba Karim Shah – ''[[Janasheen]]''
** [[Preity Zinta]] as Sonia Sinha – ''[[Armaan (2003 film)|Armaan]]''
** [[Yashpal Sharma (actor)|Yashpal Sharma]] as Sunder Yadav – ''[[Gangaajal]]''
* '''2005 [[Priyanka Chopra]] as Sonia Roy - ''[[Aitraaz]]'''''
**[[Abhishek Bachchan]] as Lallan S'''ingh – ''[[Yuva]]''
**[[Ajay Devgn]] as Yashwant Angre – ''[[Khakee]]''
** [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] as Kabir – ''[[Dhoom]]''
**[[Sunil Shetty]] as Raghavan Singh Dutta – ''[[Main Hoon Na]]''
* '''2006 [[Nana Patekar]] as Tabrez Alam – ''[[Apaharan]]'''''
**[[Ajay Devgn]] as Kaali Pratap Singh – ''[[Kaal (2005 film)|Kaal]]''
** [[Amrita Singh]] as Simi Roy – ''[[Kalyug (2005 film)|Kalyug]]''
** [[Kay Kay Menon]] as Vishnu Nagre – ''[[Sarkar (2005 film)|Sarkar]]''
** [[Pankaj Kapoor]] as Himmat Mehndi / Jambwal – ''[[Dus]]''
* '''2007 [[Saif Ali Khan]] as Ishwar "Langda" Tyagi – ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'''''
** [[Boman Irani]] as Lucky Singh – ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]''
** [[Emraan Hashmi]] as Akash – ''[[Gangster (2006 film)|Gangster]]''
** [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] as Rohit Chopra – ''[[Zinda (film)|Zinda]]''
** [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Dr. Siddhant Arya – ''[[Krrish]]''

==See also==
* [[Filmfare Awards]]
* [[Bollywood]]
* [[Cinema of India]]

==References==
*[[Nasreen Munni Kabir]]'s book ''Bollywood'', Channel 4 Books 2001, for a whole chapter on villains and vamps.

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