Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	1954
Currently held by	Tabu, Haider (2014)
Official website	Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. Although the awards started in 1954, awards for the Best Supporting Actress category started only the following year.

Superlatives

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Nirupa Roy, Farida Jalal, Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Supriya Pathak hold the record (3) of maximum award in this category.

Superlative	Actor	Record
Actress with most awards	Nirupa Roy Farida Jalal Jaya Bachchan Rani Mukerji Supriya Pathak	3
Actress with most nominations	Aruna Irani	10
Actress with most nominations without ever winning	Bindu	7
Actress with most nominations in a single year	Shubha Khote (1961) Shashikala (1966) Nutan (1973) Bindu (1974) Smita Patil (1983) Sushmita Sen (1999) Rani Mukerji (2004) Konkona Sen Sharma (2007)	2
Oldest winner	Durga Khote	70
Oldest nominee	Durga Khote	70
Youngest winner	Ayesha Kapoor	11
Youngest nominee	Ayesha Kapoor	11

Most frequent winners include Nirupa Roy, Farida Jalal, Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Supriya Pathak, with 3 awards each. Six actresses have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are Shashikala, Simi Garewal, Raakhee, Rohini Hattangadi, Aruna Irani and Konkona Sen Sharma.

Four actresses have won this award in consecutive years: Shashikala (1962–1963), Supriya Pathak (1981–1982), Jaya Bachchan (2000–2001), and Konkona Sen Sharma (2006–2007).

Aruna Irani holds the record for most nominations in the Best Supporting Actress category, with 10, followed by Raakhee and Shashikala, who have eight nominations each.

There was no repeat winner in the 50s, on the contrary in the 60s three actresses had two wins namely, Nirupa Roy, Shashikala and Simi Garewal. Again, 70s had no repeat wins but Supriya Pathak achieved two consecutive wins in the 80s. Farida Jalal followed suit with two wins in the 90s Jaya Bachchan took over in the 2000s with three wins. Until now, no actress is leading the 2010s.

Vyjayanthimala and Reena Roy are the only actresses to have not accepted the award. Both refused it for their roles in Devdas (1955) and Apnapan (1977), respectively, citing that their roles were leading and not supporting.

Only once have siblings been nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Award during the same year: Ratna Pathak and Supriya Pathak in 2010.

Multiple Nominees

• 10 Nominations : Aruna Irani
• 8 Nominations : Raakhee, Shashikala
• 7 Nominations : Farida Jalal, Bindu, and Rani Mukerji
• 6 Nominations : Rekha
• 5 Nominations : Helen, Lalita Pawar and Supriya Pathak
• 4 Nominations : Dimple Kapadia, Konkona Sen Sharma, Nanda, Nirupa Roy, Nutan, Reema Lagoo, Waheeda Rehman, Tanvi Azmi
• 3 Nominations : Dina Pathak, Bipasha Basu, Divya Dutta, Jaya Bachchan, Kalki Koechlin, Kirron Kher, Padmini Kolhapure, Preity Zinta, Rohini Hattangadi, Simi Garewal, Sushmita Sen, Priyanka Chopra, Shefali Shah, Tabu
• 2 Nominations : Amrita Singh, Anita Kanwar, Asha Parekh, Juhi Chawla, Kareena Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Mahima Chaudhry, Mumtaz, Ranjeeta, Ratna Pathak, Shahana Goswami], Shilpa Shetty, Shubha Khote, Smita Patil, Swara Bhaskar, Tanuja, Anushka Sharma, Huma Qureshi

Multiple Winners

• 3 Awards: Nirupa Roy, Jaya Bachchan, Farida Jalal, Rani Mukherji, Supriya Pathak
• 2 Awards: Shashikala, Simi Garewal, Raakhee, Konkona Sen Sharma

List of winners

1950s

• 1954 Usha Kiran – Baadbaan as Usha

• 1955 Nirupa Roy – Munimji as Malti
  • Geeta Bali – Kavi as Basanti
  • Surya Kumari – Uran Khatola as Raj Rani

• 1956 Vyjayanthimala – Devdas as Chandramukhi

• 1957 Shyama – Sharada as Chanchal
  • Nanda – Bhabhi as Lata

• 1958 Nalini Jaywant – Kala Pani as Kishori
  • Lalita Pawar – Parvarish as Rukmini Singh
  • Leela Chitnis – Sadhna as Mother

• 1959 Lalita Pawar – Anari as Mrs. L. D'Sa
  • Anita Guha – Goonj Uthi Shehnai as Ramkali (Rami)
  • Shashikala – Sujata as Rama Chowdhury

1960s

• 1960 Nanda – Aanchal as Nanda
  • Lalita Pawar – Aanchal as Mother
  • Kumkum – Kohinoor as Rajlakshmi

• 1961 Nirupa Roy – Chhaya as Manorama / Aayah
  • Shubha Khote – Gharana as Ragini
  • Shubha Khote – Sasural as Sita

• 1962 Shashikala – Aarti as Jaswanti
  • Lalita Pawar – Professor as Sita Devi Verma
  • Waheeda Rehman – Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam as Jaba

• 1963 Shashikala – Gumrah as Leela / Miss Roberts
  • Nimmi – Mere Mehboob as Najma
  • Ameeta – Mere Mehboob as Naseem

• 1964 Nirupa Roy – Shehnai as Shobha
  • Lalita Pawar – Kohra as Dai Maa
  • Shashikala – Ayee Milan Ki Bela as Roopa

• 1965 Padmini – Kaajal as Bhanu
  • Helen – Gumnaam as Miss Kitty
  • Shashikala – Himalaya Ki God Mein as Dr. Neeta Verma

• 1966 Simi Garewal – Do Badan as Dr. Anjali
  • Shashikala – Anupama as Anita Bakshi 'Annie'
  • Shashikala – Phool Aur Patthar as Rita

• 1967 Jamuna – Milan as Gauri
  • Mumtaz – Ram Aur Shyam as Shanta
  • Tanuja – Jewel Thief as Anjali "Anju" Nath

• 1968 Simi Garewal – Saathi as Rajni
  • Helen – Shikar as Veera
  • Shashikala – Neel Kamal as Chanchal

• 1969 Tanuja – Paisa Ya Pyaar as Dhanno
  • Bindu – Ittefaq as Renu
  • Farida Jalal – Aradhana as Renu

1970s

• 1970 Chand Usmani – Pehchan as Champa
  • Bindu – Do Raaste as Neela Allopee Prasad
  • Mumtaz – Aadmi Aur Insaan as Rita

• 1971 Farida Jalal – Paras as Bela Singh
  • Aruna Irani – Caravan as Nisha
  • Helen – Elaan as Lily

• 1972 Zeenat Aman – Hare Rama Hare Krishna as Jasbir Jaiswal / Janice
  • Bindu – Dastaan as Mala
  • Nazima – Be-Imaan as Meena

• 1973 Raakhee – Daag: A Poem of Love as Chandni
  • Aruna Irani – Bobby as Nima
  • Bindu – Abhimaan as Chitra
  • Nutan – Anuraag as Anu Rai
  • Nutan – Saudagar as Mahjubhi

• 1974 Durga Khote – Bidaai as Parvati
  • Bindu – Hawas as Kamini Singh
  • Bindu – Imtihan as Rita
  • Jayshree T. – Resham Ki Dori as Dancer
  • Moushumi Chatterjee – Roti Kapda Aur Makaan as Tulsi

• 1975 Nadira – Julie as Margaret "Maggie"
  • Aruna Irani – Do Jhoot as
  • Farida Jalal – Majboor as Renu Khanna
  • Nirupa Roy – Deewaar as Sumitra Devi
  • Prema Narayan – Amanush as Dhanno

• 1976 Kajri – Balika Badhu as Chandra
  • Asha Parekh – Udhar Ka Sindur as Shanta
  • Bindu – Arjun Pandit as Doctor's wife
  • Dina Pathak – Mausam as Gangu Rani
  • Waheeda Rehman – Kabhi Kabhie as Anjali Malhotra

• 1977 Asha Sachdev – Priyatama as Dolly's friend
  • Aruna Irani – Khoon Pasina as Shantimohan Sharma / Shanti "Shanno" Devi
  • Farida Jalal – Shaque as Mrs. Subramaniam
  • Nazneen – Dildaar as Parvati
  • Raakhee – Doosra Aadmi as Nisha

• 1978 Reena Roy – Apnapan as Kamini Agarwal
  • Asha Parekh – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki as Tulsi Chouhan
  • Nutan – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki as Sanjukta Chouhan
  • Ranjeeta – Pati Patni Aur Woh as Nirmala Deshpande
  • Rekha – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar as Zohra Begum

• 1979 Helen – Lahu Ke Do Rang as Suzy
  • Dina Pathak – Gol Maal as Mrs. Kamala Srivastav
  • Farida Jalal – Jurmana as Laila
  • Jennifer Kendal – Junoon as Mrs. Mariam Labadoor
  • Neetu Singh – Kaala Patthar as Channo

1980s

• 1980 Padmini Kolhapure – Insaaf Ka Tarazu as Neeta Saxena
  • Ashalata – Apne Paraye as Sidheshwari
  • Dina Pathak – Khubsoorat as Nirmala Gupta
  • Rameshwari – Aasha as Mala
  • Simi Garewal – Karz as Kamini Verma

• 1981 Supriya Pathak – Kalyug as Subhadra
  • Aruna Irani – Rocky as Kathy D'Souza
  • Madhavi – Ek Duuje Ke Liye as Sandhya
  • Nanda – Ahista Ahista as Sangeeta
  • Sarika – Sharda as Anita Kohli

• 1982 Supriya Pathak – Bazaar as Shabnam
  • Kiran Vairale – Namkeen as Chinki
  • Nanda – Prem Rog as Chhoti Maa
  • Ranjeeta – Teri Kasam as Shanti
  • Waheeda Rehman – Namkeen as Jyoti

• 1983 Rohini Hattangadi – Arth as bai
  • Padmini Kolhapure – Souten as Radha
  • Rekha – Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye as Shakuntala
  • Smita Patil – Arth as Kavita Sanyal
  • Smita Patil – Mandi as Zeenat

• 1984 Aruna Irani – Pet Pyaar Aur Paap as Janaki
  • Rehana Sultan – Hum Rahe Na Hum as Kalyani M. Sharma
  • Rohini Hattangadi – Bhavna as Shobha
  • Sharmila Tagore – Sunny as Sitara
  • Soni Razdan – Saaransh as Sujata Suman

• 1985 Nutan – Meri Jung as Aarti
  • Anita Kanwar – Janam as Nalini
  • Madhur Jaffrey – Saagar as Kamladevi
  • Raakhee – Saaheb as Sujata Sharma
  • Sushma Seth – Tawaif as Amina Bai
  • Tanvi Azmi – Pyari Behna as Seeta

• 1986 – No Award

• 1987 – No Award

• 1988 Sonu Walia – Khoon Bhari Maang as Nandini
  • Anuradha Patel – Ijaazat as Maya
  • Pallavi Joshi – Andha Yudh as Saroj

• 1989 Raakhee – Ram Lakhan as Mrs. Sharda Pratap Singh
  • Anita Kanwar – Salaam Bombay! as Rekha Golub
  • Reema Lagoo – Maine Pyar Kiya as Kaushalya Choudhary
  • Sujata Mehta – Yateem as Chanchal S. Yadav

1990s

• 1990 Rohini Hattangadi – Agneepath as Suhasini Chavan
  • Raadhika Sarathkumar – Aaj Ka Arjun as Laxmi
  • Reema Lagoo – Aashiqui as Mrs. Vikram Roy
  • Sangeeta Bijlani – Jurm as Geeta Sarabhai

• 1991 Farida Jalal – Henna as Bibi Gul
  • Deepa Sahi – Hum as Aarti
  • Rama Vij – Prem Qaidi as Prabhavati
  • Waheeda Rehman – Lamhe as Dai Jaa

• 1992 Aruna Irani – Beta as Laxmi Devi
  • Pooja Bedi – Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar as Devika
  • Shilpa Shirodkar – Khuda Gawah as Insp. Henna Ranveer Sethi

• 1993 Amrita Singh – Aaina as Roma Mathur
  • Anu Agarwal – Khal-Naaikaa as Kiran / Anuradha R. Bakshi
  • Dimple Kapadia – Gardish as Shanti
  • Raakhee – Anari as Savitri
  • Shilpa Shetty – Baazigar as Seema Chopra

• 1994 Dimple Kapadia – Krantiveer as Megha Dixit
  • Aruna Irani – Suhaag as Asha R. Sharma
  • Raveena Tandon – Laadla as Kaajal
  • Reema Lagoo – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! as Mrs. Choudhury
  • Renuka Shahane – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! as Pooja Choudhury

• 1995 Farida Jalal – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge as Lajwanti Singh
  • Aruna Irani – Kartavya as Gayetridevi Singh
  • Raakhee – Karan Arjun as Durga Singh
  • Rita Bhaduri – Raja as Sarita Garewal
  • Tanvi Azmi – Akele Hum Akele Tum as Farida

• 1996 Rekha – Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi as Madam Maya
  • Archana Puran Singh – Raja Hindustani as Shalini "Shalu" Sehgal
  • Helen – Khamoshi: The Musical as Maria Braganza
  • Seema Biswas – Khamoshi: The Musical as Flavy J. Braganza
  • Tabu – Jeet as Tulsibai

• 1997 Karisma Kapoor – Dil To Pagal Hai as Nisha
  • Aruna Irani – Ghulam-E-Mustafa as Bhagyalaxmi Dixit
  • Pooja Batra – Virasat as Anita
  • Raakhee – Border as Mrs. Veer
  • Urmila Matondkar – Judaai as Jhanhvi Sahni

• 1998 Rani Mukerji – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai as Tina Malhotra
  • Preity Zinta – Dil Se.. as Preeti Nair
  • Raakhee – Soldier as Geeta Malhotra
  • Shefali Shah – Satya as Pyaari Mhatre
  • Tanvi Azmi – Dushman as Mrs. Sehgal

• 1999 Sushmita Sen – Biwi No.1 as Rupali
  • Mahima Chaudhry – Dil Kya Kare as Kavita Kishore
  • Reema Lagoo – Vaastav: The Reality as Shanta
  • Suhasini Mulay – Hu Tu Tu as Malti Bai
  • Sushmita Sen – Sirf Tum as Neha Kumari

2000s

• 2000 Jaya Bachchan – Fiza as Nishatbi Ikramullah
  • Aishwarya Rai – Mohabbatein as Megha Shankar
  • Mahima Chaudhry – Dhadkan as Sheetal Varma
  • Rani Mukerji – Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega as Pooja Oberoi
  • Sonali Kulkarni – Mission Kashmir as Neelima Khan

• 2001 Jaya Bachchan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Nandini Y. Raichand
  • Kareena Kapoor – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Pooja 'Poo' Sharma
  • Madhuri Dixit – Lajja as Janki
  • Preity Zinta – Chori Chori Chupke Chupke as Madhubala 'Madhu'
  • Rekha – Lajja as Ramdulaari

• 2002 Madhuri Dixit – Devdas as Chandramukhi
  • Antara Mali – Company as Kannu
  • Kirron Kher – Devdas as Sumitra Mukherji
  • Shilpa Shetty – Rishtey as Vaijanti
  • Sushmita Sen – Filhaal... as Sia Sheth

• 2003 Jaya Bachchan – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Jennifer Kapur
  • Priyanka Chopra – Andaaz as Jiya Singhania
  • Rekha – Koi... Mil Gaya as Sonia S. Mehra
  • Shabana Azmi – Tehzeeb as Rukhsana Jamal
  • Shenaz Treasurywala – Ishq Vishk as Alisha Sahay

• 2004 Rani Mukerji – Yuva as Sashi L. Singh
  • Amrita Rao – Main Hoon Na as Sanjana Bakshi
  • Divya Dutta – Veer-Zaara as Shabbo
  • Priyanka Chopra – Aitraaz as Sonia Roy
  • Rani Mukerji – Veer-Zaara as Saamiya Siddiqui

• 2005 Ayesha Kapur – Black as Michelle McNally
  • Bipasha Basu – No Entry as Bobby
  • Sandhya Mridul – Page 3 as Pearl Sequiera
  • Shefali Shah – Waqt: The Race Against Time as Sumitra Thakur
  • Shweta Prasad – Iqbal as Khadija

• 2006 Konkona Sen Sharma – Omkara as Indu Tyagi
  • Kirron Kher – Rang De Basanti as Mitro
  • Preity Zinta – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rhea Saran
  • Rekha – Krrish as Sonia S. Mehra
  • Soha Ali Khan – Rang De Basanti as Sonia / Durga Vohra

• 2007 Konkona Sen Sharma – Life in a... Metro as Shruti Ghosh
  • Konkona Sen Sharma – Laaga Chunari Mein Daag as Subhavari 'Chutki' S. Sahay
  • Rani Mukerji – Saawariya as Gulabji
  • Shilpa Shukla – Chak De! India as Bindia Naik
  • Tisca Chopra – Taare Zameen Par as Maya Awasthi

• 2008 Kangana Ranaut – Fashion as Shonali Gujral
  • Bipasha Basu – Bachna Ae Haseeno as Radhika / Shreya Rathod
  • Kirron Kher – Dostana as Seema
  • Ratna Pathak – Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na as Savitri A. Rathore
  • Shahana Goswami – Rock On!! as Debbie Mascarenhas

• 2009 Kalki Koechlin – Dev.D as Lené/Chanda (Chandramukhi)
  • Arundathi Nag – Paa as Vidya's Mom
  • Divya Dutta – Delhi-6 as Jalebi
  • Dimple Kapadia – Luck by Chance as Neena Walia
  • Shahana Goswami – Firaaq as Muneera
  • Supriya Pathak – Wake Up Sid as Sarita

2010s

• 2010 Kareena Kapoor – We Are Family as Shreya Arora
  • Amrita Puri – Aisha as Shefali Thakur
  • Prachi Desai – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Mumtaz
  • Ratna Pathak – Golmaal 3 as Geeta 'Guddi'
  • Supriya Pathak – Khichdi: The Movie as Hansa Praful Parekh

• 2011 Rani Mukerji – No One Killed Jessica as Meera Gaity
  • Juhi Chawla – I Am as Megha
  • Kalki Koechlin – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as Natasha
  • Parineeti Chopra – Ladies vs Ricky Bahl as Dimple Chaddha
  • Swara Bhaskar – Tanu Weds Manu as Payal

• 2012 Anushka Sharma – Jab Tak Hai Jaan as Akira Rai
  • Huma Qureshi – Gangs Of Wasseypur as Mohsina Hamid
  • Illeana D'Cruz – Barfi! as Shruti Ghosh/Sengupta
  • Rani Mukerji – Talaash: The Answer Lies Within as Roshni Shekhawat
  • Richa Chadda – Gangs Of Wasseypur as Nagma Khatoon

• 2013 Supriya Pathak – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Dhankor 'Baa' Sanera
  • Divya Dutta – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Ishri Kaur
  • Kalki Koechlin – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Aditi Mehra
  • Konkona Sen Sharma – Ek Thi Daayan as Diana
  • Swara Bhaskar – Raanjhanaa as Bindiya

• 2014 Tabu – Haider as Ghazala Meer
  • Amrita Singh – 2 States as Kavita Malhotra
  • Lisa Haydon – Queen as Vijayalakshmi
  • Dimple Kapadia – Finding Fanny as Rosalina "Rosie" Eucharistica
  • Juhi Chawla – Gulaab Gang as Sumitra Devi

• 2015
  • Tabu – Drishyam as Inspector General Meera Deshmukh
  • Anushka Sharma – Dil Dhadakne Do as Farah Ali
  • Huma Qureshi – Badlapur as Jhimli
  • Priyanka Chopra – Bajirao Mastani as Kashibai
  • Shefali Shah – Dil Dhadakne Do as Neelam Mehra
  • Tanvi Azmi – Bajirao Mastani as Radha Maa

See also

• Filmfare Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India

External links

• Filmfare Nominees and Winners
• Official site