List of awards and nominations received by Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar awards and nominations
	Ashok Kumar on a 2013 stamp of India
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
Filmfare Awards	4
National Film Awards	3
Totals
Wins	15
Nominations	21
	Note ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination. ;

Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He was considered the first big star of Indian cinema and was the first lead actor to play an anti-hero.^[1]^[2] He also became the first star to reinvent himself, enjoying a long and hugely successful career as a character actor.^[3]

Civilian Awards

Year	Award	Work	Result	Ref.
1962	Padma Shri	Contribution in the field of Arts	Honoured	^[4]
1999	Padma Bhushan	Contribution in the field of Arts	Honoured	^[5]

National Film Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1968	16th National Film Awards	National Film Award for Best Actor	Aashirwad	Won	^[6]
1975	23rd National Film Awards	National Film Award for Best Feature Film	Chomana Dudi	Won	^[7]
1988	Dadasaheb Phalke Award	Outstanding contribution to Indian cinema	—	Honoured	^[8]

Filmfare Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1962	10th Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	Rakhi	Won
1963	11th Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor	Gumrah	Nominated
1963	11th Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	Gumrah	Nominated
1966	14th Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor	Afsana	Won
1967	15th Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor	Mehrban	Nominated
1969	17th Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	Aashirwad	Won
1969	17th Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor	Aashirwad	Nominated
1976	23rd Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor	Chhoti Si Baat	Nominated
1996	41st Filmfare Awards	Lifetime Achievement Award	—	Honoured

Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards

Winner:

1963 - BFJA Award for Best Actor (Hindi) for Gumrah
1969 - BFJA Award for Best Actor (Hindi) for Aashirwad

Star Screen Awards

1993- Screen Lifetime Achievement Award

National honours

1959- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Acting
2001- Awadh Samman by the Government of Uttar Pradesh

References

^ "Reluctant Actor To Bollywood's First Superstar, Tracing The Journey Of Legendary Ashok Kumar". News18. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
^ "When Ashok Kumar's wedding was called off because he became an actor: 'It was considered disreputable those days'". 13 October 2022.
^ "Movie buffs and time machines". The Hindu. 5 October 2018.
^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). 21 May 2014. pp. 11–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
^ "16th National Awards For Films (1969)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 13 February 1970. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
^ "23rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ "Veteran actor Ashok Kumar passes away". The Economic Times. 10 December 2001. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

External links

Awards for Ashok Kumar at IMDb

[1] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

[2] "Reluctant Actor To Bollywood's First Superstar, Tracing The Journey Of Legendary Ashok Kumar". News18. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

[3] "When Ashok Kumar's wedding was called off because he became an actor: 'It was considered disreputable those days'". 13 October 2022.

[4] "Movie buffs and time machines". The Hindu. 5 October 2018.

[5] "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). 21 May 2014. pp. 11–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[6] "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

[1969award-7] "16th National Awards For Films (1969)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 13 February 1970. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

[23rdaward-8] "23rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

[9] "Veteran actor Ashok Kumar passes away". The Economic Times. 10 December 2001. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

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