List of National Film Award records

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List of National Film Award records:

Most awards

Satyajit Ray holds the record for the highest number of awards with 32 wins in various categories.

Best Actor
- Amitabh Bachchan - 4 awards
- Kamal Haasan, Mammootty - 3 awards each
Best Supporting Actor
- Nana Patekar, Pankaj Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni - 2 Awards each
Best Actress
- Shabana Azmi - 5
- Sharada - 3
- Kangana Ranaut - 3
Best Supporting Actress
- Surekha Sikri, K.P.A.C. Lalitha - 2 Awards each

Shabana Azmi won 5 National Film Awards, all for Best Actress.
Kamal Haasan won 4 National Film Awards, (3 best actor),( 1 Rashtrapati National Award for Best child Actor in his first film (Kalathur kanama) at age of 4).
Amitabh Bachchan won 4 National Film Awards in the Best Actor category.
5 actors have each won 3 National Film Awards:
- Mammootty (3 Best Actor)
- Sharada (3 Best Actress)
- Kangana Ranaut (2 Best Actress, 1 Best Supporting Actress)
- Mohanlal ( 2 Best Actor, Special Jury Award – Actor )
- Mithun Chakraborty (2 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor)
- Nana Patekar (1 Best Actor, 2 Best Supporting Actor)
- Naseeruddin Shah, (2 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor)

Best Screenplay
- M.T. Vasudevan Nair - 4
- Mrinal Sen, Satyajit Ray - 3 awards each

Best Music Direction
- Ilayaraja - 5
- A. R. Rahman - 4
Best Lyrics
- Vairamuthu - 6
- Javed Akhtar - 5
Best Male Playback Singer
- K. J. Yesudas - 7
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam - 6
Best Female Playback Singer
- K. S. Chithra - 6
- P. Susheela - 5
- Shreya Ghoshal - 4

Best Feature Film in Bengali (director)
- Satyajit Ray - 9
Best Feature Film in Telugu (director)
- Adurthi Subba Rao - 6
Best Feature Film in Kannada (director)
- Girish Kasaravalli - 6
- P. Sheshadri - 5
Best Feature Film in Marathi (director)
- Jabbar Patel - 5