Nigar Award for Best Actor

Nigar Awards for Best Actor
Nigar Awards for Best Actor
Awarded for	Best performance by an actor in a leading role
Country	Pakistan
Presented by	Nigar
First award	Santosh Kumar, ; Waada (1957)
Currently held by	Fahad Mustafa, ; Mah e Mir (2017)

Awarded forBest performance by an actor in a leading role

CountryPakistan

Presented byNigar

First awardSantosh Kumar,
Waada (1957)

The Nigar Award for Best Actor, also known as Nigar Public Film Award for Best Actor is an award constituted for the cinema of Pakistan to recognise contribution of a lead actor in Lollywood.^[1] Established in 1958 by Ilyas Rashidi, it is presented annually by Nigar magazine as part of its annual ceremony of Nigar Awards.^[2] The award ceremony takes place independently and is not associated with any government or for-profit entities such as production house or television channel.^[3]

The first Best Actor award ceremony took place in 1957 and was given to Santosh Kumar for Waada (1957).^[4] The last award was given to Fahad Mustafa in 2017 for Actor in Law.^[5]

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Superlative	Actor	Record^[6]
Actor with most awards	Nadeem	17
Actor with most consecutive awards	Nadeem (1967-91)	17

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref(s)
1957 (1st)	N/a	Santosh Kumar ‡	Santosh	Waada	^[4]
1958 (2nd)	N/a	Habib ‡	Habib	Aadmi	^[7]
1959 (3rd)	N/a	Darpan ‡	Darpan	Saathi (1959)	^[8]

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref(s)
1960 (4th)		Darpan ‡	Doctor	Saheli	^[9]
1961 (5th)	N/a	Habib ‡	N/A	Surayya (1961)	^[7]
1962 (6th)		Santosh Kumar ‡	Shahid	Ghunghat	^[10]
1963 (7th)		Santosh Kumar ‡	N/A	Daman (1963)	^[11]
1964 (8th)		Waheed Murad ‡	Donkey cart owner	Heera Aur Pathar	^[12]
1965 (9th)		Muhammad Ali ‡	N/A	Kaneez	^[13]
1966 (10th)		Muhammad Ali ‡	N/A	Aag Ka Darya (1966)	^[13]
1967 (11th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Chakori	^[6]
1968 (12th)		Muhammad Ali ‡	Anwer/Anu	Saiqa (1968)	^[13]
1969 (13th)		Waheed Murad ‡	N/A	Andaleeb	^[14]

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref(s)
Awards are also presented to Punjabi language films since 1970
1970 (14th)	N/a	Muhammad Ali ‡	N/A	Insaan aur Aadmi (1970)	^[13]
1970 (14th)	N/a	Sudhir ‡	N/A	Maa Putter (1970)	^[15]
1971 (15th)	N/a	Muhammad Ali ‡	N/A	Wehshi (1971)	^[16]
1971 (15th)		Waheed Murad ‡	N/A	Mastana Mahi (1971)	^[17]
1972 (16th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Ehsas (1972)	^[6]
1972 (16th)	N/a	Sultan Rahi ‡	N/A	Basheera (1972)	^[18]
1973 (17th)	N/a	Muhammad Ali ‡	N/A	Aas (1973)	^[13]
1973 (17th)	N/a	Yousuf Khan ‡	N/A	Ziddi	^[19]
1974 (18th)	N/a	Muhammad Ali ‡	N/A	Aaina Aur Soorat (1974)	^[13]
1974 (18th)	N/a	Sudhir ‡	N/A	Lottery (1974)	^[15]
1975 (19th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Anari (1975)	^[13]
1975 (19th)	N/a	Sultan Rahi ‡	N/A	Wehshi Jatt (1975)	^[18]
1976 (20th)	N/a	Shahid ‡	N/A	Shabana	^[20]
1976 (20th)	N/a	Kamal ‡	N/A	Jat Kurian Taun Darda (1976)
1977 (21st)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Aina	^[6]
1977 (21st)	N/a	Yousuf Khan ‡	N/A	Jabroo (1977)
1978 (22nd)	N/a	Muhammad Ali ‡	N/A	Haider Ali (1978)	^[13]
1978 (22nd)	N/a	Asif Khan ‡	N/A	Shola (1978)
1979 (23rd)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Pakeeza (1979)	^[6]
1979 (23rd)	N/a	Ali Ejaz ‡	N/A	Dubai Chalo (1979)

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref(s)
1980 (24th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Saima (1980)	^[6]
1980 (24th)	N/a	Ali Ejaz ‡	N/A	Sohra Te Jawai (1980)
1981 (25th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Qurbani (1981)	^[6]
1981 (25th)	N/a	Mustafa Qureshi ‡	N/A	Sher Khan (1981)	^[21]
1982 (26th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Sangdil (1982)	^[6]
1982 (26th)	N/a	Ali Eijaz ‡	N/A	Naukar Te Maalik (1982)
1983 (27th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Dehleez (1983)	^[6]
1983 (27th)	N/a	Mustafa Qureshi ‡	N/A	Rustam Te Khan (1983)
1984 (28th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Lazawal (1984)	^[6]
1984 (28th)	N/a	Ayaz ‡	N/A	Ishq Nachaway Gali Gali (1984)
1985 (29th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Naraaz (1985)	^[6]
1985 (29th)	N/a	Ghulam Mohiuddin ‡	N/A	Wadera (1985)
1986 (30th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Faisla (1986)	^[6]
1986 (30th)	N/a	Afzal Ahmad ‡	N/A	Ye Adam (1986)
1987 (31st)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Choron Ki Barat (1987)	^[6]
1987 (31st)	N/a	Sultan Rahi ‡	N/A	Dulari (1987)
1988 (32nd)		Jawed Sheikh ‡	N/A	Gharibon Ka Baadshah (1988)
1988 (32nd)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Mukhra	^[6]
1989 (33rd)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Barood Ki Chahoon (1989)	^[6]
	N/a	Sultan Rahi ‡	N/A	Kalka
	N/a	Jawed Sheikh ‡	N/A	Baarish (1989)

Nigar Award for Best Actor

Multiple winners

Winners and nominees

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

References

Further reading

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Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref(s)
1990 (34th)		Jawed Sheikh ‡	N/A	Ustadon Ke Ustad (1990)
1990 (34th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Gorian Dian Jhangra (1990)	^[6]
1991 (35th)	N/a	Nadeem ‡	N/A	Watan Kay Rakhwalay	^[6]
1991 (35th)		Javed Sheikh ‡	N/A	Kalay Chor
1992 (36th)		Umer Shareef ‡	N/A	Mr. 420 (1992)	^[22]
1992 (36th)	N/a	Sultan Rahi ‡	N/A	Majhoo (1992)
1993 (37th)		Umer Shareef ‡	N/A	Mr. Charlie (1993)
1993 (37th)		Jawed Sheikh ‡	N/A	Zamana
1994 (38th)	N/a	Ghulam Mohiuddin ‡	N/A	Sarkata Insaan
1994 (38th)	N/a	Yousuf Khan ‡	N/A	But Shikan (1994)
1995 (39th)		Jawed Sheikh ‡	N/A	Mushkil
1995 (39th)	N/a	Sultan Rahi ‡	N/A	Gubbar Singh (1995)
1996 (40th)	N/a	Saud ‡	N/A	Hawaen (1996)
1996 (40th)	N/a	Izhar Qazi ‡	N/A	Sakahi Badshah (1996)	^[23]
1997 (41st)		Shaan Shahid ‡	N/A	Sangam (1997)
1997 (41st)	N/a	Izhar Qazi ‡	N/A	Kala Raj (1997)
1998 (42nd)		Shaan Shahid ‡	N/A	Nikah
1998 (42nd)	N/a	Moammar Rana ‡	N/A	Choorian	^[24]
1999 (43rd)		Shaan Shahid ‡	N/A	Jannat Ki Talash
1999 (43rd)	N/a	Moammar Rana ‡	N/A	Nikki Jaee Haan (1999)

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film
2000 (45th)		Shaan Shahid ‡	Ali	Tere Pyar Mein
2000 (45th)	N/a	Moammar Rana ‡	N/A	Mehndi Waley Hath (2000)
2001 (46th)	N/a	Ajab Gul ‡	Aswad	Khoey Ho Tum Kahan
2002 (46th)	N/a	Moammar Rana ‡	Falak	Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa
Not announced from 2003 to 2016
2017 (47th)		Fahad Mustafa ‡	Ahmad Jamal/Mir Taqi Mir	Mah e Mir

v t e Nigar Award for Best Actor
Urdu films	Santosh Kumar (1957) Habib (1958) Darpan (1959) Darpan (1960) Habib (1961) Santosh Kumar (1962) Santosh Kumar (1963) Waheed Murad (1964) Muhammad Ali (1965) Muhammad Ali (1966) Nadeem (1967) Muhammad Ali (1968) Waheed Murad (1969) Muhammad Ali (1970) Muhammad Ali (1971) Nadeem (1972) Muhammad Ali (1973) Muhammad Ali (1974) Nadeem (1975) Shahid (1976) Nadeem (1977) Muhammad Ali (1978) Nadeem (1979) Nadeem (1980) Nadeem (1981) Nadeem (1982) Nadeem (1983) Nadeem (1984) Nadeem (1985) Nadeem (1986) Nadeem (1987) Javed Sheikh (1988) Nadeem (1989) Javed Sheikh (1990) Nadeem (1991) Umer Shareef (1992) Umer Shareef (1993) Ghulam Mohiuddin (1994) Javed Sheikh (1995) Saud (1996) Shaan (1997) Shaan (1998) Shaan (1999) Shaan (2000) Ajab Gul (2001) Moammar Rana (2002) Fahad Mustafa (2017)
Punjabi films	Sudhir (1970) Waheed Murad (1971) Sultan Rahi (1972) Yousuf Khan (1973) Sudhir (1974) Sultan Rahi (1975) Kamal (1976) Yousuf Khan (1977) Asif Khan (1978) Ali Ejaz (1979) Ali Ejaz (1980) Mustafa Qureshi (1981) Ali Ejaz (1982) Mustafa Qureshi (1983) Ayaz Naik (1984) Ghulam Mohiuddin (1985) Afzaal Ahmad (1986) Sultan Rahi (1987) Nadeem (1988) Sultan Rahi (1989) Nadeem (1990) Jawed Sheikh (1991) Sultan Rahi (1992) Jawed Sheikh (1993) Yousuf Khan (1994) Sultan Rahi (1995) Izhar Qazi (1996) Izhar Qazi (1997) Moammar Rana (1998) Moammar Rana (1999) Moammar Rana (2000)
Television	Noor Muhammad Lashari (1983) Jameel Fakhri (1984) Zulqarnain Haider (1985) Abid Ali (1986) Rahat Kazmi (1987)