Screen Award for Best Comedian

Screen Award for
Best performance in a Comic Role
Screen Award for; Best performance in a Comic Role
	The 2020 recipient: Yami Gautam
Awarded for	Award for Best performance in a Comic Role
Country	India
Presented by	Screen India
First award	Kader Khan, ; Taqdeerwala (1996)
Currently held by	Yami Gautam, ; Bala (2020)

The Screen Award for Best Comedian is chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian Bollywood film industry and the winners are announced in January. The award was further extended when they included a separate female category for performance in a comedian role, although this was only given once in 1996.

Awarded forAward for Best performance in a Comic Role

CountryIndia

Presented byScreen India

First awardKader Khan,
Taqdeerwala (1996)

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Wins	Recipient
2	Paresh Rawal
	Abhishek Bachchan
	Varun Dhawan

Year	Winner	Film	Ref.
1996	Kader Khan	Taqdeerwala	^[1]
1997	Johnny Lever Sulabha Arya	Raja Hindustani Masoom	^[2]
1998	–	–	^[3]
1999	Archana Puran Singh	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	^[4]
2000	Anupam Kher	Haseena Maan Jayegi	^[5]
2001	Paresh Rawal	Hera Pheri	^[6]
2002	–	–	^[7]
2003	–	–	^[8]
2004	Paresh Rawal	Awara Paagal Deewana	^[9]
2005	Riteish Deshmukh	Masti	^[10]
2006	Abhishek Bachchan	Bunty Aur Babli	^[11]
2007	Shreyas Talpade	Dor	^[12]
2008	Irfan Khan	Life in a... Metro	^[13]
2009	Tusshar Kapoor	Golmaal Returns	^[14]
2010	Omi Vaidya	3 Idiots	^[15]
2011	Sanjay Mishra	Phas Gaye Re Obama	^[16]
2012	Pitobash	Shor in the City	^[17]
2013	Abhishek Bachchan Annu Kapoor	Bol Bachchan Vicky Donor	^[18]
2014	Richa Chadda	Fukrey	^[19]
2015	Sharib Hashmi	Filmistaan	^[20]
2017	Varun Dhawan	Dishoom	^[21]
2018	Varun Dhawan	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	^[22]
2019	–	–	^[23]
2020	Yami Gautam	Bala	^[24]

Screen Award for Best Comedian

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