National Film Award for Best Actor 1968 - 2007The National Film Award (India) (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Actor winners:Year Winner Film Language 2007 Soumitra Chatterjee Podokkhep : Bengali2006 Amitabh Bachchan Black : Hindi2005 Saif Ali Khan Hum Tum : Hindi2004 Vikram Pithamagan : Tamil2003 Ajay Devgan The Legend of Bhagat Singh : Hindi2002 Murali Neythukaaran : Malayalam2001 Anil Kapoor Pukar : Hindi2000 Mohanlal Vaanaprastham : Malayalam1999 1.Mammooty2.Ajay Devgan Dr. AmbedkarZakhm EnglishHindi1998 1.Suresh Gopi2.Balachandra Menon KaliyattamSamaantharangal : MalayalamMalayalam1997 Kamal Haasan Indian : Tamil1996 Rajit Kapur The Making of the Mahatma : English1995 Nana Patekar Krantiveer : Hindi1994 Mammooty Ponthan Mada & Vidheyan : Malaualam1993 Mithun Chakraborty Tahader Katha : Bengali1992 Mohanlal Bharatham : Malayalam1991 Amitabh Bachchan Agneepath : Hindi1990 Mammooty Mathilukal & Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha : Malayalam1989 Premji Piravi : Malayalam1988 Kamal Haasan Nayakan : Tamil1987 Chaaru Haasan Tabarana Kathe : Kannada1986 Shashi Kapoor New Delhi Times : Hindi1985 Naseeruddin Shah Paar : Hindi1984 Om Puri Ardh Satya : Hindi1983 Kamal Haasan Moondram Pirai : Tamil1982 Om Puri Arohan : Hindi1981 Balan K. Nair Oppol : Malayalam1980 Naseeruddin Shah Sparsh : Hindi1979 Arun Mukherjee Parashuram : Bengali1978 Gopi Kodiyettam : Malayalam1977 Mithun Chakraborty Mrigaaya : Bengali1976 M.V. Vasudeva Rao Chomana Dudi : Kannada1975 Sadhu Mehr Ankur : Hindi1974 P. J. Antony Nirmalyam : Malayalam1973 Sanjeev Kumar Koshish : Hindi1972 M.G. Ramachandran Rickshawkaran : Tamil1971 Sanjeev Kumar Dastak : Hindi1970 Utpal Dutt Bhuvan Shome : Hindi1969 Ashok Kumar Aashirwaad : Hindi1968 Uttam Kumar Antony Firingee & Chiriakhana : Bengali