Amidst all the odds, legal battles, personal issues, emotional imbalances Kangna Ranaut, whose going through a lot these days personally, has emerged a winner on her professional front.

The Queen actress has yet again managed to get the honorary National Award for best actress for her dual act in Anand L Rai’s Tanu Weds Manu Returns.

Kangna has been felicitated for the third time with this honor.

Apart from Kangna, the star of the millennium Shri Amitabh Bachchan too had received the honorary National Award for best actor for his act in Shoojit Sircar’s Piku.

Amitabh Bachchan has received his 5^th National Award.

Winning the prestigious National Award is a matter of great achievement and a pride of honor for any artist in India. It takes a lot to get a National Award for your work. It’s not easy to get one in your kitty. But there are some artists who have been honored with the prestigious award multiple times.

Let’s have a look at some of prominent stars of Bollywood who have managed to get multiple National Awards under their belly.

Shabana Aazmi :

The first in the list is Shabana Aazmi who has received this honorary award the maximum 5 times. She was first felicitated in 1975 for her debut in Shyam Benegal’s  Ankur(1974) .

Here is the list of various National Awards she won over the period :

1975 – National Award for Best Actress, Ankur,

1983 – National Award for Best Actress, Arth,

1984 – National Award for Best Actress, Khandar,

1985 – National Award for Best Actress, Paar,

1999 – National  Award for Best Actress, Godmother.

Kamal Hassan :

Super star Kamal Hassan still continues to spill his magic as a mainstream commercial film Hero till now but his acting skills were way back appreciated for his first ever screen presence as a child artist.

Yes, Kamal Hassan received his 1^st Rashtrapati National Award for best child actor in his first film Kalathur Kanama, at the age of 4.

Here is the list of his National Awards:

1984 – National Award for Best Actor, Moondram Pirai,

1989 – National Award for Best Actor, Nayagan,

1994 – National Award for Best Feature Film (Regional, Tamil), Thevar Magan,

1998 – National Award for Best Actor, Indian.

Amitabh Bachchan:

The next in the category is none other than, the star of the millennium Shri Amitabh Bachchan.

He too has been received with this honor 4 times in best actor category. Here’s the list:

1991 – National Award for Best Actor, Agneepath,

2006 – National Award for Best Actor, Black,

2010 – National Award for Best Actor, Paa,

2016 – National Award for Best Actor, Piku.

Mithun Chakraborty:

The diso dancer of Bollywood, the evergreen Mithun Daa too was honored with this prestigious award 3 times in his life. Hope he receives more such honors. Here’s his list:

1977 – National Award for Best Actor, Mrigya,

1993 – National Award for Best Actor, Tahader Katha,

1996 – National Award for Best Supporting Actor, Swami Vivekanand.

Nana Patekar:

The inimitable, Nana Patekar too received the honorary National Award 3 times in his career, and I am sure he would again be honored with such prestigious award as he still continues to shower the screen with his acting capabilities.

Here’s his list of awards:

1991 – National Award for Best Supporting Actor, Parinda,

1996 – National Award for Best Actor, Krantiveer,

1998 – National Award for Best Supporting Actor, Agni Sakshi.

Naseeruddin Shah:

One of the prominent figures of parallel cinema, no wonder he has been felicitated by this prestigious award 3 times in his career due to his acting capabilities and there are chances of him winning in near future too.

Here’s his list:

1980 – National Award for Best Actor, Sparsh,

1985 – National Award for Best Actor, Paar,

2007 – National Award for Best Supporting Actor, Iqbaal.

Kangna Ranaut too, as said has till now won 3 National Award. She first received it for Best Supporting Actress, for her act in Fashion. Then she went on to pick the prestigious award for Best Actress for Queen and now for Tanu Weds Manu Returns. With her acting capabilities she might in near future would again be felicitated by such honor.

In music direction, Illyaraja has won 5 National Awards and A.R. Rehmaan has won 4 National Awards. Vairamuthu and Javed Akhtar have won 6 and 5 National Awards respectively for Best Lyrics. In singing, K.J. Yesudas and S.P. Balasubramanyam have won 7 and 6 National Awards respectively for Best Male Singer whereas in the category of Best Female Singer, K.S. Chitra and P. Susheela have won 6 and 5 National Awards respectively.

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