List of awards and nominations received by Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan awards and nominations
Vidya at the Screen Awards in 2012
Totals[a]
Wins48
Nominations96
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Vidya Balan is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Hindi films. She has received several awards, including a National Film Award, seven Filmfare Awards, six Screen Awards, four International Indian Film Academy Awards, and five awards each from the Producers Guild and Zee Cine award ceremonies.

Vidya made her debut in 2003 with a leading role in the Bengali film Bhalo Theko, for which she won the Anandalok Award for Best Actress. In 2005, she had her first Bollywood release with the musical drama Parineeta, which garnered her a Best Female Debut award and a Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare Awards ceremony. For the role of a radio jockey in the 2006 horror comedy film Lage Raho Munna Bhai,[1] she was nominated for the IIFA Award for Best Actress. In 2007, Vidya featured in five films. She portrayed a woman suffering from multiple sclerosis in the semi-biographical drama Guru and a dissociative identity disorder patient in the psychological thriller Bhool Bhulaiyaa.[2] For the latter, she was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

From 2009 to 2012, Vidya played leading roles in films that earned her several accolades.[3] For the role of a single mother in the 2009 comedy-drama Paa,[4][5] Vidya won her first Best Actress award at Screen and Filmfare, among other honours. For her portrayal of a seductress in the 2010 black comedy Ishqiya,[4][6] she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) and garnered a Best Actress nomination at the same ceremony. She also won Best Actress awards at other ceremonies, including Screen, Zee Cine, and Producers Guild. Vidya portrayed film actress Silk in the 2011 biographical film The Dirty Picture,[4][7] for which she won a National Film Award for Best Actress, along with a second Best Actress award at Filmfare, IIFA, Producers Guild, and Zee Cine, and a third consecutive award in the same category at Screen. Also that year, she received Best Actress nominations at Filmfare and Screen for the 2011 crime thriller No One Killed Jessica. For portraying a pregnant woman in search of her missing husband in the 2012 thriller Kahaani,[4][8] Vidya won a fourth consecutive Best Actress Award at Screen, and a third Best Actress Award at Filmfare and IIFA. For playing a radio jockey in the 2017 comedy-drama Tumhari Sulu, Vidya won a fifth Screen Award and fourth Filmfare Award in the Best Actress category.[9]

In addition to acting awards, Vidya received the Prabha Khaitan Puraskar in 2012 for her work towards the empowerment of women.[10] In 2014, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her contribution to the arts.[11]

  1. ^ Adarsh, Taran (31 August 2006). "Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Vidya Balan's best roles: From Parineeta to Bobby". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ^ Masand, Rajeev (2 February 2013). "The Never-ending RGV Saga". Open. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "The uniqueness of being Vidya". The Tribune. 10 April 2011. Archived from the original on 21 November 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. ^ Saltz, Rachel (3 December 2009). "Amitabh Bachchan as His Son's Son in a Tale of India". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  6. ^ Masand, Rajeev (1 February 2010). "Masand Review: Ishqiya". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  7. ^ Tilak, Sudha G. (2 December 2011). "Silk Smitha: South India's ill-starred film siren". BBC News. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  8. ^ Chopra, Sonia. "Kahaani review: This mystery is worth unraveling". Sify. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Star Screen Awards 2017 full Winners List: Irrfan Khan, Rajkummar Rao, Vidya Balan, Neha Dhupia & Dangal win big!". International Business Times. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Vidya Balan receives Prabha Khaitan Puraskar". The Times of India. 1 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Padma Shri was invoked but never defined (see the help page).