Here are some interesting statistics... Below is a list of Bollywood actors and how many times in their career as a lead actor they had the highest grossing film of the year. Since 2014 is not over yet I'm not including it in the list.
No.
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Actor
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No. of Highest Grossing films of the year
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Notes
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12.
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Abhishek
Bachchan
|
2
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He has been nominated 10 times for Filmfare, 3 times in
the Best Actor category but never received a Filmfare Best Actor awards. His films rarely find success at
the box office; the only films to reach the top are Dhoom 2 and Dhoom 3 which
also starred Hrithik Roshan and Aamir Khan, respectively.
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11.
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Sunny Deol |
2
|
Deol made his debut in the film Betaab for which he was
nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award. He has been nominated 6 times
for Filmfare, 5 times in the Best Actor category and has received 1 Filmfare
Best Actor award. His last film to rule the box office was Gadar Ek Prem
Katha (2001)
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10.
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Hrithik Roshan |
3
|
He made his film debut with a leading role in his father,
Rakesh's romantic thriller Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000). His performance in
the film earned him Filmfare Awards for Best Actor and Best Male Debut. He
has been nominated 13 times for Filmfare, 11 times in the Best Actor category
and has received 3 Filmfare Best Actor awards. His last film to rule the box
office was Dhoom 2 (2006).
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9.
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Anil Kapoor |
4
|
He has been nominated 15 times for Filmfare, 8 times in
the Best Actor category and has received 2 Filmfare Best Actor awards. His
last film to rule the box office was No Entry (2005).
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8.
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Manoj Kumar |
4
|
He has been honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government
of India. He was nominated 13 times for Filmfare awards in various
categories. He has been nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor award 4 times,
winning once for Beimaan (1972).
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7.
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Raj
Kapoor
|
5
|
He was the winner of 2 National Film Awards and 11
Filmfare Awards in India,
and a two-time nominee for the Palme d'Or grand prize at the Cannes Film
Festival for his films Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954). His performance
in Awaara was ranked as one of the top ten greatest performances of all time
by Time magazine. He has been nominated 18 times for Filmfare, 6 times in the
Best Actor category and has received 2 Filmfare Best Actor awards. His last
film to rule the box office was Sangam (1964).
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6.
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Shahrukh
Khan
|
5
|
He has received 14 Filmfare Awards from 30 nominations,
including 8 for Best Actor; tied for the most in the category with Dilip
Kumar. His last film to rule the box office was Om Shanti Om (2007),
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5.
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Dharmendra
|
5
|
He has been nominated 8 times for Filmfare, 4 times in the
Best Actor category but has never received a Filmfare Best Actor awards. In
1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his
contribution to Hindi cinema. His last film to rule the box office was
Hukumat (1987).
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4.
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Aamir
Khan
|
5
|
He has been nominated 24 times for Filmfare, 17 times in
the Best Actor category and has received 2 Filmfare Best Actor awards. From
1989 to 1997 he had 9 consecutive Filmfare Best actor nominations winning
once for Raja Hindustani (1996). He won Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut (Qayamat
Se Qayamat Tak). He was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma
Shri in 2003 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010. His last film to rule the box
office was Dhoom 3 (2013).
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3.
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Amitabh Bachchan
|
6
|
His last film to rule the box office as a lead actor was
Coolie (1983). He is the most-nominated performer in any major acting
category at Filmfare, with 39 nominations overall. He has received 5 Filmfare
Best Actor awards.
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2.
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Dilip
Kumar
|
7
|
With 7 highest grossing films of the box office as a lead
actor, he also holds the Guinness World Record for winning the maximum number
of awards by an Indian actor. He has received many awards throughout his
career, including 8 Filmfare Best Actor awards and 19 Filmfare nominations.
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1.
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Salman
Khan
|
9
|
He is the undisputed king of the Box Office having appeared in
the highest grossing film nine separate years during his career, a record
that remains unbroken. Salman had 3 consecutive highest grossing films of the
year Dabangg (2010), Bodyguard (2011) and Ek Tha Tiger (2012). His last film to rule the box office
was Ek Tha Tiger (2012). He has been nominated 15 times for Filmfare, 8 times
in the Best Actor category but has never received a Filmfare Best Actor
awards. He has won Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut (Maine Pyaar Kiya) and
Best Supporting Actor (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai).
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