Shah Rukh Khan has won six Filmfare awards for Best Actor, the most recent being in 2005 for Swades, acting the role of an Indian-American NASA engineer whose life is transformed by his encounters with rural India. 2004 was also a good year for Shahrukh; he acted in three movies, receiving Filmfare nominations for his work in each of them.
His Filmfare Awards include:
Filmfare Power Award 2004
Best Actor - Swades 2004
Filmfare Power Award (along Amitabh Bachchan) 2003
Best Actor - Devdas 2002
Filmfare Special Award Swiss Consulate Trophy 2002
Best Actor, Critics' Choice - Mohabbatein 2000
Best Actor - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 1998
Best Actor - Dil To Pagal Hai 1997
Best Actor - Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 1995
Best Villain - Anjaam 1994
Best Performer Critics' Choice - Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa 1993
Best Actor - Baazigar 1993
Best Newcomer - Deewana 1992
If all categories in which he has won are counted, Shah Rukh has the greatest number of Filmfare awards for performance in Hindi movies. He is two short of equalling the record for Best Actor category - Dilip Kumar heads that list with eight awards between 1954 and 1983.
Two of the films in which Shah Rukh starred as a leading actor have been India's entry in Hollywood's Oscars. Paheli (2005)has been nominated for the 2006 Oscars. Devdas (2002) was an earlier nomination. Shah Rukh also appeared in a third Oscar entry, as a supporting actor in Hey Ram (2000). See List of India's official entries to the Oscars.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004.
