Sanjay Dutt Filmfare Awards: Sanjay Dutt won only 2 Filmfare Awards in his 45 years of career, know for which films he got it
Uma Shankar February 12, 2026 03:23 AM

Sanjay Dutt Filmfare Awards: Sanjay Dutt, one of the veteran actors of Hindi cinema, entered the Hindi film industry through his father and late actor Sunil Dutt's film 'Reshma Aur Shera'. In this he worked as a child artist. This film was released in the year 1971. At that time his age was 12 years. He started his career as a lead actor at the age of 22. His first film as a lead actor was 'Rocky'. This film came in the year 1981.

from his very first film Sanjay Dutt Had won the hearts of the audience. After this he never looked back. In the 80s and 90s, the actor gave many films. Even after this this trend continued. Later on, he also played supporting roles and was also seen in villain roles and continues to do so till today. His film journey is full of many wonderful films, but in his 45 years of career, Sanjay Dutt has written his name on the Filmfare Award only twice. Let us know for which two films he was awarded the Filmfare Award?

Sanjay Dutt's first Filmfare Award

Sanjay Dutt received his first Filmfare Award for one of his best films 'Vaastaav'. It took 18 years for him to win the first Filmfare Award of his career. Sanjay Dutt's brilliant film was actually released in the year 2000. For this he was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He had defeated actors like Ajay Devgan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Manoj Bajpayee in the Best Actor category. In this, Sanjay played a powerful character named Raghu.

Sanjay Dutt's second Filmfare Award

Sanjay Dutt won the second and last Filmfare Award for his another excellent film Munna Bhai MBBS. This picture was released in the year 2003. Sanjay was given the Best Performance Award for Comic Role. This 23 year old romantic drama film was directed by veteran director Rajkumar Hirani.

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