Filmfare Award for Best Action

Filmfare Award for Best Action
Description	Best Performance by an Action Director
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	Tinnu Verma, Khuda Gawah (1993)
Currently held by	Tom Struthers, Tiger Zinda Hai (2018)
Website	Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Best Action Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.

Although the awards started in 1954, the best action category did not start until 1993.

Superlatives

Most Awards

• Sham Kaushal – 4
• Allan Amin – 3
• Tinnu Verma – 3
• Bhiku Verma - 2
• Akbar Bakshi – 2
• Vijayan Master – 2

Having won the award four times, Sham Kaushal holds the record for most wins in this category, followed by Tinnu Verma, Allan Amin each with three wins and Bhiku Verma, Akbar Bakshi, Vijayan Master each with two wins.

Awards

Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.

Year	Action Director	Film
2018	Tom Struthers	Tiger Zinda Hai
2017	Sham Kaushal	Dangal
2016	Sham Kaushal	Bajirao Mastani
2015	Sham Kaushal	Gunday
2014	Thomas Struthers & Guru Bachchan	D-Day
2013	Sham Kaushal	Gangs of Wasseypur
2012	Matthias Barsch	Don 2
2011	Vijayan Master	Dabangg
2010	Vijayan Master	Wanted
2009	Peter Hein	Ghajini
2008	Rob Miller	Chak De India
2007	Tony Ching Siu-tung & Sham Kaushal	Krrish
2006	Allan Amin	Dus
2005	Vikram Dharma	Yuva
2004	Allan Amin	Qayamat: City Under Threat
2003	Philip Ko & Abbas Ali Moghal	Awara Paagal Deewana
2002	Tinnu Verma	Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
2001	Allan Amin	Mission Kashmir
2000	Tinnu Verma	Arjun Pandit
1999	Akbar Bakshi	Soldier
1998	Bhiku Varma / Tinnu Verma	Border
1997	Akbar Bakshi	Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi
1996	Bhiku Varma	Karan Arjun
1995	Ravi Dewan	Anth
1994	Tyagarjan	Gardish
1993	Tinnu Verma	Khuda Gawah

See also

• Filmfare Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India