Screen Award for Best Comedian

Screen Award for Best performance in a Comic Role
The 2020 recipient: Yami Gautam
Awarded for	Award for Best performance in a Comic Role
Country	India
Presented by	Screen India
First award	Kader Khan, Taqdeerwala (1996)
Currently held by	Yami Gautam, Bala (2020)

The Screen Award for Best Comedian is chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian Bollywood film industry and the winners are announced in January. The award was further extended when they included a separate female category for performance in a comedian role, although this was only given once in 1996.

Multiple wins

Wins	Recipient
2	Paresh Rawal
	Abhishek Bachchan
	Varun Dhawan

Winners

Year	Winner	Film	Ref.
1996	Kader Khan	Taqdeerwala
1997	Johnny Lever Sulabha Arya	Raja Hindustani Masoom
1998	–	–
1999	Archana Puran Singh	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2000	Anupam Kher	Haseena Maan Jayegi
2001	Paresh Rawal	Hera Pheri
2002	–	–
2003	–	–
2004	Paresh Rawal	Awara Paagal Deewana
2005	Riteish Deshmukh	Masti
2006	Abhishek Bachchan	Bunty Aur Babli
2007	Shreyas Talpade	Dor
2008	Irfan Khan	Life in a... Metro
2009	Tusshar Kapoor	Golmaal Returns
2010	Omi Vaidya	3 Idiots
2011	Sanjay Mishra	Phas Gaye Re Obama
2012	Pitobash	Shor in the City
2013	Abhishek Bachchan Annu Kapoor	Bol Bachchan Vicky Donor
2014	Richa Chadda	Fukrey
2015	Sharib Hashmi	Filmistaan
2017	Varun Dhawan	Dishoom
2018		Badrinath Ki Dulhania
2019	–	–
2020	Yami Gautam	Bala

See also

• Screen Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India