Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut

Zee Cine Awards for Best Male Debut
The 2026 recipient: Ahaan Panday
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Debut Role
CountryIndia
Presented byZee Entertainment
First awardAkshay Khanna
Border (1998)
Currently held byAhaan Panday
Saiyaara (2026)
WebsiteZee Cine Awards

The Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut is chosen by the jury members in the annual Zee Cine Awards. They give awards to the new discoveries of Bollywood where they see some potential. This Category was first awarded in the year 1998. The first recipient was Akshay Khanna for his performance in Border. The most recent receipt is Ahaan Panday for Saiyaara.[1]

Winners

Year Winner Film
1998Akshaye KhannaBorder
1999Mukesh TiwariChina Gate
2000Aftab ShivdasaniMast
2001Hrithik RoshanKaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
2002Tusshar KapoorMujhe Kuch Kehna Hai
2003Vivek OberoiCompany
2004Shahid KapoorIshq Vishk
2005Not Awarded
2006Shiney AhujaHazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
2007Upen Patel36 China Town
2008Ranbir KapoorSaawariya
2009Not Held
2010Not Held
2011Ranveer SinghBand Baaja Baaraat
2012Rana DaggubatiDum Maaro Dum
2013 Arjun Kapoor
Ayushmann Khurana
Ishaqzaade
Vicky Donor
2014 Dhanush Raanjhanaa
2015 Tiger Shroff Heropanti
2016 Vicky Kaushal Masaan
2017 Jim Sarbh Neerja
2018 Matin Rey Tangu Tubelight
2019Ishaan KhattarBeyond the Clouds & Dhadak
2020Siddhant Chaturvedi
Vishal Jethwa
Gully Boy
Mardaani 2
2021Not Held
2022Not Held
2023 Babil Khan Qala
2024 Rajveer Deol Dono
2025Abhay Verma
Lakshya
Munjya
Kill
2026 Ahaan Panday Saiyaara

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Validation at this age results in a lot of motivation – Babil Khan on winning best debut award". IWMBuzz. Retrieved 19 March 2023.