Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.
| Year | Actor | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Prasenjit Chatterjee | Dosar | Rituparno Ghosh |
| 2006 | Sekhar Das | Krantikaal | |
| 2005 | Anjan Das | Iti Sreekanta | |
| 2004 | Goutam Ghosh | Abar Aranye | |
| 2003 | Mrinal Sen | Aamaar Bhuban | |
| 2002 | Rituparno Ghosh | Utsav | |
| 2001 | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Uttara | |
| 2000 | Rituparno Ghosh | ||
| 1999 | Rituparno Ghosh | ||
| 1998 | |||
| 1997 | Rituparno Ghosh | Unishey April | |
| 1996 | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Charachar | |
| 1995 | Tapan Sinha | Wheel Chair | |
| 1994 | |||
| 1993 | Utpal Dutt | Agantuk | Satyajit Ray |
| 1992 | Mrinal Sen | Mahaprithbi | |
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| 1989 | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Phera | |
| 1988 | Rajen Tarafdar | Nagpash | |
| 1987 | Saroj De | Kony | |
| 1986 | Aparna Sen | Paroma | |
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| 1976 | Tarun Majumder | Sansar Simanthey | |
| 1975 | Mrinal Sen | Chorus | |
| 1974 | Mrinal Sen | Padatik | |
| 1973 | Mrinal Sen | Calcutta 71’ | |
| 1972 | Tarun Majumder | Nimantran | |
| 1971 | Anup Kumar (Actor) | Palatak | Tarun Majumdar |
| 1970 | Satyajit Ray | Goopi Gyne Bagha Byne | |
| 1969 | Tapan Sinha | Apanjan | |
| 1968 | Arundhati Devi | Chhuti | |
| 1967 | Satyajit Ray | Nayak | |
| 1966 | Ritwik Ghatak | Subarna Rekha | |
| 1965 | Satyajit Ray | Charulata | |
| 1964 | Tapan Sinha | Nirjan Saikatey | |
| 1963 | Satyajit Ray | Abhijan | |
| 1962 | Satyajit Ray | Tin Kanya | |
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| 1946 | Niren Lahiri | Bhabikal | |
| 1945 | Bimal Roy | Udayer Pathey | |
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| 1943 | 1.Shailajanand Mukherjee | Bondi | |
| 2.Niren Lahiri | Garmil | ||
| 1942 | Hemchunder | Pratishruti |