Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
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The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil is a prestigious Indian film honor presented annually by Filmfare magazine to recognize outstanding lead performances in Tamil cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8667480 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Context triple: [Ajith Kumar, hasWonAward, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil]
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A.
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu is a prestigious Indian film honor presented annually by Filmfare magazine to recognize outstanding lead performances in Telugu cinema.
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B.
Filmfare Award for Best Actor
The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is one of Indian cinema’s most prestigious honors, annually recognizing the finest leading male performance in Hindi-language films.
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C.
National Film Award for Best Actor
The National Film Award for Best Actor is one of India’s most prestigious film honors, presented annually to recognize outstanding leading performances in Indian cinema across various languages.
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D.
Best Actress – Tamil
Best Actress – Tamil is a Filmfare Awards South category that honors outstanding lead performances by actresses in Tamil-language cinema.
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E.
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious Indian film honor presented annually by Filmfare magazine to recognize outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in Hindi cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Target entity description: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil is a prestigious Indian film honor presented annually by Filmfare magazine to recognize outstanding lead performances in Tamil cinema.
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A.
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu is a prestigious Indian film honor presented annually by Filmfare magazine to recognize outstanding lead performances in Telugu cinema.
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B.
Filmfare Award for Best Actor
The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is one of Indian cinema’s most prestigious honors, annually recognizing the finest leading male performance in Hindi-language films.
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C.
National Film Award for Best Actor
The National Film Award for Best Actor is one of India’s most prestigious film honors, presented annually to recognize outstanding leading performances in Indian cinema across various languages.
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D.
Best Actress – Tamil
Best Actress – Tamil is a Filmfare Awards South category that honors outstanding lead performances by actresses in Tamil-language cinema.
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E.
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious Indian film honor presented annually by Filmfare magazine to recognize outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in Hindi cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian film award
ⓘ
film award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Filmfare Best Actor Award (Tamil) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardFor | Best performance by a lead actor in a Tamil film ⓘ |
| awardGivenFor | artistic excellence in acting ⓘ |
| categoryOf | acting award ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| domain | performing arts ⓘ |
| eligibility | performance in a theatrically released Tamil feature film ⓘ |
| firstWinner | Sivaji Ganesan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasAudiencePerception | marker of high status for Tamil actors ⓘ |
| hasCategoryInSameEvent |
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCeremonyLocation | various cities in South India ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | male ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | one of the earliest major acting awards in Tamil cinema ⓘ |
| hasReputation | prestigious award in Tamil cinema ⓘ |
| hasSubsequentEdition |
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil 1973
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Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil 1974 ⓘ Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil 1975 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrophyType | Filmfare statuette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1972 ⓘ |
| industry | Tamil cinema ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | Filmfare Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRecognizedBy | Tamil film industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCinema | Tamil ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Dhanush
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kamal Haasan NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajinikanth NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriya NERFINISHED ⓘ Vikram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Worldwide Media NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Filmfare Awards South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Filmfare
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Filmfare magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | South India ⓘ |
| scope | Tamil-language films released in the eligibility year ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | performance of a male lead actor in a Tamil-language film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Description of subject: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil is a prestigious Indian film honor presented annually by Filmfare magazine to recognize outstanding lead performances in Tamil cinema.
Referenced by (1)
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