1984 Naseeruddin Shah – Masoom Kamal Haasan – Sadmar Om Puri – Ardh Satya Rajesh Khanna – Avtaar Sunny Deol – Betaab 1983 Dilip Kumar – Shakti Amitabh Bachchan – Bemi Saal Amitabh Bachchan – Namak Halaal Amitabh Bachchan – Shakti Naseeruddin Shah – Bazaar Rishi Kapoor – Prem Rog Sanjeev Kumar – Angoor 1982 Naseeruddin Shah – Chakra

1981 Naseeruddin Shah – Aakrosh Amitabh Bachchan – Dostana Raj Babbar – Insaaf Ka Tarazu Rajesh Khanna – Thodisi Bewaffai Shatrughan Singha – Dostana Vinod Khanna – Qurbani 1980 Amal Palekar – Gol Maal Amitabh Bachchan – Kala Pathar Amitabh Bachchan – Mr. Natwarlal Rajesh Khanna – Amardeep Rishi Kapoor – Sargam 1979 Amitabh Bachchan – Don Amitabh Bachchan – Trishul Amitabh Bachchan – Mugaddar Ka Sikander Sanjeev Kumar – Pati Patni Aur Woh Sanjeev Kumar – Devata

1978 Amitabh Bachchan – Amar Akbar Anthony Amitabh Bachchan – Adulat Sanjeev Kumar – Yeh Hai Zindagi Sanjeev Kumar – Zindagi Vinod Khanna – Shaque 1977 Sanjeev Kumar – Arjun Pandit Sanjeev Kumar – Mausam Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhie Kabhie Amol Palekar – Chhotisi Dilip Kumar – Bairaag 1976 Sanjeev Kumar – Aandhi Sanjeev Kumar – Sholay Amitabh Bachchan – Deewaar Manoj Kumar – Sanyasi Uttam Kumar – Amanush