The 100 Best Performances of Hindi Cinema (Bobby Talks Cinema EXCLUSIVE)

The listing here is purely based on individual power packed performances by the actors, irrespective of the success or failure of the movies taken into consideration.   And the first two entries have been given a special mention for a specific reason.

If we include all the masterpieces featuring the two legends of Hindi Film Industry, Dilip Kumar & Amitabh Bachchan as individual entries, then they will indisputably capture a substantial number of counts, which will in turn forcibly keep many deserving movies out of the list. Hence all the world famous movies of these two veterans are respectably included as the first & second entries of the 100 Best.

Written in alphabetical order (except the first two), many readers may find the list incomplete, as their favourite performance or actor might be missing in the Final 100. So, I would like to request to add your favourite acts in a comment following the post (as your personal recommendation) which will surely help the write-up to be more comprehensive from all angles.
So here are “The 100 Best Performances of Hindi Cinema” (updated till 2015)

01.      Dilip Kumar in his famous milestones.
02.      Amitabh Bachchan in his major blockbusters till 1990.  
03.      Aamir Khan in Lagaan
04.      Aamir Khan in Rang De Basanti 
05.      Aamir Khan in Rangeela     
06.      Amitabh Bachchan (Post 1990) in Paa
07.      Amjad Khan in Sholay
08.      Amol Palekar in Chhoti Si Baat
09.      Amol Palekar in Golmaal
10.      Amrish Puri in Mr. India
11.      Anil Kapoor in Pukar
12.      Anu Kapoor in Ek Ruka Hua Faisla
13.      Anupam Kher in Saraansh
14.      Ashok Kumar in Aashirwad
15.      Ashok Kumar in Kanoon
16.      Ashutosh Rana in Dushman  
17.      Balraj Sahni in Do Beegha Zameen
18.      Balraj Sahni in Garam Hawa 
19.      Balraj Sahni in Kabuliwala 
20.      Dev Anand in Guide
21.      Dharmendra in Chupke Chupke
22.      Dharmendra in Satyakam
23.      Farukh Sheikh in Katha  
24.      Guru Dutt in Kaagaz Ke Phool
25.      Guru Dutt in Pyaasa 
26.      Hema Malini in Seeta Aur Geeta 
27.      Hrithik Roshan in Koi Mil Gaya
28.      Irrfan Khan in Haasil
29.      Irrfan Khan in Paan Singh Tomar  
30.      Jaya Bhaduri in Abhimaan
31.      Jaya Bhaduri in Guddi
32.      Jaya Bhaduri in Koshish 
33.      Kajol in Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai
34.      Kamal Hassan in Hey Ram
35.      Kamal Hassan in Nayakan
36.      Kamal Hassan in Sadma 
37.      Kangna Ranaut in Queen  
38.      Madhubala in Mughal-E-Azam
39.      Madhuri Dixit in Mrityudand      
40.      Manoj Kumar in Shaheed
41.      Manoj Bajpai in Satya
42.      Meena Kumari in Mere Apne
43.      Meena Kumari in Pakeezah
44.      Meena Kumari in Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam
45.      Meenakshi Sheshadri in Damini
46.      Mithun Chakraborty in Mrigya  
47.      Nana Patekar in Parinda 
48.      Nana Patekar in Prahaar
49.      Nargis in Mother India
50.      Naseeruddin Shah in Peston Jee
51.      Naseeruddin Shah in Sparsh
52.      Naseeruddin Shah in Aakrosh
53.      Nutan in Bandini 
54.      Nutan in Sujata  
55.      Om Puri in Ardh Satya
56.      Om Puri in Chachi 420
57.      Padmani Kohlapuri in Prem Rog
58.      Pankaj Kapoor in Ek Ruka Hua Faisla
59.      Pankaj Kapoor in Maqbool 
60.      Pankaj Kapoor in Ek Doctor Ki Maut 
61.      Paresh Rawal in Hera Pheri
62.      Paresh Rawal in Sardar
63.      Paresh Rawal in Tamanna
64.      Pran in Zanjeer
65.      Prithviraj Kapoor in Mughal-E-Azam
66.      Priyanka Chopra in Barfi  
67.      Raghuvaran in Shiva
68.      Raj Kapoor in Jaagte Raho
69.      Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker
70.      Raj Kapoor in Shri 420  
71.      Rajesh Khanna in Anand 
72.      Rajesh Khanna in Bawarchi
73.      Rajesh Khanna in Amar Prem
74.      Rajeshwari in Suraj Ka Satwan Ghoda
75.      Rani Mukherjee in Black
76.      Ranbir Kapoor in Rockstar
77.      Rekha in Khoobsurat
78.      Rekha in Umrao Jaan 
79.      Rishi Kapoor in Karz  
80.     Sanjay Dutt in Vaastav
81.     Sanjeev Kumar in Angoor
82.     Sanjeev Kumar in Khilona
83.     Sanjeev Kumar in Koshish
84.     Sanjay Mishra in Ankhon Dekhi
85.     Seema Biswas in Bandit Queen
86.     Shabana Azmi in Ankur 
87.     Shabana Azmi in Sparsh
88.     Shabana Azmi in Arth
89.     Sharmila Tagore in Mausam
90.     Shahrukh Khan in Swades
91      Shammi Kapoor in Teesri Manzil
92.     Smita Patil in Bhumika
93.     Smita Patil in Mirch Masala
94.     Sridevi in Sadma  
95.      Tabu in Chandni Bar
96.      Utpal Dutt in Bhuvan Shome
97.      Utpal Dutt in Golmaal
98.      V. Shantaram in Do Aankhen Barah Haath
99.      Vidya Balan in Paa
100.   Waheeda Rehman in Guide

“Performances which still remain worth mentioning”
Amitabh Bachchan in Black
Amitabh Bachchan in Sarkar & Sarkar Raj
Abhishek Bachchan in Guru 
Aamir Khan in Taarey Zameen Par
Anil Kapoor in Eshwar
Anil Kapoor in Lamhe
Anu Kapoor in Vicky Donor
Amrita Singh in Chameli Ki Shaadi
Alia Bhatt in Highway

Boman Irani in Khosla Ka Ghosla
Darsheel Safary in Taare Zameen Par
Dimple Kapadia in Rudaali
Hrithik Roshan in Jodha Akbar
Hema Malini in Sholay

Jenifer Kandal in 36 Chowrangee Lane
Jeetendera in New Delhi
Farhan Akhtar in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Kamal Hassan in Pushpak
Kareena Kapoor in Jab we met
Konkona Sen Sharma in Mr. & Mrs Iyer
Mammooty in Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar
Mehmood in Pyar Kiye Ja

Nagarjun in Shiva
Nana Patekar in Ab Tak 56 
Naseerudin Shah in Paar 
Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Gangs of Wasseypur-II
Paresh Rawal in Mumbai Meri Jaan
Pankaj Kapoor in Halla Bol
Pran in Upkar 
Priyanka Chopra in Fashion 
Rajit Kapoor in Suraj Ka Satwan Ghoda 
Ranbir Kapoor in Barfi

Sharmila Tagore in Aradhana
Sanjay Dutt in Munna Bhai Series
Sanjeev Kumar in Pati Patni Aur Woh 
Sanjeev Kumar in Aandhi
Sunny Deol in Damini
Smita Patil in Arth 
Shahrukh Khan in Chakk De India
Shashi Kapoor in Kabhie Kabhie
Shabana Azmi in Paar
Vidya Balan in Kahaani
Tabu in Astitva

Reading the above entries, if you still find an important performance missing from the list, then please add your recommendations in a comment below the post. There is every possibility that I could have missed out a vital act worth including.  

But before suggesting, I would like to request that please go through more than 200 interactions with many names already discussed and given reason for their non-inclusion too in the PDF Files compiled, especially for all interested friends willing to know about them all. The files can be accessed/downloaded from the following links :

Responses to 100 Best Acts Post-2009-10-11 (For Reference) Responses to 100 Best Acts Post-2012-2013 (For Reference)
Have a great time exploring Hindi Cinema with
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(Updated in March 2015)