<P> There was controversy over the National Film Award for Best Actor , which the committee awarded to Akshay Kumar for his performance in Rustom , snubbing Aamir Khan 's performance for Dangal . Committee member Priyadarshan , who has worked with Kumar on several films , gave the following explanation for awarding Kumar instead of Khan : </P>
the winner of the best actor award in the 64th national film festival 2017
Akshay Kumar