Filmfare Awards
Awarded for	Best in film
Presented by	Filmfare
Country	India
First awarded	1954
Official Website	http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/

The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India.^[1][2][3][4] The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards and were initially referred to as the Clare Awards after the editor of The Times of India, Clare Mendionca. A dual voting system was developed in 1956.^[5] Under this system, "in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted for by both the public and a committee of experts."^[6] The Filmfare Awards have been often referred to as Hindi film industry's equivalent of the Oscar.^[1][2][3]

[edit] History

The Filmfare awards were first introduced in 1954. The Clares was the original name of the award ceremony, named after The Times of India critic Clare Mendonca. Readers of Filmfare were polled to decide the winners, and over 20,000 readers spread throughout India participated in the polls; trophies were given to winners of the popular vote. In the first awards function, held on 21 March 1954 at the Metro Thatre of Mumbai, only five awards were presented: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Music Director. Do Bigha Zameen was the first movie to win the award for Best Film. The first winners for other four categories were: Bimal Roy for his direction of Do Bigha Zameen, Dilip Kumar for his performance in Daag, Meena Kumari for her performance in Baiju Bawra, and Naushad for his music in Baiju Bawra.

To celebrate the 25th year of the awards the statues were made in silver and to celebrate the 50th year the statues were made in gold.

Filmfare Award function 1977

[edit] Awards

As of 2005, there are 31 awards. There is a separate category of film-critics awards, decided by noted film-critics rather than popular votes. This dual format has also generated some controversy amongst viewers and recipients.^[7] Awards are given in the following categories. Follow the links for lists of the award winners, year by year.

[edit] Merit Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Villain
• Best Comedian
• Best Male Debut
• Best Female Debut
• Best Music Director
• Best Lyricist
• Best Male Playback
• Best Female Playback

[edit] Critics' Awards

• Critics Award Best Movie
• Critics Award Best Performance (Actor and Actress)
• Best Documentary

[edit] Special Awards

• Lifetime Achievement
• Power Award
• Special Performance Award
• Best Scene of the Year
• RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
• Best Film of 50 Years (2005)

[edit] Technical Awards

• Best Action
• Best Art Direction
• Best Background Score
• Best Cinematography
• Best Editing
• Best Choreography
• Best Story
• Best Screenplay
• Best Dialogue
• Best Sound Recording
• Best Special Effects
• Best Costumes

[edit] Records and Facts

• Most awards to a single film
  • Black (2005) - 11
  • Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) - 10
  • Devdas (2002) - 10
  • Madhumati (1958) - 9

• Most acting awards - male (Best Actor + Best Supporting Actor)
  • Dilip Kumar (8+0) = 8
  • Shahrukh Khan (7+0) = 7
  • Amitabh Bachchan (4+3) = 7

• Most acting awards - female (Best Actress + Best Supporting Actress)
  • Nutan (5+1) = 6
  • Jaya Bachchan (3+3) = 6

[edit] See also

• Bollywood
• Cinema of India
• Filmfare Awards South

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Filmfare Awards winners

• 54th Idea Filmfare Awards
• Times Syndication Service archives of photos of FILMFARE awards since the beginning.
• The Official Site
• Filmfare Awards - Year wise Internet Movie Database