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The filmfare award.
The filmfare award.

Filmfare Awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for Hindi films in India. They are given annually to honour Bollywood's best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the Hindi motion picture industry.

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History

The Filmware awards were first introduced in 1953. Readers of Filmfare magazine 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 21st March 1954, only five awards were presented – for the best film , the best director, the best actor, the best actress, and the best music director. Do Bigha Zameen was the first movie to win the award for the best film. The first four winners for other categories were: Bimal Roy for 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 Bawara

Awards

As of 2005, there are 31 awards. There is now a separate category of film-critics awards, decided by noted film-critics rather than popular votes. Awards are given in the following categories. Follow the links for lists of the award winners, year by year.

Popular awards

Critics Awards

Special Awards

Technical Awards

Trivia

  • The Clares was the original name of the award ceremony, named after Filmfare critic Clare Mendionca.
  • To celebrate the 25th year of the awards the statues were made in silver.
  • To celebrate the 50th year the statues were made in gold.

See also

External links

fr:Filmfare Awards sq:Filmfare Awards

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