51st Filmfare Awards
The 51st Filmfare Awards took place on 25 February 2006 at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. The show was hosted by Javed Jaffrey.
| 51st Filmfare Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 February 2006 |
| Site | Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai |
| Hosted by | Javed Jaffrey |
| Official website | www |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Black |
| Black | |
| Most awards | Black (11) |
| Most nominations | Parineeta (13) |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Sony Entertainment Television (India) |
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Parineeta led the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by Black with 11 nominations.
Black received 11 awards at the ceremony – a record at the time – including Best Film, Best Film (Critics), Best Director (Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actor, Best Actor (Critics) (both for Amitabh Bachchan), Best Actress, Best Actress (Critics) (both for Rani Mukherji) and Best Supporting Actress (Ayesha Kapur).[1][2]
Amitabh Bachchan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Black and Sarkar, winning for the former.
Rani Mukerji also received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Black and Bunty Aur Babli, winning for the former.
Main awards
Best Film
Best Director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Black
- Madhur Bhandarkar for Page 3
- Nagesh Kukunoor for Iqbal
- Pradeep Sarkar for Parineeta
- Ram Gopal Verma for Sarkar
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Aamir Khan – Mangal Pandey: The Rising
- Abhishek Bachchan – Bunty Aur Babli
- Amitabh Bachchan – Sarkar
- Saif Ali Khan – Parineeta
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Preity Zinta – Salaam Namaste
- Rani Mukherji – Bunty Aur Babli
- Sharmila Tagore – Viruddh
- Vidya Balan – Parineeta
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Amitabh Bachchan – Bunty Aur Babli
- Arshad Warsi – Salaam Namaste
- Naseeruddin Shah – Iqbal
- Sanjay Dutt – Parineeta
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Bipasha Basu – No Entry
- Sandhya Mridul – Page 3
- Shefali Shah – Waqt: The Race Against Time
- Shweta Prasad – Iqbal
Best Actor in a Comic Role
- Anil Kapoor – No Entry
- Javed Jaffrey – Salaam Namaste
- Rajpal Yadav – Waqt: The Race Against Time
- Salman Khan – No Entry
Best Performance in a Negative Role
Best Music
Bunty Aur Babli – Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
- Aashiq Banaya Aapne – Himesh Reshammiya
- Dus – Vishal–Shekhar
- Lucky: No Time for Love – Adnan Sami
- Parineeta – Shantanu Moitra
Best Lyrics
Bunty Aur Babli – Gulzar for Kajra Re
- Aashiq Banaya Aapne – Sameer for Aashiq Banaya Aapne
- Bunty Aur Babli – Gulzar for Chup Chup Ke
- Paheli – Gulzar for Dheere Jalna
- Parineeta – Swanand Kirkire for Piyu Bole
Best Playback Singer, Male
Aashiq Banaya Aapne – Himesh Reshammiya for Aashiq Banaya Aapne
- Dus – Shaan and KK for Dus Bahane
- Paheli – Sonu Nigam for Dheere Jalna
- Parineeta – Sonu Nigam for Piyu Bole
- Zeher – Atif Aslam for Woh Lamhe
Best Playback Singer, Female
Bunty Aur Babli – Alisha Chinai for Kajra Re
- Dus – Sunidhi Chauhan for Deedar De
- Parineeta – Shreya Ghoshal for Piyu Bole
- Parineeta – Sunidhi Chauhan for Kaisi Paheli
- Zeher – Shreya Ghoshal for Agar Tum Mil Jaao
Best Action
Best Art Direction
Parineeta – Keshto Mandal, Pradeep Sarkar and Tanushree Sarkar
Best Background Score
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Black – Bela Segal
Best Screenplay
Page 3 – Nina Arora & Manoj Tyagi (as per titles of the film)
Best Dialogue
Best Story
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi – Ruchi Narain, Shivkumar Subramaniam and Sudhir Mishra
Best Sound Design
Parineeta – Bishwadeep Chatterjee
Lifetime Achievement Award
Filmfare Power Award
Best Debut, Male
Shiney Ahuja – Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi