The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.[1] The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India.[2] The awards were first introduced by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards.[3] They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonca, the editor of The Times of India.
A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by the Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts. The ceremony has been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions. During several years in the 1990s, a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued due to unknown reasons.
Since 2001, a recorded and edited version of the awards ceremony was televised on SET a week or two after the ceremony has been held. Since 2018, the ceremony has been televised on Colors. The 65th Filmfare Awards event was held on the 16th of February 2020 at Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati.[4] Until the mid-1990s, Filmfare Awards were the preeminent and most-recognised awards in Bollywood until several other awards sprouted up in Mumbai. This has resulted in poor viewership since the 2000s.[1][2][3][5]
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 Theatre of Mumbai, only five awards were presented: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Music Director.
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser at the Filmfare Awards during his visit to India, March, 1960.
Do Bigha Zameen was the first movie to win the award for Best Film. The first winners for the 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 Ali for his music in Baiju Bawra. The Filmfare Awards also introduced the Short Film Category in 2017, with Vidya Balan and Gauri Shinde on the jury.[7] The People's Choice Award for Best Short Film was presented to Khamakha. Short films like Chutney, Matitali Kusti and Taandav won awards as well.[8]
Hollywood star Gregory Peck was invited to be the guest of honour at the first ever awards on 21 March 1954 at the Metro theatre, Mumbai but could not make it to the function since his flight from Colombo got delayed. However, Peck did attend the banquet that followed the award night at Wellington Club (Gymkhana), Mumbai.[9][10]
Postponement in 1986 and 1987
The winners for the year 1985 were announced in 1986 and the event was scheduled to be held at the Brabourne Stadium in December 1986. Unfortunately, the Bombay Film Industry as it was known then, went on strike in 1986 because of its many contentious issues with the Government of Maharashtra. As a result, the ceremony was pushed to the next year. The winners of 1985 were awarded on 28 January 1987. For security reasons, the Filmfare was not awarded for 1986 and 1987.[11]
The Red Carpet
The Red Carpet is a segment that takes place before the beginning of the actual ceremony. This is when actors, actresses, producers, directors, singers, composers, and others that have contributed to Indian cinema are introduced.[12] Hosts question the celebrities about upcoming performances and who they think deserves to take the Black Lady home.[13]
In 2013
The 2013 Filmfare awards took place in Mumbai at the Yash Raj Studios in Andheri. A special press conference was held just for its announcement and this took place at the Suburban hotel in Mumbai as well. The theme that year was a hundred years in the future. The reason for the theme to be held that year was because it was meant to be continuous from the previous year's theme, where the fraternity celebrated the completion of a hundred years in Indian cinema at the box office.[14]
Filmfare Statuette
The statuette, depicting a woman whose arms are upraised in a dance number with her fingers touching, is commonly referred to as "The Black Lady" (or "The Lady in Black"). Originally designed by N.G. Pansare under the supervision of Times of India's art director Walter Langhammer, it is generally made of bronze, its height is 46.5 cm and it weighs around 5 kg.[15] 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.[16] The Filmfare trophy is manufactured by The Award Gallery since 2000.[17] Until 2012, there had only been a few changes made to the trophy. But more recently, as of 2013, a huge change has been made to give the trophy a 3-D look.[18] There were two reasons given for this change. First of all, the organisers believe that it was necessary to match the many advances in technology in today's world, which will advance a lot more in the coming years as well. This was also an attempt to match the theme of the 2013 set of awards at Filmfare in Mumbai: a hundred years leap into the future.[14]
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^"'WINNERS OF THE FILMFARE AWARDS 2017' – Film fare". filmfare.com.
^"'I behaved like Gregory Peck to impress Suraiya' – The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 14 June 2003. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
^"Filmfare Awards Facts". Liveindia.com. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
^"50 years of Filmfare awards". Hamara Forums. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
^Kritika Ajmani (25 January 2014). "59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2013: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra sizzle on the red carpet. View pics! – Bollywood News & Gossip, Movie Reviews, Trailers & Videos at". Bollywoodlife.com. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^"Tonight at 7.30pm: we live blog (well, not really) about the Filmfare Awards | The National". Blogs.thenational.ae. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ ab"Filmfare Awards to be held on January 24 - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^Pinto, Jerry (April 1997). . Filmfare. Archived from the original on 5 July 1998. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
^. The Hindu. PTI. 28 January 2005. Archived from the original on 2 March 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
^"Times of India Film Awards 2013, TOIFA 2013, Toifa". theawardgallery.com.
^"Filmfare Award 2014: Priyanka Chopra Unveils Special 3D Trophy [PHOTOS]". Ibtimes.co.in. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^"Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: Big Night For Paatal Lok And The Family Man. Complete List Of Winners". NDTV.com.
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List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations, 1953–2005
April 17, 2023
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For other uses see Filmfare Awards disambiguation The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi language film industry of India 1 The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India 2 The awards were first introduced by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954 the same year as the National Film Awards 3 They were initially referred to as the Clare Awards or The Clares after Clare Mendonca the editor of The Times of India Filmfare AwardsCurrent 67th Filmfare AwardsThe Filmfare Award statuetteAwarded forExcellence in the Hindi film industryCountryIndiaPresented byFilmfareFirst awardedMarch 21 1954 69 years ago 1954 03 21 Last awarded30 August 2022 2022 08 30 Websitewww wbr filmfare wbr comTelevision radio coverageNetworkSony Entertainment Television 2000 17 Colors TV 2018 Present Most recent Filmfare Award winners 2020 Best in films in 2021 2022 Award Best Actor Best ActressWinner Ranveer Singh 83 Kriti Sanon Mimi Award Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressWinner Pankaj Tripathi Mimi Sai Tamhankar Mimi Award Best Actor Critics Best Actress CriticsWinner Vicky Kaushal Sardar Udham Vidya Balan Sherni Previous Best PictureThappad Best Picture ShershaahA dual voting system was developed in 1956 Under this system in contrast to the National Film Awards which are decided by a panel appointed by the Indian Government the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts The ceremony has been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions During several years in the 1990s a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued due to unknown reasons Since 2001 a recorded and edited version of the awards ceremony was televised on SET a week or two after the ceremony has been held Since 2018 the ceremony has been televised on Colors The 65th Filmfare Awards event was held on the 16th of February 2020 at Sarusajai Stadium Guwahati 4 Until the mid 1990s Filmfare Awards were the preeminent and most recognised awards in Bollywood until several other awards sprouted up in Mumbai This has resulted in poor viewership since the 2000s 1 2 3 5 In addition to the flagship event Filmfare also has variants for other Indian film industries such as Filmfare Awards South for South Indian cinema Filmfare Marathi Awards for Marathi cinema and Filmfare Awards East for eastern Indian cinema 6 Contents 1 History 1 1 The Introduction 1 2 Postponement in 1986 and 1987 1 3 The Red Carpet 1 4 In 2013 2 Filmfare Statuette 3 Popular awards 3 1 Current awards 3 2 Discontinued awards 4 Critics awards 4 1 Current critics awards 4 2 Discontinued critics awards 5 Technical awards 6 Special awards 6 1 Current special awards 6 2 Discontinued special awards 7 Short film awards 8 OTT awards 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditThe Introduction Edit 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 Theatre of Mumbai only five awards were presented Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress and Best Music Director Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser at the Filmfare Awards during his visit to India March 1960 Do Bigha Zameen was the first movie to win the award for Best Film The first winners for the 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 Ali for his music in Baiju Bawra The Filmfare Awards also introduced the Short Film Category in 2017 with Vidya Balan and Gauri Shinde on the jury 7 The People s Choice Award for Best Short Film was presented to Khamakha Short films like Chutney Matitali Kusti and Taandav won awards as well 8 Hollywood star Gregory Peck was invited to be the guest of honour at the first ever awards on 21 March 1954 at the Metro theatre Mumbai but could not make it to the function since his flight from Colombo got delayed However Peck did attend the banquet that followed the award night at Wellington Club Gymkhana Mumbai 9 10 Postponement in 1986 and 1987 Edit The winners for the year 1985 were announced in 1986 and the event was scheduled to be held at the Brabourne Stadium in December 1986 Unfortunately the Bombay Film Industry as it was known then went on strike in 1986 because of its many contentious issues with the Government of Maharashtra As a result the ceremony was pushed to the next year The winners of 1985 were awarded on 28 January 1987 For security reasons the Filmfare was not awarded for 1986 and 1987 11 The Red Carpet Edit The Red Carpet is a segment that takes place before the beginning of the actual ceremony This is when actors actresses producers directors singers composers and others that have contributed to Indian cinema are introduced 12 Hosts question the celebrities about upcoming performances and who they think deserves to take the Black Lady home 13 In 2013 Edit The 2013 Filmfare awards took place in Mumbai at the Yash Raj Studios in Andheri A special press conference was held just for its announcement and this took place at the Suburban hotel in Mumbai as well The theme that year was a hundred years in the future The reason for the theme to be held that year was because it was meant to be continuous from the previous year s theme where the fraternity celebrated the completion of a hundred years in Indian cinema at the box office 14 Filmfare Statuette EditThe statuette depicting a woman whose arms are upraised in a dance number with her fingers touching is commonly referred to as The Black Lady or The Lady in Black Originally designed by N G Pansare under the supervision of Times of India s art director Walter Langhammer it is generally made of bronze its height is 46 5 cm and it weighs around 5 kg 15 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 16 The Filmfare trophy is manufactured by The Award Gallery since 2000 17 Until 2012 there had only been a few changes made to the trophy But more recently as of 2013 a huge change has been made to give the trophy a 3 D look 18 There were two reasons given for this change First of all the organisers believe that it was necessary to match the many advances in technology in today s world which will advance a lot more in the coming years as well This was also an attempt to match the theme of the 2013 set of awards at Filmfare in Mumbai a hundred years leap into the future 14 Popular awards EditCurrent awards Edit Best Film since 1954 Best Director since 1954 Best Actor since 1954 Best Actress since 1954 Best Supporting Actor since 1955 Best Supporting Actress since 1955 Best Male Debut since 1989 Best Female Debut since 1989 Best Debut Director since 2010 Best Music Director since 1954 Best Lyricist since 1959 Best Male Playback Singer since 1959 Best Female Playback Singer since 1959Discontinued awards Edit Best Performance in a Comic Role 1967 2007 Best Performance in a Negative Role 1992 2007 Critics awards EditCurrent critics awards Edit Best Film Critics since 1971 Best Actor Critics since 1998 Best Actress Critics since 1998Discontinued critics awards Edit Best Documentary 1967 1997 Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance 1991 1997 Technical awards EditBest Story since 1955 Best Screenplay since 1969 Best Dialogue since 1959 Best Action since 1993 Best Art Direction since 1956 Best Background Score since 1998 Best Cinematography since 1954 Best Editing since 1956 Best Choreography since 1989 Best Sound Design since 1955 Best Special Effects since 2007 Best Costume Design since 1995Special awards EditCurrent special awards Edit Lifetime Achievement since 1991 RD Burman Award for New Music Talent since 1995 Special Performance Award since 1972Discontinued special awards Edit Best Scene of the Year 1998 2012 Power Award 2003 2007 Short film awards EditPeople s choice award for Best Short Film Best Short Film in Fiction Best Short Film in Non Fiction Best Actor Male Short Film Best Actor Female Short FilmOTT awards EditMain article Filmfare OTT Awards In 2020 Filmfare started Filmfare OTT Awards for the best in web series 19 Best Series Best Director Series Best Series Critics Best Director Critics Best Actor in a Drama Series Male Best Actor in a Drama Series Female Best Actor in a Drama Series Critics Best Actress in a Drama Series Critics Best Actor in a Comedy Series Male Best Actor in a Comedy Series Female Best Actor in a Comedy Series Critics Best Actress in a Comedy Series Critics Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series Male Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series Female Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series Male Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series Female Best Comedy Series Specials Best Film Web Original Best Actor in a Web Original Film Male Best Actor in a Web Original Film Female Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Web Original Film Male Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Web Original Film Female Best Original Story Series Best Screenplay Series Best Dialogue Best Cinematography Series Best Production Design Series Best Editing Series Best Costume Design Series Best Background Music Series Best Original Soundtrack Series See also EditBollywood Cinema of India List of Filmfare Award records Filmfare Filmfare Short Film Awards Filmfare OTT AwardsReferences Edit a b AlMishra Vijay Bollywood Cinema A Critical Genealogy PDF Victoria University of Wellington p 9 retrieved 24 February 2011 a b Mehta Monika 2005 Globalizing Bombay Cinema Reproducing the Indian State and Family Cultural Dynamics 17 2 135 154 145 doi 10 1177 0921374005058583 S2CID 143950404 a b Boltin Kylie Autumn 2003 Saathiya South Asian Cinema Otherwise Known as Bollywood Metro Magazine Media amp Education Magazine 136 52 5 ISSN 0312 2654 Stage set for 65th Filmfare night in Guwahati in news yahoo com Retrieved 16 February 2020 Filmfare Awards have lost their gleam over the years Archived from the original on 16 August 2011 Retrieved 8 March 2011 The Filmfare is equivalent to the Oscars for India Filmfare Marathi Nominations are out Times of India The Times of India Filmfare Awards to introduce Short Film category this year Vidya Balan Gauri Shinde on the jury First Post firstpost com 16 December 2016 WINNERS OF THE FILMFARE AWARDS 2017 Film fare filmfare com I behaved like Gregory Peck to impress Suraiya The Times of India Timesofindia indiatimes com 14 June 2003 Retrieved 30 September 2012 Filmfare Awards Facts Liveindia com Retrieved 30 September 2012 50 years of Filmfare awards Hamara Forums Retrieved 30 September 2012 Kritika Ajmani 25 January 2014 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2013 Amitabh Bachchan Salman Khan Priyanka Chopra sizzle on the red carpet View pics Bollywood News amp Gossip Movie Reviews Trailers amp Videos at Bollywoodlife com Retrieved 5 August 2014 Tonight at 7 30pm we live blog well not really about the Filmfare Awards The National Blogs thenational ae 26 January 2014 Retrieved 5 August 2014 a b Filmfare Awards to be held on January 24 The Times of India Timesofindia indiatimes com 7 January 2014 Retrieved 5 August 2014 Pinto Jerry April 1997 Tangy titbits from the Filmfare past Filmfare Archived from the original on 5 July 1998 Retrieved 13 January 2012 A golden glow for Filmfare The Hindu PTI 28 January 2005 Archived from the original on 2 March 2005 Retrieved 26 January 2011 Times of India Film Awards 2013 TOIFA 2013 Toifa theawardgallery com Filmfare Award 2014 Priyanka Chopra Unveils Special 3D Trophy PHOTOS Ibtimes co in 7 January 2014 Retrieved 5 August 2014 Filmfare OTT Awards 2020 Big Night For Paatal Lok And The Family Man Complete List Of Winners NDTV com External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations 1953 2005 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Filmfare Awards amp oldid 1148459672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
