Filmfare Awards

For the Filmfare Awards for South Indian film industries, see Filmfare Awards South.
Filmfare Awards
56th Filmfare Awards
Awarded for Best in film
Presented by Filmfare
Country India
First awarded 1954
Official website Filmfare Awards

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. They were initially referred to as the Clare Awards after the editor of The Times of India, Clare Mendonca. 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 to the Oscars.[7][1][2][3]

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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 Theatre 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.[8]

Awards

As of 2010, there are 37 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. Awards are given in the following categories. Follow the links for lists of the award winners, year by year.

Merit awards

Critics' awards

Technical awards

Special awards

Records and facts

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Mishra, Vijay, Bollywood Cinema: A Critical Genealogy, Victoria University of Wellington, p. 9, http://www.victoria.ac.nz/slc/asi/publications/17-bollywood.pdf, retrieved 2011-02-24 
  2. ^ 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 
  3. ^ a b Boltin, Kylie (Autumn 2003), "Saathiya: South Asian Cinema Otherwise Known as 'Bollywood'", Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine (136): 52–5, ISSN 0312-2654 
  4. ^ Article from indiatimes.com
  5. ^ Filmfare history from dnnworld.com
  6. ^ Filmfare Awards page from Imdb
  7. ^ "Filmfare Awards have lost their gleam over the years". http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story80738.htm. Retrieved 8 March 2011. "The Filmfare is equivalent to the Oscars for India." 
  8. ^ "A golden glow for Filmfare". The Hindu. PTI. 2005-01-28. http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/28/stories/2005012811310500.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-26. 

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