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Filmfare Award

Filmfare Awards are Bollywood's answer to the Oscars. Bollywood, of course, is the Mumbai film industry, the largest regional cinema in India.

The awards were first given in 1953 to honour Bollywood's best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the Hindi motion picture industry. Readers of Filmfare magazine were polled to decide the winners; trophies were given to winners of the popular vote.

In the first awards function, only 5 awards were presented. Today 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:

Popular awards

• Best Movie
• Best Director
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Villain
• Best Comedian
• Lux New Face no longer given
• Sensational Debut no longer given
• Best Male Debut
• Best Female Debut
• Special Performance
• Best Music Director
• Best Lyricist
• Best Male Playback
• Best Female Playback
• Lifetime Achievement
• Power Awards

Critics Awards

• Critics Award Best Movie
• Critics Awards Best Actor Awards
• Critics Awards Best Actress Awards
• Critics Awards Best Performance Awards no longer given

Technical Awards

• Best Art Direction
• Best Action
• Best Cinematographer
• Best Editing
• Best Choreography
• Best Story
• Best Screenplay
• Best Background Score
• Best Dialogue
• RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
• Best Sound

Follow the links for lists of the award winners, year by year.

See also

• Bollywood
• Cinema of India