31st Filmfare Awards

31st Filmfare Awards
Date	1984
Highlights
Best Film	Ardh Satya
Critics Award for Best Film	Masoom
Most awards	Ardh Satya & Masoom (5)
Most nominations	Betaab & Masoom (8)
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The 31st Filmfare Awards were held in 1984, with the Indian New Wave Cinema at its peak.

Betaab and Masoom led the ceremony with 8 nominations each, followed by Arth with 7 nominations and Ardh Satya with 6 nominations.

Ardh Satya and Masoom, both notable films of the Parallel Cinema genre, won 5 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

Shabana Azmi set an unmatched record, becoming the only actor or actress to receive 4 nominations for Best Actor or Best Actress award, with 4 nominations for Best Actress award for her performances in Arth, Avtaar, Mandi and Masoom, winning the award for Arth.

Main awards[]

Best Film[]

Ardh Satya

• Arth
• Avtaar
• Betaab
• Masoom

Best Director[]

Govind Nihalani – Ardh Satya

• Mahesh Bhatt – Arth
• Mohan Kumar – Avtaar
• Rahul Rawail – Betaab
• Shekhar Kapoor – Masoom

Best Actor[]

Naseeruddin Shah – Masoom

• Kamal Haasan – Sadma
• Om Puri – Ardh Satya
• Rajesh Khanna – Avtaar
• Sunny Deol – Betaab

Best Actress[]

Shabana Azmi – Arth

• Shabana Azmi – Avtaar
• Shabana Azmi – Mandi
• Shabana Azmi – Masoom
• Sridevi – Sadma

Best Supporting Actor[]

Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Ardh Satya

• Amitabh Bachchan – Andha Kanoon
• Naseeruddin Shah – Katha
• Naseeruddin Shah – Mandi
• Raj Babbar – Agar Tum Na Hote

Best Supporting Actress[]

Rohini Hattangadi – Arth

• Padmini Kolhapure – Souten
• Rekha – Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye
• Smita Patil – Arth
• Smita Patil – Mandi

Best Comic Actor[]

Utpal Dutt – Rang Birangi

• Deven Verma – Rang Birangi
• Dharmendra – Naukar Biwi Ka
• Kader Khan – Himmatwala
• Shakti Kapoor – Mawaali

Best Story[]

Ardh Satya – S.D. Panwalkar

• Arth – Mahesh Bhatt
• Avtaar – Mohan Kumar
• Betaab – Javed Akhtar
• Sadma – Balu Mahendra

Best Screenplay[]

Ardh Satya – Vijay Tendulkar

Best Dialogue[]

Arth – Mahesh Bhatt

Best Music[]

Masoom – R.D. Burman

• Betaab – R.D. Burman
• Hero – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Razia Sultan – Khayyam
• Souten – Usha Khanna

Best Lyrics[]

Masoom – Gulzar for Tujhse Naraaz Nahin

• Agar Tum Na Hote – Gulshan Bawra for Agar Tum Na Hote
• Betaab – Anand Bakshi for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge
• Souten – Saawan Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal
• Souten – Saawan Kumar for Zindagi Pyaar Ka Geet

Best Playback Singer, Male[]

Agar Tum Na Hote – Kishore Kumar for Agar Tum Na Hote

• Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge
• Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Parbaton Se Aaj
• Ek Jaan Hain Hum – Shabbir Kumar for Yaad Teri Aayegi
• Souten – Kishore Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal

Best Playback Singer, Female[]

Masoom – Aarti Mukherjee for Do Naina Ek Kahani

• Hero – Anuradha Paudwal for Tu Mera Hero Hai
• Laal Chunariya – Chandrani Mukherjee for Aaja Ke Teri Raahon Mein

Best Art Direction[]

Razia Sultan

Best Cinematography[]

Vijeta

Best Sound[]

Vijeta

Best Editing[]

Vijeta

Critics' awards[]

Best Film[]

Masoom

Best Documentary[]

Veer Savarkar

Most Wins[]

• Ardh Satya – 5/6
• Masoom – 5/8
• Vijeta – 3/3
• Arth – 3/7
• Betaab – 0/8

References[]

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1984/

See also[]

• 55th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards