8th Filmfare Awards
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| 8th Filmfare Awards | |
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| Date | 1961 |
| Site | Bombay |
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| Best Film | Mughal-e-Azam |
| Most awards | Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Mughal-e-Azam & Parakh (3) |
| Most nominations | Mughal-e-Azam (8) |
The 8th Filmfare Awards were held in Bombay to honor the best films in Hindi cinema in 1961.
K. Asif's magnum opus Mughal-e-Azam led the ceremony with 7 nominations, followed by Chaudhvin Ka Chand with 6 nominations and Parakh with 5 nominations.
Mughal-e-Azam, considered one of the most successful films of Bollywood, was expected to steam-roll the competition, controversially went home with just 3 wins out of its 7 nominations, including Best Film, but missed out on Best Director (K. Asif), Best Lyrics (Shakeel Badayuni for "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya"), Best Playback Singer (Lata Mangeshkar for "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya") and all the 4 acting categories. Another glaring upset was Naushad's loss for Best Music for Mughal-e-Azam's epic soundtrack to Shankar-Jaikishan for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai.[1]
Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Mughal-e-Azam and Parakh won 3 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.
Main Awards[]
Technical Awards[]
| Best Story | Best Dialogue |
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| Best Editing | Best Cinematography |
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| Best Art Direction | Best Sound Design |
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Multiple nominations and wins[]
The following films received multiple awards and nominations.
| Movie | Awards | Nominations |
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| Mughal-e-Azam | 3 | 8 |
| Chaudhvin Ka Chand | 3 | 6 |
| Parakh | 3 | 5 |
| Kohinoor | 2 | 3 |
| Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai | 1 | 3 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ The Illustrated Weekly of India. October 1988. p. 53.
External links[]
- Winner and nomination of 9th Filmfare Awards at Internet Movie Database
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- Filmfare Awards
- 1961 film awards
- 1961 in Indian cinema