9th Filmfare Awards

The 9th Filmfare Awards were held on 20 May 1962, at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema in 1961.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai led the ceremony with 10 nominations, followed by Gunga Jumna with 7 nominations.

Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai won 4 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai was a 1960 release but was not considered for the 8th Filmfare Awards.

Main awards[]

B.R. Chopra — Best Director winner for Kanoon

Raj Kapoor — Best Actor winner for Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai

Vyjayanthimala — Best Actress winner for Gunga Jumna

Nana Palshikar — Best Supporting Actor winner for Kanoon

Nirupa Roy — Best Supporting Actress winner for Chhaya

Best Film	Best Director
Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai – R. K. Films – Raj Kapoor Gunga Jumna – Citizen Films – Dilip Kumar Kanoon – B. R. Films – B. R. Chopra	*B.R. Chopra – Kanoon* Nitin Bose – Gunga Jumna Radhu Karmakar – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Raj Kapoor – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai* Dev Anand – Hum Dono Dilip Kumar – Gunga Jumna	*Vyjayanthimala – Gunga Jumna* as Dhanno Padmini – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai as Kammo Saira Banu – Junglee as Rajkumari 'Raj'
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Nana Palsikar – Kanoon as Kaalia Mehmood – Sasural as Mahesh Pran – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai as Raka	Nirupa Roy – Chhaya as Manorama / Aayah Shubha Khote – Gharana as Ragini Shubha Khote – Sasural as Sita
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Ravi – Gharana Naushad – Gunga Jumna Shankar Jaikishan – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai	Shakeel Badayuni – "Husn Wale Tera" from Gharana Hasrat Jaipuri – "Teri Pyari Pyari Surat" from Sasural Shailendra – "Hothon Pe Sacchai" from Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Mohammed Rafi – "Chashme Buddoor" from Sasural Mohammed Rafi – "Husn Wale Tera" from Gharana Mukesh – "Hothon Pe Sacchai" from Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai	Award won by a male singer

Best Story	Best Dialogue
C. V. Sridhar – Nazrana C. J. Pavri – Kanoon Mohan Kumar – Aas Ka Panchhi	Wajahat Mirza – Gunga Jumna
Best Editing	Best Cinematography
G.G. Mayekar – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai	V. Balasaheb – Gunga Jumna
Best Art Direction	Best Sound Design
M. R. Acharekar – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai	Kuldeep Singh – Junglee

The following films received multiple awards and nominations.

v t Filmfare Awards
Category History of film
Merit awards	Best Film Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Best Performance in a Negative Role Best Performance in a Comic Role Male Debut Female Debut Debut Director Music Director Lyricist Male Playback Singer Female Playback Singer
Critics' awards	Best Film Best Actor Best Actress Documentary
Technical awards	Story Screenplay Dialogue Action Art Direction Background Score Cinematography Editing Choreography Sound Design Special Effects Costume Design
Special awards	Lifetime Achievement RD Burman Award Special Award New Face of the Year Scene of the Year Power Award
Award ceremonies	1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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