List of Filmfare Award records

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This list of Filmfare Award records is current as of the 66th Filmfare Awards ceremony, held on March 28, 2021, which honored the best films of 2020.

Artists with all nominations in a single category[]

• 

  Meena Kumari
  (1963)

• 

  Mohammed Rafi
  (1969)

• 

  Asha Bhosle
  (1973)

• 

  Kishore Kumar
  (1985)

• 

  Alka Yagnik
  (1994)

• 

  Javed Akhtar
  (2005)

Nominee	Category	Award	Year
Meena Kumari	Best Actress	10th Filmfare Awards	1963
Mohammed Rafi	Best Male Playback Singer	16th Filmfare Awards	1969
Asha Bhosle	Best Female Playback Singer	20th Filmfare Awards	1973
Kishore Kumar	Best Male Playback Singer	32nd Filmfare Awards	1985
Alka Yagnik	Best Female Playback Singer	39th Filmfare Awards	1994
Javed Akhtar	Best Lyricist	50th Filmfare Awards	2005

Most awards for a single film[]

Films with most number of award wins are.^[1]

Film	Year	No of Awards
Gully Boy	2020	13[2]
Devdas	2003	11
Black	2006
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	1996	10
Madhumati	1958	9
1942: A Love Story	1995
Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai	2001
Omkara	2007
Bajirao Mastani	2016

Most nominations for a single film[]

Film	Year	No of Nominees
Rang De Basanti	2007	21
Gully Boy	2020	19
Padmaavat	2019	18
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	1999	17
Devdas	2003
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	2000	16
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...	2002	15
Veer-Zaara	2005
Omkara	2007
Raazi	2019

Most awards won by a male[]

Recipient	Categories	No. of Awards
Gulzar	Best Dialogue (4) Critics Award for Best Film (1) Best Director (1) Best Lyricist (13) Best Documentary (1) Best Story (1) Lifetime Achievement Award (1)	22
Amitabh Bachchan	Best Actor (5) Best Actor (Critics) (4) Best Supporting Actor (3) Lifetime Achievement Award (1) Power Award (1) Superstar of the Millennium Award (1) Special Award for completing 40 years (1)	16
A. R. Rahman	Best Music Director (10) R. D. Burman Award (1) Best Background Score (4)	15
Shah Rukh Khan	Best Actor (8) Best Actor (Critics) (2) Best Villain (1) Best Male Debut (1) Power Award (2) Special Award Swiss Consulate Trophy (1)

Most awards won by a female[]

Recipient	Categories	No. of Awards
Asha Bhosle	Best Female Playback Singer (7) Special Awards (1) Lifetime Achievement Award (1)	9
Jaya Bachchan	Best Actress (3) Best Supporting Actress (3) Special Awards (2) Lifetime Achievement Award (1)
Saroj Khan	Best Choreography (8)	8
Lata Mangeshkar	Best Female Playback Singer (4) Special Awards (2) Lifetime Achievement Award (1)	7
Alka Yagnik	Best Female Playback Singer (7)
Rani Mukerji	Best Actress (2) Critics Award for Best Actress (2) Best Supporting Actress (3)
Shreya Ghoshal	Best Female Playback Singer (6) Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent (1)

Most awards for Best Director[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Bimal Roy	7
Yash Chopra	4
Raj Kapoor
Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Most awards for Best Actor[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Dilip Kumar	8
Shah Rukh Khan
Amitabh Bachchan	5

Most awards for Best Actor (critics)[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Amitabh Bachchan	4
Manoj Bajpayee	3

Most awards for Best Actress[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Nutan	5
Kajol
Meena Kumari	4
Madhuri Dixit
Vidya Balan

Most awards for Best Actress (critics)[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Tabu	4
Manisha Koirala	3

Most awards for Best Supporting Actor[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Pran	3
Amrish Puri
Amitabh Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan
Anil Kapoor

Most awards for Best Supporting Actress[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Nirupa Roy	3
Farida Jalal
Jaya Bachchan
Rani Mukerji
Supriya Pathak

Most awards for Best Music Director[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
A. R. Rahman	10
Shankar Jaikishan	9

Most awards for Best Lyricist[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Gulzar	13
Javed Akhtar	8

Most awards for Best Male Playback Singer[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Kishore Kumar	8
Mohammed Rafi	6
Arijit Singh

Most awards for Best Female Playback Singer[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Asha Bhosle	7
Alka Yagnik
Shreya Ghoshal	6

Most awards for Best Choreography[]

Recipient	No. of Awards
Saroj Khan	8
Farah Khan	7

Most consecutive wins in a single category[]

• Kumar Sanu holds the record of winning 5 consecutive Best Male Playback Singer awards won between 1991 and 1995.
• Arijit Singh holds the record of winning 5 consecutive Best Male Playback Singer awards won between 2016 and 2020.
• Asha Bhonsle holds the record of winning 4 consecutive Best Female Playback Singer awards won between 1972 and 1975.
• Laxmikant Pyarelal holds the record of winning 4 consecutive Best Music Director awards won between 1978 and 1981.
• Kishore Kumar holds the record of winning 4 consecutive Best Male Playback Singer awards won between 1983 and 1986.
• A. R. Rahman holds the record of winning 4 consecutive Best Music Director awards won between 2007 and 2010.

See also[]

Filmfare Awards

References[]