8th Filmfare Awards

The 8th Filmfare Awards were held in Bombay to honor the best films in Hindi cinema in 1961.

8th Filmfare Awards
Date1961
SiteBombay
Highlights
Best FilmMughal-e-Azam
Most awardsChaudhvin Ka Chand,
Mughal-e-Azam &
Parakh (3)
Most nominationsMughal-e-Azam (10)

K. Asif's magnum opus Mughal-e-Azam led the ceremony with 10 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 10 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
Bimal Roy — Best Director (Parakh)
Dilip Kumar — Best Actor (Kohinoor)
Bina Rai — Best Actress (Ghunghat)
Motilal — Best Supporting Actor (Parakh)
Nanda — Best Supporting Actress (Aanchal)
Kamal Amrohi — one of the winner of Best Dialogue for Mughal E Azam
Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Music Director Best Lyricist
Best Playback Singer - Male Best Playback Singer - Female
  • Award won by a male singer

Technical Awards
Best Story Best Dialogue
Best Editing Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction Best Sound Design

Multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple awards and nominations.

Movie Awards Nominations
Mughal-e-Azam 3 10
Chaudhvin Ka Chand 3 6
Parakh 3 5
Kohinoor 2 3
Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai 1 3

See also

References
  1. The Illustrated Weekly of India. October 1988. p. 53.
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