28th Filmfare Awards

The 28th Filmfare Awards were held in 1981.

''Insaaf Ka Tarazu'' and '' Thodisi Bewafaii'' led the ceremony with 9 nominations each, followed by ''Aakrosh'' and ''Aasha'' with 7 nominations each.

''Aakrosh'' won 6 awards, including Best Director (for Govind Nihalani), Best Actor (for Naseeruddin Shah) and Best Supporting Actor (for Om Puri), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Rekha received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in ''Judaai'' and ''Khubsoorat'', winning for the latter.

Main awards

Best Film

''Khubsoorat''
*'' Aakrosh''
*'' Aasha''
*''Insaaf Ka Tarazu''
*''Thodisi Bewafaii''

Best Director

'' Govind Nihalani – Aakrosh''
*'' B. R. Chopra – Insaaf Ka Tarazu''
*''Esmayeel Shroff – Thodisi Bewafaii''
*''Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Khubsoorat''
*''J. Om Prakash – Aasha''

Best Actor

'' Naseeruddin Shah – Aakrosh''
*'' Amitabh Bachchan – Dostana''
*''Raj Babbar – Insaaf Ka Tarazu''
*'' Rajesh Khanna – Thodisi Bewafaii''
*''Shatrughan Sinha – Dostana''
*''Vinod Khanna – Qurbani''

Best Actress

''Rekha – Khubsoorat''
*''Reena Roy – Aasha''
*''Rekha – Judaai''
*''Shabana Azmi – Thodisi Bewafaii''
*''Zeenat Aman – Insaaf Ka Tarazu''

Best Supporting Actor

'' Om Puri – Aakrosh''
*'' Amjad Khan – Qurbani''
*''Girish Karnad – Aasha''
*''Raj Kapoor – Abdullah''
*''Shreeram Lagoo – Insaaf Ka Tarazu''

Best Supporting Actress

''Padmini Kolhapure – Insaaf Ka Tarazu''
*''Ashalata – Apne Paraye''
*''Dina Pathak – Khubsoorat''
*'' Rameshwari – Aasha''
*''Simi Garewal – Karz''

Best Comic Actor

''Keshto Mukherjee – Khubsoorat''
*''Asrani – Hum Nahin Sudhrenge''
*''Deven Verma – Judaai''
*''Deven Verma – Thodisi Bewafaii''
*''Keshto Mukherjee – Be-raham''

Best Story

'' Aakrosh – Vijay Tendulkar''
*'' Aasha – Ram Kelkar''
*''Insaaf Ka Tarazu – Shabd Kumar''
*''Khubsoorat – D. N. Mukherjee''
*''Thodisi Bewafaii – Esmayeel Shroff''

Best Screenplay

'' Aakrosh – Vijay Tendulkar''

Best Dialogue

''Insaaf Ka Tarazu'' – Shabd Kumar

Best Music

'' Karz – Laxmikant–Pyarelal''
*'' Aasha – Laxmikant–Pyarelal''
*'' Qurbani – Kalyanji-Anandji''
*'' Shaan – R.D. Burman''
*''Thodisi Bewafaii – Khayyam''

Best Lyrics

''Thodisi Bewafaii – Gulzar for Hazaar Rahein Mud Ke''
*'' Aasha – Anand Bakshi for Sheesha Ho Ya Dil Ho''
*'' Dostana – Anand Bakshi for Salamat Rahe Dostana''
*'' Karz – Anand Bakshi for Dard-e-Dil''
*''Karz – Anand Bakshi for Om Shanti Om''

Best Playback Singer, Male

'' Thodisi Bewafaii – Kishore Kumar for Hazar Rahen Mudke Dekhi''

* ''Abdullah – Mohammad Rafi for Maine Poocha Chand Se''
* '' Dostana – Mohammad Rafi for Mere Dost Qissa Yeh''
* '' Karz – Kishore Kumar for Om Shanti Om''
* ''Karz – Mohammed Rafi for Dard-E-Dil''
* '' Sargam – Mohammad Rafi for Dafaliwale Dafli Baja''

Best Playback Singer, Female

'' Qurbani – Nazia Hassan for Aap Jaisa Koi''
*''Aap To Aise Na The – Hemlata for Tu Is Tarah Se''
*''Grihapravesh – Chandrani Mukherjee for Pehchan To Thi''
*''Pyare Dushman – Usha Uthup for Hari Om Hari''
*'' Qurbani – Kanchan for Laila O Laila''

Best Art Direction

'' Aakrosh'' – C. S. Bhati

Best Cinematography

'' Shaan'' – S. M Anwar

Best Editing

''Insaaf Ka Tarazu'' S. B. Mane

Best Sound

'' Qurbani'' – P. Harikishan

Critics' awards

Best Film

''Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai''

Best Documentary

''They Call Me Chamar''

Biggest Winners

*'' Aakrosh'' – 6/7
*''Khubsoorat'' – 3/6
*''Insaaf Ka Tarazu'' – 3/9
*'' Qurbani'' – 2/6
*'' Karz'' – 1/6
*''Thodisi Bewafaii'' – 2/9

See also

* 29th Filmfare Awards
*30th Filmfare Awards
* Filmfare Awards

References

* https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1981/

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