The Filmfare Award for Best Film is given by the ''
Filmfare
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'' magazine as part of its annual
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...
for
Hindi film
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
s.
The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company and the producer.
Yash Raj Films has produced 18 films that have been nominated, the most for any production house. It also shares the most wins at 4 along with Bimal Roy Productions and
UTV Motion Pictures. While
Yash Chopra has been the producer of all of the winning films of Yash Raj Films,
Bimal Roy has been the producer of all of the winning films of Bimal Roy Productions, thus making them the producers with the most wins. Bimal Roy, Yash Chopra, and
Sanjay Leela Bhansali have each directed 4 winning films, the most for any director.
Aamir Khan has starred in 9 winning films which is the most for any actor in a leading role.
Nutan,
Madhuri Dixit,
Aishwarya Rai, and
Rani Mukerji
Rani Mukerji (pronounced ; born 21 March 1978) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. Noted for her versatility, she is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Rani Mukerji, multiple accolades, including seven Filmf ...
have each starred in 3 winning films which is the most for any actress in a leading role.
Winners and nominees
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Special 50 Year Award
In 2005,
Filmfare
''Filmfare'' is an Indian English language, English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, r ...
announced the best movie of the last 50 years as ''
Sholay'', although the film did not win the
Filmfare Award for Best Film in its year of release.
See also
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Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie
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Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...
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Bollywood
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Cinema of India
The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Ko ...
References
External links
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