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were held in Bombay to honor the best films in Hindi cinema in 1961. K. Asif's magnum opus '' Mughal-e-Azam'' led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by ''

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''with 6 nominations and ''Parakh'' with 5 nominations. ''Chaudhvin Ka Chand'', ''Mughal-e-Azam'' and ''Parakh'' won 3 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony. ''Mughal-e-Azam'', considered one of the greatest and most successful films of

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, was expected to steam-roll the competition, controversially went home with just 3 wins out of its 11 nominations, including

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, but missed out on Best Director (for K. Asif), Best Lyricist (for

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for " Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya"), Best Playback Singer (for

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for " Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya") and all the 4 acting categories. Another glaring upset was Naushad's loss for Best Music Director for ''Mughal-e-Azam'''s epic soundtrack to Shankar-Jaikishan for ''

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received dual nominations for

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for his performances in ''Kohinoor'' and ''Mughal-e-Azam'', winning for the former.

Main Awards

Technical Awards

Multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple awards and nominations.

References

External links

Winner and nomination of 9th Filmfare Awards
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1961 in Indian cinema

Main Awards

Technical Awards

Multiple nominations and wins

See also

References

External links