8th Filmfare Awards
Date1961
SiteBombay
Highlights
Best FilmMughal-e-Azam
Most awardsChaudhvin Ka Chand, Mughal-e-Azam & Parakh (3)
Most nominationsMughal-e-Azam (11)

The 8th Filmfare Awards 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 Chaudhvin Ka Chand 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 Bollywood, was expected to steam-roll the competition, controversially went home with just 3 wins out of its 11 nominations, including Best Film, but missed out on Best Director (for K. Asif), Best Lyricist (for Shakeel Badayuni for "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya"), Best Playback Singer (for Lata Mangeshkar 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 Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai.[1]

Dilip Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Kohinoor and Mughal-e-Azam, winning for the former.

Madhubala received her first and only nomination for Best Actress for her performance as Anarkali in Mughal-e-Azam, which is considered to be amongst the greatest acting performances of Indian Cinema.

Main Awards

Bimal Roy, Best Director
Dilip Kumar, Best Actor
Bina Rai, Best Actress
Motilal, Best Supporting Actor
Nanda, Best Supporting Actress
Shankar Jaikishan, Best Music Director
Mohammed Rafi, Best Playback Singer
Shakeel Badayuni, Best Lyricist
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
Best Story Best Dialogue

Technical Awards

Best Editing Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction Best Sound Design

Superlatives

The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations

Movie Awards Nominations
Mughal-e-Azam 3 11
Chaudhvin Ka Chand 3 6
Parakh 3 5
Kohinoor 2 3
Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai 1 3
Aanchal 2
Ghunghat
Masoom
Chhalia 0

See also

References

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