All About Filmfare Awards:History,Records & Facts.

The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards and were initially referred to as the Clare Awards after the editor of The Times of India, Clare Mendionca. A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, "in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted for by both the public and a committee of experts." The Filmfare Awards have been often referred to as Hindi film industry's equivalent of the Oscar.

History:

The Filmfare awards were first introduced in 1954. The Clares was the original name of the award ceremony, named after The Times of India critic Clare Mendonca. Readers of Filmfare were polled to decide the winners, and over 20,000 readers spread throughout India participated in the polls; trophies were given to winners of the popular vote. In the first awards function, held on 21 March 1954 at the Metro Thatre of Mumbai, only five awards were presented: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Music Director. Do Bigha Zameen was the first movie to win the award for Best Film. The first winners for other four categories were: Bimal Roy for his direction of Do Bigha Zameen, Dilip Kumar for his performance in Daag, Meena Kumari for her performance in Baiju Bawra, and Naushad for his music in Baiju Bawra.

To celebrate the 25th year of the awards the statues were made in silver and to celebrate the 50th year the statues were made in gold.

Records and Facts :

Most awards to a single film
- Black (2005) - 11
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) - 10
- Devdas (2002) - 10
- Madhumati (1958) - 9

Most acting awards - male (Best Actor + Best Supporting Actor)
- Dilip Kumar (8+0) = 8
- Amitabh Bachchan (5+3) = 8
- Shahrukh Khan (7+0) = 7

Most acting awards - female (Best Actress + Best Supporting Actress)
- Nutan (5+1) = 6
- Jaya Bachchan (3+3) = 6

Film Fare Awards 2010 :............

Best Film	3 Idiots
Best Director	Raj Kumar Hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Actor (Male)	Amitabh Bachchan (Paa)
Best Actor (Female)	Vidya Balan (Paa)
Best Supporting Actor (Male)	Boman Irani (3 Idiots)
Best Supporting Actor (Female)	Kalki Koechlin (Dev D)
Best Music	A R Rahman (Delhi 6)
Best Lyrics	Irshad Kamil (Aaj din chadya, Love aaj Kal)
Best Playback (Male)	Mohit Chauhan (Masakali, Delhi 6)
Best Playback (Female)	Kavita Seth - Iktara, Wake up Sid Rekha Bhardwaj, Genda phool, Delhi 6
Critics' Award for Best Director	Nandita Das, Firaaq
Critics' Award for Best Actor (Male)	Ranbir Kapoor, Wake up Sid. Ajab Prem.., Roket Singh
Critics' Award for Best Actor (Female)	Mahie Gill (Dev D)
Best Story	Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 3 Idiots
Best Screenplay	Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 3 Idiots
Best Dialogue	Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 3 Idiots
Best Production Design & Art Direction	Helen Jones, Sukanta Panigrahi for Dev D
Best Editing	Sreekar Prasad, Firaaq
Best Cinematography	Rajeev Ravi, Dev D
Best Visual Effects	Govardhan Vigharan, Vinay Singh Chuphal, Kaminey
Best Action	Vijayan Master, Wanted
Best Choreographer	Bosco-Caeser, Chorbazari, Love Aaj Kal
Best Background Score	Amit Trived, Dev D
Best Sound Design	Manas Chaudhary, Firaaq
Best Costumes	Vaishali Menon, Firaaq
R D Barman Award for New Musical Talent	Amit Trivedi, Wake Up Sid, Dev D
Best Debut	Ayaan Mukherji - Wake Up Sid; Zoya Akhatar- Luck By Chance
Lifetime Achivment Awards	Shashi Kapoor & Khayyam