Gully Boy: 13 awards
This is a coming of age story featuring an aspiring street rapper Murad who rises from the streets of Dharavi. It was inspired by the lives of superstar rappers Naezy and DIVINE. This Zoya Akhtar directorial featured Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Amruta Subhash and Vijay Varma and it was produced by Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. It’s close to life portrayal of reality and earthy performances by the entire cast along with great music made sure the film was a darling of not only the audience but also the jury members.
List of Filmfare Awards won:
Best Film: Gully Boy
Best Director – Zoya Akhtar
Best Actor – Ranveer Singh
Best Actress – Alia Bhatt
Best Screenplay – Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti
Best Dialogue – Vijay Maurya
Best Supporting Actor – Siddhant Chaturvedi
Best Supporting Actress – Amruta Subhash
Best Music Director – Ankur Tiwari and Zoya Akhtar
Best Lyricist – Ankur Tiwari and Divine
Best Art Direction – Suzanne Caplan Merwanji
Best Cinematography – Jay Oza
Best Background Score – Karsh Kale & The Salvage Audio Collective
Black: 11 awards
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black tells the story of a deaf and blind woman Michelle and her equation with her teacher Debraj who later develops Alzheimer’s disease. From Amitabh Bachchan to Rani Mukerji to Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the film is masterclass on acting, direction, screenplay, camerwork etc. In fact Amitabh Bachchan didn’t charge a single penny for the film as he felt just working with Bhansali was enough for him.
List of Filmfare Awards won:
Best Film – Black
Best Director – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan
Best Actress – Rani Mukerji
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Female) – Ayesha Kapoor
Best Film (Critics) – Black
Best Actor (Critics) – Amitabh Bachchan
Best Actress (Critics) – Rani Mukerji
Best Cinematography – Ravi K. Chandran
Best Editing – Bela Segal
Best Background Score – Monty Sharma
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: 10 Awards
Has there been a love story better or beyond DDLJ in the last 30 years? The film is still running in the theaters and has a loyal fanbase who still make it a point and view the film on the big screen. DDLJ changed the path of everyone involved, Shah Rukh Khan became the King of romance and Kajol went on to become the heartbeat of the nation and director Aditya Chopra and his father Yash Chopra went to establish Yash Raj Films as one of the biggest studios in the country in the next decade. This movie opened the NRI audiences for Hindi cinema. Till date DDLJ is the template for how a romantic Hindi film hero should behave and how rooted Indian values define Indian cinema.
List of Filmfare Awards won:
Best Film – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Yash Chopra)
Best Director – Aditya Chopra
Best Actor – Shah Rukh Khan
Best Actress – Kajol
Best Actress In A Supporting Role – Farida Jalal
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Udit Narayan (Mehndi lagake rakhna)
Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi (Tujhe dekha)
Best Dialogue – Aditya Chopra and Javed Siddiqui
Best Actor In A Comic Role – Anupam Kher
Best Screenplay – Aditya Chopra
Devdas: 10 Awards
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas was probably the most extravagant depiction of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhayay’s book by the same name. Bhansali gave the film colour, glamour, performance and music. The film had very high expectations and it delivered at the box office, it was also premiered at the Cannes Film Festival with Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Shah Rukh at one point also revealed that he would on purpose get drunk on the sets to get into the character of Devdas.
List of Filmfare Awards won:
Best Film – Devdas (Bharat Shah)
Best Director – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Actor – Shah Rukh Khan
Best Actress – Aishwarya Rai
Best Actress In A Supporting Role – Madhuri Dixit
Best Cinematographer – Binod Pradhan
Best Art Director – Nitin Desai
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Kavita Krishnamurthy & Shreya Ghoshal (Dola re)
Best Choreographer – Saroj Khan (Dola re)
R D Burman Award – Shreya Ghoshal (Devdas)
Madhumati: 9 awards
Madhumati was the most successful film at Filmfare for nearly 36 years till DDLJ came and got 10 awards. The film starred Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala in lead roles and was directed by Bimal Roy. This paranormal romance film captured the imagination of the audience when it was released back in 1958. In fact the music of the film was the best-selling album of the year with the song Suhana Safar Aur Yeh Mausam Haseen still considered a hit.
List of Filmfare Awards won:
Best Film – Madhumati (Bimal Roy)
Best Director – Bimal Roy
Best Actor In A Supporting Role – Johnny Walker
Best Music Director – Salil Choudhary
Best Cinematographer – Dilip Gupta
Best Editor – Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Best Art Director – Sudhendu Roy
Best Playback Singer (Male/Female) – Lata Mangeshkar (Aaja re pardesi)
Best Dialogue – Rajinder Singh Bedi