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| year = ''[[Uski Roti]]'', <br> [[Mani Kaul]] ([[18th Filmfare Awards|1971]])
| year = ''[[Uski Roti]]'', <br> [[Mani Kaul]] ([[18th Filmfare Awards|1971]])
| holder = ''[[Eeb Allay Ooo!]]'', <br> Prateek Vats <br>  ([[66th Filmfare Awards|2021]])
| holder = ''[[I Want to Talk]]'', <br> [[Shoojit Sircar]] <br>  ([[70th Filmfare Awards|2025]])
| website = [http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/ Filmfare Awards]
| website = [http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/ Filmfare Awards]
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The '''Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film''' is awarded during annual [[Filmfare Awards]], given by the [[Filmfare]] magazine.<ref>
The '''Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film''' is awarded during annual [[Filmfare Awards]], given by the [[Filmfare]] magazine.<ref>{{cite web| title = Critics Award for Best Film| publisher = Filmfare Awards Official listing, [[Indiatimes]]| url = http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm| access-date = 2014-05-20| archive-date = 18 December 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141218030957/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref> These are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for [[Bollywood|Hindi films]] in [[India]], having started in 1954. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films with commercial appeal rather than artistic merit were being recognised, hence a new award category was added, the Best Film (Critics). [[Mani Kaul]] has a record four wins in this category, followed by three wins each for [[Shoojit Sircar]] and [[Kumar Shahani]].
{{cite web | title = Critics Award for Best Film|publisher=Filmfare Awards Official listing, [[Indiatimes]]| url = http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm| access-date = 2014-05-20 }}</ref> The awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for [[Bollywood|Hindi films]] in [[India]]. The yearly awards started in 1954. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films of artistic merit rather than commercial appeal were being overlooked, hence a new award category was added, the Critics Award for Best Film.


''[[Rajnigandha]]'', [[Black (2005 film)|''Black'']] and ''[[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]]'' are the only films to win both Best Film (Critics) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]].
''[[Rajnigandha]]'', [[Black (2005 film)|''Black'']] and ''[[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]]'' are the only films to win both Best Film (Critics) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]].
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===1970s===
===1970s===
* '''1971 ''[[Uski Roti]]'' – [[Mani Kaul]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
* '''1972 ''[[Ashadh Ka Ek Din]]'' – [[Mani Kaul]]'''
!Film
* '''1973 ''[[Maya Darpan]]'' – [[Kumar Shahani]]'''
!Winners
* '''1974 ''[[Duvidha]]'' – [[Mani Kaul]]'''
!Year
* '''1975 ''[[Rajnigandha]]'' – [[Basu Chatterjee]]'''
|-
* '''1976 ''[[Aandhi]]'' – [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]'''
| ''[[Uski Roti]]''
* '''1977 ''[[Mrigayaa]]'' – [[Mrinal Sen]]'''
| rowspan="2" | [[Mani Kaul]]
* '''1978 ''[[Shatranj Ke Khilari]]'' – [[Satyajit Ray]]'''
|  1971
* '''1979 ''[[Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan]]'' – [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]]'''
|-
| ''[[Ashadh Ka Ek Din]]''
|  1972
|-
| ''[[Maya Darpan]]''
| [[Kumar Shahani]]
|  1973
|-
| ''[[Duvidha]]''
| [[Mani Kaul]]
|  1974
|-
| ''[[Rajnigandha]]''
| [[Basu Chatterjee]]
|  1975
|-
| ''[[Aandhi]]''
| [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]
|  1976
|-
| ''[[Mrigayaa]]''
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
|  1977
|-
| ''[[Shatranj Ke Khilari]]''
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
|  1978
|-
| ''[[Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan]]''
| [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]]
|  1979
|-
|}


===1980s===
===1980s===
* '''1980 ''[[Jeena Yahan]]'' – [[Basu Chatterjee]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
* '''1981 ''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai]]'' – [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]]'''
!Film
* '''1982 ''[[Aadharshila]]'' – Ashok Ahuja'''
!Winners
* '''1983 ''[[Masoom (1983 film)|Masoom]]'' – [[Shekhar Kapur]]'''
!Year
* '''1984 ''[[Sookha]]'' – [[M.S. Sathyu]]'''
|-
* '''1985 ''[[Damul]]'' – [[Prakash Jha]]'''
| ''[[Jeena Yahan]]''
* '''1986 ''[[Aghaat]]'' – [[Govind Nihalani]]'''
| [[Basu Chatterjee]]
* '''1987 no award
|  1980
* '''1988 no award
|-
* '''1989 ''[[Om-Dar-Ba-Dar]]'' – [[Kamal Swaroop]]'''
| ''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai? (1980 film)|Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai]]''
 
| [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]]
|  1981
|-
| ''[[Aadharshila]]''
| Ashok Ahuja
|  1982
|-
| ''[[Masoom (1983 film)|Masoom]]''
| [[Shekhar Kapur]]
|  1983
|-
| ''[[Sookha]]''
| [[M.S. Sathyu]]
|  1984
|-
| ''[[Damul]]''
| [[Prakash Jha]]
|  1985
|-
| ''[[Aghaat]]''
| [[Govind Nihalani]]
|  1986
|-
| ''[[Om-Dar-Ba-Dar]]''
| [[Kamal Swaroop]]
|  1989
|-
|}
===1990s===
===1990s===
* '''1990 ''[[Khayal Gatha]]'' – [[Kumar Shahani]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
* '''1991 ''[[Kasba (film)|Kasba]]'' – [[Kumar Shahani]]'''
!Film
* '''1992 ''[[Diksha (film)|Diksha]]'' – [[Arun Kaul]]'''
!Winners
* '''1993 ''[[Idiot (1992 film)|Idiot]]'' – [[Mani Kaul]]'''
!Year
* '''1994 ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]'' – [[Kundan Shah]]'''
|-
* '''1995 ''[[Bandit Queen]]'' – [[Shekhar Kapur]]'''
| ''[[Khayal Gatha]]''
* '''1996 ''[[Bombay (film)|Bombay]]'' – [[Mani Ratnam]] (the only dubbed film to win the award)'''
| [[Kumar Shahani]]
* '''1997 ''[[Khamoshi: The Musical]]'' – [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]'''
|  1990
* '''1998 ''[[Virasat (1997 film)|Virasat]]'' – [[Priyadarshan]]'''
|-
* '''1999 ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' – [[Ram Gopal Varma]]'''
| ''[[Kasba (film)|Kasba]]''
 
| [[Kumar Shahani]]
|  1991
|-
| ''[[Diksha (film)|Diksha]]''
| [[Arun Kaul]]
|  1992
|-
| ''[[Idiot (1992 film)|Idiot]]''
| [[Mani Kaul]]
|  1993
|-
| ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]''
| [[Kundan Shah]]
|  1994
|-
| ''[[Bandit Queen]]''
| [[Shekhar Kapur]]
|  1995
|-
| ''[[Bombay (1995 film)|Bombay]]''
| [[Mani Ratnam]] (the only dubbed film to win the award)
|  1996
|-
| ''[[Khamoshi: The Musical]]''
| [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]
|  1997
|-
| ''[[Virasat (1997 film)|Virasat]]''
| [[Priyadarshan]]
|  1998
|-
| ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]''
| [[Ram Gopal Varma]]
|  1999
|-
|}
===2000s===
===2000s===
* '''2000 ''[[Sarfarosh]]'' – [[John Matthew Matthan]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
* '''2001 ''[[Halo (1996 film)|Halo]]'' – [[Santosh Sivan]]'''
!Film
* '''2002 ''[[Dil Chahta Hai]]'' – [[Farhan Akhtar]]'''
!Winners
* '''2003 ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]'' – [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]'''
!Year
* '''2004 ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' – [[Rajkumar Hirani]]'''
|-
* '''2005 ''[[Yuva]]'' – [[Mani Ratnam]] & ''[[Dev (2004 film)|Dev]]'' – [[Govind Nihalani]]'''
| ''[[Sarfarosh (1999 film)|Sarfarosh]]''
* '''2006 ''[[Black (2005 film)|Black]]'' – [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]'''
| [[John Matthew Matthan]]
* '''2007 ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' – [[Rajkumar Hirani]]'''
|  2000
* '''2008 ''[[Chak De! India]]'' – [[Shimit Amin]]'''
|-
* '''2009 ''[[Mumbai Meri Jaan]]'' – [[Nishikant Kamat]]'''
| ''[[Halo (1996 film)|Halo]]''
| [[Santosh Sivan]]
|  2001
|-
| ''[[Dil Chahta Hai]]''
| [[Farhan Akhtar]]
|  2002
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]''
| [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]
|  2003
|-
| ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]''
| [[Rajkumar Hirani]]
|  2004
|-
| ''[[Yuva]] & [[Dev (2004 film)|Dev]]''
| [[Mani Ratnam]] & [[Govind Nihalani]]
|  2005
|-
| ''[[Black (2005 film)|Black]]''
| [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]
|  2006
|-
| ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]''
| [[Rajkumar Hirani]]
|  2007
|-
| ''[[Chak De! India]]''
| [[Shimit Amin]]
|  2008
|-
| ''[[Mumbai Meri Jaan]]''
| [[Nishikant Kamat]]
|  2009
|}


===2010s===
===2010s===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || Film || Recipient(s)
! Year || Film || Recipient(s)
|-
|-
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| '''2014''' ||''[[The Lunchbox]]'' || [[Ritesh Batra]]
| '''2014''' ||''[[The Lunchbox]]'' || [[Ritesh Batra]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2015''' || ''[[Ankhon Dekhi]]'' || [[Rajat Kapoor]]<ref>{{cite web | title = 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/60th-Britannia-Filmfare-Awards-2014-Complete-list-of-winners/articleshow/46080277.cms |date=1 February 2015| access-date = 2015-02-01 | newspaper = The Times of India}}</ref>
| '''2015''' || ''[[Ankhon Dekhi]]'' || [[Rajat Kapoor]]<ref>{{cite web | title = 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/60th-Britannia-Filmfare-Awards-2014-Complete-list-of-winners/articleshow/46080277.cms | date = 1 February 2015 | access-date = 2015-02-01 | newspaper = The Times of India | archive-date = 3 February 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150203081332/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/60th-Britannia-Filmfare-Awards-2014-Complete-list-of-winners/articleshow/46080277.cms | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|-
| '''2016''' ||''[[Piku]]'' || [[Shoojit Sircar]]
| '''2016''' ||''[[Piku]]'' || [[Shoojit Sircar]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2017''' || ''[[Neerja]]'' || [[Ram Madhvani]]<ref>{{cite news |url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/62nd-filmfare-awards-2017-winners-list/articleshow/56541241.cms|title = 62nd Filmfare Awards 2017: Winners' list |work = The Times of India |date = 15 January 2017 |access-date = 15 January 2017 }}</ref>  
| '''2017''' || ''[[Neerja]]'' || [[Ram Madhvani]]<ref>{{cite news |url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/62nd-filmfare-awards-2017-winners-list/articleshow/56541241.cms |title = 62nd Filmfare Awards 2017: Winners' list |work = The Times of India |date = 15 January 2017 |access-date = 15 January 2017 |archive-date = 14 January 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170114235906/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/62nd-filmfare-awards-2017-winners-list/articleshow/56541241.cms |url-status = live }}</ref>  
|-
|-
| '''2018''' ||''[[Newton (film)|Newton]]'' || [[Amit V Masurkar]]
| '''2018''' ||''[[Newton (film)|Newton]]'' || [[Amit V. Masurkar]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2019''' || ''[[Andhadhun]]'' || [[Sriram Raghavan]]
| '''2019''' || ''[[Andhadhun]]'' || [[Sriram Raghavan]]
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===2020s===
===2020s===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || Film || Recipient(s)
! Year || Film || Recipient(s)
|-
|-
| '''2020''' ||''[[Article 15 (film)|Article 15]]'' &  ''[[Sonchiriya]]'' ||[[Anubhav Sinha]] & [[Abhishek Chaubey]]
| '''2020''' ||''[[Article 15 (film)|Article 15]]'' &  ''[[Sonchiriya]]'' ||[[Anubhav Sinha]] & [[Abhishek Chaubey]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2021''' ||''[[Eeb Allay Ooo!]]'' || Prateek Vats<ref>{{Cite web|title= Filmfare Awards 2021: Check complete list of winners|url=https://zeenews.india.com/bollywood/filmfare-awards-2021-check-complete-list-of-winners-2351198.html|author=Ankita Bhandari|publisher= Zee News|date=28 March 2021|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref>
| '''2021''' ||''[[Eeb Allay Ooo!]]'' || Prateek Vats<ref>{{Cite web|title=Filmfare Awards 2021: Check complete list of winners|url=https://zeenews.india.com/bollywood/filmfare-awards-2021-check-complete-list-of-winners-2351198.html|author=Ankita Bhandari|publisher=Zee News|date=28 March 2021|access-date=29 March 2021|archive-date=6 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206153337/https://zeenews.india.com/bollywood/filmfare-awards-2021-check-complete-list-of-winners-2351198.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '''2022''' || ''[[Sardar Udham]]'' || [[Shoojit Sircar]]
|-
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2023''' || ''[[Badhaai Do]]'' || [[Harshavardhan Kulkarni]]
|-
| '''2024''' || ''[[Joram (film)|Joram]]'' || [[Devashish Makhija]]
|-
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2025''' || ''[[I Want to Talk]]'' || [[Shoojit Sircar]]
|-
|-
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Filmfare Award for Best Film  (Popular)]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film]]
* [[Filmfare Award]]s
* [[Filmfare Award]]s
* [[Bollywood]]
* [[Bollywood]]
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners Filmfare Critics Awards Best Film]
*[https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners Filmfare Critics Awards Best Film]
* [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations, 1953–2005]
* [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations, 1953–2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065210/http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |date=12 June 2009 }}


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Filmfare Award for Best Film
CountryIndia
Presented byFilmfare
First awardedUski Roti,
Mani Kaul (1971)
Currently held byI Want to Talk,
Shoojit Sircar
(2025)
WebsiteFilmfare Awards

The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film is awarded during annual Filmfare Awards, given by the Filmfare magazine.[1] These are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for Hindi films in India, having started in 1954. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films with commercial appeal rather than artistic merit were being recognised, hence a new award category was added, the Best Film (Critics). Mani Kaul has a record four wins in this category, followed by three wins each for Shoojit Sircar and Kumar Shahani.

Rajnigandha, Black and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara are the only films to win both Best Film (Critics) and Best Film.

Winner[edit | edit source]

In the list below, each individual entry shows the winning title, followed by the director of the film.

1970s[edit | edit source]

Film Winners Year
Uski Roti Mani Kaul 1971
Ashadh Ka Ek Din 1972
Maya Darpan Kumar Shahani 1973
Duvidha Mani Kaul 1974
Rajnigandha Basu Chatterjee 1975
Aandhi Gulzar 1976
Mrigayaa Mrinal Sen 1977
Shatranj Ke Khilari Satyajit Ray 1978
Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan Saeed Akhtar Mirza 1979

1980s[edit | edit source]

Film Winners Year
Jeena Yahan Basu Chatterjee 1980
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai Saeed Akhtar Mirza 1981
Aadharshila Ashok Ahuja 1982
Masoom Shekhar Kapur 1983
Sookha M.S. Sathyu 1984
Damul Prakash Jha 1985
Aghaat Govind Nihalani 1986
Om-Dar-Ba-Dar Kamal Swaroop 1989

1990s[edit | edit source]

Film Winners Year
Khayal Gatha Kumar Shahani 1990
Kasba Kumar Shahani 1991
Diksha Arun Kaul 1992
Idiot Mani Kaul 1993
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa Kundan Shah 1994
Bandit Queen Shekhar Kapur 1995
Bombay Mani Ratnam (the only dubbed film to win the award) 1996
Khamoshi: The Musical Sanjay Leela Bhansali 1997
Virasat Priyadarshan 1998
Satya Ram Gopal Varma 1999

2000s[edit | edit source]

Film Winners Year
Sarfarosh John Matthew Matthan 2000
Halo Santosh Sivan 2001
Dil Chahta Hai Farhan Akhtar 2002
The Legend of Bhagat Singh Rajkumar Santoshi 2003
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Rajkumar Hirani 2004
Yuva & Dev Mani Ratnam & Govind Nihalani 2005
Black Sanjay Leela Bhansali 2006
Lage Raho Munna Bhai Rajkumar Hirani 2007
Chak De! India Shimit Amin 2008
Mumbai Meri Jaan Nishikant Kamat 2009

2010s[edit | edit source]

Year Film Recipient(s)
2010 Firaaq Nandita Das
2011 Udaan Vikramaditya Motwane
2012 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Zoya Akhtar
2013 Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
2014 The Lunchbox Ritesh Batra
2015 Ankhon Dekhi Rajat Kapoor[2]
2016 Piku Shoojit Sircar
2017 Neerja Ram Madhvani[3]
2018 Newton Amit V. Masurkar
2019 Andhadhun Sriram Raghavan

2020s[edit | edit source]

Year Film Recipient(s)
2020 Article 15 & Sonchiriya Anubhav Sinha & Abhishek Chaubey
2021 Eeb Allay Ooo! Prateek Vats[4]
2022 Sardar Udham Shoojit Sircar
2023 Badhaai Do Harshavardhan Kulkarni
2024 Joram Devashish Makhija
2025 I Want to Talk Shoojit Sircar

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Critics Award for Best Film". Filmfare Awards Official listing, Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners". The Times of India. 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "62nd Filmfare Awards 2017: Winners' list". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Ankita Bhandari (28 March 2021). "Filmfare Awards 2021: Check complete list of winners". Zee News. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

External links[edit | edit source]

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