23rd Filmfare Awards

The 23rd Filmfare Awards were held on March 30, 1976.

23rd Filmfare Awards
Date	1976
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Deewaar
Most awards	Deewaar (7)
Most nominations	Sholay (10)

Sholay led the ceremony with 10 nominations , followed by Amanush, Deewaar with 9 nominations each, along with Aandhi and Sanyasi with 7 nominations each.

Deewaar won 7 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Sholay, considered one of the most successful films of Bollywood, was expected to steam-roll the competition, controversially went home with just 1 win out of its 10 nominations.

Shashi Kapoor won his sole acting Filmfare award, as Best Supporting Actor for Deewaar.

Main Awards

Yash Chopra — Best Director winner for Deewaar

Sanjeev Kumar — Best Actor winner for Aandhi

Lakshmi — Best Actress winner for Julie

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Shashi Kapoor — Best Supporting Actor winner for Deewaar

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Nadira — Best Supporting Actress winner for Julie

Kishore Kumar — Best Playback singer, Male winner for "Dil Aisa Kisi Ne Mera Toda" (Amanush)

Best Film

Deewaar

• Aandhi
• Amanush
• Sanyasi
• Sholay

Best Director

Yash Chopra – Deewaar

• Gulzar – Aandhi
• Ramesh Sippy – Sholay
• Shakti Samanta – Amanush
• Sohanlal Kanwar – Sanyasi

Best Actor

Sanjeev Kumar – Aandhi

• Amitabh Bachchan – Deewaar
• Manoj Kumar – Sanyasi
• Sanjeev Kumar – Sholay
• Uttam Kumar – Amanush

Best Actress

Lakshmi – Julie

• Hema Malini – Khushboo
• Hema Malini – Sanyasi
• Jaya Bachchan – Mili
• Suchitra Sen – Aandhi

Best Supporting Actor

Shashi Kapoor – Deewaar

• Amjad Khan – Sholay
• Pran – Do Jhoot
• Pran – Majboor
• Utpal Dutt – Amanush

Best Supporting Actress

Nadira – Julie

• Aruna Irani – Do Jhoot
• Farida Jalal – Majboor
• Nirupa Roy – Deewaar
• Prema Narayan – Amanush

Best Comic Actor

Deven Verma – Chori Mera Kaam

• Asrani – Rafoo Chakkar
• Asrani – Sholay
• Keshto Mukherjee – Kala Sona
• Mehmood – Qaid

Best Story

Deewaar – Salim–Javed

• Aandhi – Kamleshwar
• Amanush – Shakti Prada Rajguru
• Nishant – Vijay Tendulkar
• Sholay – Salim–Javed

Best Screenplay

Deewaar – Salim–Javed

Best Dialogue

Deewaar – Salim–Javed

Best Music

Julie – Rajesh Roshan

• Dulhan – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Khel Khel Mein – R.D. Burman
• Sanyasi – Shankar Jaikishan
• Sholay – R.D. Burman

Best Lyrics

Amanush – Indeevar for Dil Aisa Kisi Ne Mera Toda

• Aandhi – Gulzar for Tere Bina Zindagi Se
• Dulhan – Anand Bakshi for Chitti Zaroor Aayegi
• Sanyasi – Visveshwara Sharma for Chal Sanyasi
• Sholay – Anand Bakshi for Mehbooba Mehbooba

Best Playback Singer, Male

Amanush – Kishore Kumar for Dil Aisa Kisi Ne Mera Toda

• Faraar – Kishore Kumar for Main Pyaasa Tu Saawan
• Khushboo – Kishore Kumar for O Maajhi Re
• Sanyasi – Manna Dey for Kya Mar Sakegi
• Sholay – R.D. Burman for Mehbooba Mehbooba

Best Playback Singer, Female

Sankalp – Sulakshna Pandit for Tu Hi Sagar Hai

• Amanush – Asha Bhosle for Kal Ke Apne
• Jai Santoshi Maa – Usha Mangeshkar for Main To Aarti
• Khel Khel Mein – Asha Bhosle for Sapna Mera Toot Gaya
• Julie – Preeti Sagar for My Heart Is Beating

Best Art Direction

Do Jhoot - Bansi Chandragupta

Best Cinematography

Dharmatma - Kamal Bose

Best Editing

Sholay - M. S. Shinde

Best Sound

Deewaar - M. A. Shaikh

Critics' Awards

Best Film

Aandhi

Best Documentary

Sarojini Naidu

Special Award

Preeti Sagar for "My Heart Is Beating" in Julie

Biggest Winners

• Deewaar – 7/9
• Julie – 3/4
• Amanush – 2/9
• Aandhi – 2/7
• Sholay - 1/10

References

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1976/

See also

• 25th Filmfare Awards
• 24th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards