4th Filmfare Awards

4th Filmfare Awards
4th Filmfare Awards
Date	5 May 1957
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Most awards	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (4)
Most nominations	Devdas & Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (4)
	← 3rd; Filmfare Awards; 5th →;

The 4th Filmfare Awards were held in 5 May 1957, in Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi cinema for the year 1956.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Devdas and Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje led the ceremony with 4 nominations each.

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje won 4 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

While most of the nominated films were released in 1956, the films which won most of the main awards were 1955 releases. Devdas, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje, Seema and Shree 420 were 1955 films but were not considered for the 3rd Filmfare Awards.

For the first time in the history of Filmfare Awards, did a winner refuse to accept their award - Vyjayanthimala, who won Best Supporting Actress for Devdas, declined her award as she thought that her role was not supporting and was equally important as that film's other female lead, Suchitra Sen.

Main awards[edit | edit source]

V. Shantaram — Best Director (*Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje*)

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Nutan — Best Actress (Seema)

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Dilip Kumar — Best Actor (Devdas)

Motilal — Best Supporting Actor (*Devdas*)

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Vyjayanthimala — Best Supporting Actress (Devdas)

Best Film	Best Director
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje – Rajkamal Kala Mandir – V. Shantaram	V. Shantaram – Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dilip Kumar – Devdas as Devdas Mukherjee Raj Kapoor – Jagte Raho as Peasant	Nutan *– Seema* as Gauri**
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Motilal – Devdas as Chunni Babu Johnny Walker – C.I.D. as Master	Vyjayanthimala – Devdas as Chandramukhi

Technical awards[edit | edit source]

Best Music	Best Story
Shankar Jaikishan – Chori Chori O. P. Nayyar – C.I.D.	Amiya Chakravarty – Seema
Best Editing	Best Cinematography
G.G. Mayekar – Shree 420	Radhu Karmakar – Shree 420
Best Art Direction	Best Sound Design
Kanu Desai – Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje	A. K. Parmar – Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje

Multiple nominations and wins[edit | edit source]

The following films received multiple awards and nominations.

Movie	Awards	Nominations
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje	4	4
Devdas	3	4
Seema	2	2
Shree 420	2	2
C.I.D.	0	2

References[edit | edit source]

↑ The Times Group (5 May 1957). "Dilip Kumar". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
↑ "The Winners 1956". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
↑ "The Nominations – 1956". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

External links[edit | edit source]

Winners and nominations of 4th Filmfare Awards at Internet Movie Database

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[1] The Times Group (5 May 1957). "Dilip Kumar". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[2] "The Winners 1956". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2012.

[3] "The Nominations – 1956". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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