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Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film
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| Filmfare Award for Best Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First awarded | Uski Roti, Mani Kaul (1971) |
| Currently held by | Eeb Allay Ooo!, Prateek Vats (2021) |
| Website | Filmfare Awards |
The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film is awarded during annual Filmfare Awards, given by the Filmfare magazine.[1] The awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for 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 and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara are the only films to win both Best Film (Critics) and Best Film.
Winner[edit]
In the list below, each individual entry shows the winning title, followed by the director of the film.
1970s[edit]
- 1971 Uski Roti – Mani Kaul
- 1972 Ashadh Ka Ek Din – Mani Kaul
- 1973 Maya Darpan – Kumar Shahani
- 1974 Duvidha – Mani Kaul
- 1975 Rajnigandha – Basu Chatterjee
- 1976 Aandhi – Gulzar
- 1977 Mrigayaa – Mrinal Sen
- 1978 Shatranj Ke Khilari – Satyajit Ray
- 1979 Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan – Saeed Akhtar Mirza
1980s[edit]
- 1980 Jeena Yahan – Basu Chatterjee
- 1981 Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai – Saeed Akhtar Mirza
- 1982 Aadharshila – Ashok Ahuja
- 1983 Masoom – Shekhar Kapur
- 1984 Sookha – M.S. Sathyu
- 1985 Damul – Prakash Jha
- 1986 Aghaat – Govind Nihalani
- 1987 no award
- 1988 no award
- 1989 Om-Dar-Ba-Dar – Kamal Swaroop
1990s[edit]
- 1990 Khayal Gatha – Kumar Shahani
- 1991 Kasba – Kumar Shahani
- 1992 Diksha – Arun Kaul
- 1993 Idiot – Mani Kaul
- 1994 Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa – Kundan Shah
- 1995 Bandit Queen – Shekhar Kapur
- 1996 Bombay – Mani Ratnam (the only dubbed film to win the award)
- 1997 Khamoshi: The Musical – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- 1998 Virasat – Priyadarshan
- 1999 Satya – Ram Gopal Varma
2000s[edit]
- 2000 Sarfarosh – John Matthew Matthan
- 2001 Halo – Santosh Sivan
- 2002 Dil Chahta Hai – Farhan Akhtar
- 2003 The Legend of Bhagat Singh – Rajkumar Santoshi
- 2004 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – Rajkumar Hirani
- 2005 Yuva – Mani Ratnam & Dev – Govind Nihalani
- 2006 Black – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- 2007 Lage Raho Munna Bhai – Rajkumar Hirani
- 2008 Chak De! India – Shimit Amin
- 2009 Mumbai Meri Jaan – Nishikant Kamat
2010s[edit]
| 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]
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Article 15 & Sonchiriya | Anubhav Sinha & Abhishek Chaubey |
| 2021 | Eeb Allay Ooo! | Prateek Vats[4] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Critics Award for Best Film". Filmfare Awards Official listing, Indiatimes. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ↑ "60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners". The Times of India. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "62nd Filmfare Awards 2017: Winners' list". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Ankita Bhandari (28 March 2021). "Filmfare Awards 2021: Check complete list of winners". Zee News. Retrieved 29 March 2021.