Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film

Filmfare Award for Best Film
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

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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]

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.

External links[edit]

Template:Filmfare Awards

[1] "Critics Award for Best Film". Filmfare Awards Official listing, Indiatimes. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[2] "60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners". The Times of India. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[3] "62nd Filmfare Awards 2017: Winners' list". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[4] Ankita Bhandari (28 March 2021). "Filmfare Awards 2021: Check complete list of winners". Zee News. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

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v t e Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film
1971–1980	Uski Roti (1971) Ashadh Ka Ek Din (1972) Maya Darpan (1973) Duvidha (1974) Rajnigandha (1975) Aandhi (1976) Mrigayaa (1977) Shatranj Ke Khilari {The Chess Players} (1978) Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1979) Jeena Yahan (1980)
1981–2000	Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai (1981) Aadharshila (1982) Masoom (1983) Sookha (1984) Damul (1985) Aghaat (1986) Om-Dar-B-Dar (1989) Khayal Gatha (1990) Kasba (1991) Diksha (1992) Idiot (1993) Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994) Bandit Queen (1995) Bombay (1996) Khamoshi (1997) Virasat (1998) Satya (1999) Sarfarosh (2000)
2001-present	Halo (2001) Dil Chahta Hai (2002) The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2003) Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2004) Dev and Yuva (2005) Black (2006) Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2007) Chak De! India (2008) Mumbai Meri Jaan (2009) Firaaq (2010) Udaan (2011) Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2012) Gangs of Wasseypur (2013) The Lunchbox (2014) Ankhon Dekhi (2015) Piku (2016) Neerja (2017) Newton (2018) Andhadhun (2019) Article 15 and Sonchiriya (2020) Eeb Allay Ooo! (2021)