36th Filmfare Awards

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36th Filmfare Awards
Date1991
Highlights
Best Film Ghayal
Kasba
Most awardsGhayal (7)
Most nominations Dil & Ghayal (8)

The 36th Filmfare Awards were held in 1991.

Dil and Ghayal led the ceremony with 8 nominations each, followed by Aashiqui with 7 nominations, and Agneepath and Pratibandh with 5 nominations each.

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Ghayal won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Rajkumar Santoshi) and Best Actor (for Sunny Deol), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Madhuri Dixit won her first of four awards for Best Actress for her performance in Dil, the only win for the film.

Main awards

Rajkumar Santoshi - Best Director & Best Story Writer winner for Ghayal Rajkumar Santoshi (cropped).jpg
Rajkumar Santoshi – Best Director & Best Story Writer winner for Ghayal
Sunny Deol - Best Actor winner for Ghayal Sunny Deol still6.jpg
Sunny Deol – Best Actor winner for Ghayal
Madhuri Dixit - Best Actress winner for Dil Madhuri Dixit snapped on sets Dance Deewane (05) (cropped).jpg
Madhuri Dixit – Best Actress winner for Dil
Mithun Chakraborty - Best Supporting Actor winner for Agneepath Mithun Chakraborty (5.26.2013).jpg
Mithun Chakraborty – Best Supporting Actor winner for Agneepath
Amitabh Bachchan - Lifetime Achievement Awardee Amitabh Bachchan.jpg
Amitabh Bachchan – Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Best Film

Ghayal

Best Director

Rajkumar SantoshiGhayal

Best Actor

Sunny DeolGhayal

Best Actress

Madhuri DixitDil

Best Supporting Actor

Mithun ChakrabortyAgneepath

Best Supporting Actress

Rohini HattangadiAgneepath

Best Comic Actor

Kader KhanBaap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri

Lux New Face of the Year

Pooja BhattDaddy

Best Story

GhayalRajkumar Santoshi

Best Screenplay

Kamla Ki MautBasu Chatterjee

Best Dialogue

Daddy – Suraj Sanim

Best Music Director

Aashiqui – Nadeem Shravan

Best Lyricist

AashiquiSameer for Nazar Ke Saamne

Best Playback Singer, Male

AashiquiKumar Sanu for Ab Tere Bin

Best Playback Singer, Female

AashiquiAnuradha Paudwal for Nazar Ke Saamne

Best Art Direction

Ghayal

Best Choreography

SailaabSaroj Khan for Hum Ko Aaj

Best Cinematography

Ghayal

Best Editing

Ghayal

Best Sound

E. RudraAzaad Desh Ke Ghulam

Lifetime Achievement Award

Amitabh Bachchan

Critics' awards

Best Film

Kasba

Outstanding Performance in a Non-commercial Film

Anupam KherDaddy

Special Jury Mention

Aadhi Haqeeqat, Aadha Fasana – Dilip Ghosh

Best Documentary

Amjad Ali Khan

Most wins

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