3rd Filmfare Awards

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3rd Filmfare Awards
Date1956
Site Bombay, India
Highlights
Best Film Jagriti
Best Actor Dilip Kumar for Azaad
Best Actress Kamini Kaushal for Biraj Bahu
Most awardsBiraj Bahu & Jagriti (2)
Most nominationsAzaad (4)

The 3rd Filmfare Awards were held in 1956. [1]

Azaad led the ceremony with 4 nominations, followed by Biraj Bahu and Jagriti with 3 nominations.

Contents

Biraj Bahu and Jagriti won 2 awards each, with the former winning Best Director (for Bimal Roy) and Best Actress (for Kamini Kaushal), and the latter winning Best Film and Best Supporting Actor (for Abhi Bhattacharya), thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

Main Awards

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Abhi Bhattacharya, Best Supporting Actor
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Nirupa Roy, Best Supporting Actress
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Hemant Kumar, Best Music Director
Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Story Best Music Director

Technical Awards

Best Cinematography Best Sound Recordist
  • R. Kaushik – Amar
Best Art Direction Best Editor

Superlatives

The following films had multiple wins and/or multiple nominations

MovieAwardsNominations
Biraj Bahu 23
Jagriti
Azaad 14
Mirza Ghalib 2
Munimji
Vachan
Uran Khatola 0

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References

  1. "Filmfare Awards 1956 – 3rd (Third) Filmfare Popular Awards".