54th Filmfare Awards

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54th Filmfare Awards
Date28 February 2009
Site Yash Raj Studios
Hosted by Ranbir Kapoor
Imran Khan
Deepika Padukone
Konkana Sen Sharma
Karan Johar
Farhan Akhtar
Official website www.filmfare.com
Highlights
Best Film Jodhaa Akbar
Mumbai Meri Jaan
Most awardsRock On!! (7)
Most nominations Rock On!! (15)
Television coverage
Network Sony Entertainment Television (India)

The 54th Idea Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group and Idea Cellular, was one of India's most prestigious awards ceremony, honoring the best Bollywood films of 2008. It took place on 28 February 2009 at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai. [1] Actors Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan hosted the show for the first part, [1] while actresses Konkona Sen Sharma and Deepika Padukone hosted the show in the latter part. [2] It was the first time that any of these actors hosted the awards ceremony. The ceremony was televised in India eight days later, on 8 March 2009. [3]

Contents

The nominees for the various films were announced on 16 February 2009. [4] Rock On!! led the ceremony with 15 nominations, followed by Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na with 12 nominations, Jodhaa Akbar with 11 nominations and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi with 10 nominations respectively.

Rock On!! won 7 awards, including Best Supporting Actor (for Arjun Rampal) and Best Male Debut (for Farhan Akhtar), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Jodhaa Akbar won 5 awards under the main category, including Best Film, Best Director (for Ashutosh Gowariker) and Best Actor (for Hrithik Roshan). [2]

Priyanka Chopra won her first and only Best Actress award for her performance in Fashion , while Asin Thottumkal won Best Female Debut for her performance in Ghajini .

Awards and nominees

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Ashutosh Gowariker, Best Director
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Priyanka Chopra, Best Actress
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Hrithik Roshan, Best Actor
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Nishikant Kamat, Best Director Critics
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Shahana Goswami, Best Actress Critics
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Manjot Singh, Best Actor Critics
Arjun Rampal, Madhur Bhandarkar, Kareena Kapoor at the First look launch of 'Heroine' 03 (cropped).jpg
Arjun Rampal, Best Supporting Actor
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Kangana Ranaut, Best Supporting Actress
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Sukhwinder Singh, Best Male Playback Singer
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Javed Akhtar, Best Lyricist
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Bhanu Athaiya, Lifetime Achievement Awardee
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Om Puri, Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Main awards

Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Male Debut Best Female Debut
Best Music Director Best Lyricist
Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – Female

Critics' awards

Best Movie
Best Performance
MaleFemale

Technical awards

Best Story Best Screenplay
Best Dialogue Best Editing
Best Choreography Best Cinematography
Best Production Design Best Sound Design
Best Costume Design Best Background Score
Best Special Effects Best Action

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement
Special Jury Mention (certificate)
RD Burman Award
Best Scene

Multiple nominations and wins

Awards tally

  – winner of the Filmfare Best Film Award,   – nominees for Best Film

FilmAwardsNominationsNotes
A Wednesday 04
  • This was Neeraj Pandey's first feature film as a director.
  • He was also the scriptwriter of the film, and it was his first time as scriptwriter as well.
Bachna Ae Haseeno 03
Dostana 05
Fashion 26
Ghajini 27
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na 37
Jodhaa Akbar 59
Love Story 2050 10
  • Love Story 2050 was the only film which did not receive any nomination under the categories having nominations, and yet won a Filmfare Award.
  • This was the first film of Harry Baweja to win a Filmfare Award.
Mumbai Meri Jaan 22
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! 32
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi 210
Rock On!! 510
Singh Is Kinng 12

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Parasshuram Shalgar (28 February 2009). "Date of 54th Filmfare Awards". PanAsianBiz. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 "New hosts of Filmfare Awards". The Times Of India. 1 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  3. "Television telecast of 54th Filmfare Awards". Dear Cinema. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  4. Webmaster (16 February 2009). "Nominations for the 54th Filmfare Awards". Radio Sargam (RS). Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2010.