Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film

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Filmfare Award for Best Film
Awarded forBest Film
CountryIndia
Presented by Filmfare
First awarded Uski Roti ,
Mani Kaul (1971)
Currently held by Joram ,
Devashish Makhija
(2024)
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 Best Film (Critics). The record of maximum number of wins in this category is with Mani Kaul having won four times, followed by Kumar Shahani, who won three times.

Contents

Rajnigandha , Black and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara are the only films to win both Best Film (Critics) and Best Film.

Winner

In the list below, each individual entry shows the winning title, followed by the director of the film.

1970s

FilmWinnersYear
Uski Roti Mani Kaul, 1971
Ashadh Ka Ek Din 1972
Maya Darpan Kumar Shahani, 1973
Duvidha Mani Kaul, 1974
Rajnigandha Basu Chatterjee, 1975
Aandhi Gulzar, 1976
Mrigayaa Mrinal Sen, 1977
Shatranj Ke Khilari Satyajit Ray, 1978
Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan Saeed Akhtar Mirza, 1979

1980s

Jeena Yahan Basu Chatterjee, 1980
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai Saeed Akhtar Mirza, 1981
Aadharshila Ashok Ahuja, 1982
Masoom Shekhar Kapur, 1983
Sookha M.S. Sathyu, 1984
Damul Prakash Jha, 1985
Aghaat Govind Nihalani, 1986
Om-Dar-Ba-Dar Kamal Swaroop, 1989

1990s

Khayal Gatha Kumar Shahani, 1990
Kasba Kumar Shahani, 1991
Diksha Arun Kaul, 1992
Idiot Mani Kaul, 1993
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa Kundan Shah, 1994
Bandit Queen Shekhar Kapur, 1995
Bombay Mani Ratnam (the only dubbed film to win the award), 1996
Khamoshi: The Musical Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 1997
Virasat Priyadarshan, 1998
Satya Ram Gopal Varma, 1999

2000s

Sarfarosh John Matthew Matthan, 2000
Halo Santosh Sivan, 2001
Dil Chahta Hai Farhan Akhtar, 2002
The Legend of Bhagat Singh Rajkumar Santoshi, 2003
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Rajkumar Hirani, 2004
Yuva & Dev Mani Ratnam & Govind Nihalani, 2005
Black Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 2006
Lage Raho Munna Bhai Rajkumar Hirani, 2007
Chak De! India Shimit Amin, 2008
Mumbai Meri Jaan Nishikant Kamat, 2009

2010s

YearFilmRecipient(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

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2020 Article 15 & Sonchiriya Anubhav Sinha & Abhishek Chaubey
2021 Eeb Allay Ooo! Prateek Vats [4]
2022 Sardar Udham Shoojit Sircar
2023 Badhaai Do Harshavardhan Kulkarni
2024 Joram Devashish Makhija

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References

  1. ↑ "Critics Award for Best Film". Filmfare Awards Official listing, Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners". The Times of India. 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "62nd Filmfare Awards 2017: Winners' list". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Ankita Bhandari (28 March 2021). "Filmfare Awards 2021: Check complete list of winners". Zee News. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
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