66th Filmfare Awards

The 66th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2020.

66th Filmfare Awards
Presented on27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)
SiteFilm City, Mumbai
Hosted by[1]
Organized byThe Times Group
Official websiteFilmfare Awards 2021
Highlights
Best FilmThappad
Eeb Allay Ooo!
Most awardsThappad (7)
Most nominationsLudo (16)
Television coverage
NetworkColors TV

Ludo led the ceremony with 16 nominations each, followed by Thappad with 15 nominations, and Gulabo Sitabo and Tanhaji with 13 nominations each.

Thappad won 7 awards, including Best Film and Best Actress (for Taapsee Pannu), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Pankaj Tripathi received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl and Ludo, but lost to Saif Ali Khan who the award for Tanhaji.

At age 88, Farrukh Jaffar set a record for becoming the oldest winner of an acting Filmfare Award, winning Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Gulabo Sitabo.

The ceremony was also noted as being the only to have two actors being nominated posthomously for the same award, with Irrfan Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput receiving Best Actor nominations for Angrezi Medium and Dil Bechara respectively, with Khan winning the award, thus becoming the only actor to win the Filmfare Best Actor award posthomously.

Winners and nominees

On 27 March 2021, winners were announced.[2] Below is the list of winners:[3][4]

Om Raut, Best Director
Taapsee Pannu, Best Actress
Irrfan Khan Best Actor & Lifetime Achievement Awardee
Tillotama Shome, Best Actress Critics
Amitabh Bachchan, Best Actor Critics
Saif Ali Khan, Best Supporting Actor
Farrukh Jaffar, Best Supporting Actress
Pritam, Best Music Director
Asees Kaur, Best Female Playback Singer
Gulzar, Best Lyricist

Popular awards

Best FilmBest Director
Best ActorBest Actress
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Debut Awards
Best Male DebutBest Female DebutBest Debut Director

Not Awarded

Writing Awards
Best StoryBest ScreenplayBest Dialogue
Music Awards

Best Music Director

Best Lyricist

Best Playback Singer – Male

Best Playback Singer – Female

Critics' Awards

Best Film (Best Director)
Best ActorBest Actress

Special Awards

Filmfare Special Award
  • Not Awarded
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
Filmfare R. D. Burman Award
  • Not Awarded

Technical awards

Nominations for the Technical awards were announced on the same day.

Best EditingBest Production DesignBest Choreography
Best CinematographyBest Sound DesignBest Background Score
Best Costume DesignBest ActionBest Special Effects

Short Film Awards

Best Short Film
FictionNon-fictionPeople's Choice
  • Shivraj Waichal – Arjun
  • Nitesh Ramesh Parulekar – Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Priyanka Banerjee – Devi
Best Actor – Male (Short Film)Best Actor – Female (Short Film)
  • Arnav Abdagire – Arjun as Arjun
  • Purti Savardekar – The First Wedding as Bhumi

Superlatives

Multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
16Ludo
15Thappad
13Gulabo Sitabo
Tanhaji
8Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Lootcase
6Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
5Eeb Allay Ooo!
Sir
4Angrezi Medium
Chhapaak
Dil Bechara
Love Aaj Kal
Panga
Shakuntala Devi
3Baaghi 3
2Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare
Street Dancer 3D
Multiple wins
AwardsFilm
7Thappad
6Gulabo Sitabo
4Tanhaji
2Sir

See also

References

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