FilmFare Awards 2023: The 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023 was held on April 27 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. The award ceremony was hosted by none other than Salman Khan alongside Ayushmann Khurrana and Maniesh Paul. This was the first time Salman Khan hosted the Filmfare awards. The Filmfare awards are considered as “Indian Cinema’s Biggest Celebration”. With a total area of 1,03,012 sq. m., Jio World Convention Centre is India’s foremost venue for best-in-class exhibitions, conventions, meetings and social events.
The star studded event also highlighted some spectacular performances by Vicky Kaushal, Govinda, Tiger Shroff, Janhvi Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez. A press conference was held on 5th April’23 to announce the event. Dignitaries like Mr. Deepak Lamba, CEO – of Worldwide Media Ltd, Mr. Tarun Garg, COO – of Hyundai Motor, Mr. Jitesh Pillaai, Editor of Filmfare, and Salman Khan were present at the press conference. This glamorous extravaganza will be broadcasted on Colors and Jio Cinema on April 28, 2023, at 9 PM.
Please be noted that Hyundai Motor India was the Title Partner for the Filmfare Awards 2023 along with Maharashtra Tourism as the Destination Partner.
FilmFare Awards 2023
The Filmfare Awards is a spectacular night for the industry since it brings the entire film fraternity together to highlight the bests of the year gone by. Check out the full list of winners at the 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023 with Maharashtra Tourism.
Fimfare Awards 2023 Winners
Gangubai Kathiawadi won 10 awards in different categories including Best Film of 2022. Check the full list of Filmfare awards 2023 winners below.
| BEST FILM | GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI |
| BEST DIRECTOR | SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI) |
| BEST FILM CRITICS’ | BADHAAI DO (HARSHVARDHAN KULKARNI) |
| BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE) | RAJKUMMAR RAO (BADHAAI DO) |
| BEST ACTOR CRITICS’ | SANJAY MISHRA (VADH) |
| BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE) | ALIA BHATT (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI) |
| BEST ACTRESS CRITICS’ | TABU (BHOOL BHULAIYAA 2) |
| BHUMI PEDNEKAR (BADHAAI DO) | |
| BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE) | ANIL KAPOOR (JUGJUGG JEEYO) |
| BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE) | SHEEBA CHADDHA (BADHAAI DO) |
| BEST LYRICS | AMITABH BHATTACHARYA (KESARIYA- BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA) |
| BEST MUSIC ALBUM | PRITAM (BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA) |
| BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE) | ARIJIT SINGH (KESARIYA- BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA) |
| BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE) | KAVITA SETH (RANGISARI- JUGJUGG JEEYO) |
| BEST STORY | AKSHAT GHILDIAL, SUMAN ADHIKARY (BADHAAI DO) |
| BEST SCREENPLAY | AKSHAT GHILDIAL, SUMAN ADHIKARY AND HARSHAVARDHAN KULKARNI (BADHAAI DO) |
| BEST DIALOGUE | PRAKASH KAPADIA, UTKARSHINI VASHISHTHA (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI) |
| BEST BACKGROUND SCORE | SANCHIT BALHARA AND ANKIT BALHARA (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI) |
| BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | SUDEEP CHATTERJEE (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI) |
| BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN | SUBRATA CHAKRABORTY AND AMIT RAY (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI) |
| BEST COSTUME DESIGN | SHEETAL IQBAL SHARMA (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI) |
| BEST SOUND DESIGN | BISHWADEEP DIPAK CHATTERJEE (BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA) |
| BEST EDITING | NINAD KHANOLKAR (AN ACTION HERO) |
| BEST ACTION | PARVEZ SHAIKH (VIKRAM VEDHA) |
| BEST VFX | DNEG, REDEFINE (BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA) |
| BEST CHOREOGRAPHY | KRUTI MAHESH (DHOLIDA- GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI) |
| BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR | JASPAL SINGH SANDHU AND RAJEEV BARNWAL (VADH) |
| BEST DEBUT MALE | ANKUSH GEDAM (JHUND) |
| BEST DEBUT FEMALE | ANDREA KEVICHUSA (ANEK) |
| LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | PREM CHOPRA |
| R D BURMAN AWARD FOR UPCOMING MUSIC TALENT | JAHNVI SHRIMANKAR (DHOLIDA- GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI) |
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare awards are annual awards presented for excellence in Hindi film industry known as Bollywood. This is one of the most famous film events in India. The Filmfare awards were first introduced in March 21,1954, 69 years ago at the Metro Theatre of Mumbai, only five awards were presented: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Music Director.
Do Bigha Zameen was the first movie to win the award for Best Film. The first winners for the other four categories were: Bimal Roy for his direction of Do Bigha Zameen, Dilip Kumar for his performance in Daag, Meena Kumari for her performance in Baiju Bawra, and Naushad Ali for his music in Baiju Bawra.
Before the beginning of the actual ceremony “The Red Carpet” segment takes place . This is when actors, actresses, producers, directors, singers, composers, and others that have contributed to Indian cinema are introduced. Hosts question the celebrities about upcoming performances and who they think deserves to take the Black Lady home.
Gregory Peck was the guest of honor at the first Filmfare Awards ceremony, held on March 21, 1954, at Metro Theatre, Mumbai. He could not make it as his flight from Colombo, where he was on location for ‘Purple Plain’, got delayed. However, he attended the banquet at Willingdon Sports Club that followed the awards ceremony. Filmfare Award was initially named ‘Clare Awards’, after the ‘Times of India’ film critic – Clare Mendonca.
Also no note that, two categories of Filmfare awards have been discontinued w.e.f 2007. One is Best performance in a Comic role and the other one is Best performance in a Negative role.
Filmfare Trophy
The Filmfare statuette, depicting a woman whose arms are upraised in a dance number with her fingers touching, is commonly referred to as “The Black Lady” (or “The Lady in Black”).
It was originally designed by N.G. Pansare under the supervision of Times of India’s art director Walter Langhammer. It is generally made of bronze with a height of 46.5 cm and weighs around 5 kg.
To celebrate the 25th year of the awards, the statues were made in silver and to celebrate the 50th year the statues were made in gold. The Filmfare trophy is manufactured by The Award Gallery since 2000. Until 2012, there had only been a few changes made to the trophy. But more recently, as of 2013, a huge change has been made to give the trophy a 3-D look. Follow read4knowledge for more interesting articles.