6th Filmfare Awards 1959 | Filmy Zilla

About 6th Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Awards are one of the prestigious Awards given by Filmfare Magazine annually to honor and encourage the execellent talent in Indian Cinema.

Filmfare Awards were initiated in the year 1954 when the 1st Filmfare Awards held in Bombay on 21 March, 1954.

Thereafter, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Filmfare Awards Ceremonies were also held in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the year 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958, respectively.

6th Filmfare Awards also instituted by Filmfare Magazine and held in Bombay on 10 May 1959. The award ceremony was hosted by J.C. Jain. 

Also see:

5th Filmfare Awards (1958)

7th Filmfare Awards (1960)

Nominations and Winners of 6th Filmfare Awards 1959

(+ indicates the winner)

S. No.	Name of Award	Winner and Nominees
1	Best Film	+Madhumati Talaaq Sadhana
2	Best Director	+Bimal Roy for Madhumati B.R. Chopra for Sadhana Mukesh Kaul for Talaaq
3	Best Actor	+Dev Anand for Kala Pani Dilip Kumar for Madhumati Raj Kapoor for Phir Subah Hogi
4	Best Actress	+Vyjyanthimala for Sadhna Meena Kumari for Sahara Vyjyayanthimala for Madhumati
5	Best Supporting Actor	+Johnny Walker for Madhumati Sohrab Modi for Yadhudi Rehman for Phir Subah Hogi
6	Best Supproting Actress	+Nalini Jaywant for Kala Pani Lalita Pawar for Parvarish (1958) Leela Chitnis for Sadhna
7	Best Music Director	+Salil Chowdhuri for Madhumati O.P. Nayyar for Phagun Shankar-Jaikishan for Yadhudi
8	Best Lyricist	+Shailendra for Ye Mera Deewanapan Hai from Yadhudi Shailendra for Meri Jaan from Yadhudi Sahir Ludhiyanvi for Aurat Ne Janam Diya Mardon Ko for Sadhna
9	Best Playback Singer (Male/Female)	+Lata Mangeshkar for  Aa Ja Re Pardesi from Madhumati

Techincal Awards

S. No.	Name of Award	Winner and Nominees
1	Best Story	+Mukhram Sharma for Talaaq Ritwik Ghatak for Madhumati
2	Best Dialogue	+Rajinder Singh Bedi for Madhumati
3	Best Editor	+Hrishikesh Mukherjee for Madhumati
4	Best Cinematography	+Dilip Gupta for Madhumati
5	Best Art Director	+Sudhendu Roy for Madhumati
6	Best Sound Design	+Ishan Ghosh for Chandan

6th Filmfare Awards Highlights 

• Madhumati dominated the 6th Filmfare Awards by winning most awards (9) out of 11 nominations.

• The category of Best Lyricist was introduced in the 6th Filmfare Awards.

• Filmfare Award category Best Playback Singer splitted into two categries. The new categories named as Best Playback Singer Male and Best Playback Singer Female.

• Ace filmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee won his 2nd Filmfare Award in the Best Editing category. He won first for Naukari in the 3rd Filmfare Awards 1956.

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Filmfare Awards Various Categories

Filmfare Award for Best Actor	Filmfare Award for Best Actress	Filmfare Award for Best Film
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist	Best Supporting Actor	Best Supproting Actress
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer	Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer	Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist	Filmfare Award for Best Story	Filmfare Award for Best Editor
Filmfare Award for Best Director	Filmfare Award for Best Choreographer	Filmfare Special Jury Award