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About 8th Filmfare Awards 1961

Filmfare Awards are one of the most prestigious awards given to the artists of Indian Cinema. These awards are given by Filmfare Magazine every year to acknowledge talents Hindi Cinema.

Filmfareware Awards initiated in the year 1954 and the First Filmfare Awards ceremony held on 21 March 1954 in Metro Cinema, Bombay (now Mumbai).

The glamorous 8th Filmfare Awards 1961 also held in Mumbai to acknowledge and honor the best talent in Hindi Cinema of the year 1960 The First Filmfare Awards announced on 21 March 1954 where only five awards given in five categories. Since then these awards have been given on almost every year.

Also see:

7th Flilmfare Awards (1960)

9th Flilmfare Awards (1962)

Nominations Winners of 8th Filmfare Awards 1961

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S. No.	Name of Filmfare Award	Nominations
1	Best Film	+Mughal-E-Aazam (1960) Parakh (1960) Masoom (1960)
2	Best Director	+Bimal Roy for Parakh (1960) K. Asif for Mughal-E-Aazam Kishore Sahu for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
3	Best Actor	+Dilip Kumar for Kohinoor Dev Anand for Kala Bazar Raj Kapoor for Chhalia
4	Best Actress	+Bina Rai for Ghunghat Nutan for Chhalia Madhubala for Mughal-E-Aazam
5	Best Supporting Actor	+Motilal for Parakh Agha for Ghunghat Rehman for Chaudhvi Ka Chand
6	Best Supproting Actress	+Nanda for Aanchal Kumkum for Kohinoor Lalita Pawar for Aanchal
7	Best Music Director	+Shankar-Jaikishan for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai Ravi for Chaudhvi Ka Chand Naushad for Mughal-E-Aazam
8	Best Lyricist	+Shakeel Badayuni for Chaudhvin Ka Chand (Title Track) Shakeel Badayuni for Jab Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya from Mughal-E-Aazam Shailendra for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (Title Track)
9	Best Playback Singer (Male/Female)	+Mohammed Rafi for  Chaudhvin Ka Chand (Title Track) Lata Mangeshkar for Jab Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya from Mughal-E-Aazam Lata Mangeshkar for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (Title Track)

Technical Awards

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S. No.	Name of Filmfare Award	Nominations
1	Best Story	+Ruby Sen for Masoom (1960) Saghir Usmani for Chaudhvi Ka Chand Salil Chowdhury for Parakh
2	Best Dialogue	+Kamal Amrohi, Wajahat Mirza, Aman and Ehsan Rizvi for Mughal-E-Aazam
3	Best Editor	Moosa Mansoor for Masoom (1960)
4	Best Cinematography	R.D. Mathur  for Mughal-E-Aazam
5	Best Art Director	Biren Nag for Chaudhvi Ka Chand
6	Best Sound Design	George D'Cruz for Parakh

8th Filmfare Awards (1961) Highlights

• Mughal-E-Aazam received nominations for the most Awards (8).

• Most number of Awards won by Parakh, Mughal-E-Aazam and Chaudhvi Ka Chand (3 each).

• Dilip Kumar won his fifth Best Actor Award. The remaining four are Daag (1952), Azaad (1955), Devdas and Naya Daur (1957).

All Filmfare Awards

1st (1954)	2nd (1955)	3rd (1956)	4th (1957)	5th (1958)	6th (1959)
7th (1960)	8th (1961)	9th (1962)	10th (1963)	11th (1964)	12th (1965)
13th (1966)	14th (1967)	15th (1968)	16th (1969)	17th (1970)	18th (1971)
19th (1972)	20th (1973)	21st (1974)	22nd (1975)	23rd (1976)	24th (1977)
25th (1978)	26th (1979)	27th (1980)	28th (1981)	29th (1982)	30th (1983)
31st (1984)	32nd (1985)	33rd (1986)	34th (1989)	35th (1990)	36th (1991)
37th (1992)	38th (1993)	39th (1994)	40th (1995)	41st (1996)	42nd (1997)
43rd (1998)	44th (1999)	45th (2000)	46th (2001)	47th (2002)	48th (2003)
49th (2004)	50th (2005)	51st (2006)	52nd (2007)	53rd (2008)	54th (2009)
55th (2010)	56th (2011)	57th (2012)	58th (2013)	59th (2014)	60th (2015)
61st (2016)	62nd (2017)	63th (2018)	64th (2019)	65th (2020)	66th (2021)

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