Fimfare Special Award

Filmfare Awards is one of the prestigious awards in India that acknowledge the talent of artists in Hindi Cinema commonly known as Bollywood.

Filmfare Awards are given in arious categories that includes technical and non technical.  One of such categories is Filmfare Special Award.

First Filmfare Awards ceremony held on 21 March 1954 in Bombay (now Mumbai). However, the category for Special Award was introduced in the year 1972.

Special Award is quite different from other Filmfare Awards. This Award is not necessarily given every year. Speical Awards is for an artist who does something special or unique in the field of Direction, Acting, Singing, Music and Filmmaking etc.

Filmfare Special Award is known by some other names also like Special Performance Award, Special Jury Awards or Special Mention Award. It is given by Filmfare Magazine as a part of Filmfare Awards which is given every to honor talented artists of Hindi Cinema for their excellent work in respective field.

Actress Jaya Bachchan and Actor Prithviraj Kapoor became the first two person to receive this Filmfare Special Awards in the year 1972.

Receipant of Fimfare Special Award

Fimfare Award Year

Name of Winner

Remarks

19th 1972

Jaya Bachchan (Actess)

For the Movie Uphaar

 19th 1972

 Prithiviraj Kapoor (Actor)

Special Commendation 

20th 1973

 Anubhav (Movie)

Special Citation for Basu Bhattacharya 

20th 1973 

 V. Shanataram (Actor)

Special Commendation 

 21st 1974

Rajesh Khanna (Actor) 

For the Movie Anuraag 

 22nd 1975

 Ankur (Movie)

Unique Movie 

 23rd 1976

Farida Jalal (Actress) 

 For the movie Majboor

  23rd 1976

 Uttm Kumar (Actor)

For the movie Amanush 

  24th 1977

Yesudas (Singer) 

For his songs in the movie Chitchor 

 25th 1978

Bhimasin Khurana (Director) 

For the movie Gharonda 

  25th 1978

Amol Palekar (Actor)

For the movie Bhumika 

 25th 1978 

Naseeruddin Shah (Actor) 

For the movie Manthan 

 26th 1979

 Master Raju (Child Actor)

For the movie Kitaab 

27th 1980 

 Muzaffar Ali (Director)

For the movie Gaman 

 28th 1981

Mushir Riaz Alam (Producer) 

For the movie Apne Paraye 

29th 1982 

Padmini Kolhapure (Actress) 

For the movie Ahista Ahista 

29th 1982  

Shashi Kapoor (Producer)

36 Chowringhee Lane  

35th (1990)

Rajesh Khanna (Actor)

For completing 25 Years in Bollywood

38th (1993)

Meenakshi Sheshadri (Actress)

  

38th (1993)

Lata Mangeshkar (Singer)

For the song Didi Tera Devar from Hum Aapke Hain Koun

41st (1996) 

Asha Bhosle (Singer)

Tanha Tanha from Rangeela

42nd (1997)

Govinda (Actor)

For the movie Saajan Chale Sasural

42nd (1997)

Shobhna Samarth (Actress)

For contribution in Bollywood

42nd (1997)

Pran (Actor)

For contribution in Bollywood

42nd (1997)

Nasir Hussain (Filmmaker)

For contribution in Bollywood

43rd (1998)

Jaya Bachchan (Actress)

 For the movie Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa

  44th (1999)

Shekhar Kapoor (Filmmaker)

For his contribution in Bollywood and International Cinema

45th (2000)

Amitabh Bachchan (Actor)

As Superstar of the Millennium 

 46th (2001)

Anu Malik (Music Director)

For the movie Regugee

47th (2002)

Raveena Tandon (Actres)

For the movie Aks

47th (2002)

Ameesha Patel (Actress)

For the Movie Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

49th (2004) 

Lata Mangeshkar (Singer)

Golden Trophy for completing 50 Years of Filmfare Awards

49th (2004) 

Kareena Kapoor (Actress)

For the movie Chameli

52nd (2007)

Deepak Dobriyal (Actor)

For the movie Omkara 

54th (2009)

Purab Kohli (Actor)

For the movie Rock On

54th (2009)

Prateik Babbar (Actor)

For the movie Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

55th (2010)

Nandita Das (Actress)

For teh movie Firaaq

56th (2011) 

Amitabh Bachchan (Actor)

 For completing 40 Years in Bollywood

 57th (2012)

Partho Gupte (Actor)

 For the movie Stanley Ka Dabba

 57th (2012)

Madhuri Dixit (Actress)

 For completing 25 Years in Bollywood

 58th (2013) 

Sridevi (Actress)

For the movies Nagina (1986) and Mr. India (1987)

64th (2019)

Hema Malini (Actress)

For completing 50 Years in Bollywood

65th (2020)

Govinda (Actor)

Excellence in Bollywood

65th (2020)

Manish Malhotra (Costume Designer)

For completing 30 Years in Bollywood

Fimfare Special Award-Highlights

  • Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Lata Mangeshkar and Govinda received Filmfare Special Award twice.

  • Lata Mangeshkar requested not to nominate her For Best Female Playback Singer years back in order to promote new talents. The jury decided to give her Filmfare Special Awards for the song Didi Tera Devar Deewana from the movie Hum Aapke Hain Kaun in the 38 Filmfare Awards 1993.

  • Lata Mangeshkar awarded Special Golden Trophy for completion of 50 yeas of Filfmare Awards in the 49th Filmfare Awards 2004. 

  • Amitabh Bachchan received this Special Award twice in 45th Filmfare Awards 2000 and 56th Filmfare Awards 2011. He was crowned as Star of the Millennium in the year 2000. Thereafter, he received the 2nd one in 2011 for completing 10 years in Indian Cinema.

  • Jaya Bachchan received the very first Filmfare Special Award in 19th Filmfare Award 1972 for her excellence performance in movie Uphaar.  She received another one in the 43rd Filmfare Awards 1998  for her unmatched performance in the movie Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa.

  •  Rajesh Khanna received his first Filmfare Special Award in Filmfare Awards 1974 for his performance in the movie Anuraag. He received the 2nd in the 35th Filmfare Awards 1990 for completing 25 years in Hindi Cinema.