13th Filmfare Awards


The 13th Filmfare Awards were held in 1966, honoring the best in Hindi cinema in 1965.
Himalaya Ki God Mein and Waqt led the ceremony with 7 nominations each, followed by Kaajal with 6 nominations, Arzoo with 5 nominations and Khandan with 4 nominations.
The ceremony was notable as Meena Kumari set a record for the most wins for Best Actress at Filmfare, winning her 4th award for Kaajal. The record has been matched by a few actresses including Nutan, Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Vidya Balan and Alia Bhatt. Nutan and her niece Kajol, and Bhatt are the only actresses who broke the record held by Kumari.
Waqt won 5 awards, including Best Director and Best Supporting Actor, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Raaj Kumar received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Kaajal and Waqt, winning for the former.

Main awards

Best FilmBest Director

  • Yash Chopra – Waqt
  • *Chetan Anand – Haqeeqat
  • *Ramanand Sagar – Arzoo
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Sunil Dutt – Khandan as Govind Shankar Lal
  • *Raaj Kumar – Kaajal as Moti
  • *Rajendra Kumar – Arzoo as Gopal/Sarju
  • Meena Kumari – Kaajal as Madhavi
  • *Mala Sinha – Himalay Ki God Mein as Phoolwa
  • *Sadhana Shivdasani – Waqt as Meena Mittal
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
    Raaj Kumar – Waqt as Raja Chinnoy
  • * Mehmood – Gumnaam as The butler
  • * Raaj Kumar – Kaajal as Moti
    		• Padmini – Kaajal as Bhanu
  • * Helen – Gumnaam as Kitty Kelly
  • * Shashikala – Himalay Ki God Mein as Dr. Neeta Verma
    • Best Music DirectorBest Lyricist
    Ravi – Khandan
  • * Kalyanji–Anandji – Himalay Ki God Mein
  • * Shankar–Jaikishan – Arzoo
  • Rajendra Krishan – "Tumhi Mere Mandir" from Khandan
  • *Hasrat Jaipuri – "Aji Rooth Kar Kahaan" from Arzoo
  • *Indeevar – "Ek Tu Naa Mila" from Himalay Ki God Mein
    • Best Playback Singer – MaleBest Playback Singer – Female
  • Award won by a female singer
  • *Mohammed Rafi – "Chhoo Lene Do" from Kaajal
  • Lata Mangeshkar – "Tumhi Mere Mandir" from Khandan
  • *Lata Mangeshkar – "Ek Tu Naa Mila" from Himalay Ki God Mein
    • Best StoryBest Dialogue
    Akhtar Mirza – Waqt
  • * Ramanand Sagar – Arzoo
  • * Gulshan Nanda – Kaajal
  • Akhtar-Ul-Iman – Waqt

    • Technical Awards

    Best Art DirectionBest Cinematography

  • Ramchandra – Yaadein
  • Dharam Chopra – Waqt
    • Best EditingBest Sound Design
  • Pratap Dave – Himalay Ki God Mein
  • Essa M. Sooratwala – Yaadein

    • Superlatives

    The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations
    MovieAwardsNominations
    Waqt57
    Khandan44
    Himalay Ki Godmein27
    Kaajal26
    Yaadein22
    Haqeeqat13
    Gumnaam13
    Arzoo05