33rd Filmfare Awards

Main awards

Best Film

• Arjun
• Ghulami
• Meri Jung
• Saagar
• ''Tawaif''

Best Director

• Mahesh Bhatt – Janam
• Rahul Rawail ''– Arjun
• Ramesh Sippy – Saagar
• Subhash Ghai – Meri Jung''

Best Actor

• Amitabh Bachchan – Mard
• Anil Kapoor – Meri Jung
• Kumar Gaurav – Janam
• ''Rishi Kapoor – Tawaif''

Best Actress

• Jaya Prada – Sanjog
• Mandakini – Ram Teri Ganga Maili
• Padmini Kolhapure – Pyaar Jhukta Nahin
• ''Rati Agnihotri – Tawaif''

Best Supporting Actor

• Anupam Kher – Janam
• Kamal Haasan – Saagar
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda – Ghulami
• Saeed Jaffrey – Ram Teri Ganga Maili
• ''Utpal Dutt – Saaheb''

Best Supporting Actress

• Anita Kanwar – Janam
• Madhur Jaffrey – Saagar
• Raakhee – Saaheb
• Sushma Seth – Tawaif
• ''Tanvi Azmi – Pyari Behna''

Best Comic Actor

• Annu Kapoor – Utsav
• Deven Verma – Saaheb
• ''Kader Khan – Aaj Ka Daur''

Best Story

• Ankahee – C. T. Khanolkar
• Arjun – Javed Akhtar
• Janam – Mahesh Bhatt
• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – K. K. Singh
• ''Saaheb – Rajan Roy''

Best Screenplay

Best Dialogue

Best Music Director

• Meri Jung – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Saagar – R.D. Burman
• ''Sur Sangam – Laxmikant–Pyarelal''

Best Lyricist

• Meri Jung – Anand Bakshi for Zindagi Har Kadam
• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Hasrat Jaipuri for Sun Sahiba Sun
• Saagar – Javed Akhtar for Saagar Kinare
• Saaheb – Anjaan for Yaar Bina Chain Kahaan Re
• ''Tawaif – Hasan Kamal for Bohot Der Se''

Best Playback Singer, Male

• Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Shabbir Kumar for Tum Se Milkar Naa Jaane Kyun
• ''Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Suresh Wadkar for Main Hi Main Hoon''

Best Playback Singer, Female

• Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Tum Se Milkar Naa Jaane Kyun
• ''Saaheb – S. Janaki for Yaar Bina Chain Kahaan Re''

Best Art Direction

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Best Sound

Critics' awards

Best Film

Best Documentary

Most Wins

• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – 5/10
• Saagar – 4/10
• Tawaif – 3/7
• Utsav – 2/4
• ''Meri Jung – 2/7''