54th Filmfare Awards


The 54th Idea Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group and Idea Cellular, was one of India's most prestigious awards ceremony, honoring the best Bollywood films of 2008. It took place on 28 February 2009 at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai. Actors Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan hosted the show for the first part, while actresses Konkona Sen Sharma and Deepika Padukone hosted the show in the latter part. It was the first time that any of these actors hosted the awards ceremony. The ceremony was televised in India eight days later, on 8 March 2009.
The nominees for the various films were announced on 16 February 2009. Rock On!! led the ceremony with 15 nominations, followed by Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na with 12 nominations, Jodhaa Akbar with 11 nominations and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi with 10 nominations respectively.
Rock On!! won 7 awards, including Best Supporting Actor and Best Male Debut, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Jodhaa Akbar won 5 awards under the main category, including [Filmfare Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film Award|Best Film], Best Director and Best Actor.
Priyanka Chopra won her first Best Actress award for her performance in Fashion, while Asin Thottumkal won Best Female Debut for her performance in Ghajini.

Multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations.
The following films received multiple awards.

Awards tally

– winner of the Filmfare Best Film Award, – nominees for Best FilmNote : In some cases, the number of nominations can be less than the number of awards won. This is explained by the fact that there are some awards which do not have any nominations. So, a film could have won an award which does not have any list of nominees. Also, Critics' Awards are not included in the number of awards won by the films.
FilmAwardsNominationsNotes
A Wednesday04
  • This was Neeraj Pandey's first feature film as a director.
  • He was also the scriptwriter of the film, and it was his first time as scriptwriter as well.
Bachna Ae Haseeno03
  • Bipasha Basu got her second nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, after her role in No Entry. However, she failed to win it both times.
  • KK became only the third male playback singer to get multiple nominations in the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback, after Sonu Nigam and Udit Narayan, since 2000.
  • Shilpa Rao debuted as a female playback singer with this film, and also received her first Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback nomination for this film.
    • Dostana05
  • This film was the directorial debut of Tarun Mansukhani.
  • Dostana was only the second film which was produced by Karan Johar, but not directed by him, to get a nomination under the Filmfare Award for Best Film category. It was the second Karan Johar production which did not win a single Filmfare Award, after Kaal.
    • Fashion26
  • This film earned director Madhur Bhandarkar his second nomination under the Filmfare Award for Best Director, after Page 3 in 2006.
  • Priyanka Chopra won her first ever Filmfare Award for Best Actress for this film. Simultaneously, Kangana Ranaut won her first ever Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for this film. Such a feat was last achieved in 2006, when Ayesha Kapoor and Rani Mukherji won the Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress Award respectively for Black.
    • Ghajini27
  • This film saw the directorial debut of South Indian film-maker A. R. Murugadoss, who had also directed the Tamil version of this film. The Tamil version starred Surya Sivakumar.
  • South Indian actress Asin Thottumkal debuted in Bollywood with this film, and won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Incidentally, she had also starred as the female lead in the Tamil version of this film. Thus, she became the first actress to act in the same role in two films of two different languages.
  • Aamir Khan had nominated for Best Actor, he had won previously Taare Zameen Par.
    • Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na37
  • A. R. Rahman became only the fourth music director in the history of Filmfare to win the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director three times in a row, after Shankar–Jaikishan, Laxmikant Pyarelal and Nadeem Shravan.
    • Jodhaa Akbar59
  • Jodhaa Akbar was one of the major award winners, winning five Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor.
    • Love Story 205010
  • Love Story 2050 was the only film which did not receive any nomination under the categories having nominations, and yet won a Filmfare Award.
  • This was the first film of Harry Baweja to win a Filmfare Award.
    • Mumbai Meri Jaan22
  • This was the Bollywood debut for director Nishikant Kamat. He had previously directed films for Marathi and Tamil cinema.
  • It later went on to win the National Film Award for Best Special Effects, which went to Govardhan of Tata Elxsi.
    • Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!32
  • Manu Rishi won his first ever Filmfare award for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.
  • This film became the largest Filmfare Award-winning Dibakar Banerjee, ahead of Khosla Ka Ghosla, which had won one Filmfare Award.
  • Manjot Singh received his first award ever for his critically appreciated role in the film, winning the Best Actor (Critics).
    • Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi210
  • This was the debut film for actress Anushka Sharma. She was subsequently nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, but lost out to Asin Thottumkal.
  • Shah Rukh Khan did not win an award for the first time under a film directed by Aditya Chopra. He had previously won for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and Mohabbatein.
    • Rock On!!510
  • Arjun Rampal won his first ever Filmfare Award for his role in this film.
  • Farhan Akhtar debuted both as a playback singer and as an actor in this film. Subsequently, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, and also received a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer.
  • Shahana Goswami received the [Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award for Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Critics)], and became the first actress to achieve this honour for a supporting role.
    • Singh Is Kinng12