6th Filmfare Awards


The 6th Filmfare Awards were held in 10 May 1959, at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema for the year 1958.
Madhumati led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Sadhna with 6 nominations and Yahudi with 5 nominations.
Madhumati won 9 awards – a record at the time – including Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
The ceremony was also noted as Vyjayanthimala became the first ever actor to receive dual acting nominations in the same year for her performances in Madhumati and Sadhna, winning for the latter. The nominations also makes her the first-ever multi-nominee across all categories, a record she shares with Mukhram Sharma nominated for Sadhna and Talaaq, winning for the former. The win also makes her the first performer in Filmfare history to win in both leading and supporting categories.

Main Awards

Best FilmBest Director
Madhumati – Bimal Roy Productions – Bimal Roy
Bimal Roy – Madhumati
  • * B. R. Chopra – Sadhna
  • * Mahesh Kaul – Talaaq
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Dev Anand – Kala Pani as Karan Mehra
  • *Dilip Kumar – Madhumati as Anand / Deven
  • *Raj Kapoor – Phir Subha Hogi as Ram Babu
    		• Vyjayanthimala – Sadhna as Champabai / Rajani
  • *Meena Kumari – Sahara as Leela
  • *Vyjayanthimala – Madhumati as Madhumati / Madhavi / Radha
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
    Johnny Walker – Madhumati as Charandas
  • * Rehman – Phir Subha Hogi as Rehman
  • * Sohrab Modi – Yahudi as Ezra
    		• Nalini Jaywant – Kala Pani as Kishori
  • * Lalita Pawar – Parvarish as Rukmini Singh
  • * Leela Chitnis – Sadhna as Mother
    • Best Music DirectorBest Lyricist
    Salil Chowdhury – Madhumati
  • *O. P. Nayyar – Phagun
  • * Shankar–Jaikishan – Yahudi
  • Shailendra – "Yeh Mera Deewaanapan Hai" from Yahudi
  • *Sahir Ludhianvi – "Aurat Ne Janam Diya" from Sadhna
  • *Shailendra – "Meri Jaan" from Yahudi
    • Best Playback Singer – MaleBest Playback Singer – Female
  • Award won by a female singer
  • Lata Mangeshkar – "Aaja Re Pardesi" from Madhumati
    • Best StoryBest Dialogue
    Mukhram Sharma – Sadhna
  • * Mukhram Sharma – Talaaq
  • *Ritwik Ghatak – Madhumati
  • Rajinder Singh Bedi – Madhumati

    • Technical Awards

    Best EditingBest Cinematography

  • Dilip Gupta – Madhumati
    • Best Art DirectionBest Sound Design
  • Sudhendu Roy – Madhumati
  • Ishaan Ghosh – Chandan

    • Superlatives

    The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations
    MovieAwardsNominations
    Madhumati912
    Sadhna26
    Kala Pani22
    Yahudi15
    Talaaq03
    Phir Subha Hogi02