8th Filmfare Awards


The 8th Filmfare Awards were held in Bombay to honor the best films in Hindi cinema in 1961.
K. Asif's magnum opus Mughal-e-Azam led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by Chaudhvin Ka Chand with 6 nominations and Parakh with 5 nominations.
Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Mughal-e-Azam and Parakh won 3 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.
Mughal-e-Azam, considered one of the greatest and most successful films of Bollywood, was expected to steam-roll the competition, controversially went home with just 3 wins out of its 11 nominations, including Best Film, but missed out on Best Director, Best Lyricist, Best Playback Singer and all 4 acting categories. Another glaring upset was Naushad's loss for Best Music Director for Mughal-e-Azam's epic soundtrack to Shankar–Jaikishan for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai.
Dilip Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Kohinoor and Mughal-e-Azam, winning for the former.
Madhubala received her first and only nomination for Best Actress for her performance as Anarkali in Mughal-e-Azam, which is considered to be amongst the greatest acting performances of Indian Cinema. However, she lost the award to Bina Rai who won the award for Ghunghat, her first and only win in the category.

Main Awards

Best FilmBest Director

  • Bimal Roy – Parakh
  • *K. Asif – Mughal-e-Azam
  • *Kishore Sahu – Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Dilip Kumar – Kohinoor as Prince Dhivendra Pratap Bahadur Chandrabhan
  • *Dev Anand – Kala Bazar as Raghuvir
  • *Raj Kapoor – Chhalia as Chhalia
  • Bina Rai – Ghunghat as Parvati / Jamuna
  • *Madhubala – Mughal-e-Azam as Anarkali
  • *Nutan – Chhalia as Shanti
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
    Motilal – Parakh as Haradhan / Sir Jagdish Chandra Roy
  • * Agha – Ghunghat as Agha
  • * Prithviraj Kapoor – Mughal-e-Azam as Emperor Akbar
  • * Rehman – Chaudhvin Ka Chand as Pyare Mohan / Nawab Sahib
    		• Nanda – Aanchal as Nanda
  • * Durga Khote – Mughal-e-Azam as Maharani Jodha Bai
  • * Kumkum – Kohinoor as Rajlakshmi
  • * Lalita Pawar – Aanchal as Mother
    • Best Music DirectorBest Lyricist
    Shankar–Jaikishan – Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
  • * Naushad – Mughal-e-Azam
  • * Ravi – Chaudhvin Ka Chand
  • Shakeel Badayuni – "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" from Chaudhvin Ka Chand
  • *Shailendra – "Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai" from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
  • *Shakeel Badayuni – "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya" from Mughal-e-Azam
    • Best Playback Singer – MaleBest Playback Singer – Female
  • Mohammed Rafi – "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" from Chaudhvin Ka Chand
  • Award won by a male singer
  • *Lata Mangeshkar – "Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai" from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
  • *Lata Mangeshkar – "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" from Mughal-e-Azam
    • Best StoryBest Dialogue
    Ruby Sen – Masoom
  • * Saghir Usmani – Chaudhvin Ka Chand
  • * Salil Chowdhury – Parakh
  • Aman, Kamal Amrohi, Wajahat Mirza, Ehsan Rizvi — Mughal-e-Azam

    • Technical Awards

    Best EditingBest Cinematography

  • R. D. Mathur — Mughal-e-Azam
    • Best Art DirectionBest Sound Design
  • Biren Nag — Chaudhvin Ka Chand
  • George D'Cruz — Parakh

    • Superlatives

    The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations
    MovieAwardsNominations
    Mughal-e-Azam311
    Chaudhvin Ka Chand 36
    Parakh35
    Kohinoor23
    Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai13
    Aanchal12
    Ghunghat12
    Masoom12
    Chhalia02