List of Filmfare Award records
This list of Filmfare Award records is current as of the 70th Filmfare Awards ceremony, held on 11 October 2025, which honored the best films of 2024.
Film records
Most awards won by a single film:Individual records
Most awards won by a male:Recipient | Total awards won | Categories |
| Gulzar | 22 | |
| Amitabh Bachchan | 17 | |
| Shah Rukh Khan | 16 | |
| A. R. Rahman | 15 | |
| Sanjay Leela Bhansali | 13 |
Recipient | Total awards won | Categories |
| Jaya Bachchan | 10 | |
| Asha Bhosle | 9 | |
| Saroj Khan | 8 | |
| Rani Mukerji | 8 | |
| Lata Mangeshkar | 7 | |
| Vidya Balan | 7 | |
| Alka Yagnik | 7 | |
| Tabu | 7 | |
| Shreya Ghoshal | 7 | |
| Farah Khan | 7 | |
| Alia Bhatt | 7 | |
| Nutan | 7 |
Directing records
- Most awards for Best Director:
| Director | Awards |
| Bimal Roy | 7 |
| Sanjay Leela Bhansali | 5 |
| Yash Chopra | 4 |
| Raj Kapoor | 4 |
- Director with most Best Film wins:
- *Sanjay Leela Bhansali — 5
- Director with most Best Film Critics' wins:
- *Mani Kaul — 4
Acting records
- Most awards for Best Actor:
| Actor | Awards |
| Dilip Kumar | 8 |
| Shah Rukh Khan | 8 |
| Amitabh Bachchan | 5 |
| Hrithik Roshan | 4 |
| Ranbir Kapoor | 4 |
- Most awards for Best Actress:
| Actress | Awards |
| Alia Bhatt | 6 |
| Nutan | 5 |
| Kajol | 5 |
| Meena Kumari | 4 |
| Madhuri Dixit | 4 |
| Vidya Balan | 4 |
- Most awards for Best Actor (Critics):
| Actor | Awards |
| Amitabh Bachchan | 4 |
| Manoj Bajpayee | 3 |
| Rajkummar Rao | 3 |
- Most awards for Best Actress (Critics):
| Actress | Awards |
| Tabu | 5 |
| Rani Mukherjee | 3 |
| Manisha Koirala | 3 |
- Most awards for Best Supporting Actor:
| Actor | Awards |
| Anil Kapoor | 4 |
| Pran | 3 |
| Amrish Puri | 3 |
| Amitabh Bachchan | 3 |
| Abhishek Bachchan | 3 |
- Most awards for Best Supporting Actress:
| Actress | Awards |
| Nirupa Roy | 3 |
| Farida Jalal | 3 |
| Jaya Bachchan | 3 |
| Rani Mukerji | 3 |
| Supriya Pathak | 3 |
- Most awards for Best Comedian:
| Actor/Actress | Awards |
| Anupam Kher | 5 |
| Mehmood | 4 |
| Deven Verma | 3 |
| Utpal Dutt | 3 |
- Most awards for Best Villain:
| Actor/Actress | Awards |
| Ashutosh Rana | 2 |
| Nana Patekar | 2 |
Music records
- Most awards for Best Music Director:
| Music Director | Awards |
| A. R. Rahman | 10 |
| Shankar Jaikishan | 9 |
| Laxmikant–Pyarelal | 7 |
| Pritam | 6 |
- Most awards for Best Lyricist:
| Lyricist | Awards |
| Gulzar | 13 |
| Javed Akhtar | 8 |
| Anand Bakshi | 4 |
| Amitabh Bhattacharya | 4 |
- Most awards for Best Male Playback Singer:
| Singer | Awards |
| Kishore Kumar | 8 |
| Arijit Singh | 8 |
| Mohammed Rafi | 6 |
| Kumar Sanu | 5 |
| Udit Narayan | 5 |
- Most awards for Best Female Playback Singer:
| Singer | Awards |
| Asha Bhosle | 7 |
| Alka Yagnik | 7 |
| Shreya Ghoshal | 6 |
| Lata Mangeshkar | 4 |
| Anuradha Paudwal | 4 |
| Kavita Krishnamurthy | 4 |
- Most awards for Best Background Score:
| Composer | Awards |
| A. R. Rahman | 4 |
| Amit Trivedi | 3 |
Technical records
- Most awards for Best Screenplay:
- *Salim–Javed, Basu Chatterjee and Rajkumar Hirani – 3 awards each
- Most awards for Best Dialogue:
- *Gulzar and Rajkumar Hirani – 4 awards each
- Most awards for Best Story:
- *Mukhram Sharma – 3 awards
- Most awards for Best Editing:
- *A. Sreekar Prasad – 4 awards
- Most awards for Best Cinematography:
- *Kamal Bose – 5 awards
- Most awards for Best Choreography:
- *Saroj Khan – 8 awards
- Most awards for Best Costume Design:
- *Dolly Ahluwalia – 3 awards
- Most awards for Best Sound Design:
- *Bishwadeep Chatterjee – 4 awards
- Most awards for Best Special Effects:
- *Red Chillies VFX – 5 awards
- Most awards for Best Action:
- *Sham Kaushal – 5 awards
- Most awards for Best Art Direction:
- *M. R. Acharekar, Sudhendu Roy, Shanti Das, Ajit Banerjee, Sharmishta Roy, Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray – 3 awards each
Age-related records
Youngest Best Director winners:- * Aditya Chopra, age 24
- * Kunal Kohli, age 25
- * Karan Johar, age 26 Oldest Best Director winners:
- * Vidhu Vinod Chopra, age 71
- * Raj Kapoor, age 62
- * Sanjay Leela Bhansali, age 60 Youngest winners of an acting award:
- * Darsheel Safary, age 10
- * Ayesha Kapur, age 11 Oldest winner of an acting award:
- *Farrukh Jaffar, age 88 Youngest nominees of an acting award:
- * Darsheel Safary, age 10
- * Ayesha Kapur, age 11 Oldest nominee of an acting award:
- * Kamini Kaushal, age 92 Youngest winner of an music award:
- * Nazia Hassan, age 15 Oldest winner of an music award:
- * Gulzar, age 86
Artists with all nominations within one category in a year
- Artists with all nominations in a single category in a year:
| Year | Artist | Category |
| 1963 | Meena Kumari | Best Actress |
| 1969 | Mohammed Rafi | Best Male Playback Singer |
| 1973 | Asha Bhosle | Best Female Playback Singer |
| 1985 | Kishore Kumar | Best Male Playback Singer |
| 1994 | Alka Yagnik | Best Female Playback Singer |
| 2005 | Javed Akhtar | Best Lyricist |
Most consecutive wins in a single category
- Kumar Sanu and Arijit Singh jointly hold the record for winning the Best Male Playback Singer award 5 consecutive times each.
- Asha Bhosle holds the record for winning the Best Female Playback Singer award 4 consecutive times from 1972–1975.
- Laxmikant–Pyarelal and A. R. Rahman jointly hold the record for winning the Best Music Director award 4 consecutive times each.
- Bimal Roy holds the record for winning the Best Director award 3 consecutive times on two separate occasions from 1954–1956 and again from 1959–1961.
- Dilip Kumar holds the record for winning the Best Actor award 3 consecutive times from 1956–1958.
- Alia Bhatt holds the record for winning the Best Actress award 3 consecutive times from 2023–2025.