The most awaited nominations for 66th Filmfare Awards were announced on 26.03.2021. The award ceremony aired on 11 April 2021 on Colors Channel.
List of Winners-66th Filmfare Awards
Award Category
Winner
Director/Film/Song
Best Film
Thappad
Critics Best Film
Eeb Allay Ooo!
Prateek Vats
Best Director
Om Raut
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Best Actor in Leading Role (Male)
Irrfan Khan
Angrezi Medium
Critics Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan
Gulabo Sitabo
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female)
Taapsee Pannu
Thappad
Critics Best Actor in Leading Role (Female)
Tillotama Shome
Sir
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male)
Saif Ali Khan
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female)
Farrokh Jaffar
Gulabo Sitabo
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Raghav Chaitanya
Song:Ek Tukda Dhoop Film: Thappad
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Asees Kaur
Malang (Title Song)
Best Music Album
Pritam Chakraborty
Ludo
Best Lyrics
Gulzar
Chhappak (Title Song)
Best Story
Anubhav Sushila Sinha
Thappad
Best Story
Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul
Thappad
Best Screenplay
Rohena Gera
Sir
Best Dialogue
Juhi Chaturvedi
Gulabo Sitabo
Best Cinematography
Avik Mukhopadhayay
Gulabo Sitabo
Best Editing
Yasha Pushpa Ramchandani
Thappad
Best Action
Ramazan Bulut
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Best Action
R. P. Yadav
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Best Sound Design
Kaamod Kharade
Thappad
Best Production Design
Manasi Dhruv Mehta
Gulabo Sitabo
Best Costume Design
Veera Kapur Ee
Gulabo Sitabo
Best Debut (Female)
Alaya F
Jawaani Jaaneman
Best Debut (Male)
Rajesh Krishnan
Lootcase
Best Background Score
Mangesh Urmila Dhakde
Thappad
Best Choreography
Farah Khan
Dil Bechara (Title Song)
Best VFX
Prasad Sutar
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
People’s Choice Award for Best Short Film
Priyanka Banerjee
Devi (Film)
Best Short Film in Fiction
Shivraj Waichal
Arjun (Film)
Best Short Film in Non Fiction
Nitesh Ramesh Parulekar
Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary (Film)
Best Actor (Female) Short Film
Purti Savardekar
The First Wedding (Film)
Best Actor (Male) Short Film
Arnav Abdagire
Arjun (Film)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Irrfan Khan
R D Burman Award
Gulzar
Nominees and Winners of 66th Filmfare Awards 2021
+ Indicates winner
Award Category
Nominee/Winner
Film
Best Film
Anubhav Sinha
+Thappad
Shoojit Sircar
Gulabo Sitabo
Sharan Sharma
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Anurag Basu
Ludo
Om Raut
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Best Director
+Om Raut
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Anurag Basu
Ludo
Anubhav Sinha
Thappad
Sharan Sharma
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Shoojit Sircar
Gulabo Sitabo
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
+Late Irrfan Khan
Angrezi Medium
Ajay Devgn
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Amitabh Bachchan
Gulabo Sitabo
Ayushmann Khurrana
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Late Sushant Singh Rajput
Dil Bechara
Rajkummar Rao
Ludo
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)
+Taapsee Pannu
Thappad
Deepika Padukone
Chhapaak
Vidya Balan
Shakuntala Devi
Kangana Ranaut
Panga
Janhvi Kapoor
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
+Saif Ali Khan
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Pankaj Tripathi
Ludo
Deepak Dobriyal
Angrezi Medium
Gajraj Rao
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Kumud Mishra
Thappad
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Femle)
+Farrokh Jaffar
Gulabo Sitabo
Tanvi Azmi
Thappad
Richa Chadha
Pnaga
Neena Gupta
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Maanvi Gagroo
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Filmfare Musical Awards
+ Indicates winner
Award Category
Nominee/Winner
Film
Song
Best Music Album
+Pritam Chakraborty
Ludo
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Chhapaak
Pritam Chakraborty
Love Aaj Kal
A.R. Rehman
Dil Bechara
Various Artists
Malang
Best Lyrics
+Gulzar
Chhapaak
Chhapaak (Title Song)
Irshad Kamil
Love Aaj Kal
Mehrama
Irshad Kamil
Love Aaj Kal
Shayad
Shakeel Azmi
Thappad
Ek Tukda Dhoop
Vayu
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Mere Liye Tum Kaafi Ho
Playback Singer (Male)
+Raghav Chaitanya
Thappad
Ek Tukda Dhoop
Ved Sharma
Malang
Malang (Title Song)
Darshan Raval
Love Aaj Kal
Mehrama
Ayushmann Khurrana
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Mere Liye Tum Kafi Ho
Arijit Singh
Ludo
Aabad Barbaad
Arijit Singh
Love Aaj Kal
Shayad
Playback Singer (Female)
+Asees Kaur
Malang
Malang (Title Song)
Sunidhi Chauhan
Shakuntala Devi
Pass Nahi To Fail
Shradha Mishra
Shikaara
Mar Jayein Hum
Palak Muchhal
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Mann Ki Dori
Antara Mitra
Love Aaj Kal
Mehrama
Best Background Score
+Mangesh Urmila Dhakde
Thappad
A.R. Rehman
Deil Bechara
Pritam Chakraborty
Ludo
Sameer Uddin
Lootcase
Sandeep Shridokar
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Best Choreography
+Farah Khan
Dil Bechara
Dil Bechara (Title Song)
Ganesh Acharya
Shankara Re Shankara
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Ganesh Acharya
Bhankas
Baaghi 3
Kruti Mahesh
Illegal Weapon
Street Dancer 3D
Kruti Mahesh
Nachi Nachi
Street Dancer 3D
Rahul Shetty
Illegal Weapon
Street Dancer 3D
Rahul Shetty
Nachi Nachi
Street Dancer 3D
Critics’ Awards
+ Indicates winner
Award Category
Nominee/Winner
Film
Best Film (Critics)
Prateek Vats
+Eeb Allay Ooo!
Anubhav Sinha
Thappad
Shoojit Sircar
Gulabo Sitabo
Rohena Gera
Sir
Hardik Mehta
Kaamyaab
Rajesh Krishnan
Lootcase
Best Actor (Critics)
+Amitabh Bachchan
Gulabo Sitabo
Late Irrfan Khan
Angrezi Medium
Rajkummar Rao
Ludo
Sanjay Mishra
Kaamyaab
Shardul Bhardwaj
Eeb Allay Ooo!
Best Actress (Critics)
+Tillotama Shome
Sir
Bhumi Pednekar
Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare
Konkona Sen Sharma
Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare
Sanya Malhotra
Ludo
Taapsee Pannu
Thappad
Vidya Balan
Shakuntala Devi
Technical Awards
+ Indicates winner
Award Category
Nominee/Winner
Film
Best Story
+Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul
Thappad
+Abhinav Sinha
Juhi Chaturvedi
Gulabo Sitabo
Hardik Mehta
Kaamyaab
Rohena Gera
Sir
Kapil Sawant
Lootcase
Rajesh Krishnan
Shubham
Eeb Allay Ooo!
Best Screenplay
+Rohena Gera
Sir
Abhinav Sinha
Thappad
Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul
Kapil Sawant
Lootcase
Rajesh Krishnan
Prakash Kapadia
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Om Raut
Anurag Basu
Ludo
Best Dialogue
+Juhi Chaturvedi
Gulabo Sitabo
Kapil Sawant
Lootcase
Gaurav Shukla
Angrezi Medium
Bhavesh Mandalia
Vinay Chhawal Sara Bodinar
Prasad Kapadia
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Samrat Chakraborty
Ludo
Best Editing
+Yash Pushpa Ramchandani
Thappad
Ajay Sharma
Ludo
Anand Subaya
Lootcase
Chandrashekhar Prajapati
Gulabo Sitabo
Jacques Comets
Sir
Baptiste Ribrault
Best Cinematography
+Avik Mukhopadhayay
Gulabo Sitabo
Archit Patel
Panga
Jay I. Patel
Soumik Sarmila Mukherjee
Thappad
Saumyananda Sahi
Eeb Allay Ooo!
Keiko Nakahara
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Best Sound Design
+Kaamod Kharade
Thappad
Bigyna Bhushan Dahal
Eeb Allay Ooo!
Lochan Kanvinde
Lootcase
Diapankar Jojo Chaki
Gulabo Sitabo
Nihar Ranjan Samal
Ali Merchant
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Abhishek Nair
Ludo
Shijin Melvin Hutton
Best Production Design
+Mansi Dhruv Mehta
Gulabo Sitabo
Aditya Kanwar
Gunjan Saxena:The Kargil Girl
Anurag Basu
Ludo
Sandeep Meher
Panga
Sriram Kannan Iyengar
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Sujeet Sawant
Best Action
+Ramzan Bulut
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
+R. P. Yadav
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Ahmed Khan
Baaghi 3
Harpal Singh
Chhalaang
Ivanov Victor
Khuda Haafiz
Andreas Nguyen
Best Costume Design
+Veera Kapur Ee
Gulabo Sitabo
Abilasha Sharma
Chhapaak
Ashish Dwyer
Ludo
Nachiket Barve
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Mahesh Sheria
Best VFX
+Prasad Sutar
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Jayesh Vaishnav
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Mahesh Baria
Baaghi 3
Highlights
Irrfan Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput were nominated posthumously nominated for Best Actor’s Award for the film Angrezi Medium and Dil Bechara respectively. Irrfan Khan died on 19 April 2020 whereas Sushant Singh Rajput committed (alledgely) suicide, on 14 June 2020, by hanging himself in his own flat. However, the untimely death of Sushant is still under investigation/court trial.
Anurag Basu’s directorial Ludo grabbed 18 nominations i.e. the highest number of nominations in 66th Filmfare Awards.
Thappad directed by Anubhav Sinha followed the race by fetching 17 nominations.