8th Filmfare Awards 1961

8th (Eighth) Filmfare Awards 1961

The 8th Filmfare Awards were held in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1961.

The 8th Filmfare Awards (At a Glance)

Date	1961
Place Held	Bombay (now Mumbai)
Number of Award Categories	16
Most Awards	(3 Each) Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Mughal-E-Azam, Parakh
Most Nominations	Mughal-E-Azam (10)
Previous Filmfare Awards	7th Filmfare Awards (1960)
Next Filmfare Awards	9th Filmfare Awards (1962)

Here is the list of Nominees and Winners of various Award recipients of the 8th Filmfare Awards.

List of Nominees and Winners

+ Indicates winner

Award Cateogyr	Nominee / Winner	Film	Song
Best Film		+Mughal-E-Azam
		Masoom
		Parakh
Best Director	+Bimal Rai	Parakh
	K. Asif	Mughal-E-Azam
	Kishore Sahu	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
Best Actor	+Dilip Kumar	Kohinoor
	Dilip Kumar	Mughal-E-Azam
	Raj Kapoor	Chhalia
	Dev Anand	Kala Bazaar
Best Actress	+Bina Rai	Ghunghat
	Nutan	Chhalia
	Madhubala	Mughal-E-Azam
Best Actor in Supporting Role	+Motilal	Parakh
	Rehman	Chaudhvin Ka Chand
	Prithviraj Kapoor	Mughal-E-Azam
	Agha	Ghunghat
Best Actress in Supporting Role	+Nanda	Aanchal
	Lalita Pawar	Aanchal
	Kumkum	Kohinoor
	Durga Khote	Mughal-E-Azam
Best Music Director	+Shankar-Jaikishan	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
	Ravi	Chaudhvin Ka Chand
	Naushad	Mughal-E-Azam
Best Lyricist	+Shakeel Badayuni	Chaudhvin Ka Chand	Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho (Title Song)
	Shakeel Badayuni	Mughal-E-Azam	Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya
	Shailendra	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (Title Song)
Best Male Playback Singer	+Mohammed Rafi	Chaudhvin Ka Chand	Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho (Title Song)
	Lata Mangeshkar	Mughal-E-Azam	Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya
	Lata Mangeshkar	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (Title Song)
Best Female Playback Singer	Award Won by a Male a Singer	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (Title Song)

Technical Awards

+ Indicates winner

Award	Nominees and Winners	Film
Best Story	+Ruby Sen	Masoom (1960)
	Salil Chowdhury	Parakh
	Saghir Usmani	Chaudhvin Ka Chand
Best Dialogue	+Kamal Amrohi	Mughal-E-Azam
	+Wajahat Mirza	Mughal-E-Azam
	+Aman	Mughal-E-Azam
	+Ehsan Rizvi	Mughal-E-Azam
Best Cinematographer	+R.D. Mathur	Mughal-E-Azam
Best Editing	+Moosa Mansoor	Kohinoor
Best Sound Recordist	+George D'Cruz	Parakh
Best Art Director (B&W)	+Biren Nag	Chaudhvin Ka Chand

Highlights-8th Filmfare Awards 1961

Film Mughal-E-Azam received ten (10) nominations.
- By receiving ten (10) nominations, Mughal-E-Azam became the Most Nominated Film in the 8th Filmfare Awards (1961).
- Mughal-E-Azam won three (3) Filmfare Awards. Here is the list of winners:
  1. Best Film
  2. Kamal Amrohi – Best Dialogue
  3. R. D. Mathur – Best Cinematographer
Film Chaudhvin Ka Chand received six (6) nominations and won three of them. Here is the list of winners:
1. Shakeel Badayuni – Best Lyricist
2. Mohammed Rafi – Best Male Playback Singer
3. Biren Nag – Best Art Direction (B&W)
Film Parkh received five (5) nominations and won three awards too.
1. Bimal Roy – Best Director
2. Motilal – Best Actor in Supporting Role
3. George D’Cruz – Best Sound Recordist
By winning three (3) Awards each, film Mughal-E-Azam, Chaudhvin Ka Chand, and Parakh became the Most Awarded Films in the 8th Filmfare Awards (1961)
Shankar-Jaikishan won the award for Best Music Director for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai. It was a glaring upset for Naushad for his extraordinary music in Mughal-E-Azam.

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