Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction

The Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction is a part of the annual Filmfare Awards. These awards are presented by the Filmfare Magazine (Times Group). 

The First Filmfare Awards were held on 21 March 1954 in Bombay (now Mumbai). However, the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction was introduced in the 3rd Filmfare Awards (1956).

Rusi Banker became the first winner of this award. Mansi Mehta won the award in the 66th Filmfare Awards (2021).

Shanti Das, Ajit Banerjee, M.R. Acharekhar, Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Sharmishta Roy, and Sudhendhu Roy won the three (2) awards each.

Here is the list of the winners of the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction.

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (1950s)

Filmfare Award No.	Year	Production Design	Film
3rd	1956	Rusi Banker	Mirza Ghalib
4th	1957	Kanu Desai	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
5th	1958	M. R. Acharekar	Pardesi
6th	1959	Sudhendu Roy	Madhumati

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (1960s)

Filmfare Award No.	Year	Production Design	Film
7th	1960	M. R. Acharekar	Kaagaz Ke Phool
8th	1961	Biren Nag	Chaudhvin Ka Chand
9th	1962	M. R. Acharekar	Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
10th	1963	D. R. Jadhav & Ram Yedekar	Son Of India
11th	1964	Sudhendu Roy	Mere Mehboob
12th	1965	G. L. Yadhav & T. K. Desai	Kohraa
13th	1966	+M. S. Sathyu (Black & White)	Haqeeqat
		+S. S. Samel (Color)	Gumnaam
		+Shanti Das	Phool Aur Patthar
14th	1967	Sant Singh	Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi
15th	1968	H. V. Maharudria	Taqdeer
16th	1969	Ajit Banerjee	Majhli Didi

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (1970s)

Fimfare Award No.	Year	Production Design	Film
17th	1970	Ajit Banerjee	Anokhi Raat
18th	1971	Shanti Das	Talash
19th	1972	Bansi Chandragupta	Seema
20th	1973	N. B. Kulkarni	Pakeezah
21st	1974	A. Rangaraj	Bobby
22nd	1975	Sudhendu Roy	Sagina
23rd	1976	Bansi Chandragupta	Do Jhoot
24th	1977	S.S. Samel	Fakira
25th	1978	Shanti Das	Hum Kisise Kum Naheen
26th	1979	T. K. Desai	Des Pardes

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (1980s)

Filmfare Award No.	Year	Production Design	Film
27th	1980	Madhukar Shinde	Lahu Ke Do Rang
28th	1981	C. S. Bhati	Aakrosh
29th	1982	Bansi Chandragupta	Chakra
30th	1983	Ajit Banerjee	Namkeen
31st	1984	N. B. Kulkarni	Razia Sultan
32nd	1985	Madhukar Shinde	Saaransh
33rd	1986	Suresh J. Sawant	Ram Teri Ganga Maili
-	1987	No Ceremony Held
-	1988	No Ceremony Held
34th	1989	Liladhar S. Sawant	Hatya

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (1990s)

Filmfare Award No.	Year	Production Design	Film
36th	1991	Nitish Roy	Ghayal
37th	1992	Ravi Verman	Hum
38th	1993	Ravi Verman	Angaar
39th	1994	Sabu Cyril	Gardish
40th	1995	Nitin Chandrakant Desai	1942: A Love Story
41st	1996	Bijon Dasgupta	Prem
42nd	1997	Nitin Chandrakant Desai	Khamoshi: The Musical
43rd	1998	Sharmishta Roy	Dil To Pagal Hai
44th	1999	Sharmishta Roy	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (2000s)

Filmfare Award No.	Film	Production Design	Film
45th	2000	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
46th	2001	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
47th	2002	Sharmishta Roy	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
48th	2003	Nitin Chandrakant Desai	Devdas
49th	2004	Muneesh Sappel	Pinjar
50th	2005	Sabu Cyril	Yuva
51st	2006	Keshto Mondal, Tanushree Sarkar and Pradeep Sarkar	Parineeta
52nd	2007	Samir Chanda	Omkara
53rd	2008	Samir Chanda	Guru
54th	2009	Vandana Kataria, Angelica Bhowmick	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (2010s)

Filmfare Award No.	Year	Production Design	Film
55th	2010	Helen Jones, Sukanta Panigrahi	Dev.D
56th	2011	Mukund Gupta	Do Dooni Chaar
57th	2012	Shashank Tere	Delhi Belly
58th	2013	Rajat Podar	Barfi!
59th	2014	Acropolis Design	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
60th	2015	Subrata Chakraborty, Amit Ray	Haider
61st	2016	Sujeet Sawant, Sriram Iyengar and Saloni Dhatrak	Bajirao Mastani
62nd	2017	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
63rd	2018	Parul Sondh	Daddy
64th	2019	Nitin Zihani Choudhary, Rakesh Yadav	Tumbbad

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (2020s)

Filmfare Award No.	Year	Productin Design	Film
65th	2020	Suzanne Caplan Merwanji	Gully Boy
66th	2021	Mansi Mehta	Gulabo Sitabo