The Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography 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 Cinematography was introduced in the 2nd Filmfare Awards (1955) .
Taru Dutt became the first winner of this award. Avik Mukhopadhyay won the award in the 66th Filmfare Awards (2021) .
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Most Awards (Fimfare Best Cinematography Award) Name Wins Kamal Bose 5 Radhu Karmakar 4 Jal Mistry 4 Santosh Sivan 3 V. K. Murthy 2 Fali Mistry 2 Faredoon Irani 2 Binod Pradhan 2 Manmohan Singh 2 Ravi K. Chandran 2 Govind Nihlani 2 Jaywant Vashirda 2 Krishnarao Vashird 2
Most Awards Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography (1950s) Filmfare Award Year Cinematographer Film 2nd 1955 Taru Dutt Boot Polish (B&W) 3rd 1956 Dwarka Divecha Yasmin (B&W) 4th 1957 Radhu Karmakar Shree 420 (B&W) 5th 1958 Faredoon A. Irani Mother India (Color) 6th 1959 Dilip Gupta Madhumati (B&W)
Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography (1960s) Filmfare Award Year Cinematographer Film 7th 1960 V. K. Murthy Kaagaz Ke Phool (B&W) 8th 1961 R. D. Mathur Mughal-E-Azam (B&W) 9th 1962 V. Balasaheb Ganga Jamuna (Color) 10th 1963 V. K. Murthy Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (B&W) 11th 1964 Kamal Bose Bandini (B&W) Krishnarao Vashirda Sehra (Color) 12th 1965 K. H. Kapadia Woh Kaun Thi (B&W) Krishnarao Vashirda Geet Gaya Patharon Ne (Color) 13th 1966 S. Ramachandra Yaadein (B&W) Dharam Chopra Waqt (Color) 14th 1967 Jaywant Pathare Anupama (B&W) Fali Mistry Guide (Color) 15th 1968 Jal Mistry Baharon Ke Sapne (B&W) M. N. Malhotra Humraaz (Color) 16th 1969 Nariman A. Irani Saraswatichandra (B&W) G. Singh Aankhen (Color)
Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography (1970s) Filmfare Award Year Cinematographer Film 17th 1970 Kamal Bose Anokhi Raat (B&W) Faredoon Irani Duniya (Color) 18th 1971 Kamal Bose Khamoshi (B&W) Jal Mistry Heer Raanjha (Color) 19th 1972 Kamal Bose Dastak (B&W) Radhu Karmakar Mera Naam Joker (Color) 20th 1973 P. Vaikunth Seeta Aur Geeta 21st 1974 Jal Mistry Jheel Ke Us Paar 22nd 1975 A. Vincent Prem Nagar 23rd 1976 Kamal Bose Dharmatma 24th 1977 Fali Mistry Fakira 25th 1978 Munir Khan Hum Kisise Kum Naheen 26th 1979 Radhu Karmakar Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography (1980s) Filmfare Award Year Cinematographer Film 27th 1980 Govind Nihalani Junoon 28th 1981 S. M. Anwar Shaan 29th 1982 Jal Mistry Kudrat 30th 1983 Jaywant Pathare Bemisal 31st 1984 Govind Nihalani Vijeta 32nd 1985 P. L. Raj Jaag Utha Insaan 33rd 1986 S. M. Anwar Saagar - 1987 No Ceremony Held No Ceremony Held - 1988 No Ceremony Held No Ceremony Held 34th 1989 Kiran Deohans Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography (1990s) Filmfare Award Year Cinematographer Film 35th 1990 Manmohan Singh Chandni 36th 1991 Rajan Kothari Ghayal 37th 1992 Radhu Karmakar Henna 38th 1993 S. Kumar Muskurahat 39th 1994 Manmohan Singh Darr 40th 1995 Binod Pradhan 1942: A Love Story 41st 1996 Santosh Sivan Barsaat 42nd 1997 Ashok Mehta Bandit Queen 43rd 1998 Ravi K. Chandran Virasat 44th 1999 Santosh Sivan Dil Se
Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography (2000s) Filmfare Award Year Cinematographer Film 45th 2000 Kabir Lal Taal 46th 2001 Bashir Ali Refugee 47th 2002 Santosh Sivan Asoka 48th 2003 Binod Pradhan Devdas 49th 2004 Asim Bajaj Chameli 50th 2005 Christopher Popp Lakshya 51st 2006 Ravi K. Chandran Black 52nd 2007 Binod Pradhan Rang De Basanti 53rd 2008 Sudeep Chatterjee Chak De India 54th 2009 Jason West Rock On
Nominees and Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography (2010s) + indicates winner Filmfare Award Year Cinematographer Film 55th 2010 +Rajeev Ravi Dev.D 56t5 2011 +Mahendra Shetty Udaan 57th 2012 +Carlos Catalan Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 58th 2013 +Setu Kahaani 59th 2014 +Kamaljeet Negi Madras Cafe 60th 2015 +Bobby Singh (Posthumously) Queen +Siddharth Diwan Anil Mehta Finding Fanny Highway Mohanan Miss Lovely Artur Zurawski Mardaani 61st 2016 +Manu Anand Dum Laga Ke Haisha 62nd 2017 +Mitesh Mirchandani Neerja 63rd 2018 +Sirsha Ray A Death in the Gunj Jessica Lee Gagne Daddy Pankaj Kumar Swapnil S. Sonawan Newton Pankaj Kumar Rangoon Ravi Burman Jagga Jasoos 64th 2019 +Pankaj Kumar Tumbbad Sudeep Chatterjee Padmaavat Abhik Mukhopadhyay October Ranjan Palit Pataakha Kartik Vijay Manto Siddharth Diwan Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
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