66th Filmfare Awards

66th Filmfare Awards
66th Filmfare Awards
Presented on	27 March 2021
Site	Film City, Mumbai
Hosted by	Rajkummar Rao; Riteish Deshmukh;
Organized by	The Times Group
Official website	Filmfare Awards 2021
Highlights
Best Film	Thappad
Critics Award; for Best Film	Eeb Allay Ooo!
Most awards	Thappad (7)
Most nominations	Ludo (16)
Television coverage
Network	Colors TV
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The 66th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2020.

Ludo led the ceremony with 16 nominations each, followed by Thappad with 15 nominations, and Gulabo Sitabo and Tanhaji with 13 nominations each.

Thappad won 7 awards, including Best Film and Best Actress (for Taapsee Pannu), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Pankaj Tripathi received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl and Ludo, but lost to Saif Ali Khan who the award for Tanhaji.

At age 88, Farrukh Jaffar set a record for becoming the oldest winner of an acting Filmfare Award, winning Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Gulabo Sitabo.

The ceremony was also noted as being the only to have two actors being nominated posthomously for the same award, with Irrfan Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput receiving Best Actor nominations for Angrezi Medium and Dil Bechara respectively, with Khan winning the award, thus becoming the only actor to win the Filmfare Best Actor award posthomously.

Winners and nominees

On 27 March 2021, winners were announced.^[2] Below is the list of winners:^[3]^[4]

Om Raut, Best Director

Taapsee Pannu, Best Actress

Irrfan Khan Best Actor & Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Tillotama Shome, Best Actress Critics

Amitabh Bachchan, Best Actor Critics

Saif Ali Khan, Best Supporting Actor

Farrukh Jaffar, Best Supporting Actress

Pritam, Best Music Director

Asees Kaur, Best Female Playback Singer

Gulzar, Best Lyricist

Popular awards

Best Film		Best Director
Thappad – T–Series, Benaras Media Works Gulabo Sitabo – Ronnie Lahiri, Sheel Kumar, Amazon Prime Video Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl – Dharma Productions, Zee Studios, Netflix Ludo – T-Series, Anurag Basu, Netflix Tanhaji – Ajay Devgn FFilms, T-Series		Om Raut – Tanhaji Anubhav Sinha – Thappad Anurag Basu – Ludo Sharan Sharma – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Shoojit Sircar – Gulabo Sitabo
Best Actor		Best Actress
*Irrfan Khan – Angrezi Medium* as Champak Ghasiteram Bansal** Ajay Devgn – Tanhaji as Tanaji Malusare Amitabh Bachchan – Gulabo Sitabo as Chunnan "Mirza" Nawab Ayushmann Khurrana – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Kartik Singh Rajkummar Rao – Ludo as Alok "Alu" Kumar Gupta Sushant Singh Rajput – Dil Bechara as Immanuel "Manny" Rajkumar Junior		*Taapsee Pannu – Thappad* as Amrita Sabharwal** Deepika Padukone – Chhapaak as Malti Janhvi Kapoor – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl as Gunjan Saxena Kangana Ranaut – Panga as Jaya Nigam Vidya Balan – Shakuntala Devi as Shakuntala Devi
Best Supporting Actor		Best Supporting Actress
*Saif Ali Khan – Tanhaji* as Udaybhan Singh Rathore** Deepak Dobriyal – Angrezi Medium as Gopi Ghasiteram Bansal Gajraj Rao – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Shankar Tripathi Kumud Mishra – Thappad as Sachin Sandhu Pankaj Tripathi – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl as Arup Saxena Pankaj Tripathi – Ludo as Rahul Satyendra "Sattu" Tripathi		*Farrukh Jaffar – Gulabo Sitabo* as Fatima Begum** Maanvi Gagroo – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Rajni "Goggle" Tripathi Neena Gupta – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Sunaina Tripathi Richa Chadda – Panga as Meenal "Meenu" Singh Tanvi Azmi – Thappad as Sulakshana Sabharwal
Debut Awards
Best Male Debut	Best Female Debut		Best Debut Director
Not Awarded	*Alaya F – Jawaani Jaaneman* as Tia Singh** Sadia Khateeb – Shikara		Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase
Writing Awards
Best Story	Best Screenplay		Best Dialogue
Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul – Thappad Hardik Mehta – Kaamyaab Juhi Chaturvedi – Gulabo Sitabo Kapil Sawant and Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase Rohena Gera – Sir Shubham – Eeb Allay Ooo!	Rohena Gera – Sir Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul – Thappad Anurag Basu – Ludo Kapil Sawant and Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase Prakash Kapadia and Om Raut – Tanhaji		Juhi Chaturvedi – Gulabo Sitabo Bhavesh Mandalia, Gaurav Shukla, Vinay Chhawal and Sara Bodinar – Angrezi Medium Kapil Sawant – Lootcase Prakash Kapadia – Tanhaji Samrat Chakraborty – Ludo
Music Awards
Best Music Director		Best Lyricist
Pritam – Ludo A. R. Rahman – Dil Bechara Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Ved Sharma, The Fusion Project, Adnan Dhool and Rabi Ahmed – Malang Pritam – Love Aaj Kal Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Chhapaak		Gulzar – "Chhapaak" – Chhapaak Irshad Kamil – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Irshad Kamil – "Shayad" – Love Aaj Kal Sayeed Quadri – "Humdum Hardum" – Ludo Shakeel Azmi – "Ek Tukda Dhoop" – Thappad Vayu – "Mere Liye Tum Kaafi Ho" – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Best Playback Singer – Male		Best Playback Singer – Female
Raghav Chaitanya – "Ek Tukda Dhoop" – Thappad Arijit Singh – "Shayad" – Love Aaj Kal Arijit Singh – "Aabaad Barbaad" – Ludo Ayushmann Khurrana – "Mere Liye Tum" – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Darshan Raval – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Ved Sharma – "Malang" – Malang		Asees Kaur – "Hui Malang" – Malang Antara Mitra – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Palak Muchhal – "Mann Ki Dori" – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Shraddha Mishra – "Mar Jayein Hum" – Shikara Sunidhi Chauhan – "Paas Nahi To Fail" – Shakuntala Devi

Critics' Awards

Best Film (Best Director)
Prateek Vats – Eeb Allay Ooo! Anubhav Sinha – Thappad Hardik Mehta – Kaamyaab Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase Rohena Gera – Sir Shoojit Sircar – Gulabo Sitabo
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Amitabh Bachchan – Gulabo Sitabo* as Chunnan "Mirza" Nawab** Irrfan Khan – Angrezi Medium as Champak Ghasiteram Bansal Rajkumar Rao – Ludo as Alok "Alu" Kumar Gupta Sanjay Mishra – Kaamyaab as Sudheer Shardul Bhardwaj – Eeb Allay Ooo! as Anjani Prasad	*Tillotama Shome – Sir* as Ratna** Bhumi Pednekar – Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare as Kajal "Kitty" Yadav Konkona Sen Sharma – Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare as Radha "Dolly" Yadav Sanya Malhotra – Ludo as Shruti Choksi Taapsee Pannu – Thappad as Amrita Sabharwal Vidya Balan – Shakuntala Devi as Shakuntala Devi

Special Awards

Filmfare Special Award
Not Awarded
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
Irrfan Khan
Filmfare R. D. Burman Award
Not Awarded

Technical awards

Nominations for the Technical awards were announced on the same day.

Best Editing	Best Production Design	Best Choreography
Yasha Ramchandani – Thappad Ajay Sharma – Ludo Anand Subaya – Lootcase Chandrashekhar Prajapati – Gulabo Sitabo Jacques Comets, Baptiste Ribrault – Sir	Mansi Mehta – Gulabo Sitabo Aditya Kanwar – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Anurag Basu – Ludo Sandeep Meher – Panga Sriram Kannan Iyengar, Sujeet Sawant – Tanhaji	Farah Khan – "Dil Bechara" – Dil Bechara Ganesh Acharya – "Bhankas" – Baaghi 3 Ganesh Acharya – "Shankara Re Shankara" – Tanhaji Kruti Mahesh, Rahul Shetty – "Illegal Weapon" – Street Dancer 3D Kruti Mahesh, Rahul Shetty – "Nachi Nachi" – Street Dancer 3D
Best Cinematography	Best Sound Design	Best Background Score
Avik Mukhopadhyay – Gulabo Sitabo Archit Patel, Jay I. Patel – Panga Keiko Nakahara – Tanhaji Saumyananda Sahi – Eeb Allay Ooo! Soumik Mukherjee – Thappad	Kaamod Kharade – Thappad Abhishek Nair, Shijin Melvin Hutton – Ludo Ali Merchant – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Bigyna Bhushan Dahal – Eeb Allay Ooo! Diapankar Jojo Chaki, Nihar Ranjan Samal – Gulabo Sitabo Lochan Kanvinde – Lootcase	Mangesh Dhakde – Thappad A. R. Rahman – Dil Bechara Pritam – Ludo Sameer Uddin – Lootcase Sandeep Shirodkar – Tanhaji
Best Costume Design	Best Action	Best Special Effects
Veera Kapur Ee – Gulabo Sitabo Abilasha Sharma – Chhapaak Ashish Dwyer – Ludo Nachiket Barve, Mahesh Sheria – Tanhaji Niharika Bhasin – Shakuntala Devi	Ramazan Bulut, Rp Yadav – Tanhaji Ahmed Khan – Baaghi 3 Harpal Singh – Chhalaang Ivanov Victor, Andreas Nguyen – Khuda Haafiz Manohar Verma – Lootcase	Prasad Sutar – Tanhaji Jayesh Vaishnav – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Mahesh Baria – Baaghi 3

Short Film Awards

Best Short Film
Fiction	Non-fiction		People's Choice
Shivraj Waichal – Arjun	Nitesh Ramesh Parulekar – Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary		Priyanka Banerjee – Devi
Best Actor – Male (Short Film)		Best Actor – Female (Short Film)
*Arnav Abdagire – Arjun* as Arjun**		*Purti Savardekar – The First Wedding* as Bhumi**

Superlatives

Multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
16	Ludo
15	Thappad
13	Gulabo Sitabo
13	Tanhaji
8	Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
8	Lootcase
6	Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
5	Eeb Allay Ooo!
5	Sir
4	Angrezi Medium
	Chhapaak
	Dil Bechara
	Love Aaj Kal
	Panga
	Shakuntala Devi
3	Baaghi 3
2	Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare
2	Street Dancer 3D

Multiple wins
Awards	Film
7	Thappad
6	Gulabo Sitabo
4	Tanhaji
2	Sir

References

^ "Unmissable moments from the 66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021". India: Filmfare. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "Filmfare Awards 2021: Irrfan Khan, Taapsee Pannu film Thappad win big; check out the full winners' list". The Indian Express. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "Nominations For The 66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021". Filmfare. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "Winners of the 66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021". Filmfare. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

External links

[1] "Unmissable moments from the 66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021". India: Filmfare. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[2] "Filmfare Awards 2021: Irrfan Khan, Taapsee Pannu film Thappad win big; check out the full winners' list". The Indian Express. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[3] "Nominations For The 66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021". Filmfare. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[4] "Winners of the 66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021". Filmfare. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

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