66th Filmfare Awards (2021)
66th Filmfare Awards (2021)
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.
Winners of 66th Filmfare Awards (2021)
| Best Film | Thappad – T–Series, Benaras Media Works |
| Best Director | Om Raut – Tanhaji |
| Best Actor | Irrfan Khan – Angrezi Medium as Champak Ghasiteram Bansal |
| Best Actress | Taapsee Pannu – Thappad as Amrita Sabharwal |
| Best Supporting Actor | Saif Ali Khan – Tanhaji as Udaybhan Singh Rathore |
| Best Supporting Actress | Farrukh Jaffar – Gulabo Sitabo as Fatima Begum |
| Best Music Director | Pritam – Ludo |
| Best Lyricist | Gulzar – "Chhapaak" – Chhapaak |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Raghav Chaitanya – "Ek Tukda Dhoop" – Thappad |
| Best Playback Singer – Female | Asees Kaur – "Hui Malang" – Malang |
| Best Female Debut | Alaya F – Jawaani Jaaneman as Tia Singh |
| Best Debut Director | Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase |
| Best Male Debut | Not Awarded |
| Best Story | Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul – Thappad |
| Best Screenplay | Rohena Gera – Sir |
| Best Dialogue | Juhi Chaturvedi – Gulabo Sitabo |
| Critics' Awards | |
| Best Film (Best Director) | Prateek Vats – Eeb Allay Ooo! |
| Best Actor | Amitabh Bachchan – Gulabo Sitabo as Chunnan "Mirza" Nawab |
| Best Actress | Tillotama Shome – Sir as Ratna |
| Special Awards | |
| Filmfare Special Award | Not Awarded |
| Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award | Irrfan Khan |
| Filmfare R. D. Burman Award | Not Awarded |
| Technical awards | |
| Best Editing | Yasha Ramchandani – Thappad |
| Best Production Design | Mansi Mehta – Gulabo Sitabo |
| Best Choreography | Farah Khan – "Dil Bechara" – Dil Bechara |
| Best Cinematography | Abhik Mukhopadhyay – Gulabo Sitabo |
| Best Sound Design | Kaamod Kharade – Thappad |
| Best Background Score | Mangesh Dhakde – Thappad |
| Best Costume Design | Veera Kapur Ee – Gulabo Sitabo |
| Best Action | Ramazan Bulut, Rp Yadav – Tanhaji |
| Best Special Effects | Prasad Sutar – Tanhaji |
| Best Short Film - Fiction | Shivraj Waichal – Arjun |
| Best Short Film - Non-fiction | Nitesh Ramesh Parulekar – Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Best Short Film - People's Choice | Priyanka Banerjee – Devi |
| Best Actor – Male (Short Film) | Arnav Abdagire – Arjun as Arjun |
| Best Actor – Female (Short Film) | Purti Savardekar – The First Wedding as Bhumi |