37-434: The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films , to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song. Although the award ceremony was established in 1954, the category for best playback singer was introduced in 1959. The award was initially common for both male and female singers until 1967. The category
74-518: A few pages dedicated to Malayalam , Tamil and Telugu cinema were begun and, as reported by The Quint in 2019, become commercial successes. Khalid Mohamed was appointed as the editor in 1993. In 2002, following Mohamed's nine-year tenure, Shashi Baliga replaced him as Filmfare 's editor; in an article published in Business Line , she described the occupation as "an opportunity that came unsought". BCCL announced their joint venture with
111-516: A fortnightly magazine on 7 March 1952 to "build awareness about filmmaking and films". It was launched by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain and his wife Rama in Bombay , distributed by The Times of India newspaper, and promoted with the taglines, "Another name for 'Credibility ' " and "The first serious effort in film journalism in India". It contains short biography of rising actors at the time, film reviews, and
148-653: A good example of how the mainstream media marginalizes certain films as 'sleaze ' ". According to a 2004 article by The Economic Times , the magazine's monthly print circulation was 147,000. In 2008, the cinema and cultural analysis professor Rachel Dwyer estimated that it was 200,000. In a survey conducted by the Indian Readership Survey , the circulation of the magazine was 276,000 in 2013 and 342,000 in 2014. Filmfare Awards Gangubai Kathiawadi 12th Fail The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in
185-460: A number of columns, including "The Fortnight in Films" and "Filmfacts". Published two months after the 1st International Film Festival of India , Neepa Majumdar (in her 2012 book Global Neorealism: The Transnational History of a Film Style ) wrote that the magazine "saw the festival as an opportunity for Indian film [actors] to be exposed to quality films" and established themselves as leading actors. In
222-462: Is 46.5 cm and it weighs around 5 kg. To celebrate the 25th year of the awards, the statues were made in silver and to celebrate the 50th year the statues were made in gold . The Filmfare trophy has been manufactured by The Award Gallery since 2000. Until 2012, there had only been a few changes made to the trophy. But as of 2014, a huge change was made to give the trophy a 3-D look. There were two reasons given for this change. First, that
259-644: The Academy Awards . A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by the Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts. The ceremony has been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions. During several years in
296-732: The BBC Worldwide , a company named Worldwide Media, on 1 December 2004; the new company later published the future issues of the magazine. In 2006, Jitesh Pillai was appointed as the new editor. Filmfare launched the Filmfare Awards East in 2014, the Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards and Filmfare Marathi Awards in 2015, the Filmfare Short Film Awards in 2016, the Filmfare Awards Punjabi in 2017, and
333-764: The Filmfare Awards , the Filmfare Awards South , the Filmfare Awards East , the Filmfare Marathi Awards , the Filmfare Awards Punjabi , the Filmfare Awards Bangla , the Filmfare OTT Awards , the Filmfare Short Film Awards and the Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards. After the businessman Ramkrishna Dalmia (1893–1978) of Dalmia Group purchased Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) in 1946, J. C. Jain from Bharat Insurance Company
370-493: The Filmfare OTT Awards in 2020. As of March 2021 , the magazine was published by Joji Varghese under The Times Group 's subsidiary Worldwide Media and Pillai served as the editor. Filmfare covers news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, and style. It is considered one of the most popular and reputable magazines in India; The Illustrated Weekly of India referred to the magazine as "decorous", and British magazine The Spectator praised it for "[providing]
407-531: The Hindi -language film industry of India (not all Indian Cinema ). The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were introduced by Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards . They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonça , the editor of The Times of India and modelled after
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#1732859023043444-462: The 1990s, a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued due to unknown reasons. Since 2001, a recorded and edited version of the awards ceremony was televised on SET a week or two after the ceremony has been held. Since 2018 , the ceremony has been televised on Colors . Until 2023, the function was held in Mumbai except for year 2020 when the 65th Filmfare Awards event
481-436: The 2000s. Rekha Bhardwaj and Shreya Ghoshal led the 2010s with two wins each, and Asees Kaur and Shilpa Rao each have two wins in the 2020s. Alka Yagnik holds the record of getting nominated for consecutively 14 years from 1992 till 2005, resulting in 31 nominations and 6 wins, followed by Shreya Ghoshal getting nominated consecutively for 11 years from 2006 to 2016 that resulted in 3 wins and 17 nominations. In 1959,
518-625: The Black Lady home. The 2013 Filmfare awards took place in Mumbai at the Yash Raj Studios in Andheri . A special press conference was held just for its announcement and this took place at the Suburban hotel in Mumbai as well. The theme that year was a hundred years in the future. The reason for the theme to be held that year was because it was meant to be continuous from the previous year's theme, where
555-617: The United Producers-Filmfare Talent Contest (also known as the All India Talent Contest) in 1965. In the 1970s, Rauf Ahmed worked as the editor of the magazine, replacing B. K. Karanjia who had filled the position for 18 years. Talking to Daily News and Analysis in 2015, Ahmed spoke of how the magazine nearly collapsed at the time as no gossip columns were written by its journalist. Following his quit, Bikram Singh (the actor K. N. Singh 's brother)
592-472: The actress Sharmila Tagore did a shot with her photographer Dhiren Chawda with only wearing a two-piece floral bikini for its 19 August 1966 issue. The first time for an Indian celebrity to pose with only a bikini for a magazine cover, she revealed that it was her personal choice but later admitted she had "no idea" why she wanted to. In association with United Producers (a group formed by G. P. Sippy , Shakti Samanta and B. R. Chopra ), Filmfare organised
629-410: The award category for Best Playback Singer was first instituted after Lata Mangeshkar refused to perform the song "Rasik Balma Se Dil Kyon Lagaya" from the film Chori Chori by Shankar Jaikishan at the 3rd Filmfare Awards . Mangeshkar also became the first recipient of this award. Separate awards for male and female singers were introduced from 1968. Note: The category for Best Playback Singer
666-572: The banquet that followed the award night at Wellington Club (Gymkhana), Mumbai. The winners for the year 1985 were announced in 1986 and the event was scheduled to be held at the Brabourne Stadium in December 1986. The Bombay Film Industry as it was known then, went on strike in 1986 because of its many contentious issues with the Government of Maharashtra . As a result, the ceremony was pushed to
703-468: The first issue, a manifesto was declared: It is from this dual standpoint of its industry and its patrons, whom comprise the vast audience of movie fans, that Filmfare is primarily designed. This magazine represents the first serious effort in film journalism in India. It is a movie magazine—with a difference. The difference lies in our realisation that the film as a composite art medium calls for serious study and constructive criticism and appreciation from
740-526: The fraternity celebrated the completion of a hundred years in Indian cinema at the box office. The statuette , depicting a woman whose arms are upraised in a dance number with her fingers touching, is commonly referred to as "The Black Lady" (or "The Lady in Black"). Originally designed by N.G. Pansare under the supervision of Times of India ' s art director Walter Langhammer, it is generally made of bronze, its height
777-602: The industry as also from the public. In the following year, Filmfare instituted the Filmfare Awards (previously Clare Awards, named after Clare Mendonça ). Modelled after the Academy Awards , the winners were voted by a total of 20,000 of the magazine's readers. The first iteration 's ceremony took place at Metro Cinema in Bombay on 21 March 1954, and only five categories without nominations were presented: Best Film , Best Director , Best Actor , Best Actress , and Best Music Director . The award has been considered one of
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#1732859023043814-460: The jury. The People's Choice Award for Best Short Film was presented to Khamakha . Short films like Chutney , Matitali Kusti and Taandav won awards as well. Hollywood star Gregory Peck was invited to be the guest of honour at the first ever awards on 21 March 1954 at the Metro theatre, Mumbai but could not make it to the function since his flight from Colombo got delayed. However, Peck did attend
851-678: The magazine) established a subsidiary, Worldwide Media , for publishing its future issues. Ramkrishna Dalmia (1893–1978) was born in Chirawa into a Marwari family. He had a brother, Jaidayal Dalmia , with whom he established Dalmia Group in the 1930s. In 1946, on the threshold of the independence of India from the United Kingdom , Ramkrishna Dalmia purchased Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) for ₹ 2 crore (equivalent to ₹ 286 crore or US$ 34 million in 2023). According to Sangita P. Menon Malhan's The TOI Story (2013),
888-517: The next year. The winners of 1985 were awarded on 28 January 1987. For security reasons, the Filmfare was not awarded for 1986 and 1987. The Red Carpet is a segment that takes place before the beginning of the actual ceremony. This is when actors, actresses, producers, directors, singers, composers, and others that have contributed to Indian cinema are introduced. Hosts question the celebrities about upcoming performances and who they think deserves to take
925-430: The oldest and most prominent film awards in India; Business Line called it "one such coveted award". In 1957, Filmfare published the "Self-portraits" series, where several well-known actors at the time, including Ashok Kumar , Dev Anand , Dilip Kumar , Meena Kumari , Nargis , Nutan and Raj Kapoor , were invited and accepted to talk about themselves and their experiences. The magazine faced controversy after
962-468: The purchase was by him solely because he wanted to establish newspapers that could help him to "serve India effectively". While Dalmia was searching for a person to help him to run it, J. C. Jain, a former employee of Bharat Insurance Company, saw the opportunity and took it in March 1950; he became the company's general manager until 1963. During his term-of-office, Jain started the publication of Filmfare as
999-513: The three consecutive wins of Paudwal (1991–1993), Krishnamurthy (1995–1997) and Yagnik (2000–2002), respectively. Two singers have achieved the feat of receiving all the nominations of this category in a particular year: Asha Bhosle was the single nominee in 1973, having all the three nominations to her credit, and Alka Yagnik was the single nominee in 1994, having all the four nominations to her credit, one of which she shared—and eventually jointly won—with Ila Arun . In 1971, Lata Mangeshkar made
1036-514: The unusual gesture of not having her name be considered for the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote fresh talent. After receiving seventh award in 1979, Asha Bhosle emulated her elder sister and requested that her name not be considered for the nominations thereafter. There were ties for two consecutive years between 2010 and 2011. Before the award was officially divided by gender (1968), Lata Mangeshkar
1073-453: Was divided the following year, and ever since there have been two awards presented for male and female singers separately. With seven wins each, Asha Bhosle and Alka Yagnik hold the record for most awards in this category. Shreya Ghoshal has won the award six times. Lata Mangeshkar , Anuradha Paudwal and Kavita Krishnamurthy have won the award four times. Bhosle won the award in a record of four consecutive years (1972–75), followed by
1110-492: Was employed to help him in running the company in 1950. In this period, Jain conceived the idea of Filmfare at the actress Kamini Kaushal 's house. The magazine was launched by the industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain alongside his wife Rama in Bombay on 7 March 1952. Its circulation started to decline in the early 1990s and to handle these problems, Filmfare started special monthly editions for Telugu , Tamil , and Malayalam cinema . In 2004, BCCL (who previously published
1147-416: Was established in 1959, and until 1967 both male and female singers used to compete for a single award. Filmfare Filmfare is an Indian English -language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of India's most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, and style. The magazine also annually gives
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1184-855: Was held on 16 February 2020 at Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati . Until the mid-1990s, Filmfare Awards were the preeminent and most-recognised awards in Bollywood until several other awards sprouted up in Mumbai. This has resulted in poor viewership since the 2000s. In addition to the flagship event, Filmfare also has variants for other Indian film industries, such as Filmfare Awards South for South Indian cinema ; Filmfare Marathi Awards for Marathi cinema ; Filmfare Awards Bangla for Bengali cinema , Assamese cinema , and Odia cinema ; Filmfare Awards Punjabi for Punjabi cinema ; Filmfare OTT Awards for over-the-top films , Filmfare Short Film Awards for short films ; and Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards. The Filmfare awards were introduced in 1954. The Clares
1221-503: Was hired for the position until the early of the next decade. Pritish Nandy replaced him in 1984; the first issue he edited was published in July that year, titled "Unquestionably No. 1", which features the actress Sridevi on the cover. The circulation of Filmfare dropped in the early 1990s, prompting the publisher to attach free consumer products (such as soaps or shampoo sachets) to the magazine. Additionally, special monthly editions with
1258-422: Was only one award given for playback singing including both male and female singers. Bhosle dominated in the 70s with five wins (Mangeshkar not considered from hereon). In 80s no singer dominated the epoch (Bhosle not considered from hereon); however in 90s Anuradha Paudwal and Kavita Krishnamurthy both had three wins each, and Alka Yagnik had two wins. Alka Yagnik and Shreya Ghoshal garnered four wins each in
1295-632: Was the first movie to win the award for Best Film. The first winners for the other four categories were: Bimal Roy for his direction of Do Bigha Zameen , Dilip Kumar for his performance in Daag , Meena Kumari for her performance in Baiju Bawra , and Naushad Ali for his music in Baiju Bawra . The Filmfare Awards also introduced the Short Film Category in 2017, with Vidya Balan and Gauri Shinde on
1332-477: Was the only female artist to not only win the Best Playback Singer among female singers, she was the only female singer to be even nominated for the awards. She was also the earliest recipient of this award in 1959. Mangeshkar was the most successful singer in 60s with three wins. Moreover, out of the four awards she got before retiring from the awards voluntarily, Mangeshkar won three of her awards when there
1369-573: Was the original name of the award ceremony, named after The Times of India critic Clare Mendonca . Readers of Filmfare were polled to decide the winners, and over 20,000 readers spread throughout India participated in the polls; trophies were given to winners of the popular vote. In the first awards function, held on 21 March 1954 at the Metro Theatre of Mumbai , only five awards were presented: Best Film , Best Director , Best Actor , Best Actress , and Best Music Director. Do Bigha Zameen
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