The 50th Filmfare Awards, honoring Cinema of India, took place on 26 February 2005 in Mumbai. This was the awards' golden jubilee year and to commemorate the occasion, the Filmfare award trophy (the Black Lady statue) was made in gold. Moreover, a special award, Best Film in 50 Years, was also presented to Ramesh Sippy's Sholay (1975).
Veer-Zaara led the ceremony with 15 nominations, followed by Main Hoon Na with 12 nominations, Hum Tum and Swades with 8 nominations, and Yuva with 7 nominations each.
Yuva earned 6 awards, including Best Supporting Actor (for Abhishek Bachchan) and Best Supporting Actress (for Rani Mukherji), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Shah Rukh Khan received triple nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Main Hoon Na, Swades and Veer-Zaara, winning for Swades.
Akshay Kumar received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Khakee and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, but lost to Abhishek Bachchan who won the award for Yuva.
Rani Mukherji set an unmatched record, becoming the only actress to win both popular female acting awards in the same year, winning Best Actress for Hum Tum and Best Supporting Actress for Yuva. She also received an additional Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in Veer-Zaara.
Main awards The winners are listed first and indicated in boldface.
Main Awards Best FilmBest DirectorVeer-Zaara Dhoom Hum Tum Main Hoon Na Swades | valign="top" |Kunal Kohli – Hum Tum Ashutosh Gowariker – Swades Farah Khan – Main Hoon Na Farhan Akhtar – Lakshya Rajkumar Santoshi – Khakee Yash Chopra – Veer-Zaara |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Actress |- | valign="top" |Shah Rukh Khan – Swades as Mohan Bhargav Amitabh Bachchan – Khakee as D.C.P. Anand K. Srivastava Irrfan Khan – Maqbool as Miyan Maqbool Hrithik Roshan – Lakshya as Karan Shergill Saif Ali Khan – Hum Tum as Karan Kapoor Shah Rukh Khan – Main Hoon Na as Major Ram Prasad Sharma Shah Rukh Khan – Veer-Zaara as Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh | valign="top" |Rani Mukerji – Hum Tum as Rhea Prakash Aishwarya Rai – Raincoat as Neerja Preity Zinta – Veer-Zaara as Zaara Hayaat Khan Shilpa Shetty – Phir Milenge as Tamanna Sahni Kareena Kapoor – Aitraaz as Priya Saxena Urmila Matondkar – Ek Hasina Thi as Sarika Vartak |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Supporting Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Supporting Actress |- | valign="top"|Abhishek Bachchan – Yuva as Lallan Singh Akshay Kumar – Khakee as S.I. Shekhar Verma Akshay Kumar – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as Sunny Amitabh Bachchan – Veer-Zaara as Choudhary Sumer Singh Zayed Khan – Main Hoon Na as Lakshman Prasad "Lucky" SharmaRani Mukerji – Yuva as Shashi Lal Biswas Amrita Rao – Main Hoon Na as Sanjana Bakshi Divya Dutta – Veer-Zaara as Shabana 'Shabbo' Ibrahim Priyanka Chopra – Aitraaz as Sonia Roy Rani Mukerji – Veer-Zaara as Saamiya Siddiqui Best Performance in a Comic Role Best Performance in a Negative Role Saif Ali Khan – Hum Tum as Karan Kapoor Akshay Kumar – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as Sunny Arshad Warsi – Hulchul as Lucky Bhalla Boman Irani – Main Hoon Na as Principal Paresh Rawal – Hulchul as Kishan A. Chand / Murari Priyanka Chopra – Aitraaz as Sonia Roy Abhishek Bachchan – Yuva as Lallan Singh Ajay Devgan – Khakee as Yashwant Angre John Abraham – Dhoom as Kabir Sunil Shetty – Main Hoon Na as Raghavan Dutta Best Male Debut Best Female DebutNot Awarded Ayesha Takia – Taarzan: The Wonder Car Best Story Best Screenplay Veer-Zaara – Aditya Chopra Yuva – Mani Ratnam Best Dialogue Best Background Score Veer-Zaara – Aditya Chopra Swades – A. R. Rahman Best Music Director Best Lyricist Main Hoon Na – Anu Malik Dhoom – Pritam Hum Tum – Jatin–Lalit Murder – Anu Malik Swades – A. R. Rahman Veer-Zaara – Madan Mohan Veer-Zaara – Javed Akhtar for "Tere Liye" Main Hoon Na – Javed Akhtar for "Main Hoon Na" Swades – Javed Akhtar for "Yeh Taara Woh Taara" Veer-Zaara – Javed Akhtar for "Aisa Des Hai Mera" Veer-Zaara – Javed Akhtar for "Main Yahaan Hoon" Best Male Playback Singer Best Female Playback Singer Murder – Kunal Ganjawala for "Bheege Hont Tere" Main Hoon Na – Sonu Nigam for "Main Hoon Na" Main Hoon Na – Sonu Nigam for "Tumse Milke" Swades – Udit Narayan and Master Vignesh for "Yeh Taara Woh Taara" Veer-Zaara – Sonu Nigam for "Do Pal" Veer-Zaara – Udit Narayan for "Main Yahaan Hoon" Hum Tum – Alka Yagnik for "Hum Tum" Dhoom – Sunidhi Chauhan for "Dhoom Machale Dhoom" Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... – Sadhana Sargam for "Aao Na" Mujhse Shaadi Karogi – Alka Yagnik for "Lal Dupatta" Swades – Alka Yagnik for "Saawariya" Best Action Best Art DirectionYuva – Vikram Dharma Yuva – Sabu Cyril Best Cinematography Best EditingLakshya – Christopher Popp Dhoom – Rameshwar S. Bhagat Best Choreography Best Sound DesignLakshya – Prabhu Deva for "Main Aisa Kyun Hoon..."Dhoom – Dwarak Warrier Power Award Best Scene of the YearShah Rukh KhanHum Tum
Critics' awards Best Film (Best Director)Dev – Govind Nihalani Yuva – Mani Ratnam Best Actor Best ActressPankaj Kapur – Maqbool as Jahangir Khan (Abbaji)Kareena Kapoor – Dev as Aaliya
Special awards Lifetime Achievement AwardRajesh Khanna R. D. Burman AwardKunal Ganjawala Power AwardShah Rukh Khan Special AwardsDilip Kumar Naushad Lata Mangeshkar Ramesh Sippy for Sholay
Major winners and nominees Yuva – 6/7 Hum Tum – 5/8 Veer-Zaara – 4/15 Dev – 2/2 Lakshya – 2/4 Dhoom – 2/6 Swades – 2/8 Aitraaz – 1/3 Murder – 1/2 Taarzan: The Wonder Car – 1/1 Main Hoon Na – 1/12 Khakee – 0/4 Mujhse Shaadi Karogi – 0/3
See also Filmfare Awards 51st Filmfare Awards List of highest-grossing Bollywood films
References
Filmfare Awards at IMDb
fr:Filmfare Awards 2008