The 36th Filmfare Awards for Hindi cinema were held in 1991.

Dil and Ghayal led the ceremony with 8 nominations each, followed by Aashiqui with 7 nominations, and Agneepath and Pratibandh with 5 nominations each.

Ghayal won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Rajkumar Santoshi) and Best Actor (for Sunny Deol), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Madhuri Dixit won her first of four awards for Best Actress for her performance in Dil, the only win for the film.

Out of 7 nominations, Aashiqui won 4 awards ruling over all the Music Award categories.

Main awards

Best Film Ghayal Agneepath Dil Pratibandh

Best Director Rajkumar Santoshi – Ghayal Mahesh Bhatt – Aashiqui Mukul Anand – Agneepath Ravi Raja – Pratibandh

Best Actor Sunny Deol – Ghayal Aamir Khan – Dil Amitabh Bachchan – Agneepath Chiranjeevi – Pratibandh

Best Actress Madhuri Dixit – Dil Hema Malini – Rihaee Juhi Chawla – Pratibandh Meenakshi Sheshadri – Jurm

Best Supporting Actor Mithun Chakraborty – Agneepath Anupam Kher – Dil Om Puri – Ghayal Rami Reddy – Pratibandh

Best Supporting Actress Rohini Hattangadi – Agneepath Radhika – Aaj Ka Arjun Reema Lagoo – Aashiqui Sangeeta Bijlani – Jurm

Best Comic Actor Kader Khan – Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri

Lux New Face of the Year Pooja Bhatt – Daddy

Best Story Ghayal – Rajkumar Santoshi

Best Screenplay Kamla Ki Maut – Basu Chatterjee

Best Dialogue Daddy – Suraj Sanim

Best Music Director Aashiqui – Nadeem Shravan Aaj Ka Arjun – Bappi Lahiri Baaghi: A Rebel for Love – Anand–Milind Dil – Anand–Milind

Best Lyricist Aashiqui – Sameer for Nazar Ke Saamne Aashiqui – Rani Malik for Dheere Dheere Dil – Sameer for Mujhe Neend Na Aaye

Best Playback Singer, Male Aashiqui – Kumar Sanu for Ab Tere Bin Baaghi: A Rebel for Love – Amit Kumar for Kaisa Lagta Hai Dil – Suresh Wadkar for O Priya

Best Playback Singer, Female Aashiqui – Anuradha Paudwal for Nazar Ke Saamne Baaghi: A Rebel for Love – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Chandni Raat Dil – Anuradha Paudwal for Mujhe Neend Na Aaye

Best Art Direction Ghayal

Best Choreography Sailaab – Saroj Khan for Hum Ko Aaj

Best Cinematography Ghayal

Best Editing Ghayal

Best Sound E. Rudra – Azaad Desh Ke Ghulam

Lifetime Achievement Award Amitabh Bachchan

Critics' awards Best Film Kasba

Outstanding Performance in a Non-commercial Film Anupam Kher – Daddy

Special Jury Mention Aadhi Haqeeqat, Aadha Fasana – Dilip Ghosh

Best Documentary Amjad Ali Khan

Most wins Ghayal – 7/8 Aashiqui – 4/7 Agneepath – 2/5 Daddy – 2/2 Dil – 1/8

See also 38th Filmfare Awards 37th Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards

External links http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1991/