The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film is awarded during annual Filmfare Awards, given by the Filmfare magazine. These are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for Hindi films in India, having started in 1954. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films with commercial appeal rather than artistic merit were being recognised, hence a new award category was added, the Best Film (Critics). Mani Kaul has a record four wins in this category, followed by three wins each for Shoojit Sircar and Kumar Shahani.
Rajnigandha, Black and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara are the only films to win both Best Film (Critics) and Best Film.
Winner In the list below, each individual entry shows the winning title, followed by the director of the film.
1970s FilmWinnersYear Uski Roti Mani Kaul 1971 Ashadh Ka Ek Din 1972 Maya Darpan Kumar Shahani 1973 Duvidha Mani Kaul 1974 Rajnigandha Basu Chatterjee 1975 Aandhi Gulzar 1976 Mrigayaa Mrinal Sen 1977 Shatranj Ke Khilari Satyajit Ray 1978 Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan Saeed Akhtar Mirza 1979
1980s FilmWinnersYear Jeena Yahan Basu Chatterjee 1980 Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai Saeed Akhtar Mirza 1981 Aadharshila Ashok Ahuja 1982 Masoom Shekhar Kapur 1983 Sookha M.S. Sathyu 1984 Damul Prakash Jha 1985 Aghaat Govind Nihalani 1986 Om-Dar-Ba-Dar Kamal Swaroop 1989 1990s FilmWinnersYear Khayal Gatha Kumar Shahani 1990 Kasba Kumar Shahani 1991 Diksha Arun Kaul 1992 Idiot Mani Kaul 1993 Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa Kundan Shah 1994 Bandit Queen Shekhar Kapur 1995 Bombay Mani Ratnam (the only dubbed film to win the award) 1996 Khamoshi: The Musical Sanjay Leela Bhansali 1997 Virasat Priyadarshan 1998 Satya Ram Gopal Varma 1999 2000s FilmWinnersYear Sarfarosh John Matthew Matthan 2000 Halo Santosh Sivan 2001 Dil Chahta Hai Farhan Akhtar 2002 The Legend of Bhagat Singh Rajkumar Santoshi 2003 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Rajkumar Hirani 2004 Yuva & Dev Mani Ratnam & Govind Nihalani 2005 Black Sanjay Leela Bhansali 2006 Lage Raho Munna Bhai Rajkumar Hirani 2007 Chak De! India Shimit Amin 2008 Mumbai Meri Jaan Nishikant Kamat 2009
2010s Year Film Recipient(s) 2010 Firaaq Nandita Das 2011 Udaan Vikramaditya Motwane 2012 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Zoya Akhtar 2013 Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap 2014 The Lunchbox Ritesh Batra 2015 Ankhon Dekhi Rajat Kapoor 2016 Piku Shoojit Sircar 2017 Neerja Ram Madhvani 2018 Newton Amit V. Masurkar 2019 Andhadhun Sriram Raghavan
2020s Year Film Recipient(s) 2020 Article 15 & Sonchiriya Anubhav Sinha & Abhishek Chaubey 2021 Eeb Allay Ooo! Prateek Vats 2022 Sardar Udham Shoojit Sircar 2023 Badhaai Do Harshavardhan Kulkarni 2024 Joram Devashish Makhija 2025 I Want to Talk Shoojit Sircar
See also Filmfare Award for Best Film Filmfare Awards Bollywood Cinema of India
References
External links Filmfare Critics Awards Best Film List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations, 1953–2005