The 6th Filmfare Awards were held on 10 May 1959, at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema for the year 1958.
Madhumati led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Sadhna with 6 nominations and Yahudi with 5 nominations.
Madhumati won 9 awards – a record at the time – including Best Film, Best Director (for Bimal Roy) and Best Supporting Actor (for Johnny Walker), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
The ceremony was also noted as Vyjayanthimala became the first ever actor to receive dual acting nominations in the same year for her performances in Madhumati and Sadhna, winning for the latter. The nominations also make her the first-ever multi-nominee across all categories, a record she shares with Mukhram Sharma nominated for Sadhna and Talaaq, winning for the former. The win also makes her the first performer in Filmfare history to win in both leading and supporting categories.
Main awards
Best FilmBest Director Madhumati – Bimal Roy Productions – Bimal RoySadhna – B. R. Films – B. R. Chopra Talaaq – Anupam Chitra – Mahesh Kaul, Mukhram Sharma | valign="top" | Bimal Roy – Madhumati B. R. Chopra – Sadhna Mahesh Kaul – Talaaq Best Actor Best ActressDev Anand – Kala Pani as Karan Mehra Dilip Kumar – Madhumati as Anand / Deven Raj Kapoor – Phir Subha Hogi as Ram Babu Vyjayanthimala – Sadhna as Champabai / Rajani Meena Kumari – Sahara as Leela Vyjayanthimala – Madhumati as Madhumati / Madhavi / Radha Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Johnny Walker – Madhumati as Charandas Rehman – Phir Subha Hogi as Rehman Sohrab Modi – Yahudi as Ezra Nalini Jaywant – Kala Pani as Kishori Lalita Pawar – Parvarish as Rukmini Singh Leela Chitnis – Sadhna as Mother Best Music Director Best Lyricist Salil Chowdhury – Madhumati O. P. Nayyar – Phagun Shankar–Jaikishan – YahudiShailendra – "Yeh Mera Deewaanapan Hai" from Yahudi Sahir Ludhianvi – "Aurat Ne Janam Diya" from Sadhna Shailendra – "Meri Jaan" from Yahudi Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – FemaleAward won by a female singerLata Mangeshkar – "Aaja Re Pardesi" from MadhumatiBest StoryBest Dialogue Mukhram Sharma – Sadhna Mukhram Sharma – Talaaq Ritwik Ghatak – MadhumatiRajinder Singh Bedi – Madhumati
Technical Awards
Best EditingBest CinematographyHrishikesh Mukherjee – MadhumatiDilip Gupta – MadhumatiBest Art DirectionBest Sound DesignSudhendu Roy – MadhumatiIshaan Ghosh – Chandan
Superlatives The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations Movie Awards NominationsMadhumati912Sadhna26Kala Pani2Yahudi15Talaaq03Phir Subha Hogi2
See also 7th Filmfare Awards 5th Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards
References
External links Winner and nomination of 6th Filmfare Awards at Internet Movie Database