The 8th Filmfare Awards were held in Bombay in 1961 to honor the best films in Hindi cinema released in 1960.
K. Asif's magnum opus Mughal-e-Azam led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by Chaudhvin Ka Chand with 6 nominations and Parakh with 5 nominations.
Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Mughal-e-Azam and Parakh won 3 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.
Mughal-e-Azam, considered one of the greatest and most successful films of Bollywood, was expected to steam-roll the competition, controversially went home with just 3 wins out of its 11 nominations, including Best Film, but missed out on Best Director (for K. Asif), Best Lyricist (for Shakeel Badayuni for "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya"), Best Playback Singer (for Lata Mangeshkar for "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya") and all 4 acting categories. Another glaring upset was Naushad's loss for Best Music Director for Mughal-e-Azam's epic soundtrack to Shankar–Jaikishan for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai.
Dilip Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Kohinoor and Mughal-e-Azam, winning for the former.
Madhubala received her first and only nomination for Best Actress for her performance as Anarkali in Mughal-e-Azam, which is considered to be amongst the greatest acting performances of Indian Cinema. However, she lost the award to Bina Rai who won the award for Ghunghat, her first and only win in the category.
Main awards
Best FilmBest Director Mughal-e-Azam Masoom Parakh Bimal Roy – Parakh K. Asif – Mughal-e-Azam Kishore Sahu – Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai Best Actor Best ActressDilip Kumar – Kohinoor as Prince Dhivendra Pratap Bahadur Chandrabhan Dev Anand – Kala Bazar as Raghuvir Raj Kapoor – Chhalia as ChhaliaBina Rai – Ghunghat as Parvati / Jamuna Madhubala – Mughal-e-Azam as Anarkali Nutan – Chhalia as Shanti Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Motilal – Parakh as Haradhan / Sir Jagdish Chandra Roy Agha – Ghunghat as Agha Prithviraj Kapoor – Mughal-e-Azam as Emperor Akbar Rehman – Chaudhvin Ka Chand as Pyare Mohan / Nawab Sahib Nanda – Aanchal as Nanda Durga Khote – Mughal-e-Azam as Maharani Jodha Bai Kumkum – Kohinoor as Rajlakshmi Lalita Pawar – Aanchal as Mother Best Music Director Best Lyricist Shankar–Jaikishan – Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai Naushad – Mughal-e-Azam Ravi – Chaudhvin Ka ChandShakeel Badayuni – "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" from Chaudhvin Ka Chand Shailendra – "Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai" from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai Shakeel Badayuni – "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya" from Mughal-e-Azam Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – FemaleMohammed Rafi – "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" from Chaudhvin Ka ChandAward won by a male singer Lata Mangeshkar – "Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai" from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai Lata Mangeshkar – "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" from Mughal-e-AzamBest StoryBest Dialogue Ruby Sen – Masoom Saghir Usmani – Chaudhvin Ka Chand Salil Chowdhury – ParakhAman, Kamal Amrohi, Wajahat Mirza, Ehsan Rizvi — Mughal-e-Azam
Technical Awards
Best EditingBest CinematographyMoosa Mansoor — KohinoorR. D. Mathur — Mughal-e-Azam |- !style="background:#EEDD82;"|Best Art Direction !style="background:#EEDD82;"|Best Sound Design |- |Biren Nag — Chaudhvin Ka ChandGeorge D'Cruz — Parakh
Superlatives The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations Movie Awards NominationsMughal-e-Azam311Chaudhvin Ka Chand 6Parakh5Kohinoor23Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai1Aanchal2GhunghatMasoomChhalia0
See also 9th Filmfare Awards 7th Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards
References
External links Winner and nomination of 9th Filmfare Awards at Internet Movie Database