Winners of the 66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021

To say that 2020 was a tough year for the film industry would be a massive understatement. The film industry came together as one to ensure that the magic of cinema would not be extinguished amidst the raging coronavirus pandemic and as an integral part of India’s film industry, Filmfare decided that it was important to commemorate the best of cinema especially following a year of such difficulty and tragedy.

As always, the 66th edition of the Filmfare Awards saw massive support from members of the film fraternity who turned up and sent their regards and apologies if they couldn’t for obvious reasons. There was a sense of sadness as well as pride when the late Irrfan’s name was announced in the the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) category. The evergreen Amitabh Bachchan bagged the Best Actor (Critics) Award. 

Alaya F took home the Best Debut (Female) award for her much-appreciated role in Jawaani Jaaneman while Taapsee Pannu and Tilottama Shome were honoured with the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Popular) and Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) respectively for their roles in Thappad and Sir, both of which had to be two of the finest movies Hindi cinema has seen in recent times.Saif Ali Khan and his Tanhaji director, Om Raut were also the big winners of the night with Khan taking home the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) and Raut being honoured with the Filmfare Award for Best Director. Prateek Vats’ Eeb Allay Oo! has been the talk of the town ever since its release and hence, it was only natural that this fine movie received the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics). 

BEST STORY
ANUBHAV SUSHILA SINHA & MRUNMAYEE LAGOO WAIKUL (THAPPAD)

BEST SCREENPLAY
ROHENA GERA (SIR)

BEST DIALOGUE
JUHI CHATURVEDI (GULABO SITABO)

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
RAJESH KRISHNAN (LOOTCASE)

BEST DEBUT FEMALE
ALAYA F (JAWAANI JAANEMAN)

BEST MUSIC ALBUM
PRITAM- LUDO

BEST LYRICS
GULZAR- CHHAPPAK (CHHAPPAK)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)
RAGHAV CHAITANYA- EK TUKDA DHOOP (THAPPAD)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)
ASEES KAUR- MALANG (MALANG)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
IRRFAN

TECHNICAL AWARDS

BEST ACTION
RAMAZAN BULUT, RP YADAV (TANHAJI: THE UNSUNG WARRIOR)

BEST BACKGROUND SCORE
MANGESH URMILA DHAKDE (THAPPAD)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
AVIK MUKHOPADHAYAY (GULABO SITABO)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
FARAH KHAN- DIL BECHARA (DIL BECHARA)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
VEERA KAPUR EE (GULABO SITABO)

BEST EDITING
YASHA PUSHPA RAMCHANDANI (THAPPAD)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
MANASI DHRUV MEHTA (GULABO SITABO)

BEST SOUND DESIGN
KAAMOD KHARADE (THAPPAD)

BEST VFX
PRASAD SUTAR(NY VFX WALA) (TANHAJI: THE UNSUNG WARRIOR)

SHORT FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM (FICTION)
SHIVRAJ WAICHAL (ARJUN )

BEST FILM (NON-FICTION)
NITESH RAMESH PARULEKAR (BACKYARD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY)

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)
PURTI SAVARDEKAR (THE FIRST WEDDING)

BEST ACTOR (MALE)
ARNAV ABDAGIRE (ARJUN)

BEST FILM (POPULAR CHOICE)
DEVI