The 4th Filmfare Awards happened on May 5, 1957 in Bombay to recognize the prominent Hindi films in year 1956. This year is also the golden year of the late veteran filmmaker, Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre. His directorial film, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje got four nominations and received awards for all four including the Best Film and Best Director. Artist and Art Director,
Kanu Desai
also nailed the Best Art Direction and A. K. Parmar won the Best Sound Design for the same film.
Dilip Kumar
was once again got the Best Actor trophy for donning the role of Devdas Mukherjee, a wealthy young man in Bimal Roy’s directorial film, Devdas. Indian actress, Nutan received the Best Actress Award for her portrayal as Gauri in the Bollywood film, Seema in 1955. This film also received the Best Story Award, which was given to the late
Amiya Chakrabarty
. Actor, Motilal won the Best Supporting Actor Award for his role as Chunni Babu in the film, Devdas. The Best Supporting Actress Award was given to actress and dancer, Vyjayanthimala Bali. This became a controversy after she declines the award, as she believes that her role is not just for supporting award because she knows that it is equally notable as the other main leads in the film, Devdas. She is the first actress to decline an award at the Filmfare.
The duo music composer,
Shankar Jaikishan
won the Best Music Director Award for the film,
Chori Chori
; G. G. Mayekar won as the Best Editor for the Bollywood film, Shree 420 while the notable cinematographer,
Radhu Karmakar
won the Best Cinematographer Award.Â
The films Devdas, Shree 420, Seema and Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje are releases from year 1955 but they are not considered in the 3rd Filmfare Awards.