The 8th Filmfare Awards happened in year 1961 in Bombay. The renowned film director and producer, K. Asif’s masterpiece, Mughal-e-Azam won the Best Film Award, but there are many controversies since the film did not receive major awards. One of the obvious disappointments was the loss of music director Naushad’s blockbuster soundtrack of the film. Mughal-e-Azam received seven nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Playback Singer, Best Music, Best Cinematography and Best Dialogue. It only won three awards including Best Film, Best Cinematography Award for R. D. Mathur and the Best Dialogue Award which was presented to Aman,
Kamal Amrohi
,
Wajahat Mirza
and Ehsan Rizvi.
The renowned director,
Bimal Roy
scored once again after winning the Best Director Award for the 1960 film, Parakh. The Best Actor Award goes to the ‘Tragedy King’,
Dilip Kumar
after portraying the role of a prince in the Bollywood film, Kohinoor, opposite
Meena Kumari
. The leading actress of the black and white time,
Bina Rai
received her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress after donning the female lead role in the movie, Ghunghat. Film actor, Motilal won the Best Supporting Actor Award after playing the role of Haradhan and Sir Jagdish Chandra Roy in the semi box office hit film, Parakh. Hindi and Marathi actress, Nanda won the Best Supporting Actress Award for the film, Aanchal.
The duo composer,
Shankar Jaikishan
was the declared winners as the Best Music Director for their contribution in the Hindi movie, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai. Urdu poet and lyricist,
Shakeel Badayuni
won the Best Lyricist Award for the Hindi feature film, Chaudhvin Ka Chand. The respected playback singer,
Mohammed Rafi
received the Best Playback Singer Award for the same film. The technical award for Best Story goes to Ruby Sen after penning the Bollywood film, Masoom. The Best Editing award goes to Moosa Mansoor; the Best Art Direction Award was given to the acclaimed director, Biren Nag for the film Chaudhvin Ka Chand and the Best Sound Design Award was presented to George D’ Cruz for the film, Parakh.