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23rd Filmfare Awards

1976 awards for Hindi cinema

Field	Value
number	23
award	Filmfare Awards
date	1976
site	Bombay
best_film	Deewaar
most_wins	Deewaar (7)
most_nominations	Sholay (10)
best_actor	Sanjeev Kumar for Aandhi
best_actress	Lakshmi for Julie
last	22nd
next	24th

The 23rd Filmfare Awards were held on March 30, 1976.

Sholay led the ceremony with 10 nominations, followed by Amanush and Deewaar with 9 nominations each, along with Aandhi and Sanyasi with 7 nominations each.

Deewaar won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Yash Chopra) and Best Supporting Actor (for Shashi Kapoor). thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Sholay, considered one of the most successful films of Bollywood, was expected to steam-roll the competition, controversially went home with just 1 win out of its 10 nominations, winning Best Editing (for M. S. Shinde).

Sanjeev Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Aandhi and Sholay, winning for the former.

Hema Malini received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Khushboo and Sanyasi, but lost to Lakshmi who won the award for Julie, her first and only win in the category.

Pran received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Do Jhoot and Majboor, but lost to Shashi Kapoor who won the award for Deewaar, his sole acting Filmfare award.

Main Awards

Best Film

** Deewaar **

Aandhi
Amanush
Sanyasi
Sholay

Best Director

** Yash Chopra – Deewaar **

Gulzar – Aandhi
Ramesh Sippy – Sholay
Shakti Samanta – Amanush
Sohanlal Kanwar – Sanyasi

Best Actor

** Sanjeev Kumar – Aandhi **

Amitabh Bachchan – Deewaar
Manoj Kumar – Sanyasi
Sanjeev Kumar – Sholay
Uttam Kumar – Amanush

Best Actress

** Lakshmi – Julie **

Hema Malini – Khushboo
Hema Malini – Sanyasi
Jaya Bachchan – Mili
Suchitra Sen – Aandhi

Best Supporting Actor

** Shashi Kapoor – Deewaar **

Amjad Khan – Sholay
Pran – Do Jhoot
Pran – Majboor
Utpal Dutt – Amanush

Best Supporting Actress

** Nadira – Julie **

Aruna Irani – Do Jhoot
Farida Jalal – Majboor
Nirupa Roy – Deewaar
Prema Narayan – Amanush

Best Comic Actor

** Deven Verma – Chori Mera Kaam **

Asrani – Rafoo Chakkar
Asrani – Sholay
Keshto Mukherjee – Kala Sona
Mehmood – Qaid

Best Story

** Deewaar – Salim–Javed **

Aandhi – Kamleshwar
Amanush – Shakti Prada Rajguru
Nishant – Vijay Tendulkar
Sholay – Salim–Javed

Best Screenplay

** Deewaar – Salim–Javed **

Best Dialogue

** Deewaar – Salim–Javed **

Best Music Director

** Julie – Rajesh Roshan **

Dulhan – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Khel Khel Mein – R. D. Burman
Sanyasi – Shankar–Jaikishan
Sholay – R. D. Burman

Best Lyricist

'* Amanush – Indeevar for Dil Aisa Kisi *Ne Mera Toda'''''

Aandhi – Gulzar for Tere Bina Zindagi Se
Dulhan – Anand Bakshi for Chitti Zaroor Aayegi
Sanyasi – Visveshwara Sharma for Chal Sanyasi
Sholay – Anand Bakshi for Mehbooba Mehbooba

Best Playback Singer, Male

'* *Amanush – Kishore Kumar for Dil Aisa Kisi Ne Mera Toda'''''

Faraar – Kishore Kumar for Main Pyaasa Tu Saawan
Khushboo – Kishore Kumar for O Maajhi Re
Sanyasi – Manna Dey for Kya Mar Sakegi
Sholay – R. D. Burman for Mehbooba Mehbooba

Best Playback Singer, Female

Sankalp – Sulakshna Pandit for Tu Hi Sagar Hai

Amanush – Asha Bhosle for Kal Ke Apne
Jai Santoshi Maa – Usha Mangeshkar for Main To Aarti
Julie – Preeti Sagar for My Heart Is Beating
Khel Khel Mein – Asha Bhosle for Sapna Mera Toot Gaya

Best Art Direction

** Do Jhoot ** – Bansi Chandragupta

Best Cinematography

** Dharmatma ** – Kamal Bose

Best Editing

** Sholay ** – M. S. Shinde

Best Sound

** Deewaar ** – M. A. Shaikh

Critics' Awards

Best Film

** Aandhi **

Best Documentary

** Sarojini Naidu **

Special Award

** Preeti Sagar **for "My Heart Is Beating" in Julie

Biggest Winners

- Deewaar – 7/9*
- Julie – 3/4*
- Amanush – 2/9*
- Aandhi – 2/7*
- Sholay – 1/10*
Sanyasi – 0/7

References

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1976/

References

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