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31st Filmfare Awards

1984 awards for Hindi cinema

Field	Value
number	31
award	Filmfare Awards
date	1984
best_film	Ardh Satya
best_critic	Masoom
most_wins	Ardh Satya & Masoom (5)
most_nominations	Betaab & Masoom (8)
last	30th
next	32nd

The 31st Filmfare Awards were held in 1984, with the Indian New Wave Cinema at its peak.

Betaab and Masoom led the ceremony with 8 nominations each, followed by Arth with 7 nominations and Ardh Satya with 6 nominations.

Ardh Satya and Masoom, both notable films of the Parallel Cinema genre, won 5 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film, Best Director (for Govind Nihalani) and Best Supporting Actor (for Sadashiv Amrapurkar), and the latter winning Best Actor (for Naseeruddin Shah).

Shabana Azmi set an unmatched record, becoming the only performer to receive 4 nominations for an award in a single year, earning 4 nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Arth, Avtaar, Mandi and Masoom, winning the award for Arth.

Naseeruddin Shah received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Katha and Mandi, but lost to Sadashiv Amrapurkar who won the award for Ardh Satya.

Main awards

Best Film

** Ardh Satya **

Arth
Avtaar
Betaab
Masoom

Best Director

** Govind Nihalani – Ardh Satya **

Mahesh Bhatt – Arth
Mohan Kumar – Avtaar
Rahul Rawail – Betaab
Shekhar Kapoor – Masoom

Best Actor

** Naseeruddin Shah – Masoom **

Kamal Haasan – Sadma
Om Puri – Ardh Satya
Rajesh Khanna – Avtaar
Sunny Deol – Betaab

Best Actress

** Shabana Azmi – Arth **

Shabana Azmi – Avtaar
Shabana Azmi – Mandi
Shabana Azmi – Masoom
Sridevi – Sadma

Best Supporting Actor

** Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Ardh Satya **

Amitabh Bachchan – Andha Kanoon
Naseeruddin Shah – Katha
Naseeruddin Shah – Mandi
Raj Babbar – Agar Tum Na Hote

Best Supporting Actress

** Rohini Hattangadi – Arth **

Padmini Kolhapure – Souten
Rekha – Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye
Smita Patil – Arth
Smita Patil – Mandi

Best Comic Actor

** Utpal Dutt – Rang Birangi **

Deven Verma – Rang Birangi
Dharmendra – Naukar Biwi Ka
Kader Khan – Himmatwala
Shakti Kapoor – Mawaali

Best Story

** Ardh Satya – S.D. Panwalkar **

Arth – Mahesh Bhatt
Avtaar – Mohan Kumar
Betaab – Javed Akhtar
Sadma – Balu Mahendra

Best Screenplay

** Ardh Satya – Vijay Tendulkar **

Best Dialogue

** Arth – Mahesh Bhatt **

Best Music Director

** Masoom – R.D. Burman **

Betaab – R.D. Burman
Hero – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Razia Sultan – Khayyam
Souten – Usha Khanna

Best Lyricist

** Masoom – Gulzar for Tujhse Naraaz Nahin **

Agar Tum Na Hote – Gulshan Bawra for Agar Tum Na Hote
Betaab – Anand Bakshi for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge
Souten – Saawan Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal
Souten – Saawan Kumar for Zindagi Pyaar Ka Geet

Best Playback Singer, Male

** Agar Tum Na Hote – Kishore Kumar for Agar Tum Na Hote **

Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge
Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Parbaton Se Aaj
Ek Jaan Hain Hum – Shabbir Kumar for Yaad Teri Aayegi
Souten – Kishore Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal

Best Playback Singer, Female

** Masoom – Aarti Mukherjee for Do Naina Ek Kahani **

Hero – Anuradha Paudwal for Tu Mera Hero Hai
Laal Chunariya – Chandrani Mukherjee for Aaja Ke Teri Raahon Mein

Best Art Direction

** Razia Sultan **

Best Cinematography

** Vijeta **

Best Sound

** Vijeta **

Best Editing

** Vijeta **

Critics' awards

Best Film

** Masoom **

Best Documentary

** Veer Savarkar **

Most Wins

Ardh Satya – 5/6
Masoom – 5/8
Vijeta – 3/3
Arth – 3/7
Betaab – 0/8

References

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1984/

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