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Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film

Honor awarded to Hindi films

Summary

Honor awarded to Hindi films

FieldValue
nameFilmfare Award for Best Film
awarded_forBest Film
presenterFilmfare
countryIndia
yearUski Roti,
Mani Kaul (1971)
holderI Want to Talk,
Shoojit Sircar
(2025)
websiteFilmfare Awards

Mani Kaul (1971) Shoojit Sircar (2025)

The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film is awarded during annual Filmfare Awards, given by the Filmfare magazine. The awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for Hindi films in India. The yearly awards started in 1954. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films of artistic merit rather than commercial appeal were being overlooked, hence a new award category was added, the Best Film (Critics). The record of maximum number of wins in this category is with Mani Kaul having won four times, followed by Shoojit Sircar and Kumar Shahani, who won three times each.

Rajnigandha, Black and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara are the only films to win both Best Film (Critics) and Best Film.

Winner

In the list below, each individual entry shows the winning title, followed by the director of the film.

1970s

FilmWinnersYear
Uski RotiMani Kaul1971
Ashadh Ka Ek Din1972
Maya DarpanKumar Shahani1973
DuvidhaMani Kaul1974
RajnigandhaBasu Chatterjee1975
AandhiGulzar1976
MrigayaaMrinal Sen1977
Shatranj Ke KhilariSatyajit Ray1978
Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb DastaanSaeed Akhtar Mirza1979

1980s

FilmWinnersYear
Jeena YahanBasu Chatterjee1980
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata HaiSaeed Akhtar Mirza1981
AadharshilaAshok Ahuja1982
MasoomShekhar Kapur1983
SookhaM.S. Sathyu1984
DamulPrakash Jha1985
AghaatGovind Nihalani1986
Om-Dar-Ba-DarKamal Swaroop1989

1990s

FilmWinnersYear
Khayal GathaKumar Shahani1990
KasbaKumar Shahani1991
DikshaArun Kaul1992
IdiotMani Kaul1993
Kabhi Haan Kabhi NaaKundan Shah1994
Bandit QueenShekhar Kapur1995
BombayMani Ratnam (the only dubbed film to win the award)1996
Khamoshi: The MusicalSanjay Leela Bhansali1997
VirasatPriyadarshan1998
SatyaRam Gopal Varma1999

2000s

FilmWinnersYear
SarfaroshJohn Matthew Matthan2000
HaloSantosh Sivan2001
Dil Chahta HaiFarhan Akhtar2002
The Legend of Bhagat SinghRajkumar Santoshi2003
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.Rajkumar Hirani2004
Yuva & DevMani Ratnam & Govind Nihalani2005
BlackSanjay Leela Bhansali2006
Lage Raho Munna BhaiRajkumar Hirani2007
Chak De! IndiaShimit Amin2008
Mumbai Meri JaanNishikant Kamat2009

2010s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

2020s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

References

References

  1. "Critics Award for Best Film". Filmfare Awards Official listing, [[Indiatimes]].
  2. (1 February 2015). "60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners". The Times of India.
  3. (15 January 2017). "62nd Filmfare Awards 2017: Winners' list". The Times of India.
  4. Ankita Bhandari. (28 March 2021). "Filmfare Awards 2021: Check complete list of winners". Zee News.
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