33rd Filmfare Awards

The 33rd Filmfare Awards were held in 1987, in Mumbai, India, recognising the Hindi-language films released in the year 1985.

Ram Teri Ganga Maili and Saagar led the ceremony with 10 nominations each, followed by Meri Jung and Tawaif with 7 nominations each.

Ram Teri Ganga Maili won 5 awards, including Best Film and Best Director (for Raj Kapoor), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Main awards

Best Film

Ram Teri Ganga Maili

• Arjun
• Ghulami
• Meri Jung
• Saagar
• Tawaif

Best Director

Raj Kapoor – Ram Teri Ganga Maili

• Mahesh Bhatt – Janam
• Rahul Rawail – Arjun
• Ramesh Sippy – Saagar
• Subhash Ghai – Meri Jung

Best Actor

Kamal Haasan – Saagar

• Amitabh Bachchan – Mard
• Anil Kapoor – Meri Jung
• Kumar Gaurav – Janam
• Rishi Kapoor – Tawaif

Best Actress

Dimple Kapadia – Saagar

• Jaya Prada – Sanjog
• Mandakini – Ram Teri Ganga Maili
• Padmini Kolhapure – Pyaar Jhukta Nahin
• Rati Agnihotri – Tawaif

Best Supporting Actor

Amrish Puri – Meri Jung

• Anupam Kher – Janam
• Kamal Haasan – Saagar
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda – Ghulami
• Saeed Jaffrey – Ram Teri Ganga Maili
• Utpal Dutt – Saaheb

Best Supporting Actress

Nutan – Meri Jung

• Anita Kanwar – Janam
• Madhur Jaffrey – Saagar
• Raakhee – Saaheb
• Sushma Seth – Tawaif
• Tanvi Azmi – Pyari Behna

Best Comic Actor

Amjad Khan – Maa Kasam

• Amjad Khan – Utsav
• Annu Kapoor – Utsav
• Deven Verma – Saaheb
• Kader Khan – Aaj Ka Daur

Best Story

Tawaif – Dr. Aleem Masroor

• Ankahee – C. T. Khanolkar
• Arjun – Javed Akhtar
• Janam – Mahesh Bhatt
• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – K. K. Singh
• Saaheb – Rajan Roy

Best Screenplay

Paar – Goutam Ghose and Partho Mukherjee

Best Dialogue

Tawaif – Rahi Masoom Raza

Best Music Director

Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Ravindra Jain

• Meri Jung – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Saagar – R.D. Burman
• Sur Sangam – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Best Lyricist

Utsav – Vasant Dev for Mann Kyun Behka

• Meri Jung – Anand Bakshi for Zindagi Har Kadam
• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Hasrat Jaipuri for Sun Sahiba Sun
• Saagar – Javed Akhtar for Saagar Kinare
• Saaheb – Anjaan for Yaar Bina Chain Kahaan Re
• Tawaif – Hasan Kamal for Bohot Der Se

Best Playback Singer, Male

Saagar – Kishore Kumar for Saagar Kinare

• Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Shabbir Kumar for Tum Se Milkar Naa Jaane Kyun
• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Suresh Wadkar for Main Hi Main Hoon

Best Playback Singer, Female

Utsav – Anuradha Paudwal for Mere Mann Bajo Mridang

• Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Tum Se Milkar Naa Jaane Kyun
• Saaheb – S. Janaki for Yaar Bina Chain Kahaan Re

Best Art Direction

Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Suresh J. Sawant

Best Cinematography

Saagar – S. M Anwar

Best Editing

Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Raj Kapoor

Best Sound

Shiva Ka Insaaf – A RadhaSwami

Critics' awards

Best Film

Aaghat

Best Documentary

Bombay – Our City

Most Wins

• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – 5/10
• Saagar – 4/10
• Tawaif – 3/7
• Utsav – 2/4
• Meri Jung – 2/7

See also

• 32nd Filmfare Awards
• 34th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

References

• https://archive.org/details/FilmfareAwards
• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1986/