36th Filmfare Awards

The 36th Filmfare Awards for Hindi cinema were held in 1991.

Dil and Ghayal led the ceremony with 8 nominations each, followed by Aashiqui with 7 nominations, and Agneepath and Pratibandh with 5 nominations each.

Ghayal won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Rajkumar Santoshi) and Best Actor (for Sunny Deol), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Madhuri Dixit won her first of four awards for Best Actress for her performance in Dil, the only win for the film.

Out of 7 nominations, Aashiqui won 4 awards ruling over all the Music Award categories.

Main awards

Best Film

Ghayal

• Agneepath
• Dil
• Pratibandh

Best Director

Rajkumar Santoshi – Ghayal

• Mahesh Bhatt – Aashiqui
• Mukul Anand – Agneepath
• Ravi Raja – Pratibandh

Best Actor

Sunny Deol – Ghayal

• Aamir Khan – Dil
• Amitabh Bachchan – Agneepath
• Chiranjeevi – Pratibandh

Best Actress

Madhuri Dixit – Dil

• Hema Malini – Rihaee
• Juhi Chawla – Pratibandh
• Meenakshi Sheshadri – Jurm

Best Supporting Actor

Mithun Chakraborty – Agneepath

• Anupam Kher – Dil
• Om Puri – Ghayal
• Rami Reddy – Pratibandh

Best Supporting Actress

Rohini Hattangadi – Agneepath

• Radhika – Aaj Ka Arjun
• Reema Lagoo – Aashiqui
• Sangeeta Bijlani – Jurm

Best Comic Actor

Kader Khan – Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri

Lux New Face of the Year

Pooja Bhatt – Daddy

Best Story

Ghayal – Rajkumar Santoshi

Best Screenplay

Kamla Ki Maut – Basu Chatterjee

Best Dialogue

Daddy – Suraj Sanim

Best Music Director

Aashiqui – Nadeem Shravan

• Aaj Ka Arjun – Bappi Lahiri
• – Anand–Milind
• Dil – Anand–Milind

Best Lyricist

Aashiqui – Sameer for Nazar Ke Saamne

• Aashiqui – Rani Malik for Dheere Dheere
• Dil – Sameer for Mujhe Neend Na Aaye

Best Playback Singer, Male

Aashiqui – Kumar Sanu for Ab Tere Bin

• – Amit Kumar for Kaisa Lagta Hai
• Dil – Suresh Wadkar for O Priya

Best Playback Singer, Female

Aashiqui – Anuradha Paudwal for Nazar Ke Saamne

• – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Chandni Raat
• Dil – Anuradha Paudwal for Mujhe Neend Na Aaye

Best Art Direction

Ghayal

Best Choreography

Sailaab – Saroj Khan for Hum Ko Aaj

Best Cinematography

Ghayal

Best Editing

Ghayal

Best Sound

E. Rudra – Azaad Desh Ke Ghulam

Lifetime Achievement Award

Amitabh Bachchan

Critics' awards

Best Film

Kasba

Outstanding Performance in a Non-commercial Film

Anupam Kher – Daddy

Special Jury Mention

Aadhi Haqeeqat, Aadha Fasana – Dilip Ghosh

Best Documentary

Amjad Ali Khan

Most wins

• Ghayal – 7/8
• Aashiqui – 4/7
• Agneepath – 2/5
• Daddy – 2/2
• Dil – 1/8

See also

• 38th Filmfare Awards
• 37th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

External links

• http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1991/