List of Filmfare Award records

This list of Filmfare Award records is current as of the 70th Filmfare Awards ceremony, held on 11 October 2025, which honored the best films of 2024.

Film records

• Most awards won by a single film:

• Most nominations received by a single film:

Individual records

• Most awards won by a male:

• Most awards won by a female:

Directing records

• Most awards for Best Director:

• Director with most Best Film wins:
• Sanjay Leela Bhansali — 5

• Director with most Best Film Critics' wins:
• Mani Kaul — 4

Acting records

• Most awards for Best Actor:

• Most awards for Best Actress:

• Most awards for Best Actor (Critics):

• Most awards for Best Actress (Critics):

• Most awards for Best Supporting Actor:

• Most awards for Best Supporting Actress:

• Most awards for Best Comedian:

(Discontinued since 2007)

• Most awards for Best Villain:

(Discontinued since 2007)

Music records

• Most awards for Best Music Director:

• Most awards for Best Lyricist:

• Most awards for Best Male Playback Singer:

• Most awards for Best Female Playback Singer:

• Most awards for Best Background Score:

Technical records

• Most awards for Best Screenplay:
• Salim–Javed, Basu Chatterjee and Rajkumar Hirani – 3 awards each

• Most awards for Best Dialogue:
• Gulzar and Rajkumar Hirani – 4 awards each

• Most awards for Best Story:
• Mukhram Sharma – 3 awards

• Most awards for Best Editing:
• A. Sreekar Prasad – 4 awards

• Most awards for Best Cinematography:
• Kamal Bose – 5 awards

• Most awards for Best Choreography:
• Saroj Khan – 8 awards

• Most awards for Best Costume Design:
• Dolly Ahluwalia – 3 awards

• Most awards for Best Sound Design:
• Bishwadeep Chatterjee – 4 awards

• Most awards for Best Special Effects:
• Red Chillies VFX – 5 awards

• Most awards for Best Action:
• Sham Kaushal – 5 awards

• Most awards for Best Art Direction:
• M. R. Acharekar, Sudhendu Roy, Shanti Das, Ajit Banerjee, Sharmishta Roy, Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray – 3 awards each

Age-related records

• Youngest Best Director winners:
• Aditya Chopra, age 24 (Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, 1996)
• Kunal Kohli, age 25 (Hum Tum, 2005)
• Karan Johar, age 26 (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, 1999)

• Oldest Best Director winners:
• Vidhu Vinod Chopra, age 71 (12th Fail, 2024)
• Raj Kapoor, age 62 (Ram Teri Ganga Maili, 1987)
• Sanjay Leela Bhansali, age 60 (Gangubai Kathiawadi, 2023)

• Youngest winners of an acting award:
• Darsheel Safary, age 10 (Best Actor Critics', Taare Zameen Par, 2008)
• Ayesha Kapur, age 11 (Best Supporting Actress, Black, 2006)

• Oldest winner of an acting award:
• Farrukh Jaffar, age 88 (Best Supporting Actress, Gulabo Sitabo, 2021)

• Youngest nominees of an acting award:
• Darsheel Safary, age 10 (Best Actor & Best Actor Critics', Taare Zameen Par, 2008)
• Ayesha Kapur, age 11 (Best Supporting Actress, Black, 2006)

• Oldest nominee of an acting award:
• Kamini Kaushal, age 92 (Best Supporting Actress, Kabir Singh, 2020)

• Youngest winner of an music award:
• Nazia Hassan, age 15 (Best Female Playback Singer, "Aap Jaisa Koi" from Qurbani, 1981)

• Oldest winner of an music award:
• Gulzar, age 86 (Best Lyricist, "Chhapaak" from Chhapaak, 2021)

Artists with all nominations within one category in a year

• Artists with all nominations in a single category in a year:

Most consecutive wins in a single category

• Kumar Sanu (1991–1995) and Arijit Singh (2016–2020) jointly hold the record for winning the Best Male Playback Singer award 5 consecutive times each.
• Asha Bhosle holds the record for winning the Best Female Playback Singer award 4 consecutive times from 1972–1975.
• Laxmikant–Pyarelal (1978–1981) and A. R. Rahman (2007–2010) jointly hold the record for winning the Best Music Director award 4 consecutive times each.
• Bimal Roy holds the record for winning the Best Director award 3 consecutive times on two separate occasions from 1954–1956 and again from 1959–1961.
• Dilip Kumar holds the record for winning the Best Actor award 3 consecutive times from 1956–1958.
• Alia Bhatt holds the record for winning the Best Actress award 3 consecutive times from 2023–2025.

See also

• Filmfare Awards

References