The 4th Filmfare Awards were held on 5 May 1957, in Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi cinema for the year 1956.
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje led the ceremony with 4 nominations, followed by Devdas with 3 nominations, and C.I.D., Seema and Shree 420 with 2 nominations each.
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje won 4 awards, including Best Film and Best Director (for V. Shantaram), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
While most of the nominated films were released in 1956, the films which won most of the main awards were 1955 releases. Devdas, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje, Seema and Shree 420 were 1955 films, but were not considered for the 3rd Filmfare Awards.
For the first time in the history of Filmfare Awards did a winner refuse to accept their award – Vyjayanthimala, who won Best Supporting Actress for Devdas, declined her award as she thought that her role was not supporting and was equally important as that film's other female lead, Suchitra Sen.
Nutan won her first of five Best Actress awards for her performance in Seema.
Main awards
Best FilmBest Director Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje – Rajkamal Kala Mandir – V. Shantaram| valign="top" | V. Shantaram – Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje Best Actor Best ActressDilip Kumar – Devdas as Devdas Mukherjee Raj Kapoor – Jagte Raho as PeasantNutan – Seema as Gauri Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Motilal – Devdas as Chunni Babu Johnny Walker – C.I.D. as Master Vyjayanthimala – Devdas as ChandramukhiBest Music DirectorBest Story Shankar–Jaikishan – Chori Chori O. P. Nayyar – C.I.D. Amiya Chakravarty – Seema
Technical awards
Best EditingBest CinematographyG. G. Mayekar – Shree 420Radhu Karmakar – Shree 420Best Art DirectionBest Sound DesignKanu Desai – Jhanak Jhanak Payal BaajeA. K. Parmar – Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Superlatives The following films had multiple wins and/or multiple nominations Movie Awards NominationsJhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje44Devdas33Seema22Shree 420C.I.D.0
See also 11th Filmfare Awards 9th Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards
References
External links Winners and nominations of 4th Filmfare Awards at Internet Movie Database