The 65th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2019. The ceremony was held on 15 February 2020 in Guwahati and broadcast on Colors TV the following day. This was the first time in six decades that a Filmfare ceremony was held outside Mumbai. Karan Johar and Vicky Kaushal were hosts of the award ceremony.
A curtain raiser ceremony was held in Mumbai on 2 February 2020, which honoured the winners of technical and short film awards. In the same function, the nominations for popular awards were also announced. Actress Neha Dhupia was the host of this ceremony.
Gully Boy led the ceremony with 19 nominations, followed by Uri: The Surgical Strike with 13 nominations, and Article 15 and Sonchiriya with 11 nominations each.
Gully Boy won a record 13 awards, the most awards for a single film in a year, thus breaking the record set by Black (2005) with 11 wins at the 51st Filmfare Awards. Additionally, it also became the second film to win all four acting awards, having been achieved previously 21 years earlier by Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) at the 44th Filmfare Awards.
At age 92, Kamini Kaushal set a record for becoming the oldest nominee of an acting Filmfare Award, receiving a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in Kabir Singh. However, she lost the award to Amruta Subhash who won the award for Gully Boy.
The ceremony proved to be highly controversial, as fans called out Filmfare for snubbing highly acclaimed films like Chhichhore, Kesari and Uri: The Surgical Strike in favor of Gully Boy. Subsequently, when the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist went to the rap song "Apna Time Aayega" from Gully Boy instead of the patriotic song "Teri Mitti" from Kesari, lyricist Manoj Muntashir expressed his disappointment at the decision on Twitter, pledging not to attend future award ceremonies, and gained support from fans and other musicians alike.
Winners and nominees Source:
Popular awards Best FilmBest DirectorGully Boy – Tiger Baby Films, Excel Entertainment Chhichhore – Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Mission Mangal – Cape of Good Films, Hope Productions, Fox Star Studios, Aruna Bhatia, Anil Naidu Uri: The Surgical Strike – RSVP Movies War – Yash Raj FilmsZoya Akhtar – Gully Boy Aditya Dhar – Uri: The Surgical Strike Jagan Shakti – Mission Mangal Nitesh Tiwari – Chhichhore Siddharth Anand – WarBest Actor Best ActressRanveer Singh – Gully Boy as Murad Ahmed (Gully Boy) Akshay Kumar – Kesari as Havildar Ishar Singh Ayushmann Khurrana – Bala as Balmukund "Bala" Shukla Hrithik Roshan – Super 30 as Anand Kumar Shahid Kapoor – Kabir Singh as Kabir Singh Vicky Kaushal – Uri: The Surgical Strike as Major Vihaan Singh ShergillAlia Bhatt – Gully Boy as Safeena Firdausi Kangana Ranaut – Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi as Rani Lakshmibai Kareena Kapoor Khan – Good Newwz as Deepti "Deepu" Batra Priyanka Chopra Jonas – The Sky Is Pink as Aditi Chaudhary Rani Mukerji – Mardaani 2 as Shivani Shivaji Roy Vidya Balan – Mission Mangal as Tara Shinde Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressSiddhant Chaturvedi – Gully Boy as Shrikant Bhosle (MC Sher) Diljit Dosanjh – Good Newwz as Honey Batra Gulshan Devaiah – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota as Karate Mani / Jimmy Manoj Pahwa – Article 15 as Circle Officer Brahmadatt Singh Ranvir Shorey – Sonchiriya as Vakil Singh Vijay Varma – Gully Boy as MoeenAmruta Subhash – Gully Boy as Razia Ahmed Amrita Singh – Badla as Rani Kaur Kamini Kaushal – Kabir Singh as Sadhna Kaur (Dadi) Madhuri Dixit – Kalank as Bahaar Begum Seema Pahwa – Bala as Anara (Mausi) Zaira Wasim – The Sky Is Pink as Aisha Chaudhary Debut Awards Best Male Debut Best Female DebutBest Debut DirectorAbhimanyu Dassani – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota as Surya Sampat Meezaan Jaffrey – Malaal as Shiva More Siddhant Chaturvedi – Gully Boy as Shrikant Bhosle (MC Sher) Vardhan Puri – Yeh Saali Aashiqui as Sahil Mehra Vishal Jethwa – Mardaani 2 as Shiv "Sunny" Prasad Yadav Zaheer Iqbal – Notebook as Kabir KaulAnanya Panday – Student of the Year 2 as Shreya Randhawa and Pati Patni Aur Woh as Tapasya Singh Pranutan Bahl – Notebook as Firdaus Quadri Saiee Manjrekar – Dabangg 3 as Khushi Sharmin Sehgal – Malaal as Astha Tripathi Shivaleeka Oberoi – Yeh Saali Aashiqui as Mitee Deora Tara Sutaria – Student of the Year 2 as Mridula "Mia" ChawlaAditya Dhar – Uri: The Surgical Strike Gopi Puthran – Mardaani 2 Jagan Shakti – Mission Mangal Raaj Shaandilyaa – Dream Girl Raj Mehta – Good Newwz Tushar Hiranandani – Saand Ki Aankh Writing AwardsBest StoryBest ScreenplayBest DialogueAnubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki – Article 15 Abhishek Chaubey, Sudip Sharma – Sonchiriya Jagan Shakti – Mission Mangal Nitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta and Nikhil Mehrotra – Chhichhore Vasan Bala – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti – Gully BoyZoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti – Gully Boy Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki – Article 15 Balwinder Singh Janjua – Saand Ki Aankh Jagan Shakti, R Balki, Dharma, Nidhi Singh, Saket Kodiparthi – Mission Mangal Manish Gupta, Ajay Bahl – Section 375 Sudip Sharma – SonchiriyaVijay Maurya – Gully Boy Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki – Article 15 Niren Bhatt – Bala Nitesh Tiwari, Nikhil Mehrotra, Piyush Gupta – Chhichhore Sanjeev Datta – Super 30 Sudip Sharma – Sonchiriya Music AwardsBest Music DirectorBest Lyricist Amaal Malik, Mithoon, Vishal Mishra, Sachet–Parampara, Akhil Sachdeva – Kabir Singh Zoya Akhtar, Ankur Tewari – Gully Boy Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Tanishk Bagchi, Jasbir Jassi, Chirantan Bhatt, Gurmoh, Jasleen Royal – Kesari Pritam – Kalank Vishal–Shekhar – Bharat Divine, Ankur Tewari – "Apna Time Aayega" – Gully Boy Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Kalank" – Kalank Irshad Kamil – "Bekhayali" – Kabir Singh Manoj Muntashir – "Teri Mitti" – Kesari Mithoon – "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" – Kabir Singh Tanishk Bagchi – "Ve Maahi" – KesariBest Playback Singer – MaleBest Playback Singer – FemaleArijit Singh – "Kalank" – Kalank Arijit Singh – "Ve Maahi" – Kesari B Praak – "Teri Mitti" – Kesari Nakash Aziz – "Slow Motion" – Bharat Sachet Tandon – "Bekhayali" – Kabir SinghShilpa Rao – "Ghungroo" – War Neha Bhasin – "Chashni" – Bharat Parampara Thakur – "Mere Sohneya" – Kabir Singh Shreya Ghoshal – "Ye Aaina" – Kabir Singh Shreya Ghoshal, Vaishali Mhade – "Ghar More Pardesiya" – Kalank Sona Mohapatra, Jyotica Tangri – "Baby Gold" – Saand Ki Aankh
Critics' awards
Best Film (Best Director)Article 15 – Anubhav Sinha Sonchiriya – Abhishek Chaubey Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota – Vasant Bala Photograph – Ritesh Batra The Sky Is Pink – Shonali BoseBest ActorBest ActressAyushmann Khurrana – Article 15 as IPS Ayan Ranjan Akshaye Khanna – Section 375 as Tarun Saluja Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Photograph as Rafiullah "Rafi" Rajkummar Rao – Judgementall Hai Kya as KeshavBhumi Pednekar – Saand Ki Aankh as Chandro Tomar Taapsee Pannu – Saand Ki Aankh as Prakashi Tomar Bhumi Pednekar – Sonchiriya as Indumati Tomar Kangana Ranaut – Judgementall Hai Kya as Bobby Radhika Madan – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota as Supriya 'Supri' Sanya Malhotra – Photograph as Miloni Shah
Special awards Excellence in Indian Cinema Award Govinda 30 Years of Outstanding Contribution to Bollywood FashionManish MalhotraFilmfare Lifetime Achievement AwardRamesh SippyFilmfare R. D. Burman AwardSashwat Sachdev
Technical awards Nominations for the Technical awards were announced on 31 January 2020 and the winners were subsequently awarded on 2 February 2020. Best EditingBest Production Design Shivkumar V Panicker – Uri: The Surgical Strike Yasha Ramchandani – Article 15 Monisha R Baldawa – Badla Charu Shree Roy – Chhichhore Nitin Baid – Gully Boy Suzanne Caplan Merwanji – Gully Boy Nikhil Kovale – Article 15 Ravi Shrivastav – Judgementall Hai Kya Subrata Chakraborty, Amit Ray – Kesari Rita Ghosh – Sonchiriya Aditya Kanwar – Uri: The Surgical StrikeBest ChoreographyBest Cinematography Remo D'Souza – "Ghar More Pardesiya" – Kalank Ganesh Acharya – "Basanti No Dance" – Super 30 Bosco–Caesar – "Jai Jai Shiv Shankar" – War Bosco–Caesar and Tushar Kalia – "Ghungroo" – War Saroj Khan and Remo D'Souza – "Tabaah Ho Gaye" – Kalank Jay Oza – Gully Boy Ewan Mulligan – Article 15 Pankaj Kumar – Judgementall Hai Kya Jay I. Patel – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Anuj Rakesh Dhawan – Sonchiriya Mitesh Mirchandani – Uri: The Surgical StrikeBest Sound DesignBest Background Score Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjan Samal – Uri: The Surgical Strike Kaamod L Kharade – Article 15 Anirban Sengupta – Badla Ayush Ahuja – Gully Boy Pritam Das – Saand Ki Aankh Kunal Sharma – Sonchiriya Karsh Kale and The Salvage Audio Collective – Gully Boy Mangesh Dhakde – Article 15 Clinton Cerejo – Badla Daniel B George – Judgementall Hai Kya Karan Kulkarni – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Shashwat Sachdev – Uri: The Surgical StrikeBest Costume DesignBest ActionBest Special Effects Divya Gambhir, Nidhi Gambhir – Sonchiriya Arjun Bhasin and Poornamrita Singh – Gully Boy Sheetal Sharma – Judgementall Hai Kya Maxima Basu – Laal Kaptaan Neeta Lulla – Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi Niharika Bhasin – Photograph Paul Jennings, Oh Sea Young, Parvez Shaikh and Franz Spilhaus – War Andy Long Stunt Team (UK), Allan Amin, Dr. K Ravi Varma – Commando 3 Parvez Shaikh and Lawrence Woodward – Kesari Eric Jacobus, Anand Shetty – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Abbas Ali Moghul – Panipat Anton Moon & Sunil Rodrigues – Sonchiriya Stefan Richter – Uri: The Surgical Strike Sherry Bharda And Vishal Anand For YFX – War AGPPL VFX – Panipat Lavan Prakashan, Kushan Prakashan (Digital Turbo Media) – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota YRF Studio – Uri: The Surgical Strike
Short Film awards Winners for the short film awards were announced on 2 February 2020.
Best Short Film Fiction Non-fictionPeople's Choice Shazia Iqbal – Bebaak Ananth Narayan Mahadevan – Village of a Lesser God DeshiBest Actor – Male (Short Film)Best Actor – Female (Short Film) Rajesh Sharma – Tindey Sarah Hashmi – Bebaak
Controversy Gully Boy attracted controversy over its 13 wins at the 65th Filmfare Awards. Several Twitter users and fans were extremely disappointed and made calls to boycott the awards, with #BoycottFilmfare trending on the micro-blogging site. While many thought that the film was a deserving winner, others were unhappy and even termed the awards as "snub fare", calling it a move to "justify sending it as a nomination for the Oscars". Subsequently, when the Best Lyricist went to the rap song "Apna Time Aayega" instead of the patriotic song "Teri Mitti" from the 2019 war film Kesari, lyricist Manoj Muntashir tweeted his disappointment at the decision, pledging not to attend future award ceremonies, and gained support from fans and other musicians alike.
Superlatives +Multiple nominations Nominations Film 19 Gully Boy 13 Uri: The Surgical Strike11Article 15Sonchiriya 9Kabir SinghMard Ko Dard Nahi Hota7Kalank Kesari War6Judgementall Hai KyaMission Mangal Saand Ki Aankh 5Chhichhore4BadlaPhotograph3BharatBalaGood Newwz Mardaani 2Super 30 The Sky Is Pink2Manikarnika: The Queen of JhansiYeh Saali AashiquiPanipatStudent of the Year 2
+Multiple wins Awards Film 13 Gully Boy 3 Article 15 Uri: The Surgical Strike War 2 Kalank Sonchiriya
See also Filmfare Awards List of Bollywood films of 2019
References
External links Filmfare Official Website Filmfare Awards 2020