23rd Filmfare Awards

The 23rd Filmfare Awards were held on March 30, 1976.^[1] Ramesh Sippy's Sholay, Bollywood's most famous film, went home with just one win out of several nominations. Yash Chopra's Deewaar was the big winner on the night, winning Best Picture and Best Director, among several other awards. Shashi Kapoor won his sole acting Filmfare award, as Best Supporting Actor in Deewaar.

Main awards

Best Film

Deewaar

• Aandhi
• Amanush
• Sanyasi
• Sholay

Best Director

Yash Chopra – Deewaar

• Gulzar – Aandhi
• Ramesh Sippy – Sholay
• Shakti Samanta – Amanush
• Sohanlal Kanwar – Sanyasi

Best Actor

Sanjeev Kumar – Aandhi

• Amitabh Bachchan – Deewaar
• Manoj Kumar – Sanyasi
• Sanjeev Kumar – Sholay
• Uttam Kumar – Amanush

Best Actress

Lakshmi – Julie

• Hema Malini – Khushboo
• Hema Malini – Sanyasi
• Jaya Bachchan – Mili
• Suchitra Sen – Aandhi

Best Supporting Actor

Shashi Kapoor – Deewaar

• Amjad Khan – Sholay
• Pran – Do Jhoot
• Pran – Majboor
• Utpal Dutt – Amanush

Best Supporting Actress

Nadira – Julie

• Aruna Irani – Do Jhoot
• Farida Jalal – Majboor
• Nirupa Roy – Deewaar
• Prema Narayan – Amanush

Best Comic Actor

Deven Verma – Chori Mera Kaam

• Asrani – Rafoo Chakkar
• Asrani – Sholay
• Keshto Mukherjee – Kala Sona
• Mehmood – Qaid

Best Story

Deewaar – Salim-Javed

• Aandhi – Kamleshwar
• Amanush – Shakti Prada Rajguru
• Nishant – Vijay Tendulkar
• Sholay – Salim-Javed

Best Screenplay

Deewaar – Salim-Javed

Best Dialogue

Deewaar – Salim-Javed

Best Music

Julie – Rajesh Roshan

• Dulhan – Laxmikant-Pyarelal
• Khel Khel Mein – R.D. Burman
• Sanyasi – Shankar Jaikishan
• Sholay – R.D. Burman

Best Lyrics

Amanush – Indeevar for Dil Aisa Kisi

• Aandhi – Gulzar for Tere Bina Zindagi Se
• Dulhan – Anand Bakshi for Chitti Zaroor Aayegi
• Sanyasi – Visveshwara Sharma for Chal Sanyasi
• Sholay – Anand Bakshi for Mehbooba Mehbooba

Best Playback Singer, Male

Amanush – Kishore Kumar for Dil Aisa Kisi

• Faraar – Kishore Kumar for Main Pyaasa Tu Saawan
• Khushboo – Kishore Kumar for O Majhi Re
• Sanyasi – Manna Dey for Kya Mar Sakegi
• Sholay – R.D. Burman for Mehbooba Mehbooba

Best Playback Singer, Female

Julie – Preeti Sagar for My Heart Is Beating

• Amanush – Asha Bhosle for Kal Ke Apne
• Jai Santoshi Maa – Usha Mangeshkar for Main To Aarti
• Khel Khel Mein – Asha Bhosle for Sapna Mera Toot Gaya
• Sankalp – Sulakshna Pandit for Tu Hi Sagar Hai

Best Art Direction

Do Jhoot

Best Cinematography

Dharmatma

Best Editing

Sholay

Best Sound

Deewaar

Critics' awards

Best Film

Aandhi

Best Documentary

Sarojini Naidu

Biggest Winners

• Deewaar – 7/9
• Julie – 4/4
• Amanush – 2/9
• Sholay - 1/9

References

1. http://www.timescontent.com/tss/showcase/preview-buy/6671/Times-Exclusive/Lakshmi-Gulshan-Rai-K-T-Desai-K-K-V.html

http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1976/

See also

• 25th Filmfare Awards
• 24th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards