The ‘Filmfare Movie Awards’ is the most-prestigious annually organized function at Mumbai for recognizing and honoring the best new and old talents in the Indian film industry. This award ceremony was first organized in 1953 and used to be known as The Clares after Filmfare critic, Clare Mendionca. It’s a much coveted affair for the Indian film fraternity because receiving an award directly translates into further plum projects and skyrocketing of one’s career. Who is to be awarded is decided jointly by an expert panel and public voting.
During the initial days, there used to be just five award categories in the Filmfare Movie Awards Ceremony - for the best film, the best director, the best actor, the best actress and the best music director. In the present times, the Filmfare Award category has risen to as high as 31 to give recognition to others contributing in film-making. The said figure also comprises two Lifetime Achievement Awards. There is, however, a separate category for film-critics awards determined by famous film-critics rather than votes of the general public.
Filmfare Awards 2008
Here is the list of candidates voted to be most worthy of receiving the Filmfare awards for important 19 categories.
Here is the list of candidates voted to be most worthy of receiving the Filmfare awards for important 19 categories.
- Best Film (Winner: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par)
- Best Director (Winner: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par)
- Best Actor (Winner: Shah Rukh Khan for Chak De India)
- Best Actress(Winner: Kareena Kapoor for Jab We Met)
- Best Choreography (Winner: Saroj Khan for Barso Re (Guru))
- Best Actor Critics Award (Winner: Darsheel Safary for Taare Zameen Par)
- Best Debuting (Male) (Winner: Ranbir Kapoor for Saawariya)
- Best Debuting (Female) (Winner: Deepika for Om Shanti Om)
- Best Supporting Male (Winner: Irrfan Khan for Life in a Metro)
10. Best Supporting Female (Winner: Konkana Sen Sharma for Life in a Metro)
11. Best Music Direction (Winner: A. R. Rehman for Guru)
- Best Dialogue (Winner: Imitiaz Ali for Jab We Met)
- Best Screenplay (Winner: Anurag Basu for Life in A Metro)
- Best Lyricist (Winner: Prasoon Joshi for 'Maa' from Taare Zameen Par )
- Best Playback Singer (Male) (Winner: Shaan for 'Jabse Tere Naina' from Saawariya)
- Best Playback Singer (Female) (Winner: Shreya Ghoshal for ' Barso Re ' from Guru.)
- Best Cinematography (Winner: Sudip Chatterjee Chak De India)
- Life Time Achievement Award (Winner: Rishi Kapoor)
- Best Costume Design ( Winner: Sujata Sharma for Gandhi My Father.)
