Filmfare Revelations - Part 2

1. Dilip Kumar was the first actor to be honored with 'Filmfare Award For Best Actor', for his performance in ‘Daag’.

2. In 1962 Shammi Kapoor was expecting an award for his performance in Professor but was quite disappointed when he lost it to Ashok Kumar who won it for Rakhee. Shammi Kapoor subsequently received a letter from Ashok Kumar where Dadamuni stated that he knew how one felt to not win an award and added that he felt Kapoor deserved the award. Dadamuni's generous and magnanimous thoughts brought back a smile on Shammi Kapoor's face.


3. In 1968, Sunil Dutt lost the best actor’s statuette (for Milan) to Dilip Kumar who won it for Ram aur Shyam. Later Sunil organized a party for Dilip Kumar soon after the awards function, starting the trend of post-award parties.


4. In 1957, Vyajayantimala didn't accept the award for Devdas in the Best Supporting Actress category because she thought she was the lead actress of the film and not Suchitra Sen.


5. In 1973, Also Pran refused to accept the award in the Best Supporting Actor category for the film Beimaan but his reason was different. He thought that the background score of Pakeezah was much better than the background score of Beimaan. But Shankar-Jaikishen won the award for Beimaan.


6. In the 1981 Filmfare Awards, Kishore Kumar was supposed to sing only 2 songs for the event. But he was so involved in the performance that he sang continuously for almost one hour. Accompanying him on the stage was his brother Ashok Kumar and son Amit Kumar. And later Kishore Kumar instead of singing his award winning song crooned Mohammed Rafi's song.


7. The Doordarshan had an objection with Amitabh Bachchan's performance on the "Jumma Chumma" number on the Filmfare Awards event as the movie Hum had not yet been released by then and the song remained uncensored. The channel threatened to sue Filmfare for this but the matter subsequently dissolved.


8. Vani Ganpathi and Kamal Haasan got married on the day of the 25th Filmfare Awards; they attended the award nite with their garlands still around their necks. That year Vinod Mehra also postponed his honeymoon with wife Meena Broaca to attend the function. Both marriages did not survive.


9. In 1991 Dimple Kapadia gave a special award to husband Rajesh Khanna for completing 26 years in the film industry. In the same year Gulzar gave an award to his ex-wife Rakhee in the Best Supporting Actress category for Ram Lakhan. And while handing over the trophy Gulzar in a very mischievous fashion said to Rakhee "Aji Sunti Ho..."


10. As the Filmfare award function of 1991 came to an end, the entire crowd ran towards Amitabh Bachchan as he stood up near the pool. One of the planks cracked, and Amitabh Bachchan had to do a filmy style rescue operation to save Rakhee from falling.

11. Aamir Khan had actually attended Filmfare Awards during his early days. But then, he felt short-changed when he didn't receive an award for Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar in 1992; the award had gone to Anil Kapoor for Beta.

When Shahrukh Khan arrived on the scene, he won the best actor award for Baazigar(1993) and Aamir Khan's performance in Hum Hain Rahee Pyaar Ke(1933) didn't win him an award. The toughest competition between Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan was in 1995 when Shahrukh Khan was loved by the nation for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and Aamir Khan's loveable tapori act in Rangeela was praised to the skies. But that time too, Aamir Khan lost to Shahrukh Khan as DDLJ won him the Best Actor Award.

After that Aamir Khan decided it was enough and stopped attending Filmfare Awards and other popular movie awards. Though he says, he has nothing against SRK, Aamir is not happy with the way awards are organized and the winner chosen in these functions. When asked about the selection procedure and authenticity of Indian Film awards, Aamir Khan says, “The fact is that I have no objections to film awards per se. I just feel that if I don't value a particular film award, then I won’t go attending it either. Apart from the national award, I don't see any other award ceremony that I should give value to. My personal experience about these award ceremonies is that I don't trust them. I have no faith in them so I would prefer to stay away.”


12. The 53rd Filmfare Award 2007 was a Taare Zameen Par spectacle with child actor Darsheel zafary bagging the Critics Award for best actor for his portrayal of Ishan Awasthi, an 8 year old battling Dyslexia. He broke the 52 year old tradition of the Filmfare Awards and has become the first child actor to be nominated in the Best Actor category along with biggies like Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Shahid Kapoor.

13. Kamal Hasan got 18 filmfare awards in various categories.