| 53rd Filmfare Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16 February 2008 |
| Site | Yash Raj Studios |
| Hosted by | Shahrukh Khan Saif Ali Khan Vidya Balan Karan Johar |
| Official website | www |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Taare Zameen Par |
| Best Critic | Chak De! India |
| Most awards | Chak De! India, Guru & Taare Zameen Par (5) |
| Most nominations | Guru (14) |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Sony Entertainment Television (India) |
The 53rd Filmfare Awards organized by Filmfare, honored the best Bollywood films of 2007. It took place on 16 February 2008 at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai.
Guru led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by Chak De! India with 13 nominations, Om Shanti Om with 12 nominations and Taare Zameen Par with 11 nominations.
Chak De! India, Guru and Taare Zameen Par won 5 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the first winning Best Film (Critics) and Best Actor (for Shah Rukh Khan), the second winning Best Music Director (for A. R. Rahman), and the latter winning Best Film, Best Director (for Aamir Khan) and Best Actor (Critics) (for Darsheel Safary).
Shah Rukh Khan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Chak De! India and Om Shanti Om, winning his seventh award in the category.
Kareena Kapoor won her first and only Best Actress award for her performance in Jab We Met.
Konkona Sen Sharma received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and Life in a... Metro, winning for the latter.
The event was also notable as Madhuri Dixit received her 13th nomination for Best Actress for her role in Aaja Nachle, breaking the record held by Meena Kumari (with 12 nominations) for 35 years.[1]