| Filmfare Award | |
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| Current: 69th Filmfare Awards | |
 The Black Lady statuette | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in the Hindi |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First awarded | March 21, 1954 |
| Last awarded | 28 January 2024 |
| Website | www |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Sony Entertainment Television (2000–17) Colors TV (2018–2023) Zee TV (2024–present) |
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The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India (not all Indian Cinema).[1] The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India.[2] The awards were introduced by Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards.[3] They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonça, the editor of The Times of India and modelled after the Academy Awards.
A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by the Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts. The ceremony has been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions. During several years in the 1990s, a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued due to unknown reasons.
Since 2001, a recorded and edited version of the awards ceremony was televised on SET a week or two after the ceremony has been held. Since 2018, the ceremony has been televised on Colors. Until 2023, the function was held in Mumbai except for year 2020 when the 65th Filmfare Awards event was held on 16 February 2020 at Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati.[4] Until the mid-1990s, Filmfare Awards were the preeminent and most-recognised awards in Bollywood until several other awards sprouted up in Mumbai. This has resulted in poor viewership since the 2000s.[1][2][3][5]
In addition to the flagship event, Filmfare also has variants for other Indian film industries, such as Filmfare Awards South for South Indian cinema; Filmfare Marathi Awards for Marathi cinema;[6] Filmfare Awards Bangla for Bengali cinema, Assamese cinema, and Odia cinema; Filmfare Awards Punjabi for Punjabi cinema; Filmfare OTT Awards for over-the-top films, Filmfare Short Film Awards for short films; and Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards.
- ^ a b AlMishra, Vijay, Bollywood Cinema: A Critical Genealogy (PDF), Victoria University of Wellington, p. 9, archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2012, retrieved 24 February 2011
- ^ a b Mehta, Monika (2005), "Globalizing Bombay Cinema: Reproducing the Indian State and Family", Cultural Dynamics, 17 (2): 135–154 [145], doi:10.1177/0921374005058583, S2CID 143950404
- ^ a b Boltin, Kylie (Autumn 2003), "Saathiya: South Asian Cinema Otherwise Known as 'Bollywood'", Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine (136): 52–5, ISSN 0312-2654
- ^ "Stage set for 65th Filmfare night in Guwahati". in.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Filmfare Awards have lost their gleam over the years". Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
The Filmfare is equivalent to the Oscars for India.
- ^ "Filmfare Marathi: Nominations are out". The Times of India. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2019.