53rd Filmfare Awards

53rd Filmfare Awards
Date	16 February 2008
Site	Yash Raj Studios
Hosted by	Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan
Official website	www.filmfare.com
Highlights
Best Film	Taare Zameen Par
Critics Award; for Best Film	Chak De India
Most awards	Chak De India (5)
Most nominations	Om Shanti Om,; Chak De India; and Guru (10)
Television coverage
Network	Sony Entertainment Television (India)

The 53rd Idea Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group and Idea Cellular, was one of India's most prestigious awards ceremony, honoring the best Bollywood films of 2007. It took place on 16 February 2008 at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai. Shahrukh Khan won Best Actor award for his role in Chak De India, and Kareena Kapoor won Best Actress award for her role in Jab We Met.

Awards and nominees

Main awards

Best Film	Best Director
Taare Zameen Par Chak De! India Guru Jab We Met Saawariya	Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par Anurag Basu – Life in a... Metro Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Saawariya Imtiaz Ali – Jab We Met Mani Ratnam – Guru Shimit Amin – Chak De India
Best Actor	Best Actress
Shah Rukh Khan – Chak De India Abhishek Bachchan – Guru Akshay Kumar – Namastey London Darsheel Safary – Taare Zameen Par Shahid Kapoor – Jab We Met Shah Rukh Khan – Om Shanti Om	Kareena Kapoor – Jab We Met Aishwarya Rai – Guru Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om Madhuri Dixit – Aaja Nachle Rani Mukerji – Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Vidya Balan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Irrfan Khan – Life In A... Metro Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par Anil Kapoor – Welcome Mithun Chakraborty – Guru Shreyas Talpade – Om Shanti Om	Konkona Sen Sharma – Life in a... Metro Konkona Sen Sharma – Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Rani Mukerji – Saawariya Shilpa Shukla – Chak De India Tisca Chopra – Taare Zameen Par
Best Male Debut	Best Female Debut
Ranbir Kapoor – Saawariya Himesh Reshammiya – Aap Ka Surroor Muzammil Ibrahim – Dhokha Neil Nitin Mukesh – Johnny Gaddaar Ruslaan Mumtaz – MP3: Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar	Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om Hansika Motwani – Aap Kaa Surroor Sonam Kapoor – Saawariya Urvashi Sharma – Naqaab Jiah Khan – Nishabd
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
A. R. Rahman – Guru Monty Sharma – Saawariya Pritam – Jab We Met Pritam – Life in a... Metro Vishal Shekhar – Om Shanti Om	Prasoon Joshi – "Maa" from Taare Zameen Par Gulzar – "Tere Bina" from Guru Javed Akhtar – "Main Agar Kahoon" from Om Shanti Om Sameer – "Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya Vishal Dadlani – "Ankhon Mein Teri" from Om Shanti Om
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Shaan – "Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya A.R. Rahman – "Tere Bina" from Guru KK – "Aankhon Mein Teri" from Om Shanti Om Sonu Nigam – "Main Agar Kahoon" from Om Shanti Om Sukhwinder Singh – "Chak De India" from Chak De India	Shreya Ghoshal – "Barso Re" from Guru Alisha Chinai – "It's Rocking" from Kya Love Story Hai Shreya Ghoshal – "Yeh Ishq Hai" from Jab We Met Sunidhi Chauhan – "Aaja Nachle" from Aaja Nachle Sunidhi Chauhan – "Sajanaji Vari Vari" from Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.

Critics' awards

Best Movie
Chak De India (Shimit Amin)
Best Performance
Male	Female
Darsheel Safary – Taare Zameen Par	Tabu – Cheeni Kum

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Amole Gupte – Taare Zameen Par Jaideep Sahni – Chak De India Mani Ratnam – Guru David N. Donihue, Rahul Dholakia – Parzania Vibha Singh – Dharm	Anurag Basu – Life In A... Metro Amole Gupte – Taare Zameen Par Jaideep Sahni – Chak De India David N. Donihue, Rahul Dholakia – Parzania Sriram Raghavan – Johnny Gaddaar
Best Dialogue	Best Editing
Imtiaz Ali – Jab We Met Amole Gupte – Taare Zameen Par Jaideep Sahni – Chak De India Mayur Puri – Om Shanti Om Sanjeev Dutta – Life in a... Metro	Amitabh Shukla – Chak De India
Best Choreography	Best Cinematography
Saroj Khan – Barso Re – Guru	Sudeep Chatterjee – Chak De India
Best Production Design	Best Sound Design
Samir Chanda – Guru	Leslie Fernandes – Johnny Gaddaar
Best Costume Design	Best Background Score
Sujata Sharma – Gandhi, My Father	A. R. Rahman – Guru
Best Special Effects	Best Action
Red Chillies VFX – Om Shanti Om	Rob Miller – Chak De India

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement
Rishi Kapoor
RD Burman Award
Monty Sharma

Maximum nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations.

10 nominations: Guru, Chak De! India and Om Shanti Om
9 nominations: Taare Zameen Par
8 nominations: Saawariya
7 nominations: Jab We Met
6 nominations: Life in a... Metro
2 nominations: Parzania and Aaja Nachle

The following films received multiple awards.

5 awards: Chak De India
4 awards: Taare Zameen Par & Guru
3 awards: Life in a... Metro and Saawariya
2 awards: Jab We Met and Om Shanti Om

Filmfare Awards
Category History of film
Merit awards	Best Film Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Best Performance in a Negative Role Best Performance in a Comic Role Male Debut Female Debut Debut Director Music Director Lyricist Male Playback Singer Female Playback Singer
Critics' awards	Best Film Best Actor Best Actress Documentary
Technical awards	Story Screenplay Dialogue Action Art Direction Background Score Cinematographer Editing Choreography Sound Design Special Effects Costume Design
Special awards	Lifetime Achievement RD Burman Award Special Award New Face of the Year Scene of the Year Power Award
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