56th Filmfare Awards

56th Filmfare Awards
	56th Filmfare Awards
Date	29 January 2011
Site	Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai
Hosted by	Imran Khan and Ranbir Kapoor
Official website	www.filmfare.com
Highlights
Best Film	Dabangg
Critics Award; for Best Film	Udaan
Most awards	Udaan (7)
Most nominations	My Name Is Khan (10)
Television coverage
Network	Sony Entertainment Television (India)

The 56th Filmfare Awards were held on 29 January 2011 at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai, honouring the best in film for the year 2010. The nominations were announced on 13 January. The date of the function was unusual because generally the awards are hosted on the last Saturday of February.[1] The date of the telecast is 6 February 2011.

Awards and nominees

Main awards

Karan Johar — Best Director winner for My Name Is Khan

Shah Rukh Khan — Best Actor winner for My Name Is Khan

Kajol — Best Actress winner for My Name Is Khan

Vikramaditya Motwane — Best Director Critics winner for Udaan

Rishi Kapoor — Best Actor Critics winner for Do Dooni Char

Vidya Balan — Best Actress Critics winner for Ishqiya

Ronit Roy — Best Supporting Actor winner for Udaan

Kareena Kapoor — Best Supporting Actress winner for We Are Family

Manna Dey — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Best Film	Best Director
Dabangg – Arbaaz Khan Band Baaja Baaraat – Yash Chopra, Aditya Chopra My Name Is Khan – Hiroo Johar, Gauri Khan Peepli Live – Aamir Khan Udaan – Ronnie Screwvala, Anurag Kashyap, Sanjay Singh	Karan Johar – My Name Is Khan Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg Maneesh Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Guzaarish Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan
Best Actor	Best Actress
Shah Rukh Khan – My Name Is Khan as Rizwan Khan Ajay Devgn – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Sultan Mirza Hrithik Roshan – Guzaarish as Ethan Mascarenhas Ranbir Kapoor – Raajneeti as Samar Pratap Singh Salman Khan – Dabangg as Inspector Chulbul Pandey	Kajol – My Name Is Khan as Mandira Rathore/Mandira Rizwan Khan Aishwarya Rai – Guzaarish as Sofia D'Souza Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat as Shruti Kakkar/Sharma Kareena Kapoor – Golmaal 3 as Daboo Vidya Balan – Ishqiya as Krishna Verma
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Ronit Roy – Udaan as Bhairav Singh Arjun Rampal – Raajneeti as Prithviraj Pratap Singh Arshad Warsi – Ishqiya as Razzak Hussain/Babban Emraan Hashmi – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Shoaib Khan Manoj Bajpai – Raajneeti as Veerendra Pratap Singh Nana Patekar – Raajneeti as Brijgopal Pratap Singh	Kareena Kapoor – We Are Family as Shreya Arora Amrita Puri – Aisha as Shefali Thakur Prachi Desai – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Mumtaz Ratna Pathak – Golmaal 3 as Geeta/Guddi Supriya Pathak – Khichdi: The Movie as Hansa Praful Parekh
Best Male Debut	Best Female Debut
Ranveer Singh – Band Baaja Baaraat as Bittoo Sharma	Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg as Rajjo
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Sajid-Wajid and Lalit Pandit – Dabangg Pritam – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – My Name Is Khan Vishal-Shekhar – Anjaana Anjaani Vishal-Shekhar – I Hate Luv Storys Vishal Bhardwaj – Ishqiya	Gulzar – "Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji" from Ishqiya Faiz Anwar – "Tere Mast Mast Do Nain" from Dabangg Niranjan Iyengar – "Sajda" from My Name Is Khan Niranjan Iyengar – "Noor-e-Khuda" from My Name Is Khan Vishal Dadlani – "Bin Tere" from I Hate Luv Storys
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji" from Ishqiya Adnan Sami and Shankar Mahadevan – "Noor-e-Khuda" from My Name Is Khan Mohit Chauhan – "Pee Loon" from Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Sajda" from My Name Is Khan Shafqat Amanat Ali – "Bin Tere" from I Hate Luv Storys	Mamta Sharma – "Munni Badnaam Hui" from Dabangg Sunidhi Chauhan – "Sheila Ki Jawani" from Tees Maar Khan Shreya Ghoshal – "Bahara" from I Hate Luv Storys Shreya Ghoshal – "Noor-e-Khuda" from My Name Is Khan Sunidhi Chauhan – "Udi" from Guzaarish

Critics' awards

Best Movie (Best Director)
Udaan (Vikramaditya Motwane)
Best Actor	Best Actress
Rishi Kapoor – Do Dooni Chaar as Santosh Duggal	Vidya Balan – Ishqiya as Krishna Verma

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan	Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan
Best Dialogue	Best Editing
Habib Faisal – Do Dooni Chaar	Namrata Rao – Love Sex aur Dhokha
Best Choreography	Best Cinematography
Farah Khan – "Sheila Ki Jawani" from Tees Maar Khan	Mahendra Shetty – Udaan
Best Production Design	Best Sound Design
Mukund Gupta – Do Dooni Chaar	Kunal Sharma – Udaan (tie) Pritam Das – Love Sex aur Dhokha
Best Costume Design	Best Background Score
Varsha and Shilpa – Do Dooni Chaar	Amit Trivedi – Udaan
Best Special Effects	Best Action
	Vijayan Master – Dabangg

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement
Manna Dey
RD Burman Award
Sneha Khanwalkar for Love Sex aur Dhokha
Best Scene
Golmaal 3
Special Award
Amitabh Bachchan – for completing 40 years in the Indian film industry.
Madhuri Dixit – for completing 25 years in the Indian film industry.

Multiple wins

The following films received multiple awards and nominations.

Movie	Awards
Udaan	7
Dabangg	4
Do Dooni Chaar	4
Ishqiya	3
Love Sex aur Dhokha	3
My Name Is Khan	3
Tees Maar Khan	2

Partners

Idea Cellular - Title Sponsor
PC Jeweller - Associate Sponsor
Sony Entertainment Television - Telecast Partner
Whyte and Mackay from United Spirits - Beverage Partner
Bright Outdoor Media - Outdoor partner
Big Cinemas - Multiplex Partner

References

"Filmfare awards a month ahead of schedule". The Times of India. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.

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[1] "Filmfare awards a month ahead of schedule". The Times of India. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.

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