6th Filmfare Awards

6th Filmfare Awards
Date	10 May 1959
Site	Bombay
Hosted by	J. C. Jain
Highlights
Best Film	Madhumati
Most awards	Madhumati (9)
Most nominations	Madhumati (11)

The 6th Filmfare Awards were held in 10 May 1959, at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema for the year 1958.[1] Madhumati became the biggest winner when it received Best Film of 1958 and Best Director, both for Bimal Roy.[2]

Dev Anand won his first Best Actor trophy for Kala Pani. Vyjayanthimala won her second Filmfare and first Best Actress trophy for Sadhna, the same year she was also nominated for Madhumati. She became the first female actor to be nominated for two performances in the same year. Madhumati has the highest nomination with eleven nominations and was a record winner where the film has won nine awards altogether.[3] Madhumati was followed by B. R. Chopra's Sadhna (1958 film)| with six nomination and two wins, incidentally both had Vyjayanthimala in the lead.

Main awards

Best Film	Best Director
Madhumati – Bimal Roy Productions – Bimal Roy Sadhna – B. R. Films – B. R. Chopra Talaaq – Anupam Chitra – Mahesh Kaul, Mukhram Sharma	Bimal Roy – Madhumati B. R. Chopra – Sadhna Mahesh Kaul – Talaaq
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dev Anand – Kala Pani as Karan Mehra Dilip Kumar – Madhumati as Anand/Deven Raj Kapoor – Phir Subha Hogi as Ram Babu	Vyjayanthimala – Sadhna as Champabai / Rajani Meena Kumari – Sahara as Leela Vyjayanthimala – Madhumati as Madhumati / Madhavi / Radha
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Johnny Walker – Madhumati as Charandas Rehman – Phir Subha Hogi as Rehman Sohrab Modi – Yahudi as Ezra	Nalini Jaywant – Kala Pani as Kishori Lalita Pawar – Parvarish as Rukmini Singh Leela Chitnis – Sadhna as Mother
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Salil Chowdhury – Madhumati O. P. Nayyar – Phagun Shankar Jaikishan – Yahudi	Shailendra – "Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hain" from Yahudi Sahir Ludhianvi – "Aurat Ne Janam Diya" from Sadhna Shailendra – "Meri Jaan" from Yahudi
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Award won by a female singer	Lata Mangeshkar – "Aaja Re Pardesi" from Madhumati

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Dialogue
1959 Mukhram Sharma – Sadhna Mukhram Sharma – Talaaq Ritwik Ghatak – Madhumati	Rajinder Singh Bedi – Madhumati
Best Editing	Best Cinematography
Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Madhumati	Dilip Gupta – Madhumati
Best Art Direction	Best Sound Design
Sudhendu Roy – Madhumati	Ishan Ghosh – Chandan

Multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple awards and nominations.

Movie	Awards	Nominations
Madhumati	9	12
Sadhna	2	6
Kala Pani	2	2
Yahudi	1	5
Chandan	1	1
Talaaq	0	3

References

The Times Group (10 May 1959). "1961 Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
"The Winners 1958". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
"The Nominations – 1958". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

External links

Winner and nomination of 6th Filmfare Awards at Internet Movie Database

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[1] The Times Group (10 May 1959). "1961 Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[2] "The Winners 1958". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[3] "The Nominations – 1958". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

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 Cinematography 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
Award ceremonies	1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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