56th Filmfare Awards


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. The date of the telecast is 6 February 2011.

Awards and nominees

Main awards

Best FilmBest Director

  • Karan Johar – My Name Is Khan
  • * Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg
  • * Maneesh Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat
  • * Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Guzaarish
  • * Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan
    • Best ActorBest 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 ActorBest 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 – ' as Hansa Praful Parekh
    • Best Male DebutBest Female Debut
  • Ranveer Singh – Band Baaja Baaraat as Bittoo Sharma
  • Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg as Rajjo
    • Best Music DirectorBest 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 – MaleBest 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

    Technical Awards

    Special awards

    Multiple wins

    The following films received multiple awards and nominations.
    MovieAwards
    Udaan7
    Dabangg4
    Do Dooni Chaar4
    Ishqiya3
    Love Sex aur Dhokha3
    My Name Is Khan3
    Tees Maar Khan2

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