Gully Boy, Devdas, Black: Films that won maximum Filmfare Awards - Throwback

The night is upon us when Bollywood gears to celebrate its achievements at the most prestigious award ceremony in the country, the Filmfare Awards. The awards that first began in 1954, will be hosting its 68th ceremony tonight. The Hyundai 68th Filmfare Awards 2023 will be held today in Mumbai. With the event just around the corner, we look back at films that managed to sweep the Filmfare Awards in their respective years. This a list of those classics which won the maximum number of FIlmfare trophies.




Gully Boy: 13 awards

This is a coming of age story featuring an aspiring street rapper Murad who rises from the streets of Dharavi. It was inspired by the lives of superstar rappers Naezy and DIVINE. This Zoya Akhtar directorial featured Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Amruta Subhash and Vijay Varma and it was produced by Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. It’s close to life portrayal of reality and earthy performances by the entire cast along with great music made sure the film was a darling of not only the audience but also the jury members.




List of Filmfare Awards won:

Best Film: Gully Boy




Best Director - Zoya Akhtar




Best Actor - Ranveer Singh




Best Actress - Alia Bhatt




Best Screenplay - Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti




Best Dialogue - Vijay Maurya




Best Supporting Actor - Siddhant Chaturvedi




Best Supporting Actress - Amruta Subhash




Best Music Director - Ankur Tiwari and Zoya Akhtar




Best Lyricist - Ankur Tiwari and Divine




Best Art Direction - Suzanne Caplan Merwanji




Best Cinematography - Jay Oza


Best Background Score - Karsh Kale & The Salvage Audio Collective




Black: 11 awards

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black tells the story of a deaf and blind woman Michelle and her equation with her teacher Debraj who later develops Alzheimer’s disease. From Amitabh Bachchan to Rani Mukerji to Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the film is masterclass on acting, direction, screenplay, camerwork etc. In fact Amitabh Bachchan didn't charge a single penny for the film as he felt just working with Bhansali was enough for him.




List of Filmfare Awards won:



Best Film - Black




Best Director - Sanjay Leela Bhansali




Best Actor - Amitabh Bachchan




Best Actress - Rani Mukerji




Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Female) - Ayesha Kapoor




Best Film (Critics) - Black




Best Actor (Critics) - Amitabh Bachchan




Best Actress (Critics) - Rani Mukerji




Best Cinematography - Ravi K. Chandran




Best Editing - Bela Segal




Best Background Score - Monty Sharma






Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: 10 Awards

Has there been a love story better or beyond DDLJ in the last 30 years? The film is still running in the theaters and has a loyal fanbase who still make it a point and view the film on the big screen. DDLJ changed the path of everyone involved, Shah Rukh Khan became the King of romance and Kajol went on to become the heartbeat of the nation and director Aditya Chopra and his father Yash Chopra went to establish Yash Raj Films as one of the biggest studios in the country in the next decade. This movie opened the NRI audiences for Hindi cinema. Till date DDLJ is the template for how a romantic Hindi film hero should behave and how rooted Indian values define Indian cinema.




List of Filmfare Awards won:




Best Film - Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Yash Chopra)




Best Director - Aditya Chopra




Best Actor - Shah Rukh Khan




Best Actress - Kajol




Best Actress In A Supporting Role - Farida Jalal




Best Playback Singer (Male) - Udit Narayan (Mehndi lagake rakhna)




Best Lyricist - Anand Bakshi (Tujhe dekha)




Best Dialogue - Aditya Chopra and Javed Siddiqui




Best Actor In A Comic Role - Anupam Kher




Best Screenplay - Aditya Chopra




Devdas: 10 Awards

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas was probably the most extravagant depiction of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhayay’s book by the same name. Bhansali gave the film colour, glamour, performance and music. The film had very high expectations and it delivered at the box office, it was also premiered at the Cannes Film Festival with Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Shah Rukh at one point also revealed that he would on purpose get drunk on the sets to get into the character of Devdas.




List of Filmfare Awards won:



Best Film - Devdas (Bharat Shah)




Best Director - Sanjay Leela Bhansali




Best Actor - Shah Rukh Khan




Best Actress - Aishwarya Rai




Best Actress In A Supporting Role - Madhuri Dixit




Best Cinematographer - Binod Pradhan




Best Art Director - Nitin Desai




Best Playback Singer (Female) - Kavita Krishnamurthy & Shreya Ghoshal (Dola re)




Best Choreographer - Saroj Khan (Dola re)




R D Burman Award - Shreya Ghoshal (Devdas)






Madhumati: 9 awards

Madhumati was the most successful film at Filmfare for nearly 36 years till DDLJ came and got 10 awards. The film starred Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala in lead roles and was directed by Bimal Roy. This paranormal romance film captured the imagination of the audience when it was released back in 1958. In fact the music of the film was the best-selling album of the year with the song Suhana Safar Aur Yeh Mausam Haseen still considered a hit.




List of Filmfare Awards won:


Best Film - Madhumati (Bimal Roy)




Best Director - Bimal Roy




Best Actor In A Supporting Role - Johnny Walker




Best Music Director - Salil Choudhary




Best Cinematographer - Dilip Gupta




Best Editor - Hrishikesh Mukherjee




Best Art Director - Sudhendu Roy




Best Playback Singer (Male/Female) - Lata Mangeshkar (Aaja re pardesi)




Best Dialogue - Rajinder Singh Bedi