Bollywood’s answer to the Oscar’s, the Filmfare Awards which just concluded entered its 61st edition. Established in the year 1954, the awards are considered as one of the most prestigious, recognized and oldest film awards in the Hindi film industry. The awards are presented to artists and technicians belonging to various categories which include the popular awards, technical awards and critic’s awards, for their outstanding talent. Over the years, the Filmfare Awards has managed to provide some known and unknown feats to its winners of which some have been pleasant and some unpleasant. Let’s look into ten such first’s which make the coveted award so special even after 62 years.
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Dilip Kumar – First Actor To Win The ‘Best Actor’ Trophy
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Meena Kumari - First Actress To Win The ‘Best Actress’ Trophy
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Bimal Roy – First Producer / Director To Win The ‘Best Film & Director’ Trophy
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Naushad Ali – First Music Director To Win The ‘Best Music’ Trophy
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Vyjayanthimala – First Actress To Reject The ‘Best Supporting Actress’ Trophy
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Raaj Kumar – First Actor To Reject The ‘Best Supporting Actor’ Trophy
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Nazia Hassan – First Foreigner To Win The ‘Best Female Playback Singer’ Trophy
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Laxmikant - Pyarelal – First Music Duo Pair To Receive 25 Nominations
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Kumar Sanu – First Singer To Win Five ‘Best Male Playback Singer’ Trophies In A Row
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Black – First Film To Bag The Maximum Filmfare Awards
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