# 8th Filmfare Awards

The 8th Filmfare Awards were held in Bombay to honor the best films in Hindi cinema in 1961.
K. Asif's magnum opus Mughal-e-Azam led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by Chaudhvin Ka Chand with 6 nominations and Parakh with 5 nominations.
Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Mughal-e-Azam and Parakh won 3 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.
Mughal-e-Azam, considered one of the greatest and most successful films of Bollywood, was expected to steam-roll the competition, controversially went home with just 3 wins out of its 11 nominations, including Best Film, but missed out on Best Director (for K. Asif), Best Lyricist (for Shakeel Badayuni for "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya"), Best Playback Singer (for Lata Mangeshkar for "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya") and all 4 acting categories. Another glaring upset was Naushad's loss for Best Music Director for Mughal-e-Azam's epic soundtrack to Shankar–Jaikishan for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai.
Dilip Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Kohinoor and Mughal-e-Azam, winning for the former.
Madhubala received her first and only nomination for Best Actress for her performance as Anarkali in Mughal-e-Azam, which is considered to be amongst the greatest acting performances of Indian Cinema. However, she lost the award to Bina Rai who won the award for Ghunghat, her first and only win in the category.

## Main Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Mughal-e-Azam Masoom Parakh | Bimal Roy – Parakh K. Asif – Mughal-e-Azam Kishore Sahu – Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Dilip Kumar – Kohinoor as Prince Dhivendra Pratap Bahadur Chandrabhan Dev Anand – Kala Bazar as Raghuvir Raj Kapoor – Chhalia as Chhalia | Bina Rai – Ghunghat as Parvati / Jamuna Madhubala – Mughal-e-Azam as Anarkali Nutan – Chhalia as Shanti |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Motilal – Parakh as Haradhan / Sir Jagdish Chandra Roy Agha – Ghunghat as Agha Prithviraj Kapoor – Mughal-e-Azam as Emperor Akbar Rehman – Chaudhvin Ka Chand as Pyare Mohan / Nawab Sahib | Nanda – Aanchal as Nanda Durga Khote – Mughal-e-Azam as Maharani Jodha Bai Kumkum – Kohinoor as Rajlakshmi Lalita Pawar – Aanchal as Mother |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Shankar–Jaikishan – Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai Naushad – Mughal-e-Azam Ravi – Chaudhvin Ka Chand | Shakeel Badayuni – "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" from Chaudhvin Ka Chand Shailendra – "Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai" from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai Shakeel Badayuni – "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya" from Mughal-e-Azam |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Mohammed Rafi – "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" from Chaudhvin Ka Chand | Award won by a male singer Lata Mangeshkar – "Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai" from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai Lata Mangeshkar – "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" from Mughal-e-Azam |
| Best Story | Best Dialogue |
| Ruby Sen – Masoom Saghir Usmani – Chaudhvin Ka Chand Salil Chowdhury – Parakh | Aman, Kamal Amrohi, Wajahat Mirza, Ehsan Rizvi — Mughal-e-Azam |

## Technical Awards

| Best Editing | Best Cinematography |
| Moosa Mansoor — Kohinoor | R. D. Mathur — Mughal-e-Azam |
| Best Art Direction | Best Sound Design |
| Biren Nag — Chaudhvin Ka Chand | George D'Cruz — Parakh |

## Superlatives

The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations
| Movie | Awards | Nominations |
| Mughal-e-Azam | 3 | 11 |
| Chaudhvin Ka Chand | 3 | 6 |
| Parakh | 3 | 5 |
| Kohinoor | 2 | 3 |
| Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai | 1 | 3 |
| Aanchal | 1 | 2 |
| Ghunghat | 1 | 2 |
| Masoom | 1 | 2 |
| Chhalia | 0 | 2 |