# 31st Filmfare Awards

The 31st Filmfare Awards were held in 1984, with the Indian New Wave Cinema at its peak.
Betaab and Masoom led the ceremony with 8 nominations each, followed by Arth with 7 nominations and Ardh Satya with 6 nominations.
Ardh Satya and Masoom, both notable films of the Parallel Cinema genre, won 5 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film, Best Director (for Govind Nihalani) and Best Supporting Actor (for Sadashiv Amrapurkar), and the latter winning Best Actor (for Naseeruddin Shah).
Shabana Azmi set an unmatched record, becoming the only performer to receive 4 nominations for an award in a single year, earning 4 nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Arth, Avtaar, Mandi and Masoom, winning the award for Arth.
Naseeruddin Shah received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Katha and Mandi, but lost to Sadashiv Amrapurkar who won the award for Ardh Satya.

## Main awards
### Best Film

Ardh Satya
* Arth
* Avtaar
* Betaab
* Masoom

### Best Director

Govind Nihalani – Ardh Satya
* Mahesh Bhatt – Arth
* Mohan Kumar – Avtaar
* Rahul Rawail – Betaab
* Shekhar Kapoor – Masoom

### Best Actor

Naseeruddin Shah – Masoom
* Kamal Haasan – Sadma
* Om Puri – Ardh Satya
* Rajesh Khanna – Avtaar
* Sunny Deol – Betaab

### Best Actress

Shabana Azmi – Arth
* Shabana Azmi – Avtaar
* Shabana Azmi – Mandi
* Shabana Azmi – Masoom
* Sridevi – Sadma

### Best Supporting Actor

Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Ardh Satya
* Amitabh Bachchan – Andha Kanoon
* Naseeruddin Shah – Katha
* Naseeruddin Shah – Mandi
* Raj Babbar – Agar Tum Na Hote

### Best Supporting Actress

Rohini Hattangadi – Arth
* Padmini Kolhapure – Souten
* Rekha – Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye
* Smita Patil – Arth
* Smita Patil – Mandi

### Best Comic Actor

Utpal Dutt – Rang Birangi
* Deven Verma – Rang Birangi
* Dharmendra – Naukar Biwi Ka
* Kader Khan – Himmatwala
* Shakti Kapoor – Mawaali

### Best Story

Ardh Satya – S.D. Panwalkar
* Arth – Mahesh Bhatt
* Avtaar – Mohan Kumar
* Betaab – Javed Akhtar
* Sadma – Balu Mahendra

### Best Screenplay

Ardh Satya – Vijay Tendulkar

### Best Dialogue

Arth – Mahesh Bhatt

### Best Music Director

Masoom – R.D. Burman
* Betaab – R.D. Burman
* Hero – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
* Razia Sultan – Khayyam
* Souten – Usha Khanna

### Best Lyricist

Masoom – Gulzar for Tujhse Naraaz Nahin
* Agar Tum Na Hote – Gulshan Bawra for Agar Tum Na Hote
* Betaab – Anand Bakshi for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge
* Souten – Saawan Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal
* Souten – Saawan Kumar for Zindagi Pyaar Ka Geet

### Best Playback Singer, Male

Agar Tum Na Hote – Kishore Kumar for Agar Tum Na Hote
* Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge
* Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Parbaton Se Aaj
* Ek Jaan Hain Hum – Shabbir Kumar for Yaad Teri Aayegi
* Souten – Kishore Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal

### Best Playback Singer, Female

Masoom – Aarti Mukherjee for Do Naina Ek Kahani
* Hero – Anuradha Paudwal for Tu Mera Hero Hai
* Laal Chunariya – Chandrani Mukherjee for Aaja Ke Teri Raahon Mein

### Best Art Direction

Razia Sultan

### Best Cinematography

Vijeta

### Best Sound

Vijeta

### Best Editing

Vijeta

## Critics' awards
### Best Film

Masoom

### Best Documentary

Veer Savarkar

## Most Wins

* Ardh Satya – 5/6
* Masoom – 5/8
* Vijeta – 3/3
* Arth – 3/7
* Betaab – 0/8