# 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.
My Name Is Khan led the ceremony with 10 nominations, followed by Dabangg and Udaan with 9 nominations each.
Udaan won 7 awards, including Best Film (Critics) (for Vikramaditya Motwane) and Best Supporting Actor (for Ronit Roy), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Both Shah Rukh Khan (with his eighth Best Actor win) and Kajol (with her fifth Best Actress win), matched the records previously set by Dilip Kumar and Nutan (also, Kajol's aunt) in their respective categories. They both won the award for Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan, who also won Best Director.
Sisters Ratna Pathak Shah and Supriya Pathak were nominated for Best Supporting Actress for their performances in Golmaal 3 and Khichdi: The Movie respectively, but both lost to Kareena Kapoor who won the award for We Are Family.

## Awards and nominees
### Main awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Dabangg – Arbaaz Khan Band Baaja Baaraat – Yash Chopra, Aditya Chopra My Name Is Khan – Hiroo Johar, Gauri Khan Peepli Live – Aamir Khan Udaan – Ronnie Screwvala, Anurag Kashyap, Sanjay Singh | Karan Johar – My Name Is Khan Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg Maneesh Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Guzaarish Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan Milan Luthria – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai |
| Best Actor | Best 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 Khan Aishwarya Rai – Guzaarish as Sofia D'Souza Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat as Shruti Kakkar/Shruti Bittoo Sharma Kareena Kapoor – Golmaal 3 as Daboo Vidya Balan – Ishqiya as Krishna Verma |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best 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 – Khichdi: The Movie as Hansa Praful Parekh |
| Best Male Debut | Best Female Debut |
| Ranveer Singh – Band Baaja Baaraat as Bittoo Sharma | Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg as Rajjo |
| Best Music Director | Best 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 – "Noor-e-Khuda" from My Name Is Khan Niranjan Iyengar – "Sajda" from My Name Is Khan Vishal Dadlani – "Bin Tere" from I Hate Luv Storys |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best 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

Best Movie (Best Director) :
| Udaan (Vikramaditya Motwane) ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Rishi Kapoor – Do Dooni Chaar as Santosh Duggal | Vidya Balan – Ishqiya as Krishna Verma |

### Technical awards

| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan | Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan |
| Best Dialogue | Best Editing |
| Habib Faisal – Do Dooni Chaar | Namrata Rao – Love Sex aur Dhokha |
| Best Choreography | Best Cinematography |
| Farah Khan – "Sheila Ki Jawani" from Tees Maar Khan | Mahendra Shetty – Udaan |
| Best Production Design | Best Sound Design |
| Mukund Gupta – Do Dooni Chaar | Kunal Sharma – Udaan (tie) Pritam Das – Love Sex aur Dhokha |
| Best Costume Design | Best Background Score |
| Varsha and Shilpa – Do Dooni Chaar | Amit Trivedi – Udaan |
| Best Special Effects | Best Action |
| | Vijayan Master – Dabangg |

### Special awards

* Lifetime Achievement
* Manna Dey
* RD Burman Award
* Sneha Khanwalkar for Love Sex aur Dhokha
* Best Scene
* Golmaal 3
* Special Award
* Amitabh Bachchan – for completing 40 years in the Indian film industry.
* Madhuri Dixit – for completing 25 years in the Indian film industry.

## Multiple wins

The following films received multiple awards and nominations.
| Movie | Awards |
| Udaan | 7 |
| Dabangg | 6 |
| Do Dooni Chaar | 4 |
| Ishqiya | 3 |
| Love Sex aur Dhokha | 3 |
| My Name Is Khan | 3 |
| Tees Maar Khan | 2 |
| Band Baaja Baaraat | 2 |

## Partners

* Idea Cellular – Title Sponsor
* PC Jeweller – Associate Sponsor
* Sony Entertainment Television – Telecast Partner
* Whyte and Mackay from United Spirits – Beverage Partner
* Bright Outdoor Media – Outdoor partner
* Big Cinemas – Multiplex Partner