# 52nd Filmfare Awards

The 52nd Fair One Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group and Fair One, was one of India's most prestigious awards ceremonies, honoring the best Bollywood films of 2006. It took place on 17 February 2007 at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai.
Rang De Basanti led the ceremony with 21 nominations, followed by Omkara with 17 nominations, and Lage Raho Munnabhai with 12 nominations.
Omkara won 9 awards, including Best Actress (Critics) (for Kareena Kapoor), Best Supporting Actress (for Konkona Sen Sharma) and Best Villain (for Saif Ali Khan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Both Hrithik Roshan and Shah Rukh Khan received dual nominations for Best Actor, with Roshan being nominated for Dhoom 2 and Krrish, and Khan being nominated for Don: The Chase Begins Again and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, with Roshan winning the category for Dhoom 2.

## Awards & Nominees
### Main Awards

The awards were announced on 8 February 2007.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Rang De Basanti – Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures Dhoom 2 – Yash Raj Films Don: The Chase Begins Again – Excel Entertainment Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna – Dharma Productions Krrish – Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd. Lage Raho Munnabhai – Vinod Chopra Films | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Rang De Basanti Karan Johar – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Rakesh Roshan – Krrish Rajkumar Hirani – Lage Raho Munnabhai Sanjay Gadhvi – Dhoom 2 Vishal Bhardwaj – Omkara |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Hrithik Roshan – Dhoom 2 as Aryan / Mr. A Aamir Khan – Rang De Basanti as Daljit 'DJ' / Chandrashekhar Azad Hrithik Roshan – Krrish as Krishna Mehra / Krrish / Rohit Mehra Sanjay Dutt – Lage Raho Munnabhai as Murli Prasad Sharma (Munna Bhai) Shah Rukh Khan – Don: The Chase Begins Again as Don / Vijay Shah Rukh Khan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Dev Saran | Kajol – Fanaa as Zooni Ali Baig Aishwarya Rai – Dhoom 2 as Sunehri Shinde Bipasha Basu – Corporate as Nishigandha Dasgupta Kareena Kapoor – Omkara as Dolly Mishra Rani Mukerji – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Maya Talwar |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Abhishek Bachchan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rishi Talwar Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Samarjit 'Sam' Talwar John Abraham – Baabul as Rajat Verma Kunal Kapoor – Rang De Basanti as Aslam / Ashfaqulla Khan Siddharth Narayan – Rang De Basanti as Karan R. Singhania / Bhagat Singh | Konkona Sen Sharma – Omkara as Indu Tyagi Kirron Kher – Rang De Basanti as Mitro Preity Zinta – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rhea Saran Rekha – Krrish as Sonia S. Mehra Soha Ali Khan – Rang De Basanti as Sonia / Durga Vohra |
| Best Male Debut | Best Female Debut |
| Not awarded | Kangana Ranaut – Gangster |
| Best Villain | Best Comedian |
| Saif Ali Khan – Omkara as Ishwar "Langda" Tyagi Boman Irani – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Lucky Singh Emraan Hashmi – Gangster as Akash John Abraham – Zinda as Rohit Chopra Naseeruddin Shah – Krrish as Dr. Siddhant Arya | Arshad Warsi – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Sarkeshwar (Circuit) Chunky Pandey – Apna Sapna Money Money Paresh Rawal – Phir Hera Pheri as Baburao Ganpatrao Apte Sharman Joshi – Golmaal as Laxman Tusshar Kapoor – Golmaal as Lucky Gill |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| A. R. Rahman – Rang De Basanti Himesh Reshammiya – Aksar Jatin-Lalit – Fanaa Pritam – Dhoom 2 Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Don: The Chase Begins Again | Prasoon Joshi – "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Gulzar – "Beedi" from Omkara Javed Akhtar – "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Javed Akhtar – "Mitwa" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Prasoon Joshi – "Roobaroo" from Rang De Basanti |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Shaan & Kailash Kher – "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Atif Aslam – "Tere Bin" from Bas Ek Pal Himesh Reshammiya – "Jhalak Dikhlaja" from Aksar Sonu Nigam – "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Zubeen Garg – "Ya Ali" from Gangster | Sunidhi Chauhan – "Beedi" from Omkara Alka Yagnik – "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Shreya Ghoshal – "Pal Pal Har Pal" from Lage Raho Munnabhai Sunidhi Chauhan – "Aashiqui Mein" from 36 China Town Sunidhi Chauhan – "Soniye" from Aksar |

### Critics' Awards

Best Film :
| Lage Raho Munna Bhai (Rajkumar Hirani) ||
| Best Performance ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Aamir Khan – Rang De Basanti | Kareena Kapoor – Omkara |

### Technical Awards

| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Rajkumar Hirani – Lage Raho Munnabhai Jaideep Sahni – Khosla Ka Ghosla Kamlesh Pandey – Rang De Basanti Kersi Khambatta – Being Cyrus Mahesh Bhatt – Gangster | Jaideep Sahni – Khosla Ka Ghosla Anurag Basu – Gangster Homi Adajania & Kersi Khambatta – Being Cyrus Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani – Lage Raho Munnabhai Rensil D'Silva & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Rang De Basanti |
| Best Dialogue | Best Editing |
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Rajkumar Hirani – Lage Raho Munnabhai Girish Dhamija – Gangster Neeraj Vora – Golmaal Niranjan Iyengar – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Prasoon Joshi – Rang De Basanti Vishal Bhardwaj – Omkara | P. S. Bharati – Rang De Basanti Akiv Ali – Gangster John Harris & Anand Subaya – Being Cyrus Meghna Manchanda – Omkara Rajkumar Hirani – Lage Raho Munnabhai |
| Best Choreography | Best Cinematography |
| Ganesh Acharya – "Beedi" from Omkara Farah Khan – "Humko Maloom Hai" from Jaan-E-Mann Farah Khan – "Rock 'N' Roll Soniye" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Ganesh Acharya – "Samjho Ho Hi Gaya" from Lage Raho Munna Bhai Ganesh Acharya – "Paathshala" from Rang De Basanti | Binod Pradhan – Rang De Basanti Anil Mehta – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Bobby Singh – Gangster Jahangir Choudhary – Being Cyrus Mohanan – Don: The Chase Begins Again Tassaduq Hussain – Omkara |
| Best Production Design | Best Sound Design |
| Samir Chanda – Omkara Aradhana Seth – Don: The Chase Begins Again Aparna Raina, Navin Kankre & Shekhar More – Being Cyrus Samir Chanda – Rang De Basanti Sharmishta Roy – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Shajith Koyeri, Subash Sahu & K.J. Singh – Omkara Akiv Ali – Gangster Andrew Bellety – Being Cyrus Jeetendra Choudhary, Baylon Fonsecai & Nakul Kamre – Krrish Nakul Kamre – Rang De Basanti |
| Best Costume Design | Best Background Score |
| Dolly Ahluwalia – Omkara Aki Narula – Don: The Chase Begins Again Anaita Shroff Adajania – Being Cyrus Lovleen Bains & Arjun Bhasin – Rang De Basanti M. P. Karthik & Komal Shahani – Dor | Salim–Sulaiman – Krrish A. R. Rahman – Rang De Basanti Julius Packiam – Kabul Express Salim–Sulaiman – Dhoom 2 Vishal Bhardwaj – Omkara |
| Best Special Effects | Best Action |
| EFX – Krrish Red Chillies VFX – Don: The Chase Begins Again Tata Elxsi – Dhoom 2 Prime Focus – Jaan-E-Mann Pankaj Khandpur – Rang De Basanti | Tony Ching & Siu-Tung – Krrish Allan Amin – Dhoom 2 Angelo Samn – Don: The Chase Begins Again Jai Singh – Omkara Parvez Kiran – Gangster |

### Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award :
| Javed Akhtar | Jaya Bachchan |
| R. D. Burman Award ||
| Naresh Iyer ||
| Special Performance Award ||
| Deepak Dobriyal – Omkara ||
| Power Award ||
| Yash Chopra | Aditya Chopra |

## Maximum Nominations & Wins

| Film | Awards | Nominations |
| Omkara | 9 | 17 |
| Rang De Basanti | 6 | 21 |
| Lage Raho Munnabhai | 4 | 12 |
| Krrish | 3 | 8 |
| Fanaa | 3 | 4 |
| Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | 1 | 18 |
| Dhoom 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Khosla Ka Ghosla | 1 | 2 |
| Gangster | 1 | 10 |
| Don: The Chase Begins Again | 0 | 9 |
| Being Cyrus | 0 | 7 |
| Golmaal | 0 | 3 |
| Aksar | 0 | 3 |
| Jaan-E-Mann | 0 | 2 |