# 66th Filmfare Awards

The 66th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2020.
Ludo led the ceremony with 16 nominations each, followed by Thappad with 15 nominations, and Gulabo Sitabo and Tanhaji with 13 nominations each.
Thappad won 7 awards, including Best Film and Best Actress (for Taapsee Pannu), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Pankaj Tripathi received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl and Ludo, but lost to Saif Ali Khan who the award for Tanhaji.
At age 88, Farrukh Jaffar set a record for becoming the oldest winner of an acting Filmfare Award, winning Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Gulabo Sitabo.
The ceremony was also noted as being the only to have two actors being nominated posthumously for the same award, with Irrfan Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput receiving Best Actor nominations for Angrezi Medium and Dil Bechara respectively, with Khan winning the award, thus becoming the only actor to win the Filmfare Best Actor award posthumously.

## Winners and nominees

On 27 March 2021, winners were announced. Below is the list of winners:

### Popular awards

| Best Film | Best Film | Best Film | Best Director | Best Director | Best Director |
| Thappad – T–Series, Benaras Media Works Gulabo Sitabo – Ronnie Lahiri, Sheel Kumar, Amazon Prime Video Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl – Dharma Productions, Zee Studios, Netflix Ludo – T-Series, Anurag Basu, Netflix Tanhaji – Ajay Devgn FFilms, T-Series | Thappad – T–Series, Benaras Media Works Gulabo Sitabo – Ronnie Lahiri, Sheel Kumar, Amazon Prime Video Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl – Dharma Productions, Zee Studios, Netflix Ludo – T-Series, Anurag Basu, Netflix Tanhaji – Ajay Devgn FFilms, T-Series | Thappad – T–Series, Benaras Media Works Gulabo Sitabo – Ronnie Lahiri, Sheel Kumar, Amazon Prime Video Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl – Dharma Productions, Zee Studios, Netflix Ludo – T-Series, Anurag Basu, Netflix Tanhaji – Ajay Devgn FFilms, T-Series | Om Raut – Tanhaji Anubhav Sinha – Thappad Anurag Basu – Ludo Sharan Sharma – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Shoojit Sircar – Gulabo Sitabo | Om Raut – Tanhaji Anubhav Sinha – Thappad Anurag Basu – Ludo Sharan Sharma – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Shoojit Sircar – Gulabo Sitabo | Om Raut – Tanhaji Anubhav Sinha – Thappad Anurag Basu – Ludo Sharan Sharma – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Shoojit Sircar – Gulabo Sitabo |
| Best Actor | Best Actor | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Actress | Best Actress |
| Irrfan Khan – Angrezi Medium as Champak Ghasiteram Bansal Ajay Devgn – Tanhaji as Tanaji Malusare Amitabh Bachchan – Gulabo Sitabo as Chunnan "Mirza" Nawab Ayushmann Khurrana – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Kartik Singh Rajkummar Rao – Ludo as Alok "Alu" Kumar Gupta Sushant Singh Rajput – Dil Bechara as Immanuel "Manny" Rajkumar Junior | Irrfan Khan – Angrezi Medium as Champak Ghasiteram Bansal Ajay Devgn – Tanhaji as Tanaji Malusare Amitabh Bachchan – Gulabo Sitabo as Chunnan "Mirza" Nawab Ayushmann Khurrana – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Kartik Singh Rajkummar Rao – Ludo as Alok "Alu" Kumar Gupta Sushant Singh Rajput – Dil Bechara as Immanuel "Manny" Rajkumar Junior | Irrfan Khan – Angrezi Medium as Champak Ghasiteram Bansal Ajay Devgn – Tanhaji as Tanaji Malusare Amitabh Bachchan – Gulabo Sitabo as Chunnan "Mirza" Nawab Ayushmann Khurrana – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Kartik Singh Rajkummar Rao – Ludo as Alok "Alu" Kumar Gupta Sushant Singh Rajput – Dil Bechara as Immanuel "Manny" Rajkumar Junior | Taapsee Pannu – Thappad as Amrita Sabharwal Deepika Padukone – Chhapaak as Malti Janhvi Kapoor – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl as Gunjan Saxena Kangana Ranaut – Panga as Jaya Nigam Vidya Balan – Shakuntala Devi as Shakuntala Devi | Taapsee Pannu – Thappad as Amrita Sabharwal Deepika Padukone – Chhapaak as Malti Janhvi Kapoor – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl as Gunjan Saxena Kangana Ranaut – Panga as Jaya Nigam Vidya Balan – Shakuntala Devi as Shakuntala Devi | Taapsee Pannu – Thappad as Amrita Sabharwal Deepika Padukone – Chhapaak as Malti Janhvi Kapoor – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl as Gunjan Saxena Kangana Ranaut – Panga as Jaya Nigam Vidya Balan – Shakuntala Devi as Shakuntala Devi |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actress |
| Saif Ali Khan – Tanhaji as Udaybhan Singh Rathore Deepak Dobriyal – Angrezi Medium as Gopi Ghasiteram Bansal Gajraj Rao – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Shankar Tripathi Kumud Mishra – Thappad as Sachin Sandhu Pankaj Tripathi – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl as Arup Saxena Pankaj Tripathi – Ludo as Rahul Satyendra "Sattu" Tripathi | Saif Ali Khan – Tanhaji as Udaybhan Singh Rathore Deepak Dobriyal – Angrezi Medium as Gopi Ghasiteram Bansal Gajraj Rao – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Shankar Tripathi Kumud Mishra – Thappad as Sachin Sandhu Pankaj Tripathi – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl as Arup Saxena Pankaj Tripathi – Ludo as Rahul Satyendra "Sattu" Tripathi | Saif Ali Khan – Tanhaji as Udaybhan Singh Rathore Deepak Dobriyal – Angrezi Medium as Gopi Ghasiteram Bansal Gajraj Rao – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Shankar Tripathi Kumud Mishra – Thappad as Sachin Sandhu Pankaj Tripathi – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl as Arup Saxena Pankaj Tripathi – Ludo as Rahul Satyendra "Sattu" Tripathi | Farrukh Jaffar – Gulabo Sitabo as Fatima Begum Maanvi Gagroo – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Rajni "Goggle" Tripathi Neena Gupta – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Sunaina Tripathi Richa Chadda – Panga as Meenal "Meenu" Singh Tanvi Azmi – Thappad as Sulakshana Sabharwal | Farrukh Jaffar – Gulabo Sitabo as Fatima Begum Maanvi Gagroo – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Rajni "Goggle" Tripathi Neena Gupta – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Sunaina Tripathi Richa Chadda – Panga as Meenal "Meenu" Singh Tanvi Azmi – Thappad as Sulakshana Sabharwal | Farrukh Jaffar – Gulabo Sitabo as Fatima Begum Maanvi Gagroo – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Rajni "Goggle" Tripathi Neena Gupta – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan as Sunaina Tripathi Richa Chadda – Panga as Meenal "Meenu" Singh Tanvi Azmi – Thappad as Sulakshana Sabharwal |
| Debut Awards ||||||
| Best Male Debut | Best Male Debut | Best Female Debut | Best Female Debut | Best Debut Director | Best Debut Director |
| Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Alaya F – Jawaani Jaaneman as Tia Singh Sadia Khateeb – Shikara | Alaya F – Jawaani Jaaneman as Tia Singh Sadia Khateeb – Shikara | Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase | Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase |
| Writing Awards ||||||
| Best Story | Best Story | Best Screenplay | Best Screenplay | Best Dialogue | Best Dialogue |
| Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul – Thappad Hardik Mehta – Kaamyaab Juhi Chaturvedi – Gulabo Sitabo Kapil Sawant and Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase Rohena Gera – Sir Shubham – Eeb Allay Ooo! | Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul – Thappad Hardik Mehta – Kaamyaab Juhi Chaturvedi – Gulabo Sitabo Kapil Sawant and Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase Rohena Gera – Sir Shubham – Eeb Allay Ooo! | Rohena Gera – Sir Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul – Thappad Anurag Basu – Ludo Kapil Sawant and Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase Prakash Kapadia and Om Raut – Tanhaji | Rohena Gera – Sir Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul – Thappad Anurag Basu – Ludo Kapil Sawant and Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase Prakash Kapadia and Om Raut – Tanhaji | Juhi Chaturvedi – Gulabo Sitabo Bhavesh Mandalia, Gaurav Shukla, Vinay Chhawal and Sara Bodinar – Angrezi Medium Kapil Sawant – Lootcase Prakash Kapadia – Tanhaji Samrat Chakraborty – Ludo | Juhi Chaturvedi – Gulabo Sitabo Bhavesh Mandalia, Gaurav Shukla, Vinay Chhawal and Sara Bodinar – Angrezi Medium Kapil Sawant – Lootcase Prakash Kapadia – Tanhaji Samrat Chakraborty – Ludo |
| Music Awards ||||||
| Best Music Director | Best Music Director | Best Music Director | Best Lyricist | Best Lyricist | Best Lyricist |
| Pritam – Ludo A. R. Rahman – Dil Bechara Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Ved Sharma, The Fusion Project, Adnan Dhool and Rabi Ahmed – Malang Pritam – Love Aaj Kal Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Chhapaak | Pritam – Ludo A. R. Rahman – Dil Bechara Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Ved Sharma, The Fusion Project, Adnan Dhool and Rabi Ahmed – Malang Pritam – Love Aaj Kal Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Chhapaak | Pritam – Ludo A. R. Rahman – Dil Bechara Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Ved Sharma, The Fusion Project, Adnan Dhool and Rabi Ahmed – Malang Pritam – Love Aaj Kal Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Chhapaak | Gulzar – "Chhapaak" – Chhapaak Irshad Kamil – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Irshad Kamil – "Shayad" – Love Aaj Kal Sayeed Quadri – "Humdum Hardum" – Ludo Shakeel Azmi – "Ek Tukda Dhoop" – Thappad Vayu – "Mere Liye Tum Kaafi Ho" – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | Gulzar – "Chhapaak" – Chhapaak Irshad Kamil – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Irshad Kamil – "Shayad" – Love Aaj Kal Sayeed Quadri – "Humdum Hardum" – Ludo Shakeel Azmi – "Ek Tukda Dhoop" – Thappad Vayu – "Mere Liye Tum Kaafi Ho" – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | Gulzar – "Chhapaak" – Chhapaak Irshad Kamil – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Irshad Kamil – "Shayad" – Love Aaj Kal Sayeed Quadri – "Humdum Hardum" – Ludo Shakeel Azmi – "Ek Tukda Dhoop" – Thappad Vayu – "Mere Liye Tum Kaafi Ho" – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female | Best Playback Singer – Female | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Raghav Chaitanya – "Ek Tukda Dhoop" – Thappad Arijit Singh – "Shayad" – Love Aaj Kal Arijit Singh – "Aabaad Barbaad" – Ludo Ayushmann Khurrana – "Mere Liye Tum" – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Darshan Raval – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Ved Sharma – "Malang" – Malang | Raghav Chaitanya – "Ek Tukda Dhoop" – Thappad Arijit Singh – "Shayad" – Love Aaj Kal Arijit Singh – "Aabaad Barbaad" – Ludo Ayushmann Khurrana – "Mere Liye Tum" – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Darshan Raval – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Ved Sharma – "Malang" – Malang | Raghav Chaitanya – "Ek Tukda Dhoop" – Thappad Arijit Singh – "Shayad" – Love Aaj Kal Arijit Singh – "Aabaad Barbaad" – Ludo Ayushmann Khurrana – "Mere Liye Tum" – Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Darshan Raval – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Ved Sharma – "Malang" – Malang | Asees Kaur – "Hui Malang" – Malang Antara Mitra – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Palak Muchhal – "Mann Ki Dori" – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Shraddha Mishra – "Mar Jayein Hum" – Shikara Sunidhi Chauhan – "Paas Nahi To Fail" – Shakuntala Devi | Asees Kaur – "Hui Malang" – Malang Antara Mitra – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Palak Muchhal – "Mann Ki Dori" – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Shraddha Mishra – "Mar Jayein Hum" – Shikara Sunidhi Chauhan – "Paas Nahi To Fail" – Shakuntala Devi | Asees Kaur – "Hui Malang" – Malang Antara Mitra – "Mehrama" – Love Aaj Kal Palak Muchhal – "Mann Ki Dori" – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Shraddha Mishra – "Mar Jayein Hum" – Shikara Sunidhi Chauhan – "Paas Nahi To Fail" – Shakuntala Devi |

### Critics' awards

Best Film (Best Director) :
| Prateek Vats – Eeb Allay Ooo! Anubhav Sinha – Thappad Hardik Mehta – Kaamyaab Rajesh Krishnan – Lootcase Rohena Gera – Sir Shoojit Sircar – Gulabo Sitabo ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Amitabh Bachchan – Gulabo Sitabo as Chunnan "Mirza" Nawab Irrfan Khan – Angrezi Medium as Champak Ghasiteram Bansal Rajkumar Rao – Ludo as Alok "Alu" Kumar Gupta Sanjay Mishra – Kaamyaab as Sudheer Shardul Bhardwaj – Eeb Allay Ooo! as Anjani Prasad | Tillotama Shome – Sir as Ratna Bhumi Pednekar – Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare as Kajal "Kitty" Yadav Konkona Sen Sharma – Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare as Radha "Dolly" Yadav Sanya Malhotra – Ludo as Shruti Choksi Taapsee Pannu – Thappad as Amrita Sabharwal Vidya Balan – Shakuntala Devi as Shakuntala Devi |

### Special awards

Filmfare Special Award :
* Not Awarded |
* Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
* Irrfan Khan
* Filmfare R. D. Burman Award
* Not Awarded

### Technical awards

Nominations for the Technical awards were announced on the same day.
| Best Editing | Best Production Design | Best Choreography |
| Yasha Ramchandani – Thappad Ajay Sharma – Ludo Anand Subaya – Lootcase Chandrashekhar Prajapati – Gulabo Sitabo Jacques Comets, Baptiste Ribrault – Sir | Mansi Mehta – Gulabo Sitabo Aditya Kanwar – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Anurag Basu – Ludo Sandeep Meher – Panga Sriram Kannan Iyengar, Sujeet Sawant – Tanhaji | Farah Khan – "Dil Bechara" – Dil Bechara Ganesh Acharya – "Bhankas" – Baaghi 3 Ganesh Acharya – "Shankara Re Shankara" – Tanhaji Kruti Mahesh, Rahul Shetty – "Illegal Weapon" – Street Dancer 3D Kruti Mahesh, Rahul Shetty – "Nachi Nachi" – Street Dancer 3D |
| Best Cinematography | Best Sound Design | Best Background Score |
| Avik Mukhopadhyay – Gulabo Sitabo Archit Patel, Jay I. Patel – Panga Keiko Nakahara – Tanhaji Saumyananda Sahi – Eeb Allay Ooo! Soumik Mukherjee – Thappad | Kaamod Kharade – Thappad Abhishek Nair, Shijin Melvin Hutton – Ludo Ali Merchant – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Bigyna Bhushan Dahal – Eeb Allay Ooo! Diapankar Jojo Chaki, Nihar Ranjan Samal – Gulabo Sitabo Lochan Kanvinde – Lootcase | Mangesh Dhakde – Thappad A. R. Rahman – Dil Bechara Pritam – Ludo Sameer Uddin – Lootcase Sandeep Shirodkar – Tanhaji |
| Best Costume Design | Best Action | Best Special Effects |
| Veera Kapur Ee – Gulabo Sitabo Abilasha Sharma – Chhapaak Ashish Dwyer – Ludo Nachiket Barve, Mahesh Sheria – Tanhaji Niharika Bhasin – Shakuntala Devi | Ramazan Bulut, Rp Yadav – Tanhaji Ahmed Khan – Baaghi 3 Harpal Singh – Chhalaang Ivanov Victor, Andreas Nguyen – Khuda Haafiz Manohar Verma – Lootcase | Prasad Sutar – Tanhaji Jayesh Vaishnav – Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Mahesh Baria – Baaghi 3 |

### Short Film awards

Best Short Film :
| Fiction | Fiction | Non-fiction | Non-fiction | People's Choice | People's Choice |
| Shivraj Waichal – Arjun | Shivraj Waichal – Arjun | Nitesh Ramesh Parulekar – Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary | Nitesh Ramesh Parulekar – Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary | Priyanka Banerjee – Devi | Priyanka Banerjee – Devi |
| Best Actor – Male (Short Film) | Best Actor – Male (Short Film) | Best Actor – Male (Short Film) | Best Actor – Female (Short Film) | Best Actor – Female (Short Film) | Best Actor – Female (Short Film) |
| Arnav Abdagire – Arjun as Arjun | Arnav Abdagire – Arjun as Arjun | Arnav Abdagire – Arjun as Arjun | Purti Savardekar – The First Wedding as Bhumi | Purti Savardekar – The First Wedding as Bhumi | Purti Savardekar – The First Wedding as Bhumi |

## Superlatives

Multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 16 | Ludo |
| 15 | Thappad |
| 13 | Gulabo Sitabo |
| 13 | Tanhaji |
| 8 | Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl |
| 8 | Lootcase |
| 6 | Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan |
| 5 | Eeb Allay Ooo! |
| 5 | Sir |
| 4 | Angrezi Medium |
| 4 | Chhapaak |
| 4 | Dil Bechara |
| 4 | Love Aaj Kal |
| 4 | Panga |
| 4 | Shakuntala Devi |
| 3 | Baaghi 3 |
| 2 | Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare |
| 2 | Street Dancer 3D |
Multiple wins :
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Thappad |
| 6 | Gulabo Sitabo |
| 4 | Tanhaji |
| 2 | Sir |