65th Filmfare Awards
The 65th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2019. The ceremony was held on 15 February 2020 in Guwahati and broadcast on Colors TV the following day. This is the first time in six decades that a Filmfare ceremony was held outside Mumbai. Karan Johar and Vicky Kaushal were hosts of the award ceremony. A curtain raiser ceremony was held in Mumbai on 2 February 2020, which honoured the winners of technical and short film awards. In the same function, the nominations for popular awards were also  announced. Actress Neha Dhupia was the host of this ceremony. "Gully Boy" led the ceremony with 19 nominations, followed by "" with 13 nominations and "Article 15" and "Sonchiriya" with 11 nominations each. Winners and nominees. Source: Technical awards. Nominations for the Technical awards were announced on 31 January 2020 and the winners were subsequently awarded on 2 February 2020. Short Film Awards. Winners for the short film awards were announced on 2 February 2020. Controversies. "Gully Boy" attracted controversy over its 13 wins at the 65th Filmfare Awards. Several Twitter users and fans were extremely disappointed and made calls to  boycott the awards, with #BoycottFilmfare trending on the micro-blogging site. While many thought that the film was a deserving winner, others were unhappy and even termed the awards as "snub fare", calling it a move to "justify sending it as a nomination for the Oscars". Subsequently, when the Filmfare Award for Best Lyrics went to the rap song "Apna Time Aayega" instead of the patriotic song "Teri Mitti" from the 2019 war movie "Kesari", lyricist Manoj Muntashir tweeted his disappointment at the decision, pledging not to attend future award ceremonies, and gained support from fans and other musicians alike