Filmfare Awards 2024: full list of winners by category

Gujarat’s Gandhinagar was the place to be this weekend if you wanted to rub shoulders with the biggest stars of Bollywood. The 2024 Filmfare Awards, this the 69th edition, were handed out at the glamorous affair over two days, with the technical ones getting their own ceremony for the first time. The event was hosted by Karan Johar, or KJo to his friends, and the big winners were Vikrant Massey’s 12th Fail and Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal.

Let’s take a look at all the winners by category...

All the winners of the Filmfare Awards 2024

Best Film (Popular): 12th Fail

Best Film (Critics): Joram

Best Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)

Best Actor (Critics): Vikrant Massey (12th Fail)

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Alia Bhatt (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)

Best Actress (Critics): Rani Mukerji (Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway), Shefali Shah (Three of Us)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Vicky Kaushal (Dunki)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Shabana Azmi (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)

Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya (Tere Vaaste)

Best Music Album: Animal

Best Playback Singer (Male): Bhupinder Babbal (Animal)

Best Playback Singer (Female): Shilpa Rao (Pathaan)

Best Story: Amit Rai (OMG 2), Devashish Makhija (Joram)

Best Screenplay: Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)

Best Dialogue: Ishita Moitra (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)

Best Background Score: Harshvardhan Rameshwar (Animal)

Best Cinematography: Avinash Arun Dhaware (Three of Us)

Best Production Design: Subrata Chakraborty, Amit Ray (Sam Bahadur)

Best Costume Design: Sachin Lovelekar, Divvya Gambhir, Nidhhi Gambhir (Sam Bahadur)

Best Sound Design: Kunal Sharma (MPSE) (Sam Bahadur), Sync Cinema (Animal)

Best Editing: Jaskunwar Singh Kohli- Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)

Best Action: Spiro Razatos, Anl Arasu, Craig MacRae, Yannick Ben, Kecha Khamphakdee, Sunil Rodrigues (Jawan)

Best VFX: Red Chillies VFX (Jawan)

Best Choreography: Ganesh Acharya (What Jhumka? - Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)

Best Debut Director: Tarun Dudeja (Dhak Dhak)

Best Debut Male: Aditya Rawal (Faraaz)

Best Debut Female: Alizeh Agnihotri (Farrey)

Lifetime Achievement Award: David Dhawan

What are the Filmfare Awards and when did they start?

For those less familiar with these, the Filmfare Awards were initiated in 1954 by Filmfare magazine of The Times Group, are prestigious annual accolades that celebrate excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India. Often hailed as one of the most renowned film events in the country, the awards were initially known as the “Clare Awards” and were inspired by the Academy Awards. A distinctive feature of the Filmfare Awards is the dual voting system introduced in 1956, where both the public and a committee of experts participate in the selection process. In contrast to the National Film Awards, which are chosen by a government-appointed panel, Filmfare Awards embrace a more inclusive approach.

The ceremony, historically held in Mumbai, has undergone changes over the years, including sponsorship by various private organizations. In the 1990s, the event was broadcast live on television but was later discontinued. Since 2001, a recorded and edited version of the awards ceremony has been televised a week or two after the live event. Notably, the ceremony moved to Colors channel in 2018.

While the Filmfare Awards were once the foremost and most-recognized awards in Bollywood until the mid-1990s, the emergence of several other awards in Mumbai has led to a decline in viewership since the 2000s. Despite this, the Filmfare Awards continue to symbolize a significant acknowledgment of artistic and technical achievements in the Indian film industry.