6th_Filmfare_Awards

6th Filmfare Awards

6th Filmfare Awards

Award ceremony for Hindi language films

The 6th Filmfare Awards were held in 10 May 1959, at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema for the year 1958.[1][2][3]

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Madhumati led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Sadhna with 6 nominations and Yahudi with 5 nominations.

Madhumati won 9 awards – a record at the time – including Best Film, Best Director (for Bimal Roy) and Best Supporting Actor (for Johnny Walker), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

The ceremony was also noted as Vyjayanthimala became the first actress to receive dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Madhumati and Sadhna, winning for the latter.

Main Awards

Bimal Roy, Best Director
Dev Anand, Best Actor
Vyjayanthimala, Best Actress
Johnny Walker, Best Supporting Actor
Nalini Jaywant, Best Supporting Actress
Salil Chowdhury, Best Music Director
Lata Mangeshkar, Best Playback Singer
Shailendra, Best Lyricist
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Technical Awards

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Superlatives

The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    The Times Group (10 May 1959). "1961 Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. [2]
    "The Winners 1958". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. [3]
    "The Nominations – 1958". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
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