31st Filmfare Awards

The 31st Filmfare Awards were held in 1984, with the Indian New Wave Cinema at its peak.

''Betaab'' and ''Masoom'' led the ceremony with 8 nominations each, followed by ''Arth'' with 7 nominations and ''Ardh Satya'' with 6 nominations.

''Ardh Satya'' and ''Masoom'', both notable films of the Parallel Cinema genre, won 5 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film, Best Director (for Govind Nihalani) and Best Supporting Actor (for Sadashiv Amrapurkar), and the latter winning Best Actor (for Naseeruddin Shah).

Shabana Azmi set an unmatched record, becoming the only performer to receive 4 nominations for an award in a single year, earning 4 nominations for Best Actress for her performances in ''Arth'', ''Avtaar'', ''Mandi'' and ''Masoom'', winning the award for ''Arth.''

Naseeruddin Shah received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in ''Katha'' and ''Mandi'', but lost to Sadashiv Amrapurkar who won the award for ''Ardh Satya''.

Main awards

Best Film

''Ardh Satya''
*''Arth''
*''Avtaar''
*''Betaab''
*'' Masoom''

Best Director

'' Govind Nihalani – Ardh Satya''
*'' Mahesh Bhatt – Arth''
*''Mohan Kumar – Avtaar''
*''Rahul Rawail – Betaab''
*''Shekhar Kapoor – Masoom''

Best Actor

'' Naseeruddin Shah – Masoom''
*'' Kamal Haasan – Sadma''
*'' Om Puri – Ardh Satya''
*'' Rajesh Khanna – Avtaar''
*'' Sunny Deol – Betaab''

Best Actress

''Shabana Azmi – Arth''
*''Shabana Azmi – Avtaar''
*''Shabana Azmi – Mandi''
*''Shabana Azmi – Masoom''
*'' Sridevi – Sadma''

Best Supporting Actor

''Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Ardh Satya''
*'' Amitabh Bachchan – Andha Kanoon''
*'' Naseeruddin Shah – Katha''
*''Naseeruddin Shah – Mandi''
*''Raj Babbar – Agar Tum Na Hote''

Best Supporting Actress

'' Rohini Hattangadi – Arth''
*''Padmini Kolhapure – Souten''
*''Rekha – Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye''
*'' Smita Patil – Arth''
*''Smita Patil – Mandi''

Best Comic Actor

''Utpal Dutt – Rang Birangi''
*''Deven Verma – Rang Birangi''
*''Dharmendra – Naukar Biwi Ka''
*''Kader Khan – Himmatwala''
*''Shakti Kapoor – Mawaali''

Best Story

''Ardh Satya – S.D. Panwalkar''
*''Arth – Mahesh Bhatt''
*''Avtaar – Mohan Kumar''
*''Betaab – Javed Akhtar''
*''Sadma – Balu Mahendra''

Best Screenplay

''Ardh Satya – Vijay Tendulkar''

Best Dialogue

''Arth – Mahesh Bhatt''

Best Music

'' Masoom – R.D. Burman''
*''Betaab – R.D. Burman''
*''Hero – Laxmikant–Pyarelal''
*'' Razia Sultan – Khayyam''
*''Souten – Usha Khanna''

Best Lyrics

'' Masoom – Gulzar for Tujhse Naraaz Nahin''
*''Agar Tum Na Hote – Gulshan Bawra for Agar Tum Na Hote''
*''Betaab – Anand Bakshi for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge''
*''Souten – Saawan Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal''
*''Souten – Saawan Kumar for Zindagi Pyaar Ka Geet''

Best Playback Singer, Male

''Agar Tum Na Hote – Kishore Kumar for Agar Tum Na Hote''
*''Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge''
*''Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Parbaton Se Aaj''
*''Ek Jaan Hain Hum – Shabbir Kumar for Yaad Teri Aayegi''
*''Souten – Kishore Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal''

Best Playback Singer, Female

'' Masoom – Aarti Mukherjee for Do Naina Ek Kahani''
*''Hero – Anuradha Paudwal for Tu Mera Hero Hai''
*''Laal Chunariya – Chandrani Mukherjee for Aaja Ke Teri Raahon Mein''

Best Art Direction

'' Razia Sultan''

Best Cinematography

'' Vijeta''

Best Sound

'' Vijeta''

Best Editing

'' Vijeta''

Critics' awards

Best Film

'' Masoom''

Best Documentary

''Veer Savarkar''

Most Wins

*''Ardh Satya – 5/6''
*'' Masoom – 5/8''
*'' Vijeta – 3/3''
*''Arth – 3/7''
*''Betaab – 0/8''

References

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1984/

See also

* 55th Filmfare Awards
* Filmfare Awards

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