56th Filmfare Awards (2011)

The 56th Filmfare Awards were held on January 29, 2011 at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai, honouring the best in film for the year 2010. The nominations were announced on January 13. The show was hosted by Imran Khan and Ranbir Kapoor. Shahrukh Khan-starrer My Name Is Khan got the most nominations, whereas most awards were won by Udaan, including Best Movie - Critics award. The Best Movie award went to the Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg.
- WINNER

Best Film - Critics

Udaan - Vikramaditya Motwane

Best Film

Dabangg - Arbaaz Khan, Malaika Arora, Dhilin Mehta
Band Baaja Baaraat - Aditya Chopra
My Name Is Khan - Hiroo Johar, Gauri Khan
Peepli (Live) - Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, Ronnie Screwvala
Udaan - Sanjay Singh Ssf, Ronnie Screwvala, Anurag Kashyap

Best Actor

My Name Is Khan - Shah Rukh Khan
Dabangg - Salman Khan
Raajneeti - Ranbir Kapoor
Guzaarish - Hrithik Roshan

Best Actor - Critics

Do Dooni Chaar - Rishi Kapoor

Best Actress

My Name Is Khan - Kajol
Golmaal 3 - Kareena Kapoor
Guzaarish - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Band Baaja Baaraat - Anushka Sharma
Ishqiya - Vidya Balan

Best Supporting Actor

Udaan - Ronit Roy
Raajneeti - Arjun Rampal
Ishqiya - Arshad Warsi
Once Upon a Time in Mumbai - Emraan Hashmi
Raajneeti - Manoj Bajpayee
Raajneeti - Nana Patekar

Best Supporting Actress

We Are Family - Kareena Kapoor
Aisha - Amrita Puri
Once Upon a Time in Mumbai - Prachi Desai
Golmaal 3 - Ratna Pathak
Khichdi - The Movie - Supriya Pathak

Best Director

My Name Is Khan - Karan Johar
Dabangg - Abhinav Kashyap
Band Baaja Baaraat - Maneesh Sharma
Guzaarish - Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Udaan - Vikramaditya Motwane
Once Upon a Time in Mumbai - Milan Luthria

Best Music Director

Dabangg - Sajid Ali, Wajid Ali, Lalit Pandit
My Name Is Khan - Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa
Once Upon a Time in Mumbai - Pritam Chakraborty
Anjaana Anjaani - Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani
Ishqiya - Vishal Bhardwaj

Best Cinematographer

Udaan - Mahendra Shetty

Best Sound Design

Udaan - Kunal Sharma
LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha - Pritam Das

Best Editing

LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha - Namrata Rao

Best Background Score

Udaan - Amit Trivedi

Best Choreography

Tees Maar Khan - Farah Khan for "Sheila Ki Jawani"

Best Playback Singer - Female

Dabangg - Mamta Sharma for "Munni Badmnam Hui"
Tees Maar Khan - Sunidhi Chauhan for "Sheila Ki Jawani"
My Name Is Khan - Shreya Ghoshal for "Noor-e-Khuda"
I Hate Luv Storys - Shreya Ghoshal for "Bahara"
Guzaarish - Sunidhi Chauhan for "Udi"

Best Playback Singer - Male

Ishqiya - Rahat Fatah Ali Khan for "Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji"
My Name Is Khan - Shankar Mahadevan, Adnan Sami for "Noor-e-Khuda"
Once Upon a Time in Mumbai - Mohit Chauhan for "Pee Loon"
My Name Is Khan - Rahat Fatah Ali Khan for "Sajda"
I Hate Luv Storys - Shafqat Amanat Ali for "Bin Tere"

Best Action

Dabangg - Fefsi Vijayan

Best Newcomer - Male

Band Baaja Baaraat - Ranveer Singh

Best Newcomer - Female

Dabangg - Sonakshi Sinha

Best Lyrics

Ishqiya - Gulzar for "Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji"
Dabangg - Faaiz Anwar for "Tere Mast Mast"
My Name Is Khan - Niranjan Iyengar for "Sajda, Noor-e-Khuda"
I Hate Luv Storys - Vishal Dadlani for "Bin Tere"

Best Dialogue

Do Dooni Chaar - Habib Faisal

Best Scene of the Year

Golmaal 3 for "The scene where Pritam and Geeta were watching Hum Saath Saath Hain"

Best Story

Udaan - Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane

R.D. Burman Award

LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha - Sneha Khanwalkar

Lifetime Achievement Award

Manna Dey

Best Costume Design

Do Dooni Chaar - Varsha Shilpa

Best Screenplay

Udaan - Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane

Best Production Design

Do Dooni Chaar - Mukund Gupta

Best Debut Director

Band Baaja Baaraat - Maneesh Sharma

Completion of 25 years in Indian Film Industry

Madhuri Dixit

Completion of 40 years in Indian Film Industry

Amitabh Bachchan
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