Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography

Filmfare Award for Best cinematography
Awarded forBest Performance by a Cinematographer
CountryIndia
Presented byFilmfare
First awardedTaru Dutt,
Boot Polish (1955)
Currently held byAvinash Arun,
Three of Us (2024)
WebsiteFilmfare Awards

The Filmfare Best Cinematography Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.[1]

The category was first awarded in 1954.

Superlatives

Wins Cinematographer
5 Kamal Bose
4 Jal Mistry, Radhu Karmakar
3 Santosh Sivan, Binod Pradhan
2 V. K. Murthy, Krishnarao Vashirda, Faredoon Irani, Fali Mistry, Jaywant Pathare, Govind Nihalani, Manmohan Singh, Ravi K. Chandran, Avik Mukhopadhyay, Sudeep Chatterjee

Kamal Bose, Radhu Karmakar, Fali Mistry & Jaywant Pathare have won the award in both the categories — Black & White as well as Color.

List

Year Cinematographer Film
2024 Avinash Arun Three of Us
2023 Sudeep Chatterjee Gangubai Kathiawadi
2022 Avik Mukhopadhyay

Sardar Udham

2021 Gulabo Sitabo
2020 Jay Oza Gully Boy
2019 Pankaj Kumar Tumbbad
2018 Sirsha Ray A Death in the Gunj
2017 Mitesh Mirchandani Neerja
2016 Manu Anand Dum Laga Ke Haisha
2015 Bobby Singh (posthumously) and Siddharth Diwan Queen
2014 Kamaljeet Negi Madras Cafe
2013 Satyajit Pande (Setu) Kahaani
2012 Carlos Catalan Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011 Mahendra J. Shetty Udaan
2010 Rajeev Ravi Dev.D
2009 Jason West Rock On!!
2008 Sudeep Chatterjee Chak De India
2007 Binod Pradhan Rang De Basanti
2006 Ravi K. Chandran Black
2005 Christopher Popp Lakshya
2004 Aseem Bajaj Chameli
2003 Binod Pradhan Devdas
2002 Santosh Sivan Asoka
2001 Bashir Ali Refugee
2000 Kabir Lal Taal
1999 Santosh Sivan Dil Se..
1998 Ravi K. Chandran Virasat
1997 Ashok Mehta Bandit Queen
1996 Santosh Sivan Barsaat
1995 Binod Pradhan 1942: A Love Story
1994 Manmohan Singh Darr
1993 S. Kumar Muskurahat
1992 Radhu Karmakar Henna
1991 Rajan Kothari Ghayal
1990 Manmohan Singh Chandni
1989 Kiran Deohans Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
1988 No Ceremony Held No Ceremony Held
1987
1986 S. M. Anwar Saagar
1985 P. L. Raj Jaag Utha Insaan
1984 Govind Nihalani Vijeta
1983 Jaywant Pathare Bemisal
1982 Jal Mistry Kudrat[2]
1981 S. M. Anwar Shaan
1980 Govind Nihalani Junoon
1979 Radhu Karmakar Satyam Shivam Sundaram
1978 Munir Khan Hum Kisise Kum Naheen
1977 Fali Mistry Fakira
1976 Kamal Bose Dharmatma
1975 A. Vincent Prem Nagar
1974 Jal Mistry Jheel Ke Us Paar[2]
1973 P. Vaikunth Seeta Aur Geeta
1972 Kamal Bose
Radhu Karmakar		 Dastak (B&W)
Mera Naam Joker (Color)
1971 Kamal Bose
Jal Mistry		 Khamoshi (B&W)
Heer Raanjha (Color)[2]
1970 Kamal Bose
Faredoon Irani		 Anokhi Raat (B&W)
Duniya (Color)
1969 Nariman A. Irani
G. Singh		 Saraswatichandra (B&W)
Aankhen (Color)
1968 Jal Mistry
M. N. Malhotra		 Baharon Ke Sapne (B&W)[2]
Humraaz (Color)
1967 Jaywant Pathare
Fali Mistry		 Anupama (B&W)
Guide (Color)[3]
1966 S. Ramachandra
Dharam Chopra		 Yaadein (B&W)
Waqt (Color)
1965 K. H. Kapadia
Krishnarao Vashirda		 Woh Kaun Thi? (B&W)
Geet Gaya Patharon Ne (Color)
1964 Kamal Bose
Krishnarao Vashirda		 Bandini (B&W)
Sehra (Color)
1963 V. K. Murthy Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (B&W)
1962 V. Balasaheb Ganga Jamuna (Color)
1961 R. D. Mathur Mughal-e-Azam (B&W)
1960 V. K. Murthy Kaagaz Ke Phool (B&W)
1959 Dilip Gupta Madhumati (B&W)
1958 Faredoon A. Irani Mother India (Color)
1957 Radhu Karmakar Shree 420 (B&W)
1956 Dwarka Divecha Yasmin (B&W)
1955 Taru Dutt Boot Polish (B&W)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Best Cinematographer Award (B&W), Colour". Official Listing, Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Gulzar, p. 590
  3. ^ Suresh Kohli (4 October 2008). "Blast From The Past: Guide 1965". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.