30th Filmfare Awards

{{short description|Award ceremony for Hindi language films}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 30

| award = Filmfare Awards

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| date = 25 September 1983

| site = Shanmukhananda Hall, Mumbai{{cite journal|journal=Filmfare|title=Some things never change at the awards...Thank the lord|issue=April 2002|author=Gahlot, Deepa|url=http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/april2002/fb3.html|access-date=2011-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703170426/http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/april2002/fb3.html|archive-date=3 July 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

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| best_film = Shakti

| best_actor = Dilip Kumar for Shakti

| best_actress = Padmini Kolhapure for Prem Rog

| best_director = Raj Kapoor for Prem Rog

| best_critic =

| most_wins = Prem Rog & Shakti (4)

| most_nominations = Prem Rog (12)

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| last = 29th

| next = 31st

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The 30th Filmfare Awards were held on 25 September 1983.{{cite web | url=https://timescontent.com/tss/showcase/preview-buy/6694/Times-Exclusive/Ashok-Kumar-Dilip-Kumar.html | title=Ashok Kumar | publisher=TimesContent | date=25 September 1983 | author=The Times of India Group | access-date=17 October 2018 }}

Prem Rog led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Nikaah with 11 nominations, Shakti with 8 nominations and Bazaar with 7 nominations.

Prem Rog and Shakti won 4 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Director (for Raj Kapoor) and Best Actress (for Padmini Kolhapure), and the latter winning Best Film and Best Actor (for Dilip Kumar).

Amitabh Bachchan received triple nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Bemisaal, Namak Halaal and Shakti, but lost the award to Dilip Kumar, who won the award for a record 8th time for his performance in Shakti.