55th Filmfare Awards

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| award = Filmfare Awards

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| website = {{URL|http://www.filmfare.com}}

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| date = 27 February 2010

| site = Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai

| host = Shahrukh Khan
Saif Ali Khan
Shruti Haasan
Karan Johar
Siddharth

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| director =

| best_film = 3 Idiots

| best_critic = Firaaq

| most_wins = 3 Idiots & Dev.D (6)

| most_nominations = Love Aaj Kal (12)

| network = Sony Entertainment Television (India)

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| last = 54th

| next = 56th

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The 55th Filmfare Awards were held on 27 February 2010 at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai, India. The awards given for 30 categories, out of which there were 3 special awards, 3 critics awards and 24 main awards for Hindi films released in 2009. There were 60 nominations for the top 10 categories, which were based on votes via web and newspaper forms.[http://www.filmfare.com/articles/55th-idea-filmfare-awards-nominations-461.html 55th Idea Filmfare Awards Nominations] The award ceremony was hosted by Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan.

Love Aaj Kal led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by 3 Idiots with 11 nominations and Kaminey with 10 nominations.

3 Idiots and Dev.D won 6 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film, Best Director (for Rajkumar Hirani) and Best Supporting Actor (for Boman Irani), and the latter winning Best Actress (Critics) (for Mahie Gill) and Best Supporting Actress (for Kalki Koechlin).

Paa fetched Amitabh Bachchan his fifth Best Actor award, and Vidya Balan her first ever Best Actress award, for their performance as the son-mother duo of Auro and Vidya.{{cite news |date=2010-01-01 |url=http://www.hungama.com/movies/movie-details.php?id=1392260&Paa |title=Paa - Movie |work=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=2012-01-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125235607/http://www.hungama.com/movies/movie-details.php?id=1392260&Paa |archive-date=25 January 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Kareena Kapoor received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in 3 Idiots and Kurbaan, but lost to Vidya Balan who won the award for Paa.

Awards and nominees

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| caption1 = Rajkumar Hirani, Best Director

| image2 = Vidya Balan in 2023 (1) (cropped).jpg

| caption2 = Vidya Balan, Best Actress

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| caption3 = Amitabh Bachchan, Best Actor

| image4 = Nandita Das.JPG

| caption4 = Nandita Das, Best Director Critics

| image5 = Mahie Gill at the Lakme Fashion Week 2013 - Day 3.jpg

| caption5 = Mahi Gill, Best Actress Critics

| image6 = Ranbir Kapoor.jpg

| caption6 = Ranbir Kapoor, Best Actor Critics

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| caption7 = Boman Irani, Best Supporting Actor

| image8 = Kalki Koechlin talks about their movie 'Waiting'.jpg

| caption8 = Kalki Koechlin, Best Supporting Actress

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| caption9 = A. R. Rahman, Best Music Director

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| caption10 = Irshad Kamil, Best Lyricist

| image11 = Shashi Kapoor during a media interaction at 36th IFFI, 2005.jpg

| caption11 = Shashi Kapoor, Lifetime Achievement Awardee

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| caption12 = Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Lifetime Achievement Awardee

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=Main awards=

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style="background:#EEDD82;"|Best Film

! style="background:#EEDD82;"|Best Director

*3 Idiots

style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Actor

! style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Actress

*Amitabh Bachchan – Paa as Auro

Aamir Khan – 3 Idiots as Rancho
Ranbir Kapoor – Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani as Prem Shankar Sharma / Statue
Ranbir Kapoor – Wake Up Sid as Siddharth Mehra
Saif Ali Khan – Love Aaj Kal as Jaivardhan Singh
Shahid Kapoor – Kaminey as Charlie / Guddu Sharma

Vidya Balan – Paa as Vidya
Deepika Padukone – Love Aaj Kal as Meera Pandit
Kareena Kapoor – 3 Idiots as Pia Sahastrabuddhe
Kareena Kapoor – Kurbaan as Avantika Ahuja
Katrina Kaif – New York as Maya Shaikh
Priyanka Chopra – Kaminey as Sweety Shekhar Bhope

style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Supporting Actor

! style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Supporting Actress

*Boman Irani – 3 Idiots as Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhe

Amole Gupte – Kaminey as Sunil Shekhar Bhope 'Bhope Bhau'
Neil Nitin Mukesh – New York as Omar Aijaz{{Cite web|url=http://www.desiblitz.com/content/55th-filmfare-awards-2010-winners|title=55th Filmfare Awards 2010 Winners|date=27 February 2010}}
R. Madhavan – 3 Idiots as Farhan Qureshi
Rishi Kapoor – Luck by Chance as Rommy Rolly
Sharman Joshi – 3 Idiots as Raju Rastogi

Kalki Koechlin – Dev.D as Leni / Chandramukhi 'Chanda'
Arundhati Nag – Paa as Pallavi
Dimple Kapadia – Luck By Chance as Neena Walia
Divya Dutta – Delhi-6 as Jalebi
Shahana Goswami – Firaaq as Muneera
Supriya Pathak – Wake Up Sid as Sarita Mehra

style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Music Director

! style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Lyricist

* A. R. Rahman – Delhi-6

Irshad Kamil – "Aaj Din Chadheya" from Love Aaj Kal
Gulzar – "Dhan Te Nan" from Kaminey
Gulzar – "Kaminey" from Kaminey
Javed Akhtar – "Iktara" from Wake Up Sid
Prasoon Joshi – "Masakali" from Delhi-6
Prasoon Joshi – "Rehna Tu" from Delhi-6

style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Playback Singer – Male

! style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Playback Singer – Female

*Mohit Chauhan – "Masakali" from Delhi-6

Atif Aslam – "Tu Jaane Na" from Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Javed Ali and Kailash Kher – "Arziyan" from Delhi-6
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Aaj Din Chadheya" from Love Aaj Kal
Sonu Nigam and Salim Merchant – "Shukran Allah" from Kurbaan
Sukhwinder Singh and Vishal Dadlani – "Dhan Te Nan" from Kaminey

Rekha Bhardwaj – "Genda Phool" from Delhi-6 (tie)
Kavita Seth – "Iktara" from Wake Up Sid
Alisha Chinai – "Tera Hone Laga" from Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Shilpa Rao – "Mudi Mudi" from Paa
Shreya Ghoshal – "Zoobi Doobi" from 3 Idiots
Sunidhi Chauhan – "Chor Bazaari" from Love Aaj Kal

=Critics' awards=

colspan=2\|Best Film
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colspan=2\| *Firaaq* (Nandita Das)
Best Actor !Best Actress
* Ranbir Kapoor – Wake Up Sid, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year \| Mahi Gill – Dev.D

=Technical awards=

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Best Story

!Best Screenplay

*Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots

Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Malhotra, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Sanjay Maurya – Gulaal
Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal
Jaideep Sahni – Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
Zoya Akhtar – Luck By Chance

Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi – 3 Idiots
Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal
Pankaj Advani – Sankat City
R. Balki – Paa
Zoya Akhtar – Luck By Chance

Best Dialogue

!Best Editing

*Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots

Anurag Kashyap – Gulaal
Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal
Jaideep Sahni – Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
Nandita Das, Shuchi Kothari – Firaaq

Sreekar Prasad – Firaaq

Best Choreography

!Best Cinematography

*Bosco-Caesar – "Chor Bazaari" from Love Aaj Kal

Rajeev Ravi – Dev.D

Best Production Design

!Best Sound Design

*Helen Jones, Sukanta Panigrahi – Dev.D

Manas Choudhary – Firaaq

Best Costume Design

!Best Background Score

*Vaishali Menon – Firaaq

Amit Trivedi – Dev.D

Best Special Effects

!Best Action

*Govardhan Vigharan, Vinay Singh Chuphal – Kaminey

Vijayan Master – Wanted

=Special awards=

colspan=2\| Lifetime Achievement
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*Shashi Kapoor \| Mohammed Zahur Khayyam
colspan=2\| Best Debut Director
Male !Female
Ayan Mukerji – Wake Up Sid* \| Zoya Akhtar – Luck By Chance
colspan=2\| RD Burman Award
colspan=2\| Amit Trivedi – *Dev.D*
colspan=2\| Special Award
colspan=2\| Nandita Das – Firaaq

References

External links

[http://awards.filmfare.com/winners.php Filmfare awards]

Category:Filmfare Awards

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