Filmfare Awards
annual film awards in India
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards in India that honour artistic and technical excellence in Hindi cinema. The ceremony is one of the most notable film events in India. Filmfare Awards were introduced by Filmfare of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were called the Clare Awards, or The Clares, after Clare Mendonça, the editor of The Times of India.
From 2001, a recorded and edited version of the awards ceremony was televised on SET a week or two after the ceremony has been held. Since 2018, the ceremony has been televised on Colors. Until 2023, the function was held in Mumbai except for year 2020 when the 65th Filmfare Awards event was held on 16 February 2020 at Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati. Until the mid-1990s, Filmfare Awards were the preeminent and most-recognised awards in Hindi film industry until several other awards sprouted up in Mumbai. This has resulted in poor viewership since the 2000s.
In addition to the flagship event, Filmfare also has variants for regional Indian film industries, such as Filmfare Awards South for South Indian cinema; Filmfare Marathi Awards for Marathi cinema; Filmfare Awards Bangla for Bengali cinema, Filmfare Awards Punjabi for Punjabi cinema; Filmfare OTT Awards for over-the-top content, Filmfare Short Film Awards for short films; and Filmfare Glamour & Style Awards.
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