33rd Filmfare Awards

The 33rd Filmfare Awards were held in 1987, in Mumbai, India for the films released in the year 1985.

Ram Teri Ganga Maili and Saagar led the ceremony with 10 nominations each, followed by Meri Jung and Tawaif with 7 nominations each.

Ram Teri Ganga Maili won 5 awards, including Best Film and Best Director (for Raj Kapoor), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Main awards[edit]

Best Film[edit]

Ram Teri Ganga Maili

• Arjun
• Ghulami
• Meri Jung
• Saagar
• Tawaif

Best Director[edit]

Raj Kapoor – Ram Teri Ganga Maili

• Mahesh Bhatt – Janam
• Rahul Rawail – Arjun
• Ramesh Sippy – Saagar
• Subhash Ghai – Meri Jung

Best Actor[edit]

Kamal Haasan – Saagar

• Amitabh Bachchan – Mard
• Anil Kapoor – Meri Jung
• Kumar Gaurav – Janam
• Rishi Kapoor – Tawaif

Best Actress[edit]

Dimple Kapadia – Saagar

• Jaya Prada – Sanjog
• Mandakini – Ram Teri Ganga Maili
• Padmini Kolhapure – Pyaar Jhukta Nahin
• Rati Agnihotri – Tawaif

Best Supporting Actor[edit]

Amrish Puri – Meri Jung

• Anupam Kher – Janam
• Kamal Haasan – Saagar
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda – Ghulami
• Saeed Jaffrey – Ram Teri Ganga Maili
• Utpal Dutt – Saaheb

Best Supporting Actress[edit]

Nutan – Meri Jung

• Anita Kanwar – Janam
• Madhur Jaffrey – Saagar
• Raakhee – Saaheb
• Sushma Seth – Tawaif
• Tanvi Azmi – Pyari Behna

Best Comic Actor[edit]

Amjad Khan – Maa Kasam

• Amjad Khan – Utsav
• Annu Kapoor – Utsav
• Deven Verma – Saaheb
• Kader Khan – Aaj Ka Daur

Best Story[edit]

Tawaif – Dr. Aleem Masroor

• Ankahee – C. T. Khanolkar
• Arjun – Javed Akhtar
• Janam – Mahesh Bhatt
• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – K. K. Singh
• Saaheb – Rajan Roy

Best Screenplay[edit]

Paar – Goutam Ghose and Partho Mukherjee

Best Dialogue[edit]

Tawaif – Rahi Masoom Raza

Best Music Director[edit]

Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Ravindra Jain

• Meri Jung – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Saagar – R.D. Burman
• Sur Sangam – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Best Lyricist[edit]

Utsav – Vasant Dev for Mann Kyun Behka ^[1]

• Meri Jung – Anand Bakshi for Zindagi Har Kadam
• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Hasrat Jaipuri for Sun Sahiba Sun
• Saagar – Javed Akhtar for Saagar Kinare
• Saaheb – Anjaan for Yaar Bina Chain Kahaan Re
• Tawaif – Hasan Kamal for Bohot Der Se

Best Playback Singer, Male[edit]

Saagar – Kishore Kumar for Saagar Kinare

• Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Shabbir Kumar for Tum Se Milkar Naa Jaane Kyun
• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Suresh Wadkar for Main Hi Main Hoon

Best Playback Singer, Female[edit]

Utsav – Anuradha Paudwal for Mere Mann Bajo Mridang

• Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Tum Se Milkar Naa Jaane Kyun
• Saaheb – S. Janaki for Yaar Bina Chain Kahaan Re

Best Art Direction[edit]

Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Suresh J. Sawant ^[2]

Best Cinematography[edit]

Saagar – S. M Anwar ^[3]

Best Editing[edit]

Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Raj Kapoor ^[4]

Best Sound[edit]

Shiva Ka Insaaf – A RadhaSwami ^[5]

Critics' awards[edit]

Best Film[edit]

Aaghat

Best Documentary[edit]

Bombay – Our City

Most Wins[edit]

• Ram Teri Ganga Maili – 5/10
• Saagar – 4/10
• Tawaif – 3/7
• Utsav – 2/4
• Meri Jung – 2/7

See also[edit]

• 32nd Filmfare Awards
• 34th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

References[edit]

• https://archive.org/details/FilmfareAwards
• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1986/