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6th Filmfare Awards

The 6th Filmfare Awards were held in 10 May 1959, at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema for the year 1958.[1][2][3]

Madhumati led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Sadhna with 6 nominations and Yahudi with 5 nominations.

Madhumati won 9 awards – a record at the time – including Best Film, Best Director (for Bimal Roy) and Best Supporting Actor (for Johnny Walker), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.[4]

The ceremony was also noted as Vyjayanthimala became the first ever actor to receive dual acting nominations in the same year for her performances in Madhumati and Sadhna, winning for the latter. The nominations also makes her the first-ever multi-nominee across all categories, a record she shares with Mukhram Sharma nominated for Sadhna and Talaaq, winning for the former. The win also makes her the first performer in Filmfare history to win in both leading and supporting categories.

Main Awards

Salil Chowdhury, Best Music Director
Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Music Director Best Lyricist
Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – Female
  • Award won by a female singer
Best Story Best Dialogue

Technical Awards

Best Editing Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction Best Sound Design

Superlatives

The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations

Movie Awards Nominations
Madhumati 9 12
Sadhna 2 6
Kala Pani 2
Yahudi 1 5
Talaaq 0 3
Phir Subha Hogi 2

See also

References

  1. ^ The Times Group (10 May 1959). "1961 Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ "The Winners 1958". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ "The Nominations – 1958". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Filmfare Awards Flashback: Record breaking films | Filmfare.com". www.filmfare.com. Retrieved 30 January 2025.