Filmfare Winning Music Directors

Naushad Sahib was the first recipient of this award for his song Tu Ganga Ki Mauj from the film Baiju Bawra. For the first two years since the institution of Filmfare Awards in 1954, it was awarded to the composer for a particular song and not the entire album.

From 1956 onwards, awards in this category have been given for the entire soundtrack.

Here we update ourself with the superlative achievements in this category by bollywood's legends.

Music director duo of Shankar Jaikishan leads the winners list with nine Best Music Director Filmfare Awards, followed by A.R. Rahman who bagged eight. Laxmikant Pyarelal have the most nominations with 25, followed by Shankar Jaikishan with 20, and R.D. Burman with 17.

Laxmikant Pyarelal had the privelege of winning the prestigious award four times in a row between 1978 and 1981. Those who have won the award thrice in a row are Shankar Jaikishan (1971-1973), Nadeem Shravan (1991-1993) and A.R. Rahman (2007-2009).

Also, there have been three instances when a music director (or duo) were nominated thrice in the same year - Bappi Lahiri in 1985, Laxmikant Pyarelal in 1986 and A.R. Rahman in 2009.

The only women Music Director to be nominated in this zone and not yet a winner is legendary Usha Khanna. She was nominated for her music in the 1983 for her music in the film Souten.