Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film

The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. These awards were established in 1954, and administrated by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. Nargis Dutt Award is given to the Best Feature film on National Integration.

The list of the winners of the Nargis Dutt Awards are as follows-

* 2008 Dharm
* 2005 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero
* 2004 Pinjar
* 2001 Pukar
* 1999 Zakhm
* 1998 Border
* 1994 Sardar
* 1988 Tamas
* 1985 Aadmi Aur Aurat
* 1984 Sookha
* 1975 Parinay
* 1974 Garam Hawa
* 1972 Do Boond Pani
* 1970 Saat Hindustani
* 1967 Subhash Chandra
* 1966 Shaheed

All these Bollywood films have best dealt with themes relating to National Integration in India.

11th Osian Cinefan Film Fest

Indian movie 'Khargosh' won three awards at the grande finale of 11th Osian Cinefan Film Fest held in the capital of New Delhi. The movie directed by Paresh Kamdar won awards in category of Special Mention, Audience Award and for combining the real and the imaginary world and its lyrical beauty of images.




The Best Film Award was won by Syrian movie 'The Long Night', which also won the award for combining the real and the imaginary world and its lyrical beauty of images. In the short film category, the Iranian movie, 'The First Film', directed by Panah Panahi, won the best award. Indian movie, 'Vitthal', directed by Vinoo Choliparambil also won the Special Mention award in the short film category.

Behnam Behzadi's 'Before the Burial' won the best actor and actress awards for Alireza Aqakhani and Negar Javaherian respectively.

This year the festival screened about 100 feature-length and short from Asian and Arab countries.

Awards won by legendary Lata Mangeshkar

Beginning early at age of 13, Lata Mangeshkar's career as a playback singer spans over six decades. Apart from singing for 982 Hindi films, she has also lent her voice to many films in regional languages. So, she holds the Guinness Book of World Record title for having made the most number of recordings in the world.With all modesty Mangeshkar herself stated that she does not keep a record of the number of songs recorded by her, and that she did not know from where Guinness Book editors got their information.




She has been honoured with innumerable awards but the one that truly deserves a special mention is that she is the only second singer in the non-classical category in India to have received the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award. She is also the fifth woman to receive the Bharat Ratna, after Indira Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Aruna Asaf Ali and M.S Subbalakshmi.

Several other awards and honors, including Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), NTR National Award (1999), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards has been bestowed on this magnanimous personality. It is interesting to note that from the year 1958 to 1966 no other female singer was able to get the Filmfare award. After 1969, she even made the unusual gesture of giving up Filmfare awards in favour of fresh talent.She was later awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.

In 1984, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in honor of Lata Mangeshkar. The State Government of Maharashtra followed suit in 1992.

Further, Lataji brought in many constructive changes in Hindi film music which proved to be extremely beneficial for singers in the long run. She is the first singer to introduce the royalty system for singers in the industry. In fact, she is the one who insisted that the singer's name should be published with the songs instead of actors.

Her revolutionary ideas irked many bigwigs who tried to stop her, but she stayed firm. For instance she stopped singing with legendary singer Mohammed Rafi and even refused to sing for SD Burman, apart from other legendary composers from 1957 to 62, because her demand for royalty was not met.

Even today, her voice continues to be the most preferred one. Hope to hear more songs from Lataji that will remain in our minds forever.

National Awards leave SRK,AMIR KHAN disappointed

Tamil actor Prakash Raj, won the best actor award in the National Awards for the year 2007. This is his first award in the Best Actor Category. Even the movie 'Knachivaram' bagged the best movie award especially when 'Chak De India' and 'Taare Zameen Par' and 'Gandhi My Father'were also competing.Although the top four awards at the 55th National Awards for the year 2007 were won by Malayalam cinema, Bollywood also fared reasonably well.




Both SRK and Amir were left disappointed to not get the Best Actor award after there spectacular performance in 'Chak De India' and 'Taare Zameen Par' respectively. But some celebration was also in store for them. Sharukh Khan's movie 'Chak De India' won the National Award for Best Overall Entertainment. Amir's movie Taare Zameen Par, also got it’s due. The film won the Best Family Welfare Entertainment award. Playback singerShankar Mahadevan won the award for the song ‘Meri Maa’ from the film ‘Taare Zameen Par’.Lyricist Prasoon Joshi won in Best Lyrics category for Taare Zameen Par. Anil Kapoor's movie Gandhi My Father two awards. While Feroz Khan won the Best Screenplay award, Darshan Jariwala won the Best Supporting Actor award for Gandhi My Father.

Renowned Malayalam film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan got the best director award for the seventh time for 'Naalu Pennungal'.Umashree won the Best Actress award for Gulabi Talkies.Rituparno Ghosh’s The Last Lear won two awards winning the Best Feature Film in English and Shefali Shah got the Best Supporting Actress. Jab We Met also bagged two awards for Best Choreography and Best Female Playback Singer (Shreya Ghoshal).

Best Directors at IIFA Awards

The IIFA Best Director Award stands as a prestigious one in the popular category and is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. The nominations for the category are given by the film fraternity.

So here we enlist the best of the lot in the last ten years.


2009 Ashutosh Gowarikar Jodhaa Akbar
2000 Sanjay Leela Bhansali Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam 2001 Rakesh Roshan Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai 2002 Ashutosh Gowarikar Lagaan 2003 Sanjay Leela Bhansali Devdas 2004 Rakesh Roshan Koi Mil Gaya 2005 Yash Chopra Veer-Zaara 2006 Sanjay Leela Bhansali Black 2007 Rajkumar Hirani Lage Raho Munna Bhai 2008 Shimit Amin Chak De India
The directors mentioned above are so talented that they have carved a niche in the field of film-making as they are mentioned here above as IIFA Awards winners.

Best Movies at IIFA Awards

The IIFA Best Movie Award is chosen through a worldwide poll and the
winner is announced at the ceremony.

The winners over the last ten years at IIFA Awards.

2000 Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Sanjay Leela Bhansali 2001 Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Rakesh Roshan 2002 Lagaan Aamir Khan 2003 Devdas Bharat Shah 2004 Kal Ho Naa Ho Yash Johar 2005 Veer-Zaara Yash Chopra 2006 Black Sanjay Leela Bhansali 2007 Rang De Basanti Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra 2008 Chak De India Yash Chopra 2009 Jodha Akbar Ashutosh Gowariker

Every movie mentioned above is a classic in itself and will remain
etched very dearly in audiences hearts.

Filmfare Awards Best Film Ever - Black

An Indian English directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali titled "Black" revolves around a blind, deaf and mute girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later suffers from Alzheimer's disease. The first half of the film is an adaptation of Helen Keller's autobiography The Story of My Life.

The film was screened at the Casablanca Film Festival and the International Film Festival of India. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and eleven Filmfare Awards. Times Magazine (Europe) selected the film as one of the 10 Best Movies of the Year 2005 from across the globe. The movie was positioned at number five. Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.


Filmfare Awards that went to Black in the year 2005-

* Best Director - Sanjay Leela Bhansali * Best Actor - Amitabh Bachchan * Best Actress - Rani Mukerji * Critics Award Best Movie - Sanjay Leela Bhansali * Critics Award Best Performance - Amitabh Bachchan & Rani Mukerji (each) * Best Supporting Actress - Ayesha Kapur * Best Editing - Bela Sehgal * Best Cinematography - Ravi K. Chandran * Best Background Score - Monty Sharma

Filmfare Power Award 9

The Filmfare Power Award is given by the Filmfare Magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.

The award was instituted for the first time in the year 2003 and is given every year to those who are ranked No. 1 in the listing of the most powerful names of Bollywood.

The prestigious names that have bagged this award are listed below.Director and Producer Yash Chopra has won it maximum times along with his son Aditya Chopra.
2008 Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra 2007 Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra 2006 Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra 2005 Shahrukh Khan 2004 Amitabh Bachchan & Shahrukh Khan
It is voted each year by the film fraternity itself.

IIFA Green Carpet

It was Bachchan all the way at IIFA’s day one at Macau. Yet another Amitabh Bachchan statue was unveiled and the Bachchan family was present to witness the event.

IIFA, in an attempt to send out eco-friendly signals has rolled out a green carpet on day one.

Actress Sonam Kapoor too was present at the event. “I have had a massage, I have rehearsed, I have done a lot of things,” said the bubbly actress.

Lara Dutta said, "Riteish taught me how to gamble which is going to be a little bit later, but what’s more exciting is that I won. Because normally I don't gamble, I don't know how to play, so not too bad."

Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen said, “I am here to promote my film.”

The current hot favourites, the little stars from Slumdog Millionaire were also spotted.

Anil Shines At IIFA 2009

This year 10th IIFA Awards saw few biggies with the controversies all over about the Bachchan’s, Kareena not performing, Pryianka-Shahid too opting out. In between this entire event 1, 2 ka 4 artist, Anil Kapoor grabbed the limelight.

Anil Kapoor was one of the stars who had all the media behind him. In the press conference he talked about his new show “24” and about her daughter Sonam Kapoor.

Alongside, he was given the best treatment when it comes to hospitality. “He was given one of the best and luxurious Presidential Suite for his three days stay at Macau. He interacted with his fans very nicely and seemed to be enjoying the treatment he got at the award function, adds the source.

Well it seems, Anil Kapoor benefited from the Khans & Kumars absence from the IIFA.

The Grand IIFA 2009 in Macau

In an attempt to take Bollywood in the booming Chinese market and the rest of eastern Asia, an annual road show to China's coastal casino enclave of Macau is being taken up. Bollywood's first family,the Bachchan clan, led by millenium star Amitabh Bachchan, his son Abhishek, and daughter-in-law, former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, will walk the red carpet as the International Indian Film Academy hosts its 10th annual weekend conference from Thursday to Saturday.

The world's most prolific film industry is hoping to translate its large output into bigger revenue by widening its viewership beyond native Indians.

Overseas income is already contributing more to the $2.3 billion Indian movie industry, with foreign box office revenues jumping from 5.3 percent of total revenue in 2005 to 9.8 percent in 2008, according to a report commissioned by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. With their large ethnic Indian populations, the U.S. and Britain are now Bollywood's two biggest foreign markets.

"The success and popularity of 'Slumdog Millionaire,' with its Indian locales, artists and music, underscores the growing influence of Indian cinema and augurs well for Bollywood movie markets targeting global audiences," the FICCI report said.

Amitabh Bachchan told a recent media briefing promoting the International Indian Film Academy weekend that the Indian film industry needs to do a better job of selling itself. Indian films typically devote 10 percent to 15 percent of their budget to marketing, compared to 30 percent in Hollywood, according to the FICCI report.

"Hollywood has greater marketing skills. We don't know how to market our product because we don't have the funds," the 66-year-old actor said, adding that, "we are trying."

The film academy has held previous overseas events in London, Dubai, Johannesburg, Amsterdam and Bangkok.

In addition to showcasing several new Indian films, this year's event in Macau will include a conference of business executives from India and China on Friday that will focus on collaboration between the two countries, with Indian Ambassador to China Nirupama Rao making the
pitch for her home country.

Famed Bollywood composer A.R. Rahman, an Oscar winner for his "Slumdog Millionaire" score, will hold a workshop on Friday. Heartthrob Hrithik Roshan and wife Suzanne will model for Indian designers at a fashion show Thursday night.

The three-day program culminates Saturday night, 13 June, with the annual IIFA Awards, where Abhishek Bachchan, his wife Aishwarya Rai, Roshan and fellow stars Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif will compete for top acting honors.

IIFA is All Set For The Next Weekend

IIFA all set to celebrate its 10th year in 2009 where and when the biggest and the best from Bollywood will cross the borders to perform, give away and receive awards.
Venue for IIFA Awards 2009

Macau, China is the venue for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards to be held in the June 11-13 weekend. Despite coming late in the year after Filmfare and Stardust awards,
IIFA is looking forward to mainly because it is just the votes that matter here.

IIFA Founders

Founded by Wizcraft International Entertainment, IIFA neatly sidesteps potential accusations of foul play and partiality thanks to a transparent tie-up with the audit firm Price Waterhouse Coopers.
IIFA Technical Awards Are Done With!

IIFA's technical awards are over and done with and we will have to wait to see that if Hrithik Roshan will score another award for his performance in Jodhaa Akbar as Shah Rukh Khan has always been the king of the popularity stakes. While Abhishek Bachchan has been nominated in three categories, two for the same role in Dostana, his better half, Aishwarya Rai, probably has her fingers crossed for a win over Priyanka Chopra this time. But one guess is only as good as the other.

The process of selecting the winners is not as transparent in a ceremony like, say the Filmfare Awards, as it is in the case of IIFA. So IIFA has certainly taken over other conventional awards now.

IIFA Showmanship

Where showmanship is concerned, IIFA certainly knows how to deliver the best. An international face like Rai's, musical genius like that of A.R. Rahman's and the dogged refusal to give up on songs-for-every-occasion have taken Bollywood to almost every part of
the globe; Wizcraft has systematically created an organised platform for Hindi movies to be lauded globally.

Guest Abode at IIFA

To accomodate its approx. 500 luminaries from tinsel-town, IIFA is befittingly headed to the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel. This will even boost the tourism in the place. Designed like the city of Venice, the hotel has only suites to offer and a stream of gondolas to saunter
past as you shop. You can even float along in a gondola as your guide sings for you, but at a price. The Cotai Arena, which is the venue for the event, can house up to 6,000 guests.


IIFA Brand Ambassador

For brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, the year should hold a special place in his heart as it is his 40th year in the industry as well. But he still has to defend IIFA's position when it comes to accusations that it showcases only Hindi films and does not go pan-Indian.

It is certainly Bollywood that is putting the country's glamorous face forward with its penchant for the glitter and gloss.

Amitabh discloses nominations for IIFA awards

The countdown for the much awaited, fun-filled and exciting tenth IIFA Weekend at The Venetian Macau has begun.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan revealed the names of films nominated in the Best Film category for IIFA awards 2009 while addressing a press conference here on Tuesday.

Amitabh Bachchan was here to promote International Indian Film Awards which will be organized at the Venetian, Macau (China).

Big B told that amongst the films released in the year 2008, ‘A Wednesday', ‘Dostana', ‘Ghajini', 'Race', ‘Jodha Akbar' and ‘Rock On' have been nominated for the Best Film award.
Amitabh Bachchan, the brand ambassador of IIFA confirmed that his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will perform at the event. Sonam Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Sushmita Sen, Bipasha Basu and Boman Irani will be the other star attractions performing in the event.
Amitabh Bachchan said, ‘My conscience does not permit me to accept the award under the present circumstances when the citizens ofour country are subjected to such acts of inhuman horror.' With categories like the Star of the Decade – Male and Female, Movie of the Decade, Music of the Decade and Director of the Decade, the IDEA IIFA Awards will honour the best of Indian cinema.

Also setting the stage alight once more, will be the dynamic Abhishek Bachchan who has performed twice before on the IIFA stage. Bachchan planted a tree after the press conference at a mall here. It is worth mentioning here that IIFA weekend will take place on June 11-13 this year.

IIFA Brand Ambassador "Lavish Suite" in Macau

Amitabh Bachchan via last.fm

• IIFA Brand Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan is residing in an extra Lavish

Suit in Macau, China, the venue of 2009 IIFA.

The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards had well
deservedly allotted the best suite in the hotel that hosts the
celebrity guests of the event. It is now learnt that this year it is
to be no exception either.

The IIFA Awards this year are being hosted by The Venetian, Macau and
just like its sister property The Venetian in Las Vegas, The Venetian
Macao is also a Renaissance Venice-themed property featuring famous
landmarks from Venice with over 3000 suites. The best of them all has
been specially kept reserved for Mr. and Mrs. Amitabh Bachchan.

It is on the seventh floor having its own private swimming pool, patio
and lawn. Reportedly the suite contains three master bedrooms with
each bedroom having its own steam, sauna, exercise and massage room.
Interestingly, the bathroom is entirely operated by gadgets. There is
a switch that ensures that the collapsible pot is opened. Then the
second switch washes you after your use while the third one dries you
up. And funnily, the last switch powders your backside.

When Big B made his visit to Macao earlier this month for a
promotional activity, he stayed at that very same suite. He was
mightily impressed by the luxurious facilities it offered him but at
the same time he was overheard saying that, “It needs a golf buggy to
take me from the bedroom to the bathroom. It is really far.”

Football Stars at IIFA 2009

IIFA Awards 2009 will kick off with Football stars John Terry and Frank Lampard

IIFA is back and so are the stars, the glamour, the performances and some light hearted moments. Starting from 11th June in Macau, it will end with the award ceremony on the 13th.

But its time to rejoice for you football fanatics as ace Chelsea footballers John Terry and Frank Lampard too will be at the event.

Last year's host, Ritesh Deshmukh and Boman Irani will host the show this year too.
Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Sonam Kapoor are all set to sizzle the stage with their performances.

As usual the grand affair will see not less than 500 luiminaries form Bollywood film industry to witness this extravaganza.

Special Awards Nominees at IIFA 2009

Celebrating its tenth year, IIFA Academy will bestow a special set of Awards to commemorate the last decade of Indian Cinema from 1999-2009.

Therefore, celebrating the best of the best, it has put together nominations in five major categories for The Videocon IIFA Golden Decade Honours which will be announced at the IDEA IIFA Awards on the 13th of June, in Macau.

The five categories are Star of the Decade – Male, Star of the Decade
– Female, Movie of the Decade, Director of the Decade and Music of the
Decade.

The nominations are listed here.
Star of the decade – Male: Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan.
Star of the decade: Female: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukherji, Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra.
Music of the decade: Taal – 2000 AR Rahman; Kaho Na Pyaar Hai – 2001 Rajesh Roshan; Lagaan – 2002 AR Rahman; Saathiya – 2003 AR Rahman; Kal Ho Na Ho – 2004 Shankar Ehsaan Loy; Veer Zaara – 2005 Madan Mohan; Bunty Aur Babli – 2006 Shankar Ehsan Loy; Rang De Basanti – 2007 AR Rahman and Guru – 2008 AR Rahman.
Director of the decade: Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Hum Dil De Chuke Saname 2000, Devdas 2003 & Black 2006; Rakesh Roshan – Kaho Na Pyaar Hai 2001 & Koi Mil Gaya 2004; Ashutosh Gowarikar – Lagaan 2002; Yash Chopra – Veer Zaara 2005; Raj Kumar Hirani – Lage Raho…. 2007 and Shimit Amin – Chak De India 2008.
Movie of the decade: Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam – 2000; Kaho Na Pyaar Hai – 2001; Lagaan – 2002; Devdas – 2003; Kal Ho Na Ho – 2004; Veer Zaara – 2005; Black – 2006; Chak De India – 2008 and Rang De Basanti – 2007.

IIFA Awards to be hosted by Boman Irani and Ritesh Deshmukh

With their inimitable humor, Boman Irani and Ritesh Deshmukh had the audience in splits at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards last year in Bangkok. The duo is all over again set to play hosts to the glitzy cine event that will be held in Macau.

Apart from spoofs on popular movies and their witty jokes, Boman Irani had even donned a Scottish skirt during the show much to the amusement of the viewers. This year as well the Boman and Ritesh are ready to create fun riot on the stage. Sounds interesting !!!

Also completing a decade of its existence, the star-studded event will be held at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel at Macau starting June 11-13.

There will be host of Indian celebrities as well as international film personalities including brand ambassador megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his family, actors Hrithik Roshan, Jab We Met superstar-Shahid Kapur, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Kangana Ranaut, Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta at the three-day-long weekend.

American actor John Terry might also grace the event, it added. Sonam Kapoor, the Delhi 6 cute girl will also be making her debut on stage at this event.

Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt Ltd, the organizers of the event have promised a whole set of surprises for the 10th year celebrations.

IIFA Awards 2009 on Star Plus

STAR PLUS, the best entertainment channel on Indian Television, is all set to serve as the exclusive broadcaster for the 2009 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, reaching 150 million viewers in the Indian Sub-continent, South-east Asia, the Middle East, the U.S. and Europe.

To be held in Macau from June 11 to 13, 2009, the IIFA Awards sole aim is to promote Indian cinema on a worldwide platform and reach out to their global audience.

To kick off the festivities, STAR PLUS will feature special programs every weekend in June, including Golden Decade of Indian Cinema, which looks back at ten years of the awards; IIFA Weekend, featuring Bollywood celebrities enjoying Macau; and IIFA Curtain Raiser, giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsals.

There will also be an eco-friendly "Green Carpet" show.

STAR PLUS is proud to broadcast the IIFA Awards to the world for a fifth consecutive year this 2009.

This prestigious event is a must see for Bollywood Cine-lovers worldwide, consistently rated as one of the most viewed programs on STAR schedule year in, year out.

Featuring world-class galas such as this one underscores 'STAR PLUS’ commitment to delivering the most sought after content to viewers in India and beyond.

IIFA 2009 Venue is China

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After travelling to countries like Britain, South Africa, Singapore,
Dubai and Thailand, the 10th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA)
is heading to Macau, China in 2009.

The event will be three-day long and will be held at the Venetian
Macao Resort Hotel at Macau, China between June 11-13.

2009 IIFA shall celebrate a decade of IIFA demure and promises to be
yet another enthralling experience to be held at the Venetian Macao.
Amitabh Bachchan, the IIFA brand ambassador thinks that it is an
excellent choice for IIFA’s celebrations and we are excited to bring
its magic to that fabulous city.

For the 10th year celebrations, Wizcraft International Entertainment
Pvt. Ltd, the organizers of the event, are promising a whole set of
surprises.

The viewership of IIFA has already crossed 600 million. Each of the
host destinations have reported growth in tourism, film shootings in
their region and growth in Indian investments.

The IIFA Weekend is expected to attract more than 500 noted
personalities from the Indian film industry.

The IIFA 2009 will be sponsored by Videocon.

Filmfare Awards (Best Actress Category) - Rare Facts

Actress with Most Awards Nutan, with five wins, has more Best Actress wins than any other actress.Nutan is also the oldest winner of the Filmfare Award.She won it for films like Seema, Sujata, Bandini,Milan and Mein Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki.



However, the oldest nominee is Sharmila Tagore. The youngest nominee and winner of the award is Dimple Kapadia who was nominated when she was as young as 16 years.



Actress with Most Nominations Madhuri Dixit has 13 nominations to her credit.She has won the award four times alongwith Meena Kumari and Kajol.

Actress with Most Nominations without ever winning Tabu, Manisha Koirala with some 5 nominations.

Actress with Most Nominations in the same year Shabana Azmi has 4 to her credit.

Seven actresses have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are Waheeda Rehman, Dimple Kapadia, Rekha, Sridevi, Karisma Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, and Rani Mukerji.

Four actresses have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Meena Kumari (1954-55), Jaya Bhaduri (1974-75), Shabana Azmi (1984-85), Rani Mukerji (2005-06).

There has been only one tie in the history of this category. This occurred in 1974 when Jaya Bhaduri and Dimple Kapadia were both given the award.



Only once have siblings been nominated for the Best Actress Award during the same year: Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in 2002.

In 1962, Meena Kumari was the only nominee, nominated three times, for Aarti, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, and Main Chup Rahungi.