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Award ceremony for Hindi language films

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3rd Filmfare Awards
Date	1956
Site	Bombay, India
Highlights
Best Film	Jagriti
Best Actor	Dilip Kumar for Azaad
Best Actress	Kamini Kaushal for Biraj Bahu
Most awards	Biraj Bahu & Jagriti (2)
Most nominations	Azaad (4)
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The 3rd Filmfare Awards were held in 1956.

Azaad led the ceremony with 4 nominations, followed by Biraj Bahu and Jagriti with 3 nominations.

Biraj Bahu and Jagriti won 2 awards each, with the former winning Best Director (for Bimal Roy) and Best Actress (for Kamini Kaushal), and the latter winning Best Film and Best Supporting Actor (for Abhi Bhattacharya), thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

Main Awards

Abhi Bhattacharya, Best Supporting Actor

Nirupa Roy, Best Supporting Actress

Hemant Kumar, Best Music Director

Best Film	Best Director
Jagriti – Filmistan Productions Azaad – Pakshiraja Studios Biraj Bahu – Hiten Chaudhary Productions	Bimal Roy – Biraj Bahu
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Dilip Kumar – Azaad* as Kumar / Azaad / Abdul Rahim Khan** Bharat Bhushan – Mirza Ghalib as Mirza Ghalib Dev Anand – Munimji as Amar/Raj	*Kamini Kaushal – Biraj Bahu* as Biraj Chakravorty** Geeta Bali – Vachan as Kamala Meena Kumari – Azaad as Shobha
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Abhi Bhattacharya – Jagriti* as Shekhar** Johnny Walker – Railway Platform as Johnny Ulhas – Kundan as Inspector Sher Singh	*Nirupa Roy – Munimji* as Malti** Geeta Bali – Kavi as Basanti Suryakumari – Uran Khatola as Raj Rani
Best Story	Best Music Director
Mukhram Sharma – Vachan Manoranjan Ghose – Jagriti Rajinder Singh Bedi – Garam Coat	Hemant Kumar – Nagin C. Ramchandra – Azaad Naushad – Uran Khatola

Best Cinematography	Best Sound Recordist
Dwarka Divecha – Yasmin	R. Kaushik – Amar
Best Art Direction	Best Editor
Rusi Banker – Mirza Ghalib	Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Naukari

The following films had multiple wins and/or multiple nominations

v t e Filmfare Awards
Merit awards	Best Film Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Best Performance in a Negative Role Best Performance in a Comic Role Male Debut Female Debut Debut Director Music Director Lyricist Male Playback Singer Female Playback Singer
Critics' awards	Best Film Best Actor Best Actress Documentary
Technical awards	Story Screenplay Dialogue Action Art Direction Background Score Cinematography Editing Choreography Sound Design Special Effects Costume Design
Special awards	Lifetime Achievement RD Burman Award Special Award New Face of the Year Scene of the Year Power Award
Award ceremonies	1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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