51st Filmfare Awards


The 51st Filmfare Awards took place on 25 February 2006 at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. The show was hosted by Javed Jaffrey.
Black received eleven awards at the ceremony - a record at the time.

Main awards

Best Film

Black
Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Black
Amitabh Bachchan – Black
Rani Mukherji – Black
Abhishek Bachchan – Sarkar
Ayesha Kapur – Black
Akshay KumarGaram Masala
Nana PatekarApaharan
Bunty Aur Babli – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Bunty Aur Babli – Gulzar for Kajra Re
Dus – Allan Amin

Best Art Direction

Parineeta – Keshto Mandal, Pradeep Sarkar and Tanushree Sarkar

Best Background Score

Black – Monty Sharma

Best Cinematography

Black – Ravi K. Chandran

Best Editing

Black – Bela Segal

Best Screenplay

' Page 3'' – Nina Arora & Manoj Tyagi

Best Dialogue

Apaharan – Prakash Jha

Best Story

Hazaaron Khwaishein AisiRuchi Narain, Shivkumar Subramaniam and Sudhir Mishra

Best Sound Design

Parineeta – Bishwadeep Chatterjee

Best Playback Singer, Male

Aashiq Banaya Aapne – Himesh Reshammiya for Aashiq Banaya Aapne
Bunty Aur Babli – Alisha Chinai for Kajraa Re
Shabana Azmi

Best Debut, Male

Shiney Ahuja – Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

Best Debut, Female

Vidya Balan – Parineeta

Critics' awards

Best Film

Black

Best Actor

Amitabh Bachchan – Black

Best Actress

Rani Mukherji – Black