52nd Filmfare Awards


The 52nd Fair One Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group and Fair One, was one of India's most prestigious awards ceremony, honoring the best Bollywood films of 2006. It took place on 17 February 2007 at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai.
Rang De Basanti led the ceremony with twenty-one nominations, followed by Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna with eighteen nominations, Omkara with fifteen nominations and Lage Raho Munnabhai with eleven nominations.
Rang De Basanti and Omkara won seven awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

Awards and nominees

Main awards

The awards were announced on 8th February 2007.
Best FilmBest Director

  • Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Rang De Basanti
  • * Karan Johar - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
  • * Rakesh Roshan - Krrish
  • * Rajkumar Hirani - Lage Raho Munnabhai
  • * Sanjay Gadhvi - Dhoom 2
  • * Vishal Bhardwaj - Omkara
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Hrithik Roshan - Dhoom 2 as Aryan / Mr. A
  • *Aamir Khan - Rang De Basanti as Daljit 'DJ' / Chandrashekhar Azad
  • *Hrithik Roshan - Krrish as Krishna Mehra / Krrish / Rohit Mehra
  • *Sanjay Dutt - Lage Raho Munnabhai as Murli Prasad Sharma
  • *Shah Rukh Khan - Don as Don/Vijay
  • *Shah Rukh Khan - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Dev Saran
  • Kajol - Fanaa as Zooni Ali Baig
  • * Aishwarya Rai - Dhoom 2 as Sunehri Shinde
  • * Bipasha Basu - Corporate as Nishigandha Dasgupta
  • * Kareena Kapoor - Omkara as Dolly Mishra
  • * Rani Mukerji - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Maya Talwar
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Abhishek Bachchan - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rishi Talwar
  • *Amitabh Bachchan - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Samarjit 'Sam' Talwar
  • *John Abraham - Baabul as Rajat Verma
  • *Kunal Kapoor - Rang De Basanti as Aslam
  • *Siddharth Narayan - Rang De Basanti as Karan R. Singhania
  • Konkona Sen Sharma - Omkara as Indu Tyagi
  • * Kirron Kher - Rang De Basanti as Mitro
  • * Preity Zinta - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rhea Saran
  • * Rekha - Krrish as Sonia S. Mehra
  • * Soha Ali Khan - Rang De Basanti as Sonia / Durga Vohra
    • Best Male DebutBest Female Debut
  • Not awarded
  • Kangana Ranaut – Gangster
    • Best Villain AwardBest Comedian Award
  • Saif Ali Khan - Omkara as Ishwar "Langda" Tyagi
  • * Boman Irani - Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Lucky Singh
  • * Emraan Hashmi - Gangster
  • * John Abraham - Zinda as Rohit Chopra
  • * Naseeruddin Shah - Krrish as Dr. Siddhant Arya
  • Arshad Warsi - Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Sarkeshwar
  • *Chunky Pandey - Apna Sapna Money Money
  • *Paresh Rawal - Phir Hera Pheri as Baburao Ganpatrao Apte
  • *Sharman Joshi - Golmaal as Laxman
  • *Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal as Lucky Gill
    • Best Music DirectorBest Lyricist
  • A. R. Rahman - Rang De Basanti
  • * Himesh Reshammiya - Aksar
  • * Jatin Lalit - Fanaa
  • * Pritam - Dhoom 2
  • * Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Don - The Chase Begins Again
  • * Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
  • Prasoon Joshi - "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa
  • *Gulzar - "Beedi" from Omkara
  • *Javed Akhtar - "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
  • *Javed Akhtar - "Mitwa" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
  • *Prasoon Joshi - "Roobaroo" from Rang De Basanti
    • Best Playback Singer - MaleBest Playback Singer - Female
  • Shaan / Kailash Kher - "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa
  • *Atif Aslam - "Tere Bin" from Bas Ek Pal
  • *Himesh Reshammiya - "Jhalak Dikhlaja" from Aksar
  • *Sonu Nigam - "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
  • *Zubeen Garg - "Ya Ali" from Gangster
  • Sunidhi Chauhan - "Beedi" from Omkara
  • *Alka Yagnik - "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
  • *Shreya Ghoshal - "Pal Pal Har Pal" from Lage Raho Munnabhai
  • *Sunidhi Chauhan - "Aashiqui Mein" from 36 China Town
  • *Sunidhi Chauhan - "Soniye" from Aksar

    • Critics' awards

    Technical Awards

    Special awards

    Maximum nominations and wins

    MovieAwardsNominations
    Omkara915
    Rang De Basanti621
    Lage Raho Munnabhai411
    Krrish38
    Fanaa34
    Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna118
    Dhoom 218
    Khosla Ka Ghosla12
    Gangster18
    Don09
    Being Cyrus07
    Golmaal03
    Aksar03
    Jaan-E-Mann02