6th Filmfare Awards


The 6th Filmfare Awards were held in 10 May 1959, at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema for the year 1958. Madhumati became the biggest winner when it received Best Film of 1958 and Best Director, both for Bimal Roy.
Dev Anand won his first Best Actor trophy for Kala Pani. Vyjayanthimala won her second Filmfare and first Best Actress trophy for Sadhna, the same year she was also nominated for Madhumati. She became the first female actor to be nominated for two performances in the same year. Madhumati has the highest nomination with eleven nominations and was a record winner where the film has won nine awards altogether. Madhumati was followed by B. R. Chopra's Sadhna | with six nomination and two wins, incidentally both had Vyjayanthimala in the lead.

Main awards

Best FilmBest Director

  • Bimal Roy – Madhumati
  • * B. R. Chopra – Sadhna
  • * Mahesh Kaul – Talaaq
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Dev Anand – Kala Pani as Karan Mehra
  • *Dilip Kumar – Madhumati as Anand/Deven
  • *Raj Kapoor – Phir Subha Hogi as Ram Babu
  • Vyjayanthimala – Sadhna as Champabai / Rajani
  • * Meena Kumari – Sahara as Leela
  • * Vyjayanthimala – Madhumati as Madhumati / Madhavi / Radha
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Johnny Walker – Madhumati as Charandas
  • * Rehman – Phir Subha Hogi as Rehman
  • * Sohrab Modi – Yahudi as Ezra
  • Nalini Jaywant – Kala Pani as Kishori
  • * Lalita Pawar – Parvarish as Rukmini Singh
  • * Leela Chitnis – Sadhna as Mother
    • Best Music DirectorBest Lyricist
  • Salil Chowdhury – Madhumati
  • * O. P. Nayyar – Phagun
  • * Shankar Jaikishan – Yahudi
  • Shailendra – "Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hain" from Yahudi
  • *Sahir Ludhianvi – "Aurat Ne Janam Diya" from Sadhna
  • *Shailendra – "Meri Jaan" from Yahudi
    • Best Playback Singer – MaleBest Playback Singer – Female
  • Award won by a female singer
  • Lata Mangeshkar – "Aaja Re Pardesi" from Madhumati

    • Technical Awards

    Best StoryBest Dialogue

  • Rajinder Singh Bedi – Madhumati
    • Best EditingBest Cinematography
  • Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Madhumati
  • Dilip Gupta – Madhumati
    • Best Art DirectionBest Sound Design
  • Sudhendu Roy – Madhumati
  • Ishan Ghosh – Chandan

    • Multiple nominations and wins

    The following films received multiple awards and nominations.
    MovieAwardsNominations
    Madhumati912
    Sadhna26
    Kala Pani22
    Yahudi15
    Chandan11
    Talaaq03