Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards
Current: 68th Filmfare Awards
	The Filmfare Award statuette
Awarded for	Excellence in the Hindi film industry
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	March 21, 1954; 70 years ago
Last awarded	27 April 2023
Website	www.filmfare.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	Sony Entertainment Television (2000–17); Colors TV; (2018–Present)

The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.^[1] The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India.^[2] The awards were first introduced by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards.^[3] They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonca, the editor of The Times of India.

References

↑ AlMishra, Vijay, Bollywood Cinema: A Critical Genealogy (PDF), Victoria University of Wellington, p. 9, retrieved 2011-02-24
↑ Mehta, Monika (2005), "Globalizing Bombay Cinema: Reproducing the Indian State and Family", Cultural Dynamics, 17 (2): 135–154 [145], doi:10.1177/0921374005058583, S2CID 143950404
↑ Boltin, Kylie (Autumn 2003), "Saathiya: South Asian Cinema Otherwise Known as 'Bollywood'", Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine (136): 52–5, ISSN 0312-2654

[Mishra_9-1] AlMishra, Vijay, Bollywood Cinema: A Critical Genealogy (PDF), Victoria University of Wellington, p. 9, retrieved 2011-02-24

[Mehta_2005_135–154_145-2] Mehta, Monika (2005), "Globalizing Bombay Cinema: Reproducing the Indian State and Family", Cultural Dynamics, 17 (2): 135–154 [145], doi:10.1177/0921374005058583, S2CID 143950404

[Boltin_52–5-3] Boltin, Kylie (Autumn 2003), "Saathiya: South Asian Cinema Otherwise Known as 'Bollywood'", Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine (136): 52–5, ISSN 0312-2654

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