53rd Filmfare Awards
Date16 February 2008
SiteYash Raj Studios
Hosted byShahrukh Khan
Saif Ali Khan
Vidya Balan
Karan Johar
Official websitewww.filmfare.com
Highlights
Best FilmTaare Zameen Par
Best CriticChak De! India
Most awardsChak De! India & Guru & Taare Zameen Par (5)
Most nominationsGuru (14)
Television coverage
NetworkSony Entertainment Television (India)

The 53rd Filmfare Awards organized by Filmfare, honored the best Bollywood films of 2007. It took place on 16 February 2008 at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai.

Chak De! India, Guru and Om Shanti Om led the ceremony with 10 nominations each, followed by Saawariya with 8 nominations and Jab We Met with 7 nominations.

Chak De! India, Guru and Taare Zameen Par won 5 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

Shahrukh Khan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Chak De! India and Om Shanti Om, winning his 7th award in the category for the former.

Kareena Kapoor won her first and only Best Actress award for her performance in Jab We Met.

Konkona Sen Sharma received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and Life in a... Metro, winning for the latter.

The event was also notable as Madhuri Dixit received her 13th nomination for Best Actress for her role in Aaja Nachle, breaking the record held by Meena Kumari (with 12 nominations) for 35 years.[1]

Awards and nominees

Aamir Khan, Best Director
Kareena Kapoor, Best Actress
Shah Rukh Khan, Best Actor
Shimit Amin, Best Director Critics
Tabu, Best Actress Critics
Darsheel Safary, Best Actor Critics
Konkona Sen Sharma, Best Supporting Actress
Prasoon Joshi, Best Lyricist
Shaan, Best Male Playback Singer
Shreya Ghosal, Best Female Playback Singer
Rishi Kapoor, Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Main awards

Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Male Debut Best Female Debut
Best Music Director Best Lyricist
Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – Female

Critics' awards

Best Movie
Best Performance
Male Female

Technical Awards

Best Story Best Screenplay
Best Dialogue Best Editing
Best Choreography Best Cinematography
Best Production Design Best Sound Design
Best Costume Design Best Background Score
Best Special Effects Best Action

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement
R. D. Burman Award.
Fresh Face of the Year

Maximum nominations and wins

See also

  1. "Filmfare Awards Winners From 1953 to 2019". filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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