4th Filmfare Awards

4th Filmfare Awards
Date	May 5, 1957
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Most awards	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (4)
Most nominations	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (4)

The 4th Filmfare Awards were held in May 5, 1957 at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema for the year 1956.^[1] Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje becomes biggest winner where it received Best Film of 1956 and Best Director, both for V. Shantaram.^[2] Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje has the highest nomination with four nominations which the film won all the nomination.^[3] Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje was followed by Bimal Roy's Devdas with three nomination, also won in all the respective nominations.

Dilip Kumar won his third Best Actor trophy for Devdas. Nutan won her first Best Actress trophy for Seema. The same event also witness actress Vyjayanthimala who won her first Filmfare in Supporting Actress category for Devdas declining her award as she thinks that her role was not supporting and was equally important as the other female lead in that film. She was the first person to decline an Filmfare Award, however she later won the Filmfare Best Actress trophy for Sadhna in 1958 and followed two more trophies.

While most of the nominated films was released in 1956, however some films which won most of the main awards were 1955 releases. Devdas, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje, Seema and Shree 420 was a 1955 film but did not considered for the 3rd Filmfare Awards.

Main awards

Best Film	Best Director
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje – Rajkamal Kala Mandir – V. Shantaram	V. Shantaram – Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dilip Kumar – Devdas as Devdas Mukherjee Raj Kapoor – Jagte Raho as Peasant	Nutan – Seema as Gauri
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Motilal – Devdas as Chunni Babu Johnny Walker – C.I.D. as Master	Vyjayanthimala – Devdas as Chandramukhi

Technical Awards

Best Music Director	Best Story
Shankar Jaikishan – Chori Chori O. P. Nayyar – C.I.D.	Amiya Chakravarty – Seema
Best Editing	Best Cinematography
G.G. Mayekar – Shree 420	Radhu Karmakar – Shree 420
Best Art Direction	Best Sound Design
Kanu Desai – Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje	A. K. Parmar – Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje

Multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple awards and nominations.

Movie	Awards	Nominations
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje	4	4
Devdas	3	3
Seema	2	2
Shree 420	2	2
C.I.D.	0	2

References

↑ The Times Group (5 May 1957). "Dilip Kumar". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
↑ "The Winners 1956". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
↑ "The Nominations – 1956". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

External links

Winner and nomination of 4th Filmfare Awards at Internet Movie Database

Filmfare Awards

Category History of film

Merit awards	Best Film Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Best Performance in a Negative Role Best Performance in a Comic Role Male Debut Female Debut Debut Director Music Director Lyricist Male Playback Singer Female Playback Singer

Critics' awards	Best Film Best Actor Best Actress Documentary

Technical awards	Story Screenplay Dialogue Action Art Direction Background Score Cinematographer Editing Choreography Sound Design Special Effects Costume Design

Special awards	Lifetime Achievement RD Burman Award Special Award New Face of the Year Scene of the Year Power Award

Award ceremonies	1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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