The 55th Filmfare Awards were held on 27 February 2010 at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai, India. The awards given for 30 categories, out of which there were 3 special awards, 3 critics awards and 24 main awards for Hindi films released in 2009. There were 60 nominations for the top 10 categories, which were based on votes via web and newspaper forms.[1] The award ceremony was hosted by Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan.

55th Filmfare Awards
Date27 February 2010
SiteYash Raj Studios, Mumbai
Hosted byShahrukh Khan
Saif Ali Khan
Shruti Haasan
Karan Johar
Siddharth
Official websitewww.filmfare.com
Highlights
Best Film3 Idiots
Firaaq
Most awards3 Idiots & Dev.D (6)
Most nominationsLove Aaj Kal (12)
Television coverage
NetworkSony Entertainment Television (India)

Love Aaj Kal led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by 3 Idiots with 11 nominations and Kaminey with 10 nominations.

3 Idiots and Dev.D won 6 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film, Best Director (for Rajkumar Hirani) and Best Supporting Actor (for Boman Irani), and the latter winning Best Actress (Critics) (for Mahie Gill) and Best Supporting Actress (for Kalki Koechlin).

Paa fetched Amitabh Bachchan his fifth Best Actor award, and Vidya Balan her first ever Best Actress award, for their performance as the son-mother duo of Auro and Vidya.[2]

Kareena Kapoor received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in 3 Idiots and Kurbaan, but lost to Vidya Balan who won the award for Paa.

Awards and nominees

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Rajkumar Hirani, Best Director
Vidya Balan, Best Actress
Amitabh Bachchan, Best Actor
Nandita Das, Best Director Critics
Mahi Gill, Best Actress Critics
Ranbir Kapoor, Best Actor Critics
Boman Irani, Best Supporting Actor
Kalki Koechlin, Best Supporting Actress
A. R. Rahman, Best Music Director
Irshad Kamil, Best Lyricist
Shashi Kapoor, Lifetime Achievement Awardee
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Main Awards

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

Critics' awards

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Best Film
Best Actor Best Actress

Technical Awards

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Best Story Best Screenplay
Best Dialogue Best Editing
Best Choreography Best Cinematography
Best Production Design Best Sound Design
  • Helen Jones, Sukanta Panigrahi – Dev.D
Best Costume Design Best Background Score
Best Special Effects Best Action
  • Govardhan Vigharan, Vinay Singh Chuphal – Kaminey

Special awards

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Lifetime Achievement
Best Debut Director
Male Female
RD Burman Award
Special Award

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 55th Idea Filmfare Awards Nominations
  2. ^ "Paa - Movie". Bollywood Hungama. 1 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  3. ^ "55th Filmfare Awards 2010 Winners". 27 February 2010.
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