March 1st, 2010

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Vidya Balan won the Best Actress award for Paa

3 Idiots was declared the best film, while Rajkumar Hirani claimed the best director award. 3 idiots also won Best Screenplay Award. Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra together won Best Story Award for 3 Idiots.

Music director Khayyam wins Lifetime Achievement Award. He has won two Filmfare Award for Best Music in 1977 for Kabhi Kabhie and 1982 for Umrao Jaan.

Nandita Das won Best Film (Critics) for Firaaq

Rekha Bharadwaj won Best Playback Singer (Female) for Genda Phool (Delhi 6) while Vishal Bhardwaj’s Kaminey won Best Visual Effects Awards.

Kalki Koechlin won Best Supporting Actor (Female) for Anurag Kashap’s Dev D

Boman Irani won the Best Supporting Actor (Male) for 3 Idiots

Shashi Kapoor won the Lifetime Achievement award. It was presented by Shabana Azmi and Yash Chopra

The 55th Annual Filmfare Awards was presented on Feb 27, 2010. The event was hosted by Saif Ali Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. This year’s nominations were some big names like Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D, Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots and Vishal Bharadwaj’s Kaminey for their best director performance and films. Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan were cited as best actor and best actress respectively at the star-studded 55th Filmfare