54th Filmfare Awards


The 54th Idea Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group and Idea Cellular, was one of India's most prestigious awards ceremony, honoring the best Bollywood films of 2008. It took place on 28 February 2009 at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai. Actors Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan hosted the show for the first part, while actresses Konkona Sen Sharma and Deepika Padukone hosted the show in the latter part. It was the first time that any of these actors hosted the awards ceremony. The ceremony was televised in India eight days later, on 8 March 2009.
The nominees for the various films were announced on 16 February 2009. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Rock On!! led the ceremony with a total of ten nominations each, followed by Jodhaa Akbar with nine nominations. Ghajini and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na had seven nominations each. The nominations are for the major awards only, as there were no list of nominees for the technical and other awards.
The major award-winning films at the ceremony were Jodhaa Akbar and Rock On!!, both winning five awards each. The former won four under the main category, including the best film, best director and best actor awards, while the latter won one in the major category - it was Arjun Rampal's first Filmfare award, as he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. Priyanka Chopra won her first Filmfare Best Actress Award in 2009 for her role in Fashion while Asin Thottumkal received her first Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her performance in Ghajini.

Awards and nominees

Main awards

Critics' awards

Technical Awards

Special awards

Multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations.
The following films received multiple awards.
– winner of the Filmfare Best Film Award, – nominees for Best Film
FilmAwardsNominationsNotes
A Wednesday04
  • This was Neeraj Pandey's first feature film as a director.
  • He was also the scriptwriter of the film, and it was his first time as scriptwriter as well.
Bachna Ae Haseeno03
  • Bipasha Basu got her second nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, after her role in No Entry. However, she failed to win it both times.
  • KK became only the third male playback singer to get multiple nominations in the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award, after Sonu Nigam and Udit Narayan, since 2000.
  • Shilpa Rao debuted as a female playback singer with this film, and also received her first Filmfare Best Female Playback Award nomination for this film.
    • Dostana05
  • This film was the directorial debut of Tarun Mansukhani.
  • Dostana was only the second film which was produced by Karan Johar, but not directed by him, to get a nomination under the Filmfare Best Film Award category. It was the second Karan Johar Production which did not win a single Filmfare Award, after Kaal.
    • Fashion26
  • This film earned director Madhur Bhandarkar his second nomination under the Filmfare Best Director Award, after Page 3 in 2006.
  • Priyanka Chopra won her first ever Filmfare Best Actress Award for this film. Simultaneously, Kangana Ranaut won her first ever Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for this film. Such a feat was last achieved in 2006, when Ayesha Kapoor and Rani Mukherji won the Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress Award respectively for Black.
    • Ghajini27
  • This film saw the directorial debut of South Indian film-maker A R Murugadoss, who had also directed the Tamil version of this film. The Tamil version starred Surya Sivakumar.
  • South India actress Asin Thottumkal debuted in Bollywood with this film, and won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. Incidentally, she had also starred as the female lead in the Tamil version of this film. Thus, she became the first actress to act in the same role in two films of two different languages.
    • Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na37
  • A R Rahman became only the fourth music director in the history of Filmfare to win the Filmfare Best Music Director Award three times in a row, after Shankar-Jaikishan, Laxmikant Pyarelal and Nadeem Shravan.
    • Jodhaa Akbar59
  • Jodhaa Akbar was one of the major award winners, winning five Filmfare Awards, including Filmfare Best Film Award, Filmfare Best Director Award and Filmfare Best Actor Award.
    • Love Story 205010
  • Love Story 2050 was the only film which did not receive any nomination under the categories having nominations, and yet won a Filmfare Award.
  • This was the first film of Harry Baweja to win a Filmfare Award.
    • Mumbai Meri Jaan22
  • This was the Bollywood debut for director Nishikant Kamat. He had previously directed films for Marathi and Tamil cinema.
  • It later went on to win the National Film Award for Best Special Effects, which went to Govardhan of Tata Elixis.
    • Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!32
  • Manu Rishi won his first ever Filmfare award for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, winning the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award.
  • This film became the largest Filmfare Award-winning Dibakar Banerjee, ahead of Khosla Ka Ghosla, which had won one Filmfare Award.
  • Manjot Singh received his first award ever for his critically appreciated role in the film.
    • Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi210
  • This was the debut film for actress Anushka Sharma. She was subsequently nominated for Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, but narrowly lost out to Asin.
  • Shah Rukh Khan did not win an award for the first time under a film directed by Aditya Chopra. He had previously won for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and Mohabbatein.
    • Rock On!!510
  • Arjun Rampal won his first ever Filmfare Award for his role in this film.
  • Farhan Akhtar debuted both as a playback singer and as an actor in this film. Subsequently, he won the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award, and also received a nomination for best male playback singer.
  • Shahana Goswami received the Filmfare Best Actress Award, and became the first actress to achieve this honour for a supporting role.
    • Singh Is Kinng12