9th Filmfare Awards

9th Filmfare Awards
Date	May 20, 1962
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
Most awards	Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (4)
Most nominations	Gunga Jumna (7) Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (7)

The 9th Filmfare Awards were held in May 20, 1962 at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema in 1961.^[1]

Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai bagged the Best Film and Best Actor Awards, both for Raj Kapoor.^[2] Vyjayanthimala won her third Filmfare and second Best Actress trophy for Gunga Jumna. While B.R. Chopra won his Best Director Award for Kanoon. Gunga Jumna and Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai had the highest nomination with seven nominations each.^[3] Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai was a 1960 release but was not considered for the 8th Filmfare Awards.

Main awards

Best Film	Best Director
Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai – R. K. Films – Raj Kapoor Gunga Jumna – Citizen Films – Dilip Kumar Kanoon – B. R. Films – B. R. Chopra	*B.R. Chopra – Kanoon* Nitin Bose – Gunga Jumna Radhu Karmakar – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Raj Kapoor – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai* Dev Anand – Hum Dono Dilip Kumar – Gunga Jumna	*Vyjayanthimala – Gunga Jumna* as Dhanno Padmini – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai as Kammo Saira Banu – Junglee as Rajkumari 'Raj'
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Nana Palsikar – Kanoon as Kaalia Mehmood – Sasural as Mahesh Pran – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai as Raka	Nirupa Roy – Chhaya as Manorama / Aayah Shubha Khote – Gharana as Ragini Shubha Khote – Sasural as Sita
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Ravi – Gharana Naushad – Gunga Jumna Shankar Jaikishan – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai	Shakeel Badayuni – "Husn Wale Tera" from Gharana Hasrat Jaipuri – "Teri Pyari Pyari Surat" from Sasural Shailendra – "Hothon Pe Sacchai" from Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Mohammed Rafi – "Chashme Buddoor" from Sasural Mohammed Rafi – "Husn Wale Tera" from Gharana Mukesh – "Hothon Pe Sacchai" from Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai	Award won by a male singer

Best Story	Best Dialogue
C. V. Sridhar – Nazrana C. J. Pavri – Kanoon Mohan Kumar – Aas Ka Panchhi	Wajahat Mirza – Gunga Jumna
Best Editing	Best Cinematography
G.G. Mayekar – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai	V. Balasaheb – Gunga Jumna
Best Art Direction	Best Sound Design
M. R. Acharekar – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai	Kuldeep Singh – Junglee

The following films received multiple awards and nominations.

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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