The inaugural edition of Filmfare awards provided a platform
of recognisation, for which both the pioneers and prodigies of Hindi
cinema were thriving. 1954 was a quite eventful year for Bollywood with the
defining movies like Nagin, Nastik , Taxi Driver, Jagriti ,Shart ,Boot Polish etc. K.A. Abbas's film "Munna" becomes the second film to be
made without songs. Music director Hemant
Kumar is thrust into the national limelight with the release of
"Nagin". Keeping eye on all these movies and their response 2nd Filmfare Awards were held on 27th March 1955.
Then Chief
Minister of Bombay Morarji Desai ( Later Prime Minister
of India) was chief guest of the
glittering celebration. The famous Travancore
sisters Padmini, Lalitha and Ragini performed at award function.
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| Travancore Sisters at Filfare awards 1955 |
The Winners For 2nd Filmfare Popular
Awards Were:
Category
|
Winner
|
Film
|
Best
Actor
|
Bharat
Bhushan
|
Shri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
|
Best
Actress
|
Meena
Kumari
|
Parineeta
|
Best
Film
|
Raj Kapoor
|
Boot
Polish
|
Best
Director
|
Bimal
Roy
|
Parineeta
|
Best
Supporting Actor (Male)
|
David
|
Boot
Polish
|
Best
Supporting Actor (Female)
|
Usha
Kiran
|
Baadbaan
|
Best
Music Direction
|
S.D.
Burman
|
Taxi
Driver - 'Jaye To Jaye Kahan
|
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(Left to right) David, Meena Kumari, Bharat Bhushan and Usha Kiron
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