2nd Filmfare Awards - 1955

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. 

Travancore Sisters at Filfare awards 1955

The Winners For 2^nd 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

 (Left to right) David, Meena Kumari, Bharat Bhushan and Usha Kiron

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Filmfare Awards 1954 - The First Ones

The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India.The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the Clare Awards or The Clares after the editor of The Times of India, Clare Mendonca. Readers of Filmfare were polled to decide the winners, and over 20,000 readers spread throughout India participated in the polls;trophies were given to winners of the popular vote.

Hollywood star Gregory Peck was invited to be the guest of honour at the first ever awards on March 21, 1954 at the Metro theatre, Mumbai but couldn't make it to the function since his flight from Colombo got delayed. However, Peck did attend the banquet that followed the award nite atWellington ClubGymkhana), Mumbai .

Gregory Peck 

 In the first awards function, held on 21 March 1954 at the Metro Theatre of Mumbai, only five awards were presented: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Music Director. 

The Winners of the first Filmfare awards were 

Category	Winner	Film
Best Actor	Dilip Kumar	Daag
Best Actress	Meena Kumari	Baiju Bawra
Best Film	Bimal Roy	Do Bigha Zameen
Best Director	Bimal Roy	Do Bigha Zamin
Best Music Direction	Naushad	Baiju Bawra - 'Too Ganga Ki Mauj'

The First Winners of Filmfare - Bimal Roy, Meena Kumari, Naushad & Dilip Kumar

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