Filmfare Best Documentary Award
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The Filmfare Best Documentary Award was one of the Filmfare Awards
, given by the magazine Filmfare
to documentary films. It was first presented in 1967, and was eliminated in 1998.
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
, given by the magazine Filmfare
Filmfare
Filmfare is an English-language tabloid-sized magazine about Indian cinema. Published by The Times Group, India's largest media services conglomerate, in Mumbai , it highlights the doings of the Bollywood film scene...
to documentary films. It was first presented in 1967, and was eliminated in 1998.
1960s
- 1967 Handicrafts of Rajasthan - Clement T. Baptista
- 1968 India '67 - S. Sukhdev
- 1969 Explorer - Promod Pati
1970s
- 1970 Then, The Rain - Ramesh Gupta
- 1971 Koodal - Mushir Ahmed
- 1972 Creations in Metal - Homi D. Sethna
- 1973 Nine Months to Freedom - S. Sukhdev
- 1974 A Day with the Builders - C.J. Paulose
- 1975 The Nomad Puppeteer - Mani KaulMani KaulMani Kaul was an Indian film director of Hindi films. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India where he was a student of Ritwik Ghatak and later became a teacher. Started his career with Uski Roti , which won him the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie, he went on to win...
- 1976 Sarojini Naidu - B.D. Garga
- 1977 Marvel of Memory - N.K. Issar
- 1978 Transformations - Zafar Hai
- 1979 no award
1980s
- 1980 Malfunction - Pankaj ParasharPankaj ParasharPankaj Parashar is a Indian film and television director. Among his most-known are cop-thriller Jalwa starring Naseeruddin Shah, the Sridevi hit, ChaalBaaz , and television detective series Karamchand...
- 1981 They Call Me Chamar - Lokesh Lalvani
- 1982 Faces After the Storm - Prakash JhaPrakash JhaPrakash Jha is an Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films such as Damul , Mrityudand , Gangaajal , Apaharan and multistarrer hit movie Raajneeti...
- 1983 Experience India - Zafar Hai
- 1984 Veer Savarkar - Prem Vaidya
- 1985 Charakku - Om Prakash SharmaOm Prakash SharmaOm Prakash Sharma popularly known as Janpriya Lekhak Om Prakash Sharma, is recognized as one of the foremost and most talented writers of detective fiction in Hindi after Devaki Nandan Khatri. He has more than 450 Hindi detective novels to his credit....
- 1986 Bombay: Our CityBombay: Our CityBombay: Our City is a 1985 Indian documentary film directed by Anand Patwardhan.-Awards:* National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film 1986* Special Jury Award, Cinema du reel, France, 1986* Filmfare Award for Best Documentary, 1986- External links:...
- Anand PatwardhanAnand PatwardhanAnand Patwardhan is an Indian documentary filmmaker, known for his activism through social action documentaries on topics such as corruption, slum dwellers, nuclear arms race, citizen activism and communalism...
- 1987 no award
- 1988 no award
- 1989 no award
1990s
- 1990 Siddeshwari - Mani KaulMani KaulMani Kaul was an Indian film director of Hindi films. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India where he was a student of Ritwik Ghatak and later became a teacher. Started his career with Uski Roti , which won him the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie, he went on to win...
- 1991 Amjad Ali Khan - GulzarGulzar (lyricist)Sampooran Singh Kalra , known popularly by his pen name Gulzar , is an Indian poet, lyricist and director. He primarily writes in Hindi-Urdu and has also written in Punjabi and several dialects of Hindi such as Braj Bhasha, Khariboli, Haryanvi and Marwari.Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in...
- 1992 Raam Ke Naam - Anand PatwardhanAnand PatwardhanAnand Patwardhan is an Indian documentary filmmaker, known for his activism through social action documentaries on topics such as corruption, slum dwellers, nuclear arms race, citizen activism and communalism...
- 1993 All in the Family - Ketan MehtaKetan MehtaKetan Mehta is an Indian film director, who has also directed documentaries and television serials.-Early life and education:Born in Navsari in Gujarat, Ketan Mehta did his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi and later graduated in film direction from Film and Television Institute of...
- 1994 I Live in Behrampada - Madhushree Datta
- 1995 Manzar - Gopi Desai
- 1996 A Narmada Diary - Anand PatwardhanAnand PatwardhanAnand Patwardhan is an Indian documentary filmmaker, known for his activism through social action documentaries on topics such as corruption, slum dwellers, nuclear arms race, citizen activism and communalism...
and Simantini Dhuru
- 1997 Beyond the Himalayas - Goutam Ghose