Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer

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Filmfare Award for Best cinematography
Awarded forBest Performance by a Cinematographer
CountryIndia
Presented byFilmfare
First awardTaru Dutt,
Boot Polish (1955)
Currently held byRafey Mehmood,
Kill (2025)
WebsiteFilmfare Awards

The Filmfare Best Cinematography Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.[1]

The category was first awarded in 1954.

Superlatives

Wins Cinematographer
5 Kamal Bose
4 Jal Mistry, Radhu Karmakar
3 Santosh Sivan, Binod Pradhan
2 V. K. Murthy, Krishnarao Vashirda, Faredoon Irani, Fali Mistry, Jaywant Pathare, Govind Nihalani, Manmohan Singh, Ravi K. Chandran, Avik Mukhopadhyay, Sudeep Chatterjee

Kamal Bose, Radhu Karmakar, Fali Mistry and Jaywant Pathare have won the award in both the Black & White and Color categories.

List

YearCinematographerFilm
2025Rafey MehmoodKill
2024Avinash ArunThree of Us
2023Sudeep ChatterjeeGangubai Kathiawadi
2022Avik MukhopadhyaySardar Udham
2021Gulabo Sitabo
2020Jay OzaGully Boy
2019Pankaj KumarTumbbad
2018Sirsha RayA Death in the Gunj
2017Mitesh MirchandaniNeerja
2016Manu AnandDum Laga Ke Haisha
2015Bobby Singh (posthumously) and Siddharth DiwanQueen
2014Kamaljeet NegiMadras Cafe
2013Satyajit Pande (Setu)Kahaani
2012Carlos CatalanZindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011Mahendra J. ShettyUdaan
2010Rajeev RaviDev.D
2009Jason WestRock On!!
2008Sudeep ChatterjeeChak De India
2007Binod PradhanRang De Basanti
2006Ravi K. ChandranBlack
2005Christopher PoppLakshya
2004Aseem BajajChameli
2003Binod PradhanDevdas
2002Santosh SivanAsoka
2001Bashir AliRefugee
2000Kabir LalTaal
1999Santosh SivanDil Se..
1997Ashok MehtaBandit Queen
1996Santosh SivanBarsaat
1995Binod Pradhan1942: A Love Story
1994Manmohan SinghDarr
1993S. KumarMuskurahat
1992Radhu KarmakarHenna
1991Rajan KothariGhayal
1990Manmohan SinghChandni
1989Kiran DeohansQayamat Se Qayamat Tak
1988No Ceremony HeldNo Ceremony Held
1987
1986S. M. AnwarSaagar
1985P. L. RajJaag Utha Insaan
1984Govind NihalaniVijeta
1983Jaywant PathareBemisal
1982Jal MistryKudrat[2]
1981S. M. AnwarShaan
1980Govind NihalaniJunoon
1979Radhu KarmakarSatyam Shivam Sundaram
1978Munir KhanHum Kisise Kum Naheen
1977Fali MistryFakira
1976Kamal BoseDharmatma
1975A. VincentPrem Nagar
1974Jal MistryJheel Ke Us Paar[2]
1973K VaikunthSeeta Aur Geeta
1972Kamal Bose
Radhu Karmakar		Dastak (B&W)
Mera Naam Joker (Color)
1971Kamal Bose
Jal Mistry		Khamoshi (B&W)
Heer Raanjha (Color)[2]
1970Kamal Bose
Faredoon Irani		Anokhi Raat (B&W)
Duniya (Color)
1969Nariman A. Irani
G. Singh		Saraswatichandra (B&W)
Aankhen (Color)
1968Jal Mistry
M. N. Malhotra		Baharon Ke Sapne (B&W)[2]
Humraaz (Color)
1967Jaywant Pathare
Fali Mistry		Anupama (B&W)
Guide (Color)[3]
1966S. Ramachandra
Dharam Chopra		Yaadein (B&W)
Waqt (Color)
1965K. H. Kapadia
Krishnarao Vashirda		Woh Kaun Thi? (B&W)
Geet Gaya Patharon Ne (Color)
1964Kamal Bose
Krishnarao Vashirda		Bandini (B&W)
Sehra (Color)
1963V. K. MurthySahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (B&W)
1962V. BalasahebGanga Jamuna (Color)
1961R. D. MathurMughal-e-Azam (B&W)
1960V. K. MurthyKaagaz Ke Phool (B&W)
1959Dilip GuptaMadhumati (B&W)
1958Faredoon A. IraniMother India (Color)
1957Radhu KarmakarShree 420 (B&W)
1956Dwarka DivechaYasmin (B&W)
1955Tara DuttBoot Polish (B&W)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Best Cinematographer Award (B&W), Colour". Official Listing, Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gulzar, p. 590
  3. ↑ Suresh Kohli (4 October 2008). "Blast From The Past: Guide 1965". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 April 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)Category:CS1 maint: deprecated archival service
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