Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography

Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography

Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography is presented by Filmfare to the cinematographers who most appropriately photograph the scenes of a Hindi motion picture.

The Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography is awarded by Filmfare in its annual Filmfare Awards to the cinematographer (cameraman) who most appropriately shoots and captures the scenes for a Hindi film of the preceding year, with proper lighting effects.

The category was introduced in the awards in 1955, a year after their inception.

Prominent Records in Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography
Indian cinematographer Kamal Bose had won the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography maximum number of times, having had clinched 5 awards, 3 of them consecutively from 1970 to 1972, also holding the record for most consecutive wins. Noted Indian cinematographers Radhu Karmakar and Jal Mistry have won the award 4 times each, while cinematographers Binod Pradhan and Santosh Sivan have won it thrice each. Noted cinematographers Ravi K. Chandran, Fali Mistry, Faredoon Irani, Krishnarao Vashirda, Jaywant Pathare, Govind Nihalani, V. K. Murthy and Manmohan Singh have each won the award 2 times, with Krishnarao Vashirda winning on two consecutive occasions (in 1964 and 1965).

Cinematographers Kamal Bose, Radhu Karmakar, Fali Mistry and Jaywant Pathare have been recognised with the award for their work in both categories of Black & White Cinematography and Colour Cinematography.

Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography at 61st Filmfare Awards
In the 61st Filmfare Awards of 2016, the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography was presented to cinematographer Manu Anand, for his work in the 2015 romantic comedy film ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’. Manu Anand had previously cinematographed another romantic comedy film ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’ released in 2013.

List of Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography
The following list highlights the winners of Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography, from 1990 to 2016, and the respective films in which their work was honoured.

Year	Winning Cinematographer	Film
2016	Manu Anand	Dum Laga Ke Haisha
2015	Bobby Singh (posthumously) and Siddharth Diwan
		Queen
2014	Kamaljit Negi	Madras Cafe
2013	Setu	Kahaani
2012	Carlos Catalan	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011	Mahendra Shetty	Udaan
2010	Rajeev Ravi	Dev.D
2009	Jason West	Rock On!!
2008	Sudeep Chatterjee	Chak De! India
2007	Dharm Pradhan	Rang De Basanti
2006	Ravi K. Chandran	Black
2005	Christopher Popp	Lakshya
2004	Asim Bajaj	Chameli
2003	Binod Pradhan	Devdas
2002	Santosh Sivan	Asoka
2001	Bashir Ali	Refugee
2000	Kabir Lal	Taal
1999	Santosh Sivan	Dil Se..
1998	Ravi K. Chandran	Virasat
1997	Ashok Mehta	Bandit Queen
1996	Santosh Sivan	Barsaat
1995	Binod Pradhan	1942: A Love Story
1994	Manmohan Singh	Darr
1993	S. Kumar	Muskurahat
1992	Radhu Karmakar	Henna
1991	Rajan Kothari	Ghayal
1990	Manmohan Singh	Chandni

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