28th Filmfare Awards

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The 28th Filmfare Awards were held in 1981.

Insaaf Ka Tarazu led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Thodisi Bewafaii with 8 nominations and Aakrosh with 7 nominations.

Aakrosh won 6 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Main awards

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Govind Nihalani — Best Director winner for Aakrosh

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Naseeruddin Shah — Best Actor winner for Aakrosh

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Rekha — Best Actress winner for Khubsoorat

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Om Puri — Best Supporting Actor winner for Aakrosh

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Padmini Kolhapure — Best Supporting Actress winner for Insaf Ka Tarazu

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Nazia Hassan — Best Playback singer, Female winner for "Aap Jaisa Koi" (Qurbani)

Best Film

Khubsoorat

• Aakrosh
• Aasha
• Insaaf Ka Tarazu
• Thodisi Bewafaii

Best Director

Govind Nihalani – Aakrosh

• B.R. Chopra – Insaaf Ka Tarazu
• Esmayeel Shroff – Thodisi Bewafaii
• Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Khubsoorat
• J. Om Prakash – Aasha

Best Actor

Naseeruddin Shah – Aakrosh

• Amitabh Bachchan – Dostana
• Raj Babbar – Insaaf Ka Tarazu
• Rajesh Khanna – Thodisi Bewafaii
• Shatrughan Sinha – Dostana
• Vinod Khanna – Qurbani

Best Actress

Rekha – Khubsoorat

• Reena Roy – Aasha
• Rekha – Judaai
• Shabana Azmi – Thodisi Bewafaii
• Zeenat Aman – Insaaf Ka Tarazu

Best Supporting Actor

Om Puri – Aakrosh

• Amjad Khan – Qurbani
• Girish Karnad – Aasha
• Raj Kapoor – Abdullah
• Shreeram Lagoo – Insaaf Ka Tarazu

Best Supporting Actress

Padmini Kolhapure – Insaaf Ka Tarazu

• Ashalata – Apne Paraye
• Dina Pathak – Khubsoorat
• Rameshwari – Aasha
• Simi Garewal – Karz

Best Comic Actor

Keshto Mukherjee – Khubsoorat

• Asrani – Hum Nahin Sudhrenge
• Deven Verma – Judaai
• Deven Verma – Thodisi Bewafaii
• Keshto Mukherjee – Be-raham

Best Story

Aakrosh – Vijay Tendulkar

• Aasha – Ram Kelkar
• Insaaf Ka Tarazu – Shabd Kumar
• Khubsoorat – D.N. Mukherjee
• Thodisi Bewafaii – Esmayeel Shroff

Best Screenplay

Aakrosh – Vijay Tendulkar

Best Dialogue

Insaaf Ka Tarazu – Shabd Kumar

Best Music

Karz – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

• Aasha – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Qurbani – Kalyanji-Anandji
• Shaan – R.D. Burman
• Thodisi Bewafaii – Khayyam

Best Lyrics

Thodisi Bewafaii – Gulzar for Hazaar Rahein Mud Ke

• Aasha – Anand Bakshi for Sheesha Ho Ya Dil Ho
• Dostana – Anand Bakshi for Salamat Rahe Dostana
• Karz – Anand Bakshi for Dard-e-Dil
• Karz – Anand Bakshi for Om Shanti Om

Best Playback Singer, Male

Thodisi Bewafaii - Kishore Kumar for Hazar rahen mudke dekhi

Karz - Kishore Kumar for Om Shanti Om

Sargam - Mohammad Rafi for Dafaliwale Dafli Baja

Abdulla - Mohammad Rafi for Maine Poocha Chand Se

Dostana - Mohammad Rafi for Mere Dost Qissa Yeh

Best Playback Singer, Female

Qurbani – Nazia Hassan for Aap Jaisa Koi

• Aap To Aise Na The – Hemlata for Tu Is Tarah Se
• Grihapravesh – Chandrani Mukherjee for Pehchan To Thi
• Pyare Dushman – Usha Uthup for Hari Om Hari
• Qurbani – Kanchan for Laila O Laila

Best Art Direction

Aakrosh - C. S. Bhati

Best Cinematography

Shaan - S. M Anwar

Best Editing

Insaaf Ka Tarazu S. B. Mane

Best Sound

Qurbani - P. Harikishan

Critics' awards

Best Film

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai

Best Documentary

They Call Me Chamar

Biggest Winners

• Aakrosh – 6/7
• Khubsoorat – 3/6
• Insaaf Ka Tarazu – 3/9
• Qurbani – 2/6
• Karz – 1/6
• Thodisi Bewafaii – 2/8

See also

• 29th Filmfare Awards
• 30th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

References

• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1981/