The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were introduced by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonça, the editor of The Times of India and modelled after the Academy Awards.
Image: Ranbir Kapoor promoting Brahmastra
Image: Vicky Kaushal snapped promoting Zara Hatke Zara Bach Ke on the sets of The Kapil Sharma Show (cropped)
Image: Shabana Azmi SFU honorary degree (cropped)
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser at the Filmfare Awards during his visit to India, March, 1960.
Filmfare is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of India's most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, and style. The magazine also annually gives the Filmfare Awards, the Filmfare Awards South, the Filmfare Awards East, the Filmfare Marathi Awards, the Filmfare Awards Punjabi, the Filmfare Awards Bangla, the Filmfare OTT Awards, the Filmfare Short Film Awards and the Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards.
Cover of the April 2021 issue
The cover of the first issue of Filmfare, featuring Kamini Kaushal, in whose house Jain conceived the magazine's idea.
The cover of the 2 April 1954 issue of Filmfare, published a month after the 1st Filmfare Awards was held.
Actor Vijay inaugurating the event in 2007 and receiving his gift from Filmfare magazine CEO at the launch of South edition of Filmfare magazine