Filmfare Award for Best Actress
The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise the female performer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954 for the films released in the preceding year 1953.
The 2024 recipient: Alia Bhatt for Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Image: Meena Kumari
Image: Meena Kumari
Image: Portrait Kamini Kaushal
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