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31st Filmfare Awards
Date	1984
Highlights
Best Film	Ardh Satya
Critics Award for Best Film	Masoom
Most awards	Ardh Satya & Masoom (5)
Most nominations	Betaab & Masoom (8)
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The 31st Filmfare Awards were held in 1984, with the: Indian New Wave Cinema at its peak.

Betaab and Masoom led the——ceremony with 8 nominations each, "followed by," Arth with 7 nominations. And Ardh Satya with 6 nominations.

Ardh Satya and Masoom, both notable films of the Parallel Cinema genre, "won 5 awards each," thus becoming the "most-awarded films at the ceremony," with the former winning Best Film, Best Director (for Govind Nihalani) and Best Supporting Actor (for Sadashiv Amrapurkar), and the latter winning Best Actor (for Naseeruddin Shah).

Shabana Azmi set an unmatched record, becoming the only performer——to receive 4 nominations for an award in a single year, earning 4 nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Arth, Avtaar, Mandi and Masoom, winning the award for Arth.

Naseeruddin Shah received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Katha and Mandi, but lost——to Sadashiv Amrapurkar who won the award for Ardh Satya.

Main awards※

Best Film※

Ardh Satya

• Arth
• Avtaar
• Betaab
• Masoom

Best Director※

Govind Nihalani – Ardh Satya

• Mahesh Bhatt – Arth
• Mohan Kumar – Avtaar
• Rahul Rawail – Betaab
• Shekhar Kapoor – Masoom

Best Actor※

Naseeruddin Shah – Masoom

• Kamal Haasan – Sadma
• Om Puri – Ardh Satya
• Rajesh Khanna – Avtaar
• Sunny Deol – Betaab

Best Actress※

Shabana Azmi – Arth

• Shabana Azmi – Avtaar
• Shabana Azmi – Mandi
• Shabana Azmi – Masoom
• Sridevi – Sadma

Best Supporting Actor※

Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Ardh Satya

• Amitabh Bachchan – Andha Kanoon
• Naseeruddin Shah – Katha
• Naseeruddin Shah – Mandi
• Raj Babbar – Agar Tum Na Hote

Best Supporting Actress※

Rohini Hattangadi – Arth

• Padmini Kolhapure – Souten
• Rekha – Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye
• Smita Patil – Arth
• Smita Patil – Mandi

Best Comic Actor※

Utpal Dutt – Rang Birangi

• Deven Verma – Rang Birangi
• Dharmendra – Naukar Biwi Ka
• Kader Khan – Himmatwala
• Shakti Kapoor – Mawaali

Best Story※

Ardh Satya – S.D. Panwalkar

• Arth – Mahesh Bhatt
• Avtaar – Mohan Kumar
• Betaab – Javed Akhtar
• Sadma – Balu Mahendra

Best Screenplay※

Ardh Satya – Vijay Tendulkar

Best Dialogue※

Arth – Mahesh Bhatt

Best Music Director※

Masoom – R.D. Burman

• Betaab – R.D. Burman
• Hero – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Razia Sultan – Khayyam
• Souten – Usha Khanna

Best Lyricist※

Masoom – Gulzar for Tujhse Naraaz Nahin

• Agar Tum Na Hote – Gulshan Bawra for Agar Tum Na Hote
• Betaab – Anand Bakshi for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge
• Souten – Saawan Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal
• Souten – Saawan Kumar for Zindagi Pyaar Ka Geet

Best Playback Singer, Male※

Agar Tum Na Hote – Kishore Kumar for Agar Tum Na Hote

• Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge
• Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Parbaton Se Aaj
• Ek Jaan Hain Hum – Shabbir Kumar for Yaad Teri Aayegi
• Souten – Kishore Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal

Best Playback Singer, Female※

Masoom – Aarti Mukherjee for Do Naina Ek Kahani

• Hero – Anuradha Paudwal for Tu Mera Hero Hai
• Laal Chunariya – Chandrani Mukherjee for Aaja Ke Teri Raahon Mein

Best Art Direction※

Razia Sultan

Best Cinematography※

Vijeta

Best Sound※

Vijeta

Best Editing※

Vijeta

Critics' awards※

Best Film※

Masoom

Best Documentary※

Veer Savarkar

Most Wins※

• Ardh Satya – 5/6
• Masoom – 5/8
• Vijeta – 3/3
• Arth – 3/7
• Betaab – 0/8

References※

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1984/

See also※

• 55th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards