September 11th, 2010

Bollywood – Year by Year – 1959

Important Events

Bollywood’s first film in Cinemascope, Kaagaz Ke Phool, is released.

Filmfare Awards

Best Film

WINNER

Madhumati: Bimal Roy

Best Actor

WINNER

Kalapani: Dev Anand

Best Actress

WINNER

Sadhna: Vyjayanthimala

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Madhumati: Johnny Walker

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

Kala pani: Nalini Jaywant

Best Director

WINNER

Madhumati: Bimal Roy

Best Music Director

WINNER

Madhumati: Salil Choudhury

Best Cinematographer

WINNER

Madhumati: Dilip Gupta

Best Art Director

WINNER

Madhumati: Sudhendu Roy

Best Playback Singer

WINNER

Madhumati: Lata Mangeshkar

For the song “Aaja re pardesi”.

Best Story Writer

WINNER

Sadhna: Mukhram Sharma (NOMINEE)

Talaaq: Mukhram Sharma

Best Lyricist

WINNER

Yahudi: Shailendra

For the song “Yeh mera deewanapan hai” sung by Mukesh and lipsynced by Dilip Kumar.

Best Editor

WINNER

Madhumati: Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Best Dialogue Writer

WINNER

Madhumati: Rajinder Singh Bedi

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