Filmfare Award 1956

The 3rd Filmfare Award was presented at the beginning of the year. There are 12 different categories for this award. There are multiple nominations only for the popularity awards .

Winners and nominees

category	Movie title	winner	Nominations
Best movie	Jagriti	Sudhir Mukherjee	Jagriti Biraj Bahu Azaad
Best director	Biraj Bahu	Bimal Roy	Satyen Bose for Jagriti Sohrab Modi for Kundan Bimal Roy for Biraj Bahu
Best Actor	Azaad	Dilip Kumar	Bharat Bhushan for Mirza Ghalib Dev Anand for Munimji Dilip Kumar for Azaad
Best main actress	Biraj Bahu	Kamini Kaushal	Meena Kumari for Azaad Kamini Kaushal for Biraj Bahu Geeta Bali for Vachan
Best supporting actor	Jagriti	Abhi Bhattacharya	Johny Walker for Railway Platform Ulhas for Kundan Abhi Bhattacharya for Jagriti
The best supporting actress	Munimji	Nirupa Roy	Geeta Bali for Kavi Nirupa Roy for Munimji Surya Kumari for Udan Khatola
Best story	Garm Coat	Rajendra Singh Bedi	Manoranjan Ghosh for Jagriti Mukhram Sharma for Vachan Rajendra Singh Bedi for Garm Coat
Best music	Nagin	Hemant Kumar	C. Ramchandra for Azaad Hemant Kumar for Nagin Naushad for Udan Khatola
Best cut	Naukri	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Best camera	Yasmin ( black and white film )	Dwarka Divecha
Best production design	Mirza Ghalib ( black and white film )	Rusi banker
Best tone	Amar	R. Kaushik