Filmfare Award 1961

The 8th Filmfare Award was presented at the beginning of the year. There are 15 different categories for this award. There are multiple nominations only for the popularity awards . The Filmfare Awards for Best Playback Singer and Best Playback Singer were just one category back then, so Lata Mangeshkar did not win this award.

Winners and nominees

category	Movie title	winner	Nominations
Best movie	Mughal-e-Azam	Karimuddin Asif	Masoom Mughal-e-Azam Parakh
Best director	Parakh	Bimal Roy	Bimal Roy for Parakh Karimuddin Asif for Mughal-e-Azam Kishore Sahu for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayee
Best Actor	Kohinoor	Dilip Kumar	Dev Anand for Kala Bazar Raj Kapoor for Chhaila Dilip Kumar for Kohinoor
Best main actress	Ghunghat	Bina Rai	Bina Rai for Ghunghat Madhubala for Mughal-e-Azam Nutan for Chhaila
Best supporting actor	Parakh	Motilal	Rehman for Chaudhvin Ka Chand Motilal for Parakh Agha for Ghunghat
The best supporting actress	Anchal	Nanda	Lalita Pawar for Anchal Nanda for Anchal Kum Kum for Kohinoor
Best story	Masoom	Ruby Sen	Ruby Sen for Masoom
Best music	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayee	Shankar-Jaikishan	Ravi for Chaudhvin Ka Chand Shankar-Jaikishan for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayee Naushad for Mughal-e-Azam
Best lyrics	Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho - Chaudhvin Ka Chand	Shakeel Badayuni	Shakeel Badayuni for Chaudhvin Ka Chand Shailendra for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayee
Best playback singer	Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho - Chaudhvin Ka Chand	Mohammed Rafi	Mohammed Rafi for Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho - Chaudhvin Ka Chand
Best playback singer	-	-	Lata Mangeshkar for Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayee Lata Mangeshkar for Mughal-e-Azam
Best dialogue	Mughal-e-Azam	Aman , Kamal Amrohi , Wajahat Mirza , Ehsan Rizvi
Best cut	Kohinoor	Moosa Mansoor
Best camera	Mughal-e-Azam ( black and white film )	RD Mathur
Best production design	Chaudhvin Ka Chand ( black and white film )	Biren Naug
Best tone	Parakh	Georg D'Cruz