30th Filmfare Awards

The 30th Filmfare Awards were held on 25 September 1983.

Prem Rog led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Nikaah with 11 nominations, Shakti with 8 nominations and Bazaar with 7 nominations.

Prem Rog and Shakti won 4 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Director (for Raj Kapoor) and Best Actress (for Padmini Kolhapure), and the latter winning Best Film and Best Actor (for Dilip Kumar).

Amitabh Bachchan received triple nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Bemisaal, Namak Halaal and Shakti, but lost the award to Dilip Kumar, who won the award for a record 8th time for his performance in Shakti.

Best Film
 Shakti 
 * Bazaar
 * Nikaah
 * Prem Rog
 * Vidhaata

Best Director
 Raj Kapoor – Prem Rog 
 * B. R. Chopra – Nikaah
 * Ramesh Sippy – Shakti
 * Sagar Sarhadi – Bazaar
 * Subhash Ghai – Vidhaata

Best Actor
 Dilip Kumar – Shakti 
 * Amitabh Bachchan – Bemisaal
 * Amitabh Bachchan – Namak Halaal
 * Amitabh Bachchan – Shakti
 * Naseeruddin Shah – Bazaar
 * Rishi Kapoor – Prem Rog
 * Sanjeev Kumar – Angoor

Best Actress
 Padmini Kolhapure – Prem Rog 
 * Raakhee – Shakti
 * Rekha – Jeevan Dhaara
 * Salma Agha – Nikaah
 * Smita Patil – Bazaar

Best Supporting Actor
 Shammi Kapoor – Vidhaata 
 * Girish Karnad – Teri Kasam
 * Sanjeev Kumar – Vidhaata
 * Shashi Kapoor – Namak Halaal
 * Vinod Mehra – Bemisaal

Best Supporting Actress
 Supriya Pathak – Bazaar 
 * Kiran Vairale – Namkeen
 * Nanda – Prem Rog
 * Ranjeeta – Teri Kasam
 * Waheeda Rehman – Namkeen

Best Comic Actor
 Deven Verma – Angoor 
 * Ashok Kumar – Shaukeen
 * Jagdeep – Ghazab
 * Mehmood – Khud-Daar
 * Utpal Dutt – Shaukeen

Best Story
 Namkeen – Samaresh Basu 
 * Bazaar – Sagar Sarhadi
 * Nikaah – Dr. Achla Nagar
 * Prem Rog – Kamna Chandra
 * Shakti – Salim–Javed

Best Screenplay
 Shakti – Salim–Javed 

Best Dialogue
 Nikaah – Dr. Achla Nagar 

Best Music Director
 R. D. Burman – Sanam Teri Kasam 
 * Bazaar – Khayyam
 * Namak Halaal – Bappi Lahiri
 * Nikaah – Ravi
 * Prem Rog – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Best Lyricist
 Prem Rog – Santosh Anand for Mohabbat Hai Kya Cheez 
 * Namak Halaal – Anjaan & Prakash Mehra for Pag Ghungroo
 * Nikaah – Hasan Kamal for Dil Ke Armaan
 * Nikaah – Hasan Kamal for Dil Ke Yeh Arzoo
 * Prem Rog – Amir Qazalbash for Meri Kismat Mein Tu

Best Playback Singer – Male
 Namak Halaal – Kishore Kumar for Pag Ghungroo 
 * Prem Rog – Suresh Wadkar for Main Hoon Prem Rogi
 * Prem Rog – Suresh Wadkar for Meri Kismat Mein Tu
 * Teri Kasam – Amit Kumar for Yeh Zameen Gaa Rahi Hai

Best Playback Singer – Female
 Nikaah – Salma Agha for Dil Ke Armaan 
 * Nikaah – Salma Agha for Dil Ki Yeh Arzoo
 * Nikaah – Salma Agha for Faza Bhi Hai Jawaan
 * Star – Nazia Hassan for Boom Boom
 * Yeh Nazdeekiyan – Anuradha Paudwal for Maine Ek Geet Likha Hai

Best Art Direction
 Namkeen – Ajit Nanerjee

Best Cinematography
 Bemisaal – Jaywant Pathare

Best Editing
 Prem Rog – Raj Kapoor

Best Sound
 Shakti – P. Harikishan

Best Documentary
 Experience India 

Biggest Winners

 * Prem Rog – 4/12
 * Shakti – 4/8
 * Bazaar – 1/7
 * Nikaah – 2/11
 * Namkeen – 2/4
 * Namak Halaal – 1/5