33rd Filmfare Awards

The 33rd Filmfare Awards were held in 1987, in Mumbai, India for the films released in the year 1985.

Ram Teri Ganga Maili and Saagar led the ceremony with 10 nominations each, followed by Meri Jung and Tawaif with 7 nominations each.

Ram Teri Ganga Maili won 5 awards, including Best Film and Best Director (for Raj Kapoor), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Best Film
 Ram Teri Ganga Maili 
 * Arjun
 * Ghulami
 * Meri Jung
 * Saagar
 * Tawaif

Best Director
 Raj Kapoor – Ram Teri Ganga Maili 
 * Mahesh Bhatt – Janam
 * Rahul Rawail – Arjun
 * Ramesh Sippy – Saagar
 * Subhash Ghai – Meri Jung

Best Actor
 Kamal Haasan – Saagar 
 * Amitabh Bachchan – Mard
 * Anil Kapoor – Meri Jung
 * Kumar Gaurav – Janam
 * Rishi Kapoor – Tawaif

Best Actress
 Dimple Kapadia – Saagar 
 * Jaya Prada – Sanjog
 * Mandakini – Ram Teri Ganga Maili
 * Padmini Kolhapure – Pyaar Jhukta Nahin
 * Rati Agnihotri – Tawaif

Best Supporting Actor
 Amrish Puri – Meri Jung 
 * Anupam Kher – Janam
 * Kamal Haasan – Saagar
 * Kulbhushan Kharbanda – Ghulami
 * Saeed Jaffrey – Ram Teri Ganga Maili
 * Utpal Dutt – Saaheb

Best Supporting Actress
 Nutan – Meri Jung 
 * Anita Kanwar – Janam
 * Madhur Jaffrey – Saagar
 * Raakhee – Saaheb
 * Sushma Seth – Tawaif
 * Tanvi Azmi – Pyari Behna

Best Comic Actor
 Amjad Khan – Maa Kasam 
 * Amjad Khan – Utsav
 * Annu Kapoor – Utsav
 * Deven Verma – Saaheb
 * Kader Khan – Aaj Ka Daur

Best Story
 Tawaif – Dr. Aleem Masroor 
 * Ankahee – C. T. Khanolkar
 * Arjun – Javed Akhtar
 * Janam – Mahesh Bhatt
 * Ram Teri Ganga Maili – K. K. Singh
 * Saaheb – Rajan Roy

Best Screenplay
 Paar – Goutam Ghose and Partho Mukherjee 

Best Dialogue
 Tawaif – Rahi Masoom Raza 

Best Music Director
 Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Ravindra Jain 
 * Meri Jung – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
 * Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
 * Saagar – R.D. Burman
 * Sur Sangam – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Best Lyricist
 Utsav – Vasant Dev for Mann Kyun Behka 
 * Meri Jung – Anand Bakshi for Zindagi Har Kadam
 * Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Hasrat Jaipuri for Sun Sahiba Sun
 * Saagar – Javed Akhtar for Saagar Kinare
 * Saaheb – Anjaan for Yaar Bina Chain Kahaan Re
 * Tawaif – Hasan Kamal for Bohot Der Se

Best Playback Singer, Male
 Saagar – Kishore Kumar for Saagar Kinare 
 * Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Shabbir Kumar for Tum Se Milkar Naa Jaane Kyun
 * Ram Teri Ganga Maili – Suresh Wadkar for Main Hi Main Hoon

Best Playback Singer, Female
 Utsav – Anuradha Paudwal for Mere Mann Bajo Mridang 
 * Pyaar Jhukta Nahin – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Tum Se Milkar Naa Jaane Kyun
 * Saaheb – S. Janaki for Yaar Bina Chain Kahaan Re

Best Art Direction
 Ram Teri Ganga Maili  – Suresh J. Sawant

Best Cinematography
 Saagar  – S. M Anwar

Best Editing
 Ram Teri Ganga Maili  – Raj Kapoor

Best Sound
 Shiva Ka Insaaf  – A RadhaSwami

Best Film
 Aaghat 

Best Documentary
 Bombay – Our City 

Most Wins

 * Ram Teri Ganga Maili – 5/10
 * Saagar – 4/10
 * Tawaif – 3/7
 * Utsav – 2/4
 * Meri Jung – 2/7