36th Filmfare Awards

The 36th Filmfare Awards were held in 1991.

Dil and Ghayal led the ceremony with 8 nominations each, followed by Aashiqui with 7 nominations, and Agneepath and Pratibandh with 5 nominations each.

Ghayal won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Rajkumar Santoshi) and Best Actor (for Sunny Deol), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Madhuri Dixit won her first of four awards for Best Actress for her performance in Dil, the only win for the film.

Best Film
 Ghayal 
 * Agneepath
 * Dil
 * Pratibandh

Best Director
 Rajkumar Santoshi – Ghayal 
 * Mahesh Bhatt – Aashiqui
 * Mukul Anand – Agneepath
 * Ravi Raja – Pratibandh

Best Actor
 Sunny Deol – Ghayal 
 * Aamir Khan – Dil
 * Amitabh Bachchan – Agneepath
 * Chiranjeevi – Pratibandh

Best Actress
 Madhuri Dixit – Dil 
 * Hema Malini – Rihaee
 * Juhi Chawla – Pratibandh
 * Meenakshi Sheshadri – Jurm

Best Supporting Actor
 Mithun Chakraborty – Agneepath 
 * Anupam Kher – Dil
 * Om Puri – Ghayal
 * Rami Reddy – Pratibandh

Best Supporting Actress
 Rohini Hattangadi – Agneepath 
 * Radhika – Aaj Ka Arjun
 * Reema Lagoo – Aashiqui
 * Sangeeta Bijlani – Jurm

Best Comic Actor
 Kader Khan – Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri 

Lux New Face of the Year
 Pooja Bhatt – Daddy 

Best Story
 Ghayal – Rajkumar Santoshi 

Best Screenplay
 Kamla Ki Maut – Basu Chatterjee 

Best Dialogue
 Daddy – Suraj Sanim 

Best Music Director
 Aashiqui – Nadeem Shravan 
 * Aaj Ka Arjun – Bappi Lahiri
 * Baaghi: A Rebel for Love – Anand–Milind
 * Dil – Anand–Milind

Best Lyricist
 Aashiqui – Sameer for Nazar Ke Saamne 
 * Aashiqui – Rani Malik for Dheere Dheere
 * Dil – Sameer for Mujhe Neend Na Aaye

Best Playback Singer, Male
 Aashiqui – Kumar Sanu for Ab Tere Bin 
 * Baaghi: A Rebel for Love – Amit Kumar for Kaisa Lagta Hai
 * Dil – Suresh Wadkar for O Priya

Best Playback Singer, Female
 Aashiqui – Anuradha Paudwal for Nazar Ke Saamne 
 * Baaghi: A Rebel for Love – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Chandni Raat
 * Dil – Anuradha Paudwal for Mujhe Neend Na Aaye

Best Art Direction
 Ghayal 

Best Choreography
 Sailaab – Saroj Khan for Hum Ko Aaj 

Best Cinematography
 Ghayal 

Best Editing
 Ghayal 

Best Sound
 E. Rudra – Azaad Desh Ke Ghulam 

Lifetime Achievement Award
 Amitabh Bachchan 

Best Film
 Kasba 

Outstanding Performance in a Non-commercial Film
 Anupam Kher – Daddy 

Special Jury Mention
 Aadhi Haqeeqat, Aadha Fasana  – Dilip Ghosh

Best Documentary
 Amjad Ali Khan 

Most wins

 * Ghayal – 7/8
 * Aashiqui – 4/7
 * Agneepath – 2/5
 * Daddy – 2/2
 * Dil – 1/8