51st Filmfare Awards

The 51st Filmfare Awards took place on 25 February 2006 at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. The show was hosted by Javed Jaffrey.

Parineeta led the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by Black with 11 nominations.

Black received 11 awards at the ceremony – tying the record set by Bhansali's previous directorial Devdas (2002) – including Best Film, Best Film (Critics), Best Director (Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actor, Best Actor (Critics) (both for Amitabh Bachchan), Best Actress, Best Actress (Critics) (both for Rani Mukherji) and Best Supporting Actress (Ayesha Kapur, thus becoming the youngest nominee and eventual winner of an acting Filmfare Award).

Amitabh Bachchan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Black and Sarkar, winning for the former.

Rani Mukerji also received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Black and Bunty Aur Babli, winning for the former.

Bachchan and Mukherji set an unmatched record, becoming the only actors to win both popular and critics acting awards in the same year for the same film, winning both sets of awards for Black.