9th Filmfare Awards

9th Filmfare Awards
Date	20 May 1962
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
Best Actor	Raj Kapoor for Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
Best Actress	Vyjayanthimala for Gunga Jumna
Most awards	Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (4)
Most nominations	Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (10)

The 9th Filmfare Awards were held on 20 May 1962, at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema in 1961.^[1][2][3]

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai led the ceremony with 10 nominations, followed by Gunga Jumna with 7 nominations.

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai was a 1960 release, but was not considered for the 8th Filmfare Awards.

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai won 4 awards, including Best Film and Best Actor (for Raj Kapoor), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Shubha Khote received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Gharana and Sasural, but lost to Nirupa Roy who won the award for Chhaya.

Main awards

Baldev Raj Chopra, Best Director

Nirupa Roy, Best Supporting Actress

Mohammed Rafi, Best Playback Singer

M. R. Acharekar, Best Art Director

Shakeel Badayuni, Best Lyricist

Best Film	Best Director
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai – R. K. Films – Raj Kapoor Gunga Jumna – Citizen Films – Dilip Kumar Kanoon – B. R. Films – B. R. Chopra	B. R. Chopra – Kanoon Nitin Bose – Gunga Jumna Radhu Karmakar – Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
Best Actor	Best Actress
Raj Kapoor – Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai as Raju Dev Anand – Hum Dono as Maj. Manohar Lal Verma/Capt. Anand Dilip Kumar – Gunga Jumna as Gangaram "Ganga"	Vyjayanthimala – Gunga Jumna as Dhanno Padmini – Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai as Kammo Saira Banu – Junglee as Rajkumari 'Raj'
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Nana Palsikar – Kanoon as Kaalia Mehmood – Sasural as Mahesh Pran – Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai as Raka	Nirupa Roy – Chhaya as Manorama / Aayah Shubha Khote – Gharana as Ragini Shubha Khote – Sasural as Sita
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Ravi – Gharana Naushad – Gunga Jumna Shankar–Jaikishan – Jis Desh MeinGanga Behti Hai	Shakeel Badayuni – "Husn Wale Tera" from Gharana Hasrat Jaipuri – "Teri Pyari Pyari Surat" from Sasural Shailendra – "Hothon Pe Sacchai" from Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Mohammed Rafi – "Chashme Buddoor" from Sasural Mohammed Rafi – "Husn Wale Tera" from Gharana Mukesh – "Hothon Pe Sacchai" from Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai	Award won by a male singer
Best Story	Best Dialogue
C. V. Sridhar – Nazrana C. J. Pavri – Kanoon Mohan Kumar – Aas Ka Panchhi	Wajahat Mirza – Gunga Jumna

Technical Awards

Best Editing	Best Cinematography
G. G. Mayekar – Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai	V. Balasaheb – Gunga Jumna
Best Art Direction	Best Sound Design
M. R. Acharekar – Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai	Kuldeep Singh – Junglee

Superlatives

The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations

Movie	Awards	Nominations
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai	4	10
Gunga Jumna	3	7
Gharana	2	4
Kanoon
Sasural	1
Junglee		2

See also

• 8th Filmfare Awards
• 10th Filmfare Awards

References

1. The Times Group (20 May 1962). "1961 Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
2. "The Winners – 1962". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
3. "The Nominations – 1962". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

External links

• Winner and nomination of 9th Filmfare Awards at Internet Movie Database