28th Filmfare Awards

The 28th Filmfare Awards were held in 1981.

28th Filmfare Awards
Date	1981
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Khubsoorat
Best Actor	Naseeruddin Shah for Aakrosh
Best Actress	Rekha for Khubsoorat
Most awards	Aakrosh (6)
Most nominations	Insaaf Ka Tarazu & Thodisi Bewafaii (9)
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Insaaf Ka Tarazu and Thodisi Bewafaii led the ceremony with 9 nominations each, followed by Aakrosh and Aasha with 7 nominations each, and Khubsoorat and Qurbani with 6 nominations each.

Aakrosh won 6 awards, including Best Director (for Govind Nihalani), Best Actor (for Naseeruddin Shah) and Best Supporting Actor (for Om Puri), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Rekha received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Judaai and Khubsoorat, winning for the latter.

Main awards

Govind Nihalani — Best Director winner for Aakrosh

Naseeruddin Shah — Best Actor winner for Aakrosh

Rekha — Best Actress winner for Khubsoorat

Om Puri — Best Supporting Actor winner for Aakrosh

Padmini Kolhapure — Best Supporting Actress winner for Insaf Ka Tarazu

Nazia Hassan — Best Playback singer, Female winner for "Aap Jaisa Koi" (Qurbani)

Best Film

Khubsoorat

• Aakrosh
• Aasha
• Insaaf Ka Tarazu
• Thodisi Bewafaii

Best Director

Govind Nihalani – Aakrosh

• B. R. Chopra – Insaaf Ka Tarazu
• Esmayeel Shroff – Thodisi Bewafaii
• Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Khubsoorat
• J. Om Prakash – Aasha

Best Actor

Naseeruddin Shah – Aakrosh

• Amitabh Bachchan – Dostana
• Raj Babbar – Insaaf Ka Tarazu
• Rajesh Khanna – Thodisi Bewafaii
• Shatrughan Sinha – Dostana
• Vinod Khanna – Qurbani

Best Actress

Rekha – Khubsoorat

• Reena Roy – Aasha
• Rekha – Judaai
• Shabana Azmi – Thodisi Bewafaii
• Zeenat Aman – Insaaf Ka Tarazu

Best Supporting Actor

Om Puri – Aakrosh

• Amjad Khan – Qurbani
• Girish Karnad – Aasha
• Raj Kapoor – Abdullah
• Shreeram Lagoo – Insaaf Ka Tarazu

Best Supporting Actress

Padmini Kolhapure – Insaaf Ka Tarazu

• Ashalata – Apne Paraye
• Dina Pathak – Khubsoorat
• Rameshwari – Aasha
• Simi Garewal – Karz

Best Comic Actor

Keshto Mukherjee – Khubsoorat

• Asrani – Hum Nahin Sudhrenge
• Deven Verma – Judaai
• Deven Verma – Thodisi Bewafaii
• Keshto Mukherjee – Be-Reham

Best Story

Aakrosh – Vijay Tendulkar

• Aasha – Ram Kelkar
• Insaaf Ka Tarazu – Shabd Kumar
• Khubsoorat – D. N. Mukherjee
• Thodisi Bewafaii – Esmayeel Shroff

Best Screenplay

Aakrosh – Vijay Tendulkar

Best Dialogue

Insaaf Ka Tarazu – Shabd Kumar

Best Music Director

Karz – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

• Aasha – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Qurbani – Kalyanji–Anandji
• Shaan – R. D. Burman
• Thodisi Bewafaii – Khayyam

Best Lyricist

Thodisi Bewafaii – Gulzar for Hazaar Rahein Mudke Dekhi

• Aasha – Anand Bakshi for Sheesha Ho Ya Dil Ho
• Dostana – Anand Bakshi for Salamat Rahe Dostana
• Karz – Anand Bakshi for Dard-e-Dil
• Karz – Anand Bakshi for Om Shanti Om

Best Playback Singer, Male

Thodisi Bewafaii – Kishore Kumar for Hazaar Rahein Mudke Dekhi

• Abdullah – Mohammad Rafi for Maine Poocha Chand Se
• Dostana – Mohammad Rafi for Mere Dost Qissa Yeh
• Karz – Kishore Kumar for Om Shanti Om
• Karz – Mohammed Rafi for Dard-E-Dil
• Sargam – Mohammad Rafi for Dafaliwale Dafli Baja

Best Playback Singer, Female

Qurbani – Nazia Hassan for Aap Jaisa Koi

• Aap To Aise Na The – Hemlata for Tu Is Tarah Se
• Griha Pravesh – Chandrani Mukherjee for Pehchan To Thi
• Pyaara Dushman – Usha Uthup for Hari Om Hari
• Qurbani – Kanchan for Laila O Laila

Best Art Direction

Aakrosh – C. S. Bhati^[1]

Best Cinematography

Shaan – S. M Anwar^[2]

Best Editing

Insaaf Ka Tarazu S. B. Mane^[3]

Best Sound

Qurbani – P. Harikishan^[4]

Critics' awards

Best Film

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai

Best Documentary

They Call Me Chamar

Biggest Winners

• Aakrosh – 6/7
• Khubsoorat – 3/6
• Insaaf Ka Tarazu – 3/9
• Qurbani – 2/6
• Thodisi Bewafaii – 2/9
• Karz – 1/6
• Aasha – 0/6

See also

• 29th Filmfare Awards
• 30th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards