2nd Filmfare Awards

The 2nd Filmfare Awards were held in 1955.

2nd Filmfare Awards
Date	1955
Site	Bombay
Directed by	Bimal Roy
Highlights
Best Film	Boot Polish
Best Actor	Bharat Bhushan for Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Best Actress	Meena Kumari for Parineeta
Most awards	Boot Polish (3)
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Boot Polish won 3 awards, including Best Film and Best Supporting Actor (for David), thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

Main awards

S. D. Burman, Best Music Director

Best Film	Best Director
Boot Polish – R. K. Films	Bimal Roy – Parineeta
Best Actor	Best Actress
Bharat Bhushan – Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as Vishvambhar Mishra / Chaitanya Mahaprabhu	Meena Kumari – Parineeta as Lalita
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
David – Boot Polish as John	Usha Kiran – Baadbaan as Mohnia
Best Story	Best Music Director
Mukhram Sharma – Aulad	S. D. Burman – Taxi Driver for Jaaye To Jaaye Kahaan

Technical awards

Best Cinematography	Best Sound Recordist
Tara Dutt – Boot Polish	Ishan Ghosh – Jeewan Jyoti

Superlatives

The following films had multiple wins

Movie	Awards
Boot Polish	3
Parineeta	2