The 51st Filmfare Awards were held on 25th February at Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. Javed Jaffari, Lara Dutta, Pooja Batra, and Tabu were the hosts for the special night. The film ‘Black’ (directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali) swept nine filmfare awards in various categories. The story of the film is partially set up on the true life story of Helen Keller. It was also selected as one of the 10 Best Movies of the Year 2005 from across the globe by Time Magazine (Europe). Listed below are the proud winners of the year 2006.

The Winners For 51st Fair One Filmfare Awards Were:

Category
Winner
Film
Best Actor
Amitabh Bachchan
Black
Best Actress
Rani Mukherjee
Black
Best Film
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Black
Best Director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Black
Best Debut Actor (Male)
Shiney Ahuja
Hazaron Khwahishein Aisi
Best Debut Actor (Female)
Vidya Balan
Parineeta
Best Supporting Actor (Male)
Abhishek Bachchan
Sarkar
Best Supporting Actor (Female)
Ayesha Kapoor
Black
Best Actor in a Comic Role
Akshay Kumar
Garam Masala
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Nana Patekar
Apaharan
Best Music Direction
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Bunty Aur Babli
Best Lyricist
Gulzar
Kajra re (Bunty Aur Babli)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Himesh Reshammiya
Aashiq Banaya Aapne (Aashiq Banaya Aapne)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Alisha Chinai
Kajra re (Bunty Aur Babli)
Fair One Face Of The Year
Vidya Balan
Parineeta

Filmfare Critics Awards 2006

Category
Winner
Film
Best Actor Critics Award
Amitabh Bachchan
Black
Best Actress Critics Award
Rani Mukherjee
Black

Filmfare Special Awards 2006

Category
Winner
Life Time Achievement Award
Shabana Azmi
R. D. Burman Award
Shantanu Moitra
Power Awards
Yash Chopa & Aditya Chopra

Filmfare Technical Awards 2006

Category
Winner
Film
Best Background Score
Monty
Black
Best Editing
Bela Sehgal
Black
Best Action
Allan Amin
Dus
Best Art Direction
Keshto Mondal, Tanushree Sarkar and Pradeep Sarkar
Parineeta
Best Sound
Bishwadeep Chatterjee
Parineeta
Best Screenplay
Nina Arora and Manoj Tyagi
Page 3
Best Cinematography
Ravi K Chandran
Black
Best Choreography
Howard Rosemayer
Parineeta - 'Kaise Yeh Paheli'
Best Dialogue
Prakash Jha
Apaharan
Best Story
Sudhir Mishra, Shiv Kumar, Subramanium & Ruchi Narain
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi