The first Filmfare award function was held on 21
March 1954 at Bombay's landmark Metro cinema. Bimal Roy's Do Bigha Zamin
(1953) walked away with the Best Film and Best Director
statuettes while Dilip Kumar was adjudged Best Actor for Amiya
Chakrabarty's
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Daag (1952). Meena Kumari was awarded the Best Actress
honour for Baiju Bawra (1952) and Naushad's compositions in the same
film were deemed the best of that year. This was to be Naushad's only
win as Best Music Director at the Filmfare awards.
Dilip Kumar and Meena Kumari
Now, the awards are referred to as 'the black lady' or just the
Filmfare Awards. But formerly the awards were named the Clare awards in
memory of The Times of India's film critic, Clare Mendonca Clare Mendonca (1910-1953) Film critic with the Evening News of India (c. 1931) and the Times of India
(c. 1933-1953). Daughter of Goan educationist, Isidore Mendonca.
Graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Bombay University. Was elected Vice
President of the Film Journalists Association when it was founded in
Bombay in 1939. She shared the post with Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, while
Baburao Patel was elected President. At the time of her premature death,
Mendonca was writing weekend film reviews in TOI’s Sunday supplement
and had a large readership base. To honor her memory, the Filmfare Award
was briefly named the Clare Award when first instituted in 1954.
, who
passed away earlier that year. In her two decades as a film journalist,
Mendonca was co-vice-president, with Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, of the Film
Journalists Association from its inception in 1939.
Filmindia editor
Baburao Patelwas the president.
The ceremony was short and sweet as only five awards were
handed out. Back then, the awards were quite a democratic process. The
winners were decided by the readers of the magazine, and no other
competing names were announced. Five lucky readers even got to hand out
the awards to the winners, under the supervision of George V Allen,
and comprised musical performances from Nalini Jaywant, Talat Mehmood,
Mohammad Rafi i and Geeta Dutt. Actors Vyjayanthimala and Kamini Kaushal
gave beautiful dance performances on stage.
The awards ceremony was attended by actors like Raj Kapoor and
Nargis, along with filmmakers Sohrab Modi and Mehboob Khan. Hollywood
star Gregory Peckwas due to make an appearance at the ceremony as a
guest of honour. But his flight from Sri Lanka was delayed and he could
only make it to the after-party at the Willingdon Club where he mingled
with the stars from the Indian silver screen.
The year after, the Filmfare awards included more categories,
honouring supporting performances and writers and adding technical
categories for cinematography and sound recording.
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Meena Kumari was awarded the Best Actress
honour for Baiju Bawra (1952) and Naushad's compositions in the same
film were deemed the best of that year. This was to be Naushad's only
win as Best Music Director at the Filmfare awards.
was the president.
The ceremony was short and sweet as only five awards were
handed out. Back then, the awards were quite a democratic process. The
winners were decided by the readers of the magazine, and no other
competing names were announced. Five lucky readers even got to hand out
the awards to the winners, under the supervision of George V Allen,
, Talat Mehmood
,
Mohammad Rafi i
and Geeta Dutt
. Actors Vyjayanthimala
and Kamini Kaushal
gave beautiful dance performances on stage.
, along with filmmakers Sohrab Modi 
and
. Hollywood
star Gregory Peck
was due to make an appearance at the ceremony as a
guest of honour. But his flight from Sri Lanka was delayed and he could
only make it to the after-party at the Willingdon Club 
where he mingled
with the stars from the Indian silver screen.
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