3rd Filmfare Awards

Award ceremony for Hindi language films

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The 3rd Filmfare Awards were held in 1956.^[1]

Azaad led the ceremony with 4 nominations, followed by Biraj Bahu and Jagriti with 3 nominations.

Biraj Bahu and Jagriti won 2 awards each, with the former winning Best Director (for Bimal Roy) and Best Actress (for Kamini Kaushal), and the latter winning Best Film and Best Supporting Actor (for Abhi Bhattacharya), thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

Main Awards

Bimal Roy, Best Director

Dilip Kumar, Best Actor

Kamini Kaushal, Best Actress

Abhi Bhattacharya, Best Supporting Actor

Nirupa Roy, Best Supporting Actress

Hemant Kumar, Best Music Director

Best Film	Best Director
Jagriti – Filmistan Productions Azaad – Pakshiraja Studios Biraj Bahu – Hiten Chaudhary Productions	Bimal Roy – Biraj Bahu
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Dilip Kumar – Azaad* as Kumar / Azaad / Abdul Rahim Khan** Bharat Bhushan – Mirza Ghalib as Mirza Ghalib Dev Anand – Munimji as Amar/Raj	*Kamini Kaushal – Biraj Bahu* as Biraj Chakravorty** Geeta Bali – Vachan as Kamala Meena Kumari – Azaad as Shobha
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Abhi Bhattacharya – Jagriti* as Shekhar** Johnny Walker – Railway Platform as Johnny Ulhas – Kundan as Inspector Sher Singh	*Nirupa Roy – Munimji* as Malti** Geeta Bali – Kavi as Basanti Suryakumari – Uran Khatola as Raj Rani
Best Story	Best Music Director
Mukhram Sharma – Vachan Manoranjan Ghose – Jagriti Rajinder Singh Bedi – Garam Coat	Hemant Kumar – Nagin C. Ramchandra – Azaad Naushad – Uran Khatola