31st Filmfare Awards
The 31st Filmfare Awards were held in 1984, with the Indian New Wave Cinema at its peak.
Betaab and Masoom led the ceremony with 8 nominations each, followed by Arth with 7 nominations and Ardh Satya with 6 nominations.
Ardh Satya and Masoom, both notable films of the Parallel Cinema genre, won 5 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor, and the latter winning Best Actor.
Shabana Azmi set an unmatched record, becoming the only performer to receive 4 nominations for an award in a single year, earning 4 nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Arth, Avtaar, Mandi and Masoom, winning the award for Arth.
Naseeruddin Shah received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Katha and Mandi, but lost to Sadashiv Amrapurkar who won the award for Ardh Satya.
Main awards
Best Film
Ardh SatyaBest Director
Govind Nihalani – Ardh SatyaBest Actor
Naseeruddin Shah – MasoomBest Actress
Shabana Azmi – ArthBest Supporting Actor
Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Ardh Satya- Amitabh Bachchan – Andha Kanoon
- Naseeruddin Shah – Katha
- Naseeruddin Shah – Mandi
- ''Raj Babbar – Agar Tum Na Hote''
Best Supporting Actress
Rohini Hattangadi – Arth- Padmini Kolhapure – Souten
- Rekha – Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye
- Smita Patil – Arth
- ''Smita Patil – Mandi''
Best Comic Actor
Utpal Dutt – Rang Birangi- Deven Verma – Rang Birangi
- Dharmendra – Naukar Biwi Ka
- Kader Khan – Himmatwala
- ''Shakti Kapoor – Mawaali''
Best Story
Ardh Satya – S.D. PanwalkarBest Screenplay
' Ardh Satya – Vijay Tendulkar'' '''Best Dialogue
' Arth – Mahesh Bhatt'' '''Best Music Director
Masoom – R.D. Burman- Betaab – R.D. Burman
- Hero – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
- Razia Sultan – Khayyam
- ''Souten – Usha Khanna''
Best Lyricist
Masoom – Gulzar for Tujhse Naraaz Nahin- Agar Tum Na Hote – Gulshan Bawra for Agar Tum Na Hote
- Betaab – Anand Bakshi for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge
- Souten – Saawan Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal
- ''Souten – Saawan Kumar for Zindagi Pyaar Ka Geet''
Best Playback Singer, Male
Agar Tum Na Hote – Kishore Kumar for Agar Tum Na Hote- Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Jab Hum Jawaan Honge
- Betaab – Shabbir Kumar for Parbaton Se Aaj
- Ek Jaan Hain Hum – Shabbir Kumar for Yaad Teri Aayegi
- ''Souten – Kishore Kumar for Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal''
Best Playback Singer, Female
Masoom – Aarti Mukherjee for Do Naina Ek Kahani- Hero – Anuradha Paudwal for Tu Mera Hero Hai
- ''Laal Chunariya – Chandrani Mukherjee for Aaja Ke Teri Raahon Mein''
Best Art Direction
' Razia Sultan'' '''Best Cinematography
' Vijeta'' '''Best Sound
' Vijeta'' '''Best Editing
' Vijeta'' '''Critics' awards
Best Film
' Masoom'' '''Best Documentary
' Veer Savarkar'' '''Most Wins
- Ardh Satya – 5/6
- Masoom – 5/8
- Vijeta – 3/3
- Arth – 3/7
- ''Betaab – 0/8''