52nd Filmfare Awards

The 52nd Fair One Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group and Fair One, was one of India's most prestigious awards ceremonies, honoring the best Bollywood films of 2006. It took place on 17 February 2007 at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai.
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna led the ceremony with 23 nominations, followed by Rang De Basanti with 21 nominations, Omkara with 17 nominations, and Lage Raho Munnabhai with 12 nominations.
Omkara won 9 awards, including Best Actress (Critics), Best Supporting Actress and Best Villain, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Both Hrithik Roshan and Shah Rukh Khan received dual nominations for Best Actor, with Roshan being nominated for Dhoom 2 and Krrish, and Khan being nominated for Don: The Chase Begins Again and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, with Roshan winning the category for Dhoom 2.

Awards and nominees

Main awards

The awards were announced on 8 February 2007.

Best Film	Best Director
Rang De Basanti – Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures *Dhoom 2 – Yash Raj Films *Don: The Chase Begins Again – Excel Entertainment *Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna – Dharma Productions *Krrish – Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd. *Lage Raho Munnabhai – Vinod Chopra Films	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Rang De Basanti* Karan Johar – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna * Rakesh Roshan – Krrish * Rajkumar Hirani – Lage Raho Munnabhai * Sanjay Gadhvi – Dhoom 2 * Vishal Bhardwaj – Omkara
Best Actor	Best Actress
Hrithik Roshan – Dhoom 2 as Aryan / Mr. A Aamir Khan – Rang De Basanti* as Daljit 'DJ' / Chandrashekhar Azad Hrithik Roshan – Krrish* as Krishna Mehra / Krrish / Rohit Mehra Sanjay Dutt – Lage Raho Munnabhai* as Murli Prasad Sharma Shah Rukh Khan – Don: The Chase Begins Again* as Don / Vijay Shah Rukh Khan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna* as Dev Saran	Kajol – Fanaa as Zooni Ali Baig* Aishwarya Rai – Dhoom 2 as Sunehri Shinde * Bipasha Basu – Corporate as Nishigandha Dasgupta * Kareena Kapoor – Omkara as Dolly Mishra * Rani Mukerji – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Maya Talwar
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Abhishek Bachchan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rishi Talwar Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Samarjit 'Sam' Talwar* John Abraham – Baabul as Rajat Verma Kunal Kapoor – Rang De Basanti as Aslam / Ashfaqulla Khan *Siddharth Narayan – Rang De Basanti as Karan R. Singhania / Bhagat Singh	Konkona Sen Sharma – Omkara as Indu Tyagi * Kirron Kher – Rang De Basanti as Mitro Preity Zinta – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rhea Saran Rekha – Krrish as Sonia S. Mehra *Soha Ali Khan – Rang De Basanti as Sonia / Durga Vohra
Best Male Debut	Best Female Debut
Not awarded	Kangana Ranaut – Gangster: A Love Story
Best Villain	Best Comedian
Saif Ali Khan – Omkara as Ishwar "Langda" Tyagi Boman Irani – Lage Raho Munna Bhai* as Lucky Singh Emraan Hashmi – Gangster* as Akash John Abraham – Zinda* as Rohit Chopra Naseeruddin Shah – Krrish* as Dr. Siddhant Arya	Arshad Warsi – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Sarkeshwar Chunky Pandey – Apna Sapna Money Money* Paresh Rawal – Phir Hera Pheri as Baburao Ganpatrao Apte Sharman Joshi – Golmaal: Fun Unlimited as Laxman *Tusshar Kapoor – Golmaal: Fun Unlimited as Lucky Gill
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
A. R. Rahman – Rang De Basanti Himesh Reshammiya – Aksar* * Jatin–Lalit – Fanaa * Pritam – Dhoom 2 * Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Don: The Chase Begins Again * Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Prasoon Joshi – "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Gulzar – "Beedi" from Omkara* Javed Akhtar – "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna* Javed Akhtar – "Mitwa" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna* Prasoon Joshi – "Roobaroo" from Rang De Basanti*
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Shaan and Kailash Kher – "Chand Sifarish" from Fanaa Atif Aslam – "Tere Bin" from Bas Ek Pal* Himesh Reshammiya – "Jhalak Dikhlaja" from Aksar* Sonu Nigam – "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna* Zubeen Garg – "Ya Ali" from Gangster: A Love Story*	Sunidhi Chauhan – "Beedi" from Omkara Alka Yagnik – "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna* Shreya Ghoshal – "Pal Pal Har Pal" from Lage Raho Munnabhai* Sunidhi Chauhan – "Aashiqui Mein" from 36 China Town* Sunidhi Chauhan – "Soniye" from Aksar*

Superlatives

Film	Awards	Nominations
Omkara	9	17
Rang De Basanti	6	21
Lage Raho Munnabhai	4	12
Krrish	3	8
Fanaa	3	4
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	1	18
Dhoom 2	1	8
Khosla Ka Ghosla	1	2
Gangster: A Love Story	1	10
Don: The Chase Begins Again	0	9
Being Cyrus	0	7
Golmaal: Fun Unlimited	0	3
Aksar	0	3
Jaan-E-Mann	0	2