Filmfare Awards trivia

Posted by Simranjeet @ 11:21 pm February 28, 2008
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Tadka trivia

When he passed away on January 4, 1994, he left the whole Indian Film Industry in grief and sorrow. R D Burman was a legend whose loss could never be compensated for.

In the same year, the Filmfare R D Burman Award for Excellence in Music was introduced in his honour and memory. And what could have been better than the fact that the very first recipient of the award was A R Rahman, who had just stepped inside the industry with Rangeela.

The other winners of this award were:
Mehboob - 1995
Vishal Bhardwaj - 1996
Karthik Raja - 1997
Kamaal Khan - 1998
Ismail Durbar - 1999
Sunidhi Chauhan - 2000
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - 2001
Shreya Ghoshal - 2002
Vishal-Shekhar - 2003
Kunal Ganjawala - 2004
Shantanu Moitra - 2005
Naresh Iyer - 2006
Monty Sharma - 2007

3 days to go… don’t miss the 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards-2008, on Sony Entertainment Television, 2nd March, 8:00 p.m.