10th Filmfare Awards

10th Filmfare Awards
Date13 June 1963
SiteBombay
Highlights
Best FilmSahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
Best ActorAshok Kumar for Rakhi
Best ActressMeena Kumari for Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
Most awardsBees Saal Baad & Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (4)
Most nominationsSahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (8)

The 10th Filmfare Awards were held in Bombay on 13 June 1963, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema of the year 1962.

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam led the ceremony with 8 nominations, followed by Bees Saal Baad with 7 nominations, Professor with 5 nominations and Rakhi with 4 nominations.

Bees Saal Baad and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam won 4 awards each, with the former winning Best Lyricist (Shakeel Badayuni for "Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil") and Best Playback Singer (Lata Mangeshkar for "Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil"), and the latter winning Best Film, Best Director (for Abrar Alvi) and Best Actress (for Meena Kumari), thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

The ceremony marked the first occasion when all the nominations in any category were for a single person, with Meena Kumari receiving all 3 nominations for Best Actress for Aarti, Main Chup Rahungi and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, winning for the lattermost.

Mehmood received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Dil Tera Diwana and Rakhi, winning for the former.