Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer

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Country India Official website Filmfare Awards Instituted 1960 Category of Filmfare Awards		First awarded 1960 Presented by Filmfare Currently held by Arijit Singh

Awarded for Best Performance by a Playback Singer Male People also search for Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer Winners & Nominees Arijit SinghAe Dil Hai Mushkil, Arijit Singh, Winner, Rahat Fateh Ali KhanJag Ghoomeya, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Nominee, Amit MishraBulleya (From "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil"), Amit Mishra, Nominee, Atif AslamTere Sang Yaara, Atif Aslam, Nominee, Arijit SinghSooraj Dooba Hain, Arijit Singh, Winner, PaponMoh Moh Ke Dhaage (Male), Papon, Nominee, Vishal DadlaniGulaabo, Vishal Dadlani, Nominee, Ankit TiwariTu Hai Ki Nahi, Ankit Tiwari, Nominee, Atif AslamJeena Jeena, Atif Aslam, Nominee, Ankit TiwariGalliyan, Ankit Tiwari, Winner, Shekhar RavjianiZehnaseeb, Shekhar Ravjiani, Nominee, Arijit SinghSuno Na Sangemarmar, Arijit Singh, Nominee, Arijit SinghMast Magan, Arijit Singh, Nominee, Benny DayalLocha-E-Ulfat, Benny Dayal, Nominee, Arijit SinghTum Hi Ho, Arijit Singh, Winner, Amit TrivediManja, Amit Trivedi, Nominee, Ankit TiwariSunn Raha Hai, Ankit Tiwari, Nominee, Siddharth MahadevanZinda, Siddharth Mahadevan, Nominee, Benny DayalBadtameez Dil, Benny Dayal, Nominee, Ayushmann KhurranaPani Da Rang (Male), Ayushmann Khurrana, Winner, Sonu NigamAbhi Mujh Main Kahin, Sonu Nigam, Nominee, Mohit ChauhanAla Barfi, Mohit Chauhan, Nominee, Rabbi ShergillChalla, Rabbi Shergill, Nominee, Nikhil Paul GeorgeMain Kya Karoon, Nikhil Paul George, Nominee

The Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer Award is given by Indian film magazine Filmfare as a part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song.

Although the Filmfare Awards started in 1954, awards for the best playback singer category started in 1959. From inception of the category through 1967, both the female and male singers used to compete for a single award, after which separate categories were created for female and male singers respectively.

Most Wins

Kishore Kumar won the award the maximum number of times 8 in this category, whereas Mohammad Rafi won it 6 times. Its a bit odd that during Kishore Kumar's popularity in the 1970s, he only managed to win 3 Filmfare awards for Best Male Playback Singer. Two singers: Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan, have won the award five wins. Mukesh has won this award four times. Mahendra Kapoor and Arijit Singh have won it thrice. Four Singers have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Sukhwinder Singh and Mohit Chauhan.

Kumar Sanu holds the record for most consecutive wins, winning all of his five awards from 1991 to 1995. Kishore Kumar won the award four times in a row from 1983 to 1986.

Two singers have achieved the feat of receiving all the nominations of this category in a particular year: Mohammed Rafi was the single nominee in 1969, having all the three nominations to his credit, while Kishore Kumar was the single nominee in 1985, having all the four nominations to his credit. Incidentally, Kishore Kumar's all nominated songs were from a single movie, Sharaabi.

Udit Narayan holds a unique record of reciveing nominations in this category in 3 different decades and getting award in all 3 different decades. Himesh Reshammiya became the first music director to win this award in 2006.

1950s

Note: The category for Best Playback Singer was established in 1959, and until 1966 both male and female singers used to compete for a single award.

1959 award won by a female singer

1960s

1960 Mukesh – "Sab Kuch Seekha Humne" from Anari

Talat Mahmood – "Jalte Hain Jiske Liye" from Sujata

1961 Mohammed Rafi – "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" from Chaudhvin Ka Chand

1962 Mohammed Rafi – "Chashme Buddoor" from Sasural

Mohammed Rafi – "Husn Wale Tera" from Gharana

Mukesh – "Hothon Pe Sacchai" from Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai

1963 Award won by a female singer

Mohammed Rafi – "Ae Gulbadan" from Professor

1964 Mahendra Kapoor – "Chalo Ek Bar Phir Se" from Gumrah

Mohammed Rafi – "Mere Mehboob Tujhe" from Mere Mehboob

1965 Mohammed Rafi – "Chahunga Main Tujhe" from Dosti

Mukesh – "Dost Dost Na Raha" from Sangam

1966 Award won by a female singer

Mohammed Rafi – "Chho Lene Do" from Kaajal

1967 Mohammed Rafi – "Baharon Phool Barsao" from Suraj

Note: The category for Best Playback Singer is officially divided into two separate categores to acknowledge both male and female singers individually.

1968 Mahendra Kapoor – "Neele Gagan Ke Tale" from Hamraaz

Mahendra Kapoor – "Mere Desh Ki Dharti" from Upkar

Mukesh – "Sawan Ka Mahina" from Milan

1969 Mohammed Rafi – "Dil Ke Jharoke Mein" from Brahmachari

Mohammed Rafi – "Babul Ki Duvayen" from Neel Kamal

Mohammed Rafi – "Main Gaoon Tum So Jao" from Brahmachari

1970s

1970 Kishore Kumar – "Roop Tera Mastana" from Aradhana

Manna Dey – "Kaal Ka Paiya" from Chanda Aur Bijli

Mohammed Rafi – "Badi Mastani Hai" from Jeene Ki Raah

1971 Mukesh – "Sabse Bada Nadan" from Pehchan

Mohammed Rafi – "Khilona Jankar" from Khilona

Mukesh – "Bas Yehi Apradh" from Pehchan

1972 Manna Dey – "Ae Bhai Zara Dekh Ke Chalo" from Mera Naam Joker

Kishore Kumar – "Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai" from Kati Patang

Kishore Kumar – "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana" from Andaz

1973 Mukesh – "Jai Bolo Be-Imaan Ki" from Be-Imaan

Kishore Kumar – "Chingari Koi Bhadke" from Amar Prem

Mukesh – "Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hain" from Shor

1974 Narendra Chanchal – "Beshak Mandir Masjid" from Bobby

Kishore Kumar – "Mere Dil Mein Aaj" from Daag: A Poem of Love

Manna Dey – "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera" from Zanjeer

Mohammed Rafi – "Hum Ko Jaan Se Pyaari Hai" from Naina

Shailendra Singh – "Main Shayar To Nahin" from Bobby

1975 Mahendra Kapoor – "Aur Nahi Bus Aur Nahi" from Roti Kapda Aur Makaan

Kishore Kumar – "Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai" from Dost

Kishore Kumar – "Mera Jeevan Kora Kagaz" from Kora Kagaz

Mohammed Rafi – "Accha Hi Hua Dil Toot Gaya" from Maa Bahen Aur Biwi

Mukesh – "Main Na Bhooloonga" from Roti Kapda Aur Makaan

1976 Kishore Kumar – "Dil Aisa Kisi Ne" from Amanush

Kishore Kumar – "Main Pyaasa Tu Sawan" from Faraar

Kishore Kumar – "O Manjhi Re" from Khushboo

Manna Dey – "Kya Mar Sakegi" from Sanyasi

R. D. Burman – "Mehbooba O Mehbooba" from Sholay

1977 Mukesh (Posthumous) – "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein" from Kabhi Kabhie

Mahendra Kapoor – "Sunke Teri Pukar" from Fakira

Mukesh (Posthumous) – "Ek Din Bik Jaayega" from Dharam Karam

Mukesh (Posthumous) – "Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon" from Kabhi Kabhie

K. J. Yesudas – "Gori Tera Gaon" from Chitchor

1978 Mohammed Rafi – "Kya Hua Tera Wada" from Hum Kisise Kum Naheen

Kishore Kumar – "Aap Ke Anurodh Se" from Anurodh

Mohammed Rafi – "Parda Hai Parda" from Amar Akbar Anthony

Mukesh (Posthumous) – "Suhaani Chandni" from Mukti (1977 film)

K. J. Yesudas – Ka Karoon Sajni Aye Na Baalam from Swami

1979 Kishore Kumar – "Khaike Paan Banaraswala" from Don

Kishore Kumar – "O Saathi Re" from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar

Kishore Kumar – "Hum Bewafa Harghiz Na" from Shalimar

Mohammed Rafi – "Aadmi Musafir Hai" from Apnapan

Mukesh (Posthumous) – "Chanchal Sheetal" from Satyam Shivam Sundaram

1980s

1980 K. J. Yesudas – "Dil Ke Tukde Tukde" from Dada

Amitabh Bachchan – "Mere Pass Aao" from Mr. Natwarlal

K. J. Yesudas – "Sunayana In Nazaron Ko" from Sunayana

Kishore Kumar – "Ek Rasta Hai Zindagi" from Kaala Patthar

Mohammed Rafi – "Chalo Re Doli Uthao" from Jaani Dushman

Nitin Mukesh – "Aaja Re Mere Dilbar" from Noorie

1981 Kishore Kumar – "Hazaar Raahen Mud Ke Dekhi" from Thodisi Bewafaii

Kishore Kumar – "Om Shanti Om" from Karz

Mohammed Rafi (Posthumous) – "Dard-e-Dil" from Karz

Mohammed Rafi (Posthumous) – "Maine Puchha Chand Se" from Abdullah

Mohammed Rafi (Posthumous) – "Mere Dost Kissa" from Dostana

1982 Amit Kumar – "Yaad Aa Rahi Hai" from Love Story

Jagjit Singh – "Hothon Se Chhoo Lo Tum" from Prem Geet

Kishore Kumar – "Hamen Tum Se Pyaar Kitna" from Kudrat

Kishore Kumar – "Chhoo Kar Mere Man Ko" from Yaarana

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Tere Mere Beech Mein" from Ek Duuje Ke Liye

1983 Kishore Kumar – "Pag Ghungroo Bandh" from Namak Halaal

Amit Kumar – "Yeh Zameen Gaa Rahi Hai" from Teri Kasam

Suresh Wadkar – "Meri Kismat Tu" from Prem Rog

Suresh Wadkar – "Mein Hoon Prem Rogi" from Prem Rog

1984 Kishore Kumar – "Agar Tum Na Hote" from Agar Tum Na Hote

Kishore Kumar – "Shayad Meri Shaadi" from Souten

Shabbir Kumar – "Jab Hum Jawaan Honge" from Betaab

Shabbir Kumar – "Parvaton Se Aaj Mein" from Betaab

Shabbir Kumar – "Yaad Teri Aayengi" from Ek Jaan Hai Hum

1985 Kishore Kumar – "Manzilein Apni Jagah Hain" from Sharaabi

Kishore Kumar – "De De Pyaar De" from Sharaabi

Kishore Kumar – "Inteha Ho Gayi" from Sharaabi

Kishore Kumar – "Log Kehte Hai" from Sharaabi

1986 Kishore Kumar – "Saagar Kinare" from Saagar

Shabbir Kumar – "Tum Se Milkar Na Jane Kyon" from Pyaar Jhukta Nahin

Suresh Wadkar – "Main Hi Main Hoon" from Ram Teri Ganga Maili

1987 – No award given

1988 – No award given

1989 Udit Narayan – "Papa Kehte Hain" from Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

Amit Kumar – "Ek Do Teen" from Tezaab

Mohammed Aziz – "Dil Tera Kisne Toda" from Dayavan

1990s

1990 S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Dil Deewana" from Maine Pyar Kiya

Amit Kumar – "Tirchhi Topiwale" from Tridev

Mohammed Aziz – "My Name Is Lakhan" from Ram Lakhan

Suresh Wadkar – "Lagi Aaj Sawan Ki" from Chandni

1991 Kumar Sanu – "Ab Tere Bin" from Aashiqui

Amit Kumar – "Kaisa Lagta Hai" from Baaghi: A Rebel for Love

Suresh Wadkar – "O Priya Priya" from Dil

1992 Kumar Sanu – "Mera Dil Bhi" from Saajan

Pankaj Udhas – "Jeeye To Jeeye" from Saajan

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Tum Se Milne Ki Tamanna Hai" from Saajan

Sudesh Bhonsle – "Jumma Chumma" from Hum

1993 Kumar Sanu – "Sochenge Tumhe Pyaar" from Deewana

Udit Narayan – "Pehla Nasha" from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

Vinod Rathod – "Aisi Deewangi" from Deewana

1994 Kumar Sanu – "Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen" from Baazigar

Kumar Sanu – "Baazigar O Baazigar" from Baazigar

Udit Narayan – "Jaadu Teri Nazar" from Darr

Udit Narayan – "Phoolon Sa Chehra Tera" from Anari

Vinod Rathod – "Nayak Nahin Kahlnayak Hoon Main" from Khalnayak

1995 Kumar Sanu – "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha" from 1942: A Love Story

Abhijeet – "Ole Ole" from Yeh Dillagi

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Hum Aapke Hain Koun" from Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!

Udit Narayan – "Tu Cheez Badi" from Mohra

1996 Udit Narayan – "Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna" from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Hariharan – "Dil Ne Dil Se" from Haqeeqat

Kumar Sanu – "Tujhe Dekha To" from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Udit Narayan – "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar" from Akele Hum Akele Tum

1997 Udit Narayan – "Pardesi Pardesi" from Raja Hindustani

Abhijeet – "Yeh Teri Aankhen Jhuki Jhuki" from Fareb

Hariharan and Suresh Wadkar – "Chappa Chappa Charkha Chale" from Maachis

Udit Narayan – "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" from Papa Kehte Hain

Udit Narayan – "Ho Nahi Sakta" from Diljale

1998 Abhijeet – "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaaon" from Yes Boss

Hariharan – "I Love My India" from Pardes

Kumar Sanu – "Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain" from Pardes

Sonu Nigam and Roop Kumar Rathod – "Sandese Aate Hai" from Border

Udit Narayan – "Dil To Pagal Hai" from Dil To Pagal Hai

1999 Sukhwinder Singh – "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from Dil Se..

Aamir Khan – "Aati Kya Khandala" from Ghulam

Kamaal Khan – "O O Jaane Jaana" from Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya

Kumar Sanu – "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai" from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Udit Narayan – "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

2000s

2000 Udit Narayan – "Chaand Chhupa" from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

KK – "Tadap Tadap Ke" from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Kumar Sanu – "Aankhon Ki Gusthakiyaan" from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Sonu Nigam – "Ishq Bina" from Taal

Sukhwinder Singh – "Ramta Jogi" from Taal

2001 Lucky Ali – "Naa Tum Jaano Naa Hum" from Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

Lucky Ali – "Ek Pal Ka Jeena" from Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

Sonu Nigam – "Tu Hawa Hai" from Fiza

Sonu Nigam – "Panchhi Nadiya Pawan Ke Jhonke" from Refugee

Udit Narayan – "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hain" from Dhadkan

2002 Udit Narayan – "Mitwa" from Lagaan

Adnan Sami – "Mehbooba Mehbooba" from Ajnabee

Shaan – "Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe" from Dil Chahta Hai

Sonu Nigam – "Suraj Hua Maddham" from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...

Udit Narayan – "Ud jaa Kale Kawan" from Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

2003 Sonu Nigam – "Saathiya" from Saathiya

KK – "Bardaasht Nahin" from Humraaz

Kumar Sanu – "Sanam Mere Humraaz" from Humraaz

Lucky Ali – "Aa Bhi Jaa" from Sur – The Melody of Life

Shaan – "Nikamma Kiya Is Dil Ne" from Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa

2004 Sonu Nigam – "Kal Ho Naa Ho" from Kal Ho Naa Ho

Kumar Sanu – "Kissi Se Tum Pyar Karo" from Andaaz

Abhijeet – "Suno Na" from Chalte Chalte

Udit Narayan – "Idhar Chala" from Koi... Mil Gaya

Udit Narayan – "Tere Naam" from Tere Naam

2005 Kunal Ganjawala – "Bheegey Honth Tere" from Murder

Sonu Nigam – "Do Pal" from Veer-Zaara

Sonu Nigam – "Main Hoon Na" from Main Hoon Na

Sonu Nigam – "Tumse Milkey Dil Ka" from Main Hoon Na

Udit Narayan – "Main Yahan Hoon" from Veer-Zaara

Udit Narayan and Master Vignesh – "Yeh Taara Woh Taara" from Swades

2006 Himesh Reshammiya – "Aashiq Banaya Aapne" from Aashiq Banaya Aapne

Atif Aslam – "Woh Lamhe" from Zeher

Sonu Nigam – "Dheere Jalna" from Paheli

Sonu Nigam – "Piyu Bole" from Parineeta

KK and Shaan – "Dus Bahane" from Dus

2007 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

KK - "Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai" from Gangster

2008 Shaan – "Jab Se Tere Naina" from Saawariya

A. R. Rahman – "Tere Bina" from Guru

KK – "Aankhon Mein Teri" from Om Shanti Om

Sonu Nigam – "Main Agar Kahoon" from Om Shanti Om

Sukhwinder Singh – "Chak De India" from Chak De! India

2009 Sukhwinder Singh – "Haule Haule" from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Farhan Akhtar – "Socha Hai" from Rock On!!

KK – "Khuda Jaane" from Bachna Ae Haseeno

KK – "Zara Si Dil Mein" from Jannat

Rashid Ali – "Kabhi Kabhi Aditi" from Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na

Sonu Nigam – "Inn Lamhon Ke Daaman Me" from Jodhaa Akbar

2010s

2010 Mohit Chauhan – "Masakali" from Delhi-6

Atif Aslam – "Tu Jaane Na" from Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Javed Ali and Kailash Kher – "Arziyan" from Delhi-6

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Aaj Din Chadheya" from Love Aaj Kal

Sonu Nigam and Salim Merchant – "Shukran Allah" from Kurbaan

Sukhwinder Singh and Vishal Dadlani – "Dhan Te Nan" from Kaminey

2011 Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji" from Ishqiya

Adnan Sami and Shankar Mahadevan – "Noor-e-Khuda" from My Name Is Khan

Mohit Chauhan – "Pee Loon" from Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Sajda" from My Name Is Khan

Shafqat Amanat Ali – "Bin Tere" from I Hate Luv Storys

2012 Mohit Chauhan – "Jo Bhi Main" from Rockstar

Akon and Vishal Dadlani – "Chammak Challo" from Ra.One

Mohit Chauhan – "Saadda Haq" from Rockstar

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Teri Meri" from Bodyguard

Shafqat Amanat Ali – "Dildaara" from Ra.One

2013 Ayushmann Khurrana - "Pani Da Rang" from Vicky Donor

Mohit Chauhan – "Barfi" from Barfi!

Nikhil Paul George – "Main Kya Karoon" from Barfi!

Rabbi Shergill – "Challa" from Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Sonu Nigam – "Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin" from Agneepath

2014 Arijit Singh – "Tum Hi Ho" from Aashiqui 2

Amit Trivedi – "Manja" from Kai Po Che!

Ankit Tiwari – "Sunn Raha Hai" from Aashiqui 2

Benny Dayal – "Badtameez Dil" from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Siddharth Mahadevan – "Zinda" from Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

2015 Ankit Tiwari - "Galliyan" from Ek Villain

Benny Dayal - "Locha-e-Ulfat" from 2 States

Arijit Singh - "Mast Magan" from 2 States

Arijit Singh - "Suno Na Sangemarmar" from Youngistaan

Shekhar Ravjiani - "Zehnaseeb" from Hasee Toh Phasee

2016 Arijit Singh - "Sooraj Dooba Hain" from Roy

Ankit Tiwari - "Tu Hai Ke Nahi" from Roy

Arijit Singh - "Gerua" from Dilwale

Atif Aslam - "Jeena Jeena" from Badlapur

Vishal Dadlani – "Gulaabo" from Shaandaar

Papon from "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" from Dum Laga Ke Haisha

2017 Arijit Singh - "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Amit Mishra - "Bulleya" from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Arijit Singh - "Channa Mereya" from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Atif Aslam - "Tere Sang Yaara" from Rustom

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - "Jag Ghoomeya" from Sultan

References

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