The 55th Filmfare Awards were held on February 27, 2010 at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai. The awards given for 30 categories, out of which there were 3 special awards, 3 critics awards and 24 main awards for Hindi films released in 2009. There were 60 nominations for the top 10 categories,
| 55th Filmfare Awards |
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| Presented by | Filmfare |
| Host | Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan |
| Date | February 27, 2010 |
| Location | Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai |
| Country |  India |
which were based on votes via web and newspaper forms.[1] The award ceremony was hosted by Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan.
Awards and Nominees
Main awards
| Best Film | Best Director |
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- 3 Idiots
- Dev D
- Kaminey
- Love Aaj Kal
- Paa
- Wake Up Sid
| - Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots
- Anurag Kashyap - Dev.D
- Ayan Mukerji - Wake up Sid
- Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal
- R Balki - Paa
- Vishal Bhardwaj - Kaminey
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| Best Actor | Best Actress |
- Amitabh Bachchan - Paa
- Aamir Khan - 3 Idiots
- Ranbir Kapoor - Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
- Ranbir Kapoor - Wake up Sid
- Saif Ali Khan - Love Aaj Kal
- Shahid Kapoor - Kaminey
| - Vidya Balan - Paa
 - Deepika Padukone - Love Aaj Kal
- Kareena Kapoor - 3 Idiots
- Kareena Kapoor - Kurbaan
- Katrina Kaif - New York
- Priyanka Chopra - Kaminey
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| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
- Boman Irani - 3 Idiots
- Amole Gupte - Kaminey
- Neil Nitin Mukesh - New York
- R Madhavan - 3 Idiots
- Rishi Kapoor - Luck by Chance
- Sharman Joshi - 3 Idiots
| - Kalki Koechlin - Dev.D
- Arundhati Nag - Paa
- Dimple Kapadia - Luck By Chance
- Divya Dutta - Delhi-6
- Supriya Pathak - Wake Up Sid
- Shahana Goswami - Firaaq
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| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
- A. R. Rahman - Delhi-6
- Amit Trivedi - Dev D
- Pritam Chakraborty - Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
- Pritam Chakraborty - Love Aaj Kal
- Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Wake Up Sid
- Vishal Bharadwaj - Kaminey
| - Irshad Kamil - "Aaj Din Chadheya" from Love Aaj Kal
- Gulzar - "Dhan Te Nan" from Kaminey
- Gulzar - "Kaminey" from Kaminey
- Javed Akhtar - "Iktara" from Wake Up Sid
- Prasoon Joshi - "Masakali" from Delhi-6
- Prasoon Joshi - "Rehna Tu" from Delhi-6
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| Best Playback Singer - Male | Best Playback Singer - Female |
- Mohit Chauhan - "Masakali" from Delhi-6
- Atif Aslam - "Tu Jaane Na" from Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
- Javed Ali / Kailash Kher - "Arziyan" from Delhi-6
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - "Aaj Din Chadya" from Love Aaj Kal
- Sonu Nigam / Salim Merchant - "Shukran Allah" from Kurbaan
- Sukhwinder Singh / Vishal Dadlani - "Dhan Te Nan" from Kaminey
| - Rekha Bhardwaj- "Genda Phool" from Delhi-6 (tie)
- Kavita Seth - "Iktara" from Wake Up Sid
- Alisha Chinai - "Tera Hone Laga" from Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
- Shilpa Rao - "Mudi Mudi" from Paa
- Shreya Ghoshal - "Zoobi Doobi" from 3 Idiots
- Sunidhi Chauhan - "Chor Bazaari" from Love Aaj Kal
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| Best Movie |
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| Best Performance |
| Male | Female |
| | - Mahi Gill
- Dev.D
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| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
- Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots
- Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Malhotra, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Sanjay Maurya - Gulaal
- Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal
- Zoya Akhtar - Luck By Chance
- Jaideep Sahni - Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
| - Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi - 3 Idiots
- Love Aaj Kal - Love Aaj Kal
- Pankaj Advani - Sankat City
- R. Balki - Paa
- Zoya Akhtar - Luck By Chance
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| Best Dialogue | Best Editing |
- Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots
- Anurag Kashyap - Gulaal
- Love Aaj Kal - Love Aaj Kal
- Jaideep Sahni - Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
- Nandita Das, Shuchi Kothari - Firaaq
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| Best Choreography | Best Cinematography |
- Bosco-Caesar - "Chor Bazaari" from Love Aaj Kal
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| Best Production Design | Best Sound Design |
- Helen Jones, Sukanta Panigrahi - Dev.D
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| Best Costume Design | Best Background Score |
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| Best Special Effects | Best Action |
- Govardhan Vigharan, Vinay Singh Chuphal - Kaminey
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| Lifetime Achievement |
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| Best Debut Director |
| Male | Female |
- Ayan Mukherjee
- Wake Up Sid
| - Zoya Akhtar
- Luck By Chance
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| RD Burman Award |
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| Special Award |
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Maximum Nominations and Wins
Kaminey got maximum 9 nominations in top 10 award categories but could win none of them. 3 Idiots won 6 awards each in 10 main categories.
| Movie | Awards | Nominations |
| 3 Idiots | 6 | 8 |
| Dev D | 4 | 6 |
| Delhi 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Firaaq | 3 | 1 |
| Paa | 2 | 6 |
| Love Aaj Kal | 2 | 8 |
| Wake Up Sid | 1 | 7 |
| Kaminey | 0 | 9 |
| Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani | 0 | 4 |
| Kurbaan | 0 | 2 |
| Luck by Chance | 0 | 2 |
| New York | 0 | 2 |
National Telecast
The national telecast of 55th Idea Filmfare Awards ceremony was shown on Sony Entertainment Television on March 7, 2010 at 8:00 pm (IST).
