| Filmfare Award for Best cinematography | |
| Awarded For: | Best Performance by a Cinematographer |
| Presenter: | Filmfare |
| Country: | India |
| Year: | Taru Dutt, Boot Polish (1955) |
| Holder: | Avinash Arun, Three of Us (2024) |
| Website: | Filmfare Awards |
The Filmfare Best Cinematography Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.[1]
The category was first awarded in 1954.
| 5 | Kamal Bose | |
| 4 | Jal Mistry, Radhu Karmakar | |
| 3 | Santosh Sivan, Binod Pradhan | |
| 2 | V. K. Murthy, Krishnarao Vashirda, Faredoon Irani, Fali Mistry, Jaywant Pathare, Govind Nihalani, Manmohan Singh, Ravi K. Chandran, Avik Mukhopadhyay, Sudeep Chatterjee |
| Year | Cinematographer | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Three of Us | ||
| 2023 | Gangubai Kathiawadi | ||
| 2022 | Avik Mukhopadhyay | Sardar Udham | |
| 2021 | Gulabo Sitabo | ||
| 2020 | Jay Oza | Gully Boy | |
| 2019 | Pankaj Kumar | Tumbbad | |
| 2018 | Sirsha Ray | A Death in the Gunj | |
| 2017 | Mitesh Mirchandani | Neerja | |
| 2016 | Manu Anand | Dum Laga Ke Haisha | |
| 2015 | Bobby Singh (posthumously) and Siddharth Diwan | Queen | |
| 2014 | Kamaljeet Negi | Madras Cafe | |
| 2013 | Satyajit Pande (Setu) | Kahaani | |
| 2012 | Carlos Catalan | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | |
| 2011 | Mahendra J. Shetty | Udaan | |
| 2010 | Dev.D | ||
| 2009 | Jason West | Rock On!! | |
| 2008 | Chak De India | ||
| 2007 | Rang De Basanti | ||
| 2006 | Black | ||
| 2005 | Christopher Popp | Lakshya | |
| 2004 | Aseem Bajaj | Chameli | |
| 2003 | Devdas | ||
| 2002 | Asoka | ||
| 2001 | Bashir Ali | Refugee | |
| 2000 | Kabir Lal | Taal | |
| 1999 | Dil Se.. | ||
| 1998 | Virasat | ||
| 1997 | Bandit Queen | ||
| 1996 | Santosh Sivan | Barsaat | |
| 1995 | Binod Pradhan | ||
| 1994 | Darr | ||
| 1993 | S. Kumar | Muskurahat | |
| 1992 | Radhu Karmakar | Henna | |
| 1991 | Rajan Kothari | Ghayal | |
| 1990 | Chandni | ||
| 1989 | Kiran Deohans | Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak | |
| 1988 | No Ceremony Held | No Ceremony Held | |
| 1987 | |||
| 1986 | S. M. Anwar | Saagar | |
| 1985 | P. L. Raj | Jaag Utha Insaan | |
| 1984 | Govind Nihalani | Vijeta | |
| 1983 | Jaywant Pathare | Bemisal | |
| 1982 | Jal Mistry | Kudrat[2] | |
| 1981 | S. M. Anwar | Shaan | |
| 1980 | Junoon | ||
| 1979 | Radhu Karmakar | Satyam Shivam Sundaram | |
| 1978 | Munir Khan | Hum Kisise Kum Naheen | |
| 1977 | Fakira | ||
| 1976 | Kamal Bose | Dharmatma | |
| 1975 | A. Vincent | Prem Nagar | |
| 1974 | Jal Mistry | Jheel Ke Us Paar | |
| 1973 | P. Vaikunth | Seeta Aur Geeta | |
| 1972 | Kamal Bose Radhu Karmakar | Dastak (B&W)<br />Mera Naam Joker (Color) | |
| 1971 | Kamal Bose Jal Mistry | Khamoshi (B&W)<br />Heer Raanjha (Color) | |
| 1970 | Kamal Bose Faredoon Irani | Anokhi Raat (B&W)<br />Duniya (Color) | |
| 1969 | Nariman A. Irani G. Singh | Saraswatichandra (B&W)<br />Aankhen (Color) | |
| 1968 | Jal Mistry M. N. Malhotra | Baharon Ke Sapne (B&W)<ref name=gu/> Humraaz (Color) | |
| 1967 | Jaywant Pathare Fali Mistry | Anupama (B&W)<br />Guide (Color)[3] | |
| 1966 | S. Ramachandra Dharam Chopra | Yaadein (B&W)<br />Waqt (Color) | |
| 1965 | K. H. Kapadia Krishnarao Vashirda | Woh Kaun Thi? (B&W)<br />Geet Gaya Patharon Ne (Color) | |
| 1964 | Kamal Bose Krishnarao Vashirda | Bandini (B&W)<br />Sehra (Color) | |
| 1963 | Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (B&W) | ||
| 1962 | V. Balasaheb | Ganga Jamuna (Color) | |
| 1961 | R. D. Mathur | Mughal-e-Azam (B&W) | |
| 1960 | Kaagaz Ke Phool (B&W) | ||
| 1959 | Dilip Gupta | Madhumati (B&W) | |
| 1958 | Faredoon A. Irani | Mother India (Color) | |
| 1957 | Radhu Karmakar | Shree 420 (B&W) | |
| 1956 | Dwarka Divecha | Yasmin (B&W) | |
| 1955 | Taru Dutt | Boot Polish (B&W) |