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Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction
Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction is awarded to the film production designers and art directors who render the most spectacular and appropriate visual artistry to a Hindi film.

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Filmfare Award for Best Art DirectionThe Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction is presented by Filmfare in its annual Filmfare Awards, to the production designer and art director who with the Art Department team, design and develop the most striking visual artistry for a Hindi film of the preceding year. Such artistry renders the overall look of the film and its sequences to the viewers and is conceptualised, crafted and finalised in accordance with the film"s theme and background and the emotions involved in its scenes. The category was introduced in 1956, two years after the inception of awards.

Prominent Records in Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction
Noted art directors Shanti Das, Ajit Banerjee, M. R. Acharekar, Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Sharmishta Roy, Bansi Chandragupta and Sudhendu Roy have won the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction for most number of times, holding 3 wins each. Other art directors Sabu Cyril, Samir Chanda, Ravi Verman, S. S. Samel, N. B. Kulkarni, Madhukar Shinde and T. K. Desai have won the award twice each.

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction at 61st Filmfare Awards
In the 61st Filmfare Awards of 2016, the film "Bajirao Mastani" bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction for its much resplendent and magnificent sets and visual backgrounds. Sujeet Sawant, Sriram Iyengar and Saloni Dhatrak were presented the award for making "Bajirao Mastani" a visual spectacle with their production designs.

List of Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction
The list of winning production designers and art directors of Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction from 1991 to 2016 and the respective films for which they were recognised are highlighted hereunder.

Year Winning Art Director Film
2016 Sujeet Sawant, Sriram Iyengar & Saloni Dhatrak Bajirao Mastani
2015 Subrata Chakraborty & Amit Ray Haider
2014 Acropolis Design Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2013 Rajat Podar Barfi!
2012 Shashank Tere Delhi Belly
2011 Mukund Gupta Do Dooni Chaar
2010 Helen Jones & Sukanta Panigrahi Dev.D
2009 Vandana Kataria & Angelica Bhowmick Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
2008 Samir Chanda Guru
2007 Samir Chanda Omkara
2006 Keshto Mondal, Tanushree Sarkar & Pradeep Sarkar Parineeta
2005 Sabu Cyril Yuva
2004 Munish Sappal Pinjar
2003 Nitin Chandrakant Desai Devdas
2002 Sharmishta Roy Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2001 Not Awarded
2000 Not Awarded
1999 Sharmishta Roy Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998 Sharmishta Roy Dil To Pagal Hai
1997 Nitin Chandrakant Desai Khamoshi: The Musical
1996 Bijon Dasgupta Prem
1995 Nitin Chandrakant Desai 1942: A Love Story
1994 Sabu Cyril Gardish
1993 Ravi Verman Angaar
1992 Ravi Verman Hum
1991 Nitish Roy Ghayal



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