The 36th Filmfare Awards were held in 1991.
Dil and Ghayal led the ceremony with 8 nominations each, followed by Aashiqui with 7 nominations, and Agneepath and Pratibandh with 5 nominations each.
Ghayal won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Rajkumar Santoshi) and Best Actor (for Sunny Deol), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Madhuri Dixit won her first of four awards for Best Actress for her performance in Dil, the only win for the film.
Ghayal Rajkumar Santoshi – Ghayal Sunny Deol – Ghayal Madhuri Dixit – Dil Mithun Chakraborty – Agneepath Rohini Hattangadi – Agneepath Kader Khan – Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri Pooja Bhatt – Daddy Ghayal – Rajkumar Santoshi Kamla Ki Maut – Basu Chatterjee Daddy – Suraj Sanim Aashiqui – Nadeem Shravan Aashiqui – Sameer for Nazar Ke Saamne Aashiqui – Kumar Sanu for Ab Tere Bin Aashiqui – Anuradha Paudwal for Nazar Ke Saamne Ghayal Sailaab – Saroj Khan for Hum Ko Aaj Ghayal Ghayal E. Rudra – Azaad Desh Ke Ghulam Amitabh Bachchan Kasba Anupam Kher – Daddy Aadhi Haqeeqat, Aadha Fasana – Dilip Ghosh Amjad Ali Khan