An gabatar da lambar yabo ta farko ta The Times Group a shekarar 1954, a wannan shekarar da aka gabatar da lambar yabo ta kasa. Da farko an kira su "Clare Awards" ko "The Clares" bayan Clare Mendonca, editan The Times of India. An kirkiro tsarin jefa kuri'a biyu a shekarar 1956. A karkashin wannan tsarin, sabanin lambar yabo ta kasa, wanda kwamitin da Gwamnatin Indiya ta nada ya yanke shawara, an zabi lambar yabo ta Filmfare ta jama'a da kwamitin kwararru. Tambaya: A ina ake gudanar da bikin bayar da lambar yabo ta Filmfare?
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