The 36th Filmfare Awards were held in 1991. Sunny Deol starrer Rajkumar Santoshi's action film Ghayal dominated the awards, winning in many major and minor categories, including Sunny Deol's and Rajkumar Santoshi's first wins in the Best Actor and Best Director categories respectively.
Mithun Chakraborty – Agneepath
Kader Khan – Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri
Kamla Ki Maut – Basu Chatterjee
Daddy – Suraj Sanim
Aashiqui – Nadeem Shravan'''
Aashiqui – Sameer for Nazar Ke Saamne
Aashiqui – Kumar Sanu for Ab Tere Bin