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The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is the oldest and most prominent film events dedicated to Hindi films in India. The awards were first introduced in 1954 the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the Clare Awards or The Clares after Clare Mendonca the editor of The Times of India.