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16th Filmfare Awards

1969 awards for Hindi cinema

Field	Value
number	16
award	Filmfare Awards
date	1969
site	Bombay
best_film	Brahmachari
most_wins	Brahmachari (6)
most_nominations	Brahmachari (9)
best_actor	Shammi Kapoor for Brahmachari
best_actress	Waheeda Rehman for Neel Kamal
last	15th
next	17th

The 16th Filmfare Awards were held in 1969.

Brahmachari led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Neel Kamal with 8 nominations, Ankhen with 7 nominations and Shikar with 5 nominations.

Brahmachari won 6 awards, including Best Film and Best Actor (for Shammi Kapoor), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Dilip Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Aadmi and Sunghursh, but lost to Shammi Kapoor, who won the award for Brahmachari, his first and only win in the category.

Main awards

Best Film

** Brahmachari **

Ankhen
Neel Kamal

Best Director

** Ramanand Sagar – Ankhen **

Bhappi Soni – Brahmachari
Ram Maheshwari – Neel Kamal

Best Actor

** Shammi Kapoor – Brahmachari **

Dilip Kumar – Aadmi
Dilip Kumar – Sunghursh

Best Actress

** Waheeda Rehman – Neel Kamal **

Nargis – Raat Aur Din
Saira Banu – Diwana

Best Supporting Actor

** Sanjeev Kumar – Shikar **

Manoj Kumar – Aadmi
Raj Kumar – Neel Kamal

Best Supporting Actress

** Simi Garewal – Saathi **

Helen – Shikar
Shashikala – Neel Kamal

Best Comic Actor

** Johnny Walker – Shikar **

Mehmood – Neel Kamal
Mehmood – Sadhu Aur Shaitaan

Best Story

** Brahmachari – Sachin Bhowmick **

Ankhen – Ramanand Sagar
Neel Kamal – Gulshan Nanda

Best Screenplay

** Majhli Didi – Nabendu Ghosh **

Best Dialogue

** Saraswatichandra – S. Ali Raza **

Best Music Director

** Brahmachari – Shankar-Jaikishan **

Ankhen – Ravi
Diwana – Shankar-Jaikishan

Best Lyricist

** Brahmachari – Shailendra for Main Gaoon Tum **

Ankhen – Sahir Ludhianvi for Milti Hai Zindagi Main
Brahmachari – Hasrat Jaipuri for Dil Ke Jharoke Main

Best Playback Singer, Male

** Brahmachari – Mohammad Rafi for Dil Ke Jharoke Main **

Brahmachari – Mohammad Rafi for Main Gaoon Tum
Neel Kamal – Mohammad Rafi for Baabul Ki Duaaein

Best Playback Singer, Female

** Shikar – Asha Bhosle for Parde Mein Rehne Do **

Ankhen – Lata Mangeshkar for Milti Hai Zindagi Main
Diwana – Sharda for Tumhari Bhi Jai Hai

Best Art Direction, B&W

Majhli Didi – Ajit Banerjee

Best Art Direction, Color

Noor Jehan'* – *A. A. Majid'''''

Best Cinematography, B&W

Saraswatichandra – Nariman A. Irani

Best Cinematography, Color

Ankhen – G. Singh

Best Editing

Saathi – N. M. Shankar

Best Sound

Shikar – P. Thakkersey

Critics' awards

Best Documentary

** Explorer **

Biggest winners

Brahmachari – 6/9
Shikar – 4/5
Majhli Didi – 2/2
Saathi – 2/2
Saraswatichandra – 2/2
Ankhen – 2/7
Neel Kamal – 1/8

References

General references

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1969/

References

Info: Wikipedia Source

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