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17th Filmfare Awards

1970 awards for Hindi cinema

Field	Value
number	17
award	Filmfare Awards
date	May 11, 1970
site	Bombay
best_film	Aradhana
most_wins	Anokhi Raat (4)
most_nominations	Aradhana (9)
best_actor	Ashok Kumar for Aashirwad
best_actress	Sharmila Tagore for Aradhana
last	16th
next	18th

The 17th Filmfare Awards were held on May 11, 1970.

Aradhana led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Jeene Ki Raah with 6 nominations, Ittefaq with 5 nominations, and Aashirwaad and Anokhi Raat with 4 nominations each,

Anokhi Raat won 4 awards, including Best Screenplay (Hrishikesh Mukherjee) and Best Dialogue (Anand Kumar), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Rajesh Khanna received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Aradhana and Ittefaq, but lost to Ashok Kumar who won the award for Aashirwaad.

Main Awards

Best Film

** Aradhana **

Aashirwad
Jeene Ki Raah

Best Director

** Yash Chopra – Ittefaq **

L. V. Prasad – Jeene Ki Raah
Shakti Samanta – Aradhana

Best Actor

** Ashok Kumar – Aashirwad **

Rajesh Khanna – Aradhana
Rajesh Khanna – Ittefaq

Best Actress

** Sharmila Tagore – Aradhana **

Asha Parekh – Chirag
Nanda – Ittefaq

Best Supporting Actor

** Pran – Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool **

Ashok Kumar – Aashirwad
Balraj Sahni – Ek Phool Do Mali

Best Supporting Actress

'* *Tanuja – Paisa Ya Pyaar'''''

Bindu – Ittefaq
Farida Jalal – Aradhana

Best Comic Actor

** Mehmood – Waris **

Johnny Walker – Haseena Maan Jayegi
Mehmood – Meri Bhabhi

Best Story

** Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool – Vasant Kanetkar **

Aashirwad – Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Aradhana – Sachin Bhowmick

Best Screenplay

** Anokhi Raat – Hrishikesh Mukherjee **

Best Dialogue

** Anokhi Raat – Anand Kumar **

Best Music Director

** Jeene Ki Raah – Laxmikant–Pyarelal **

Aradhana – S.D. Burman
Chanda Aur Bijli – Shankar-Jaikishan

Best Lyricist

***Chanda Aur Bijli – Gopaldas Neeraj for Kal Ka Paiyya ***

Aradhana – Anand Bakshi for Mere Sapno Ki Rani
Jeene Ki Raah – Anand Bakshi for Badi Mastani Hai

Best Playback Singer, Male

** Aradhana – Kishore Kumar for Roop Tera Mastana **

Chanda Aur Bijli – Manna Dey for Kal Ka Paiyya
Jeene Ki Raah – Mohammad Rafi for Badi Mastani Hai

Best Playback Singer, Female

** Jeene Ki Raah – Lata Mangeshkar for Aap Mujhe Acche Lagne Lage **

Inteqam – Lata Mangeshkar for Kaise Rahun Chup
Chanda Aur Bijli – Sharda for Tere Ang Ka Rang

Best Art Direction, B&W

'* Anokhi Raat – *Ajit Banerjee'''''

Best Art Direction, Color

'* Tamanna – *A. R. Kakkad and Baburao T. Poddar'''''

Best Cinematography, B&W

'* Anokhi Raat – *Kamal Bose'''''

Best Cinematography, Color

'* *Duniya – Faredoon Irani'''''

Best Editing

'* *Nanha Farishta – B. S. Glaad'''''

Best Sound

'* *Ittefaq – M. A. Shaikh'''''

Critics' Awards

Best Documentary

** Then, The Rain **

Biggest Winners

- Anokhi Raat* – 4/4
Aashirwad – 1/4
- Aradhana* – 3/9
- Ittefaq* – 2/5
- Jeene Ki Raah* – 2/6
- Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool* – 2/2

References

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1970/

References

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