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18th Filmfare Awards

1971 awards for Hindi cinema

Field	Value
number	18
award	Filmfare Awards
date	18 April 1971
site	Bombay
best_film	Khilona
most_wins	Pehchan (4)
most_nominations	Pehchan (9)
best_actor	Rajesh Khanna for Sachaa Jhutha
best_actress	Mumtaz for Khilona
last	17th
next	19th

The 18th Filmfare Awards were held on April 18, 1971, honouring the best in Hindi Cinema in the year 1970.

Pehchan led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Do Raaste with 7 nominations and Khilona with 6 nominations.

Pehchan won 4 awards, including Best Supporting Actress (for Chand Usmani), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Feroz Khan received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Aadmi Aur Insaan and Safar, winning for the former, his only win in the category.

Main Awards

Best Film

** Khilona **

Do Raaste
Pehchan

Best Director

** Asit Sen – Safar **

Raj Khosla – Do Raaste
Sohanlal Kanwar – Pehchan

Best Actor

** Rajesh Khanna – Sachaa Jhutha **

Dilip Kumar – Gopi
Sanjeev Kumar – Khilona

Best Actress

** Mumtaz – Khilona **

Sharmila Tagore – Safar
Waheeda Rehman – Khamoshi

Best Supporting Actor

** Feroz Khan – Aadmi Aur Insaan **

Feroz Khan – Safar
Prem Chopra – Himmat

Best Supporting Actress

** Chand Usmani – Pehchan **

Bindu – Do Raaste
Mumtaz – Aadmi Aur Insaan

Best Comic Actor

** I. S. Johar – Johnny Mera Naam **

Jagdeep – Khilona
Mehmood – Humjoli

Best Story

** Do Raaste – Chandrakant Kakodkar **

Khilona – Gulshan Nanda
Pehchan – Sachin Bhowmick

Best Screenplay

** Johnny Mera Naam – Vijay Anand **

Best Dialogue

** Satyakam – Rajinder Singh Bedi **

Best Music Director

** Pehchan – Shankar-Jaikishan **

Do Raaste – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Talaash – S.D. Burman

Best Lyricist

** Pehchan – Verma Malik for Sabse Bada Nadan **

Do Raaste – Anand Bakshi for Bindiya Chamkegi
Pehchan – Gopaldas Neeraj for Bas Yehi Apradh

Best Playback Singer, Male

** Pehchan – Mukesh for Sabse Bada Nadan **

Khilona – Mohammad Rafi for Khilona Jankar
Pehchan – Mukesh for Bas Yehi Apradh

Best Playback Singer, Female

** Jahan Pyar Mile – Sharda for Baat Zara **

Do Raaste – Lata Mangeshkar for Bindiya Chamkegi
Johnny Mera Naam – Lata Mangeshkar for Babul Pyaare

Best Color Art Direction

** Talaash ** – Shanti Das

Best B&W Art Direction

Not Awarded

Best B&W Cinematography

** Khamoshi ** – Kamal Bose

Best Color Cinematography

** Heer Raanjha ** – Jal Mistry

Best Editing

** Johnny Mera Naam ** – Vijay Anand

Best Sound

** Talaash ** – S.C. Bhambri

Critics' Awards

Best Film

** Uski Roti **

Best Documentary

** Koodal **

Special Awards

Balraj Sahni

Biggest Winners

- Pehchan* – 4/9
- Johnny Mera Naam* – 3/4
- Talaash* – 2/3
- Khilona* – 2/6
Do Raaste – 1/7
Safar – 1/3

References

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1971/

References

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