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20th Filmfare Awards

1973 awards for Hindi cinema

Field	Value
number	20
award	Filmfare Awards
date	21 April 1973
site	Bombay
best_film	Be-Imaan
most_wins	Be-Imaan (7)
most_nominations	Amar Prem & Be-Imaan (8)
best_actor	Manoj Kumar for Be-Imaan
best_actress	Hema Malini for Seeta Aur Geeta
last	19th
next	21st

The 20th Filmfare Awards were held in 1973, awarding the films made in 1972.

Amar Prem and Be-Imaan led the ceremony with 8 nominations, followed by Shor with 7 nominations and Pakeezah with 5 nominations.

Be-Imaan won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Sohanlal Kanwar), Best Actor (for Manoj Kumar) and Best Supporting Actor (for Pran), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Rajesh Khanna received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Amar Prem and Dushmun, but lost to Manoj Kumar who won the award for Be-Imaan.

At the ceremony, Meena Kumari earned a then record-setting twelfth and final nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the period musical romantic drama Pakeezah after her death in March 1972. Despite being highly favored to win the award, she controversially lost the award to Hema Malini who won her first and only award in the category for her comic dual role in the comedy-drama Seeta Aur Geeta.

Pran, who won Best Supporting Actor for Be-Imaan refused to accept the award, on the grounds that the Best Music Director award should have gone to Ghulam Mohammed for Pakeezah, and not Shankar-Jaikishan for Be-Imaan.

Main Awards

Best Film

** Be-Imaan **

Anubhav
Pakeezah

Best Director

** Sohanlal Kanwar – Be-Imaan **

Kamal Amrohi – Pakeezah
Manoj Kumar – Shor

Best Actor

** Manoj Kumar – Be-Imaan **

Rajesh Khanna – Amar Prem
Rajesh Khanna – Dushmun

Best Actress

** Hema Malini – Seeta Aur Geeta **

Meena Kumari – Pakeezah
Raakhee – Aankhon Aankhon Mein

Best Supporting Actor

** Pran – Be-Imaan **

Premnath – Shor

Best Supporting Actress

** Zeenat Aman – Hare Rama Hare Krishna **

Bindu – Dastaan
Nazima – Be-Imaan

Best Comic Actor

** Paintal – Bawarchi **

Jagdeep – Bhai Ho To Aisa
Mehmood – Bombay To Goa

Best Story

** Anubhav – Basu Chatterjee **

Shor – Manoj Kumar

Best Screenplay

** *Amar Prem – Arabinda Mukhopadhyay * **

Best Dialogue

** *Amar Prem – Ramesh Pant * **

Best Music Director

** Be-Imaan – Shankar–Jaikishan **

Amar Prem – R. D. Burman
Pakeezah – Ghulam Mohammed
Shor – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Best Lyricist

** Be-Imaan – Verma Malik for Jai Bolo Be-Imaan Ki **

Amar Prem – Anand Bakshi for Chingari Koi Bhadke
Shor – Santosh Anand for Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai

Best Playback Singer, Male

** Be-Imaan – Mukesh for Jai Bolo Be-Imaan Ki **

Amar Prem – Kishore Kumar for Chingari Koi Bhadke
Shor – Mukesh for Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai

Best Playback Singer, Female

** Hare Rama Hare Krishna – Asha Bhosle for Dum Maro Dum **

Lal Patthar – Asha Bhosle for Suni Suni
Lalkaar – Asha Bhosle for Maine Kahan Na Na Na

Best Art Direction

** Pakeezah **

Best Cinematography

** Seeta Aur Geeta **

Best Editing

** Shor **

Best Sound

** Amar Prem **

Critics' Awards

Best Film

** Maya Darpan **

Best Documentary

** Nine Months to Freedom **

Controversy

Meena Kumari not winning an award for her performance in Pakeezah stirred controversy at the 20th Filmfare Awards. Filmfare, however, defended their decision by stating that according to their rules, posthumous awards were not allowed then; Filmfare editor B. K. Karanjia said both Ghulam Mohammad (the music director of Pakeezah) and Josef Wirsching (cinematographer) lost for the same reason.

Years later, in an interview, veteran actress Rakhee Gulzar revealed that initially she was offered the award for Best actress which she declined, as she considered her performance to be mediocre as earlier, she was devoid of the award for her performance in Sharmilee.

Biggest Winners

- Be-Imaan – 7/8*
- Amar Prem – 3/8*
- Seeta Aur Geeta – 2/2*
- Hare Rama Hare Krishna – 2/2*
Shor – 1/7
Pakeezah – 1/5

References

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1973/

References

Reuben, Bunny. (2005). "...and Pran: A Biography". HarperCollins and [[Living Media]].
(2006). "Filmfare Nominees and Winner".
Bharatan, Raju. (2013). "Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad". [[Hay House]].
(28 February 2017). "Shocked by Oscar mix-up? Bollywood film awards change winners last minute too".

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