18th Filmfare Awards

18th Filmfare Awards
Date	18 April 1971
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Khilona
Best Actor	Rajesh Khanna for Sachaa Jhutha
Best Actress	Mumtaz for Khilona
Most awards	Pehchan (4)
Most nominations	Pehchan (9)
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The 18th Filmfare Awards were held on April 18, 1971,^[1] 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.

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

• Jagdeep – Khilona
• Mehmood – Humjoli

Best Story

Do Raaste – Chandrakant Kakodkar

• Khilona – Gulshan Nanda
• Pehchan – Sachin Bhowmick

Best Screenplay

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

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

Best Playback Singer, Female

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^[2]

Best B&W Art Direction

Not Awarded ^[3]

Best B&W Cinematography

Khamoshi – Kamal Bose^[4]

Best Color Cinematography

Heer Raanjha – Jal Mistry^[5]

Best Editing

Best Sound

Talaash – S.C. Bhambri[7]

Critics' Awards

Best Film

Uski Roti

Best Documentary

Koodal

Biggest Winners

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

See also

• 20th Filmfare Awards
• 19th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

References

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