18th Filmfare Awards

The 18th Filmfare Awards were held on April 18, 1971,^[1] honouring the best in Hindi Cinema in the year 1970. Chander Vohra's Khilona was named the Best Film of the Year. Sohanlal Kanwar's Pehchan was the biggest winner, winning various major and minor awards.

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

Pehchan – Shankar-Jaikishen

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

Best Lyrics

Pehchan – Verma Malik for Sabse Bada Nadan

• Do Raaste – Anand Bakshi for Bindiya Chamkegi
• Pehchan – 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 Art Direction

Talaash

Best B&W Cinematography

Khamoshi

Best Color Cinematography

Heer Raanjha

Best Editing

Johnny Mera Naam

Best Sound

Talaash

Critics' awards

Best Film

Uski Roti

Best Documentary

Koodal

Biggest Winners

• Pehchan – 4/8
• Johnny Mera Naam – 3/4
• Talaash – 2/3
• Khilona – 2/6

See also

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

References

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

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