17th Filmfare Awards

17th Filmfare Awards
Date1970
SiteBombay
Highlights
Best FilmAradhana
Best ActorAshok Kumar for Aashirwad
Best ActressSharmila Tagore for Aradhana
Most awardsAnokhi Raat (4)
Most nominationsAradhana (9)

The 17th Filmfare Awards were held on May 11, 1970.[1][2]

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

Ashok Kumar — Best Actor winner for Aashirwad
Sharmila Tagore — Best Actress winner for Aradhana
Pran — Best Supporting Actor winner for Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool
Tanuja — Best Supporting Actress winner for Paisa Ya Pyaar
Neeraj — Best Lyricist winner for "Kal ka Paiyya" (Chanda Aur Bijli)

Best Film

Aradhana

Best Director

Yash Chopra – Ittefaq

Best Actor

Ashok Kumar – Aashirwad

Best Actress

Sharmila Tagore – Aradhana

Best Supporting Actor

Pran – Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool

Best Supporting Actress

Tanuja – Paisa Ya Pyaar

Best Comic Actor

Mehmood – Waris

Best Story

Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool – Vasant Kanetkar

Best Screenplay

Anokhi Raat – Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Best Dialogue

Anokhi Raat – Anand Kumar

Best Music Director

Jeene Ki Raah – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Best Lyricist

Chanda Aur Bijli – Gopaldas Neeraj for Kal Ka Paiyya

Best Playback Singer, Male

Aradhana – Kishore Kumar for Roop Tera Mastana

Best Playback Singer, Female

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

Best Art Direction, B&W

Anokhi Raat – Ajit Banerjee[3]

Best Art Direction, Color

Tamanna – A. R. Kakkad and Baburao T. Poddar[4]

Best Cinematography, B&W

Anokhi Raat – Kamal Bose[5]

Best Cinematography, Color

Duniya – Faredoon Irani[6]

Best Editing

Nanha Farishta – B. S. Glaad[7]

Best Sound

Ittefaq – M. A. Shaikh[8]

Critics' Awards

Best Documentary

Then, The Rain

Biggest Winners

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sharmila Tagore, Times Exclusive Photo, 1969 Filmfare Awards: Bollywoo".
  2. ^ "The Winners -1969". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  4. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  5. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  6. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  7. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  8. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".

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