18th Filmfare Awards
# 18th Filmfare Awards

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.

## 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

## Biggest Winners

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