16th Filmfare Awards

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The 16th Filmfare Awards were held in 1969.

Brahmachari led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Neel Kamal with 8 nominations and Ankhen with 7 nominations.

Brahmachari won 6 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Shammi Kapoor won his only Best Actor award for Brahmachari.

Main awards[]

Ramanand Sagar — Best Director winner for Ankhen

Shammi Kapoor — Best Actor winner for Brahmachari

Waheeda Rehman — Best Actress winner for Neel Kamal

Sanjeev Kumar — Best Supporting Actor winner for Shikar

Simi Garewal — Best Supporting Actress winner for Saathi

Shailendra — Best Lyricist winner for "Main Gaoon Tum" (Brahmachari)

Best Film[]

Brahmachari

• Ankhen
• Neel Kamal

Best Director[]

Ramanand Sagar – Ankhen

• Bhappi Soni – Brahmachari
• Ram Maheshwari – Neel Kamal

Best Actor[]

Shammi Kapoor – Brahmachari

• Dilip Kumar – Aadmi
• Dilip Kumar – Sunghursh

Best Actress[]

Waheeda Rehman – Neel Kamal

• Nargis – Raat Aur Din
• Saira Banu – Diwana

Best Supporting Actor[]

Sanjeev Kumar – Shikar

• Manoj Kumar – Aadmi
• Raj Kumar – Neel Kamal

Best Supporting Actress[]

Simi Garewal – Saathi

• Helen – Shikar
• Shashikala – Neel Kamal

Best Comic Actor[]

Johnny Walker – Shikar

• Mehmood – Neel Kamal
• Mehmood – Sadhu Aur Shaitaan

Best Story[]

Brahmachari – Sachin Bhowmick

• Ankhen – Ramanand Sagar
• Neel Kamal – Gulshan Nanda

Best Screenplay[]

Majhli Didi – Nabendu Ghosh

Best Dialogue[]

Saraswatichandra – S. Ali Raza

Best Music[]

Brahmachari – Shankar-Jaikishan

• Ankhen – Ravi
• Diwana – Shankar-Jaikishan

Best Lyrics[]

Brahmachari – Shailendra for Main Gaoon Tum

• Ankhen – Sahir Ludhianvi for Milti Hai Zindagi Main
• Brahmachari – Hasrat Jaipuri for Dil Ke Jharoke Main

Best Playback Singer, Male[]

Brahmachari – Mohammad Rafi for Dil Ke Jharoke Main

• Brahmachari – Mohammad Rafi for Main Gaoon Tum
• Neel Kamal – Mohammad Rafi for Baabul Ki Duaaein

Best Playback Singer, Female[]

Shikar – Asha Bhosle for Parde Mein Rehne Do

• Ankhen – Lata Mangeshkar for Milti Hai Zindagi Main
• Diwana – Sharda for Tumhari Bhi Jai Hai

Best Art Direction, B&W[]

Majhli Didi - Ajit Banerjee ^[1]

Best Art Direction, Color[]

Noor Jehan - A.A. Majid ^[2]

Best Cinematography, B&W[]

Saraswatichandra - Nariman A. Irani ^[3]

Best Cinematography, Color[]

Ankhen - G. Singh ^[4]

Best Editing[]

Saathi - N.M. Shankar ^[5]

Best Sound[]

Shikar - P. Thakkersey ^[6]

Critics' awards[]

Best Documentary[]

Explorer

Biggest winners[]

• Brahmachari – 6/9
• Shikar – 4/5
• Majhli Didi – 2/2
• Saathi – 2/2
• Saraswatichandra – 2/2
• Ankhen – 2/7
• Neel Kamal - 1/8

See also[]

• 18th Filmfare Awards
• 17th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

References[]

• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1969/