17th Filmfare Awards

17th Filmfare Awards
Date	1970
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Aradhana
Most awards	Anokhi Raat (4)
Most nominations	Aradhana (9)
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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.

Anokhi Raat won 4 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Main Awards[]

Best Film[]

Aradhana

• Aashirwad
• Jeene Ki Raah

Best Director[]

Yash Chopra – Ittefaq

• L.V. Prasad – Jeene Ki Raah
• Shakti Samanta – Aradhana

Best Actor[]

Ashok Kumar – Aashirwad

• Rajesh Khanna – Aradhana
• Rajesh Khanna – Ittefaq

Best Actress[]

Sharmila Tagore – Aradhana

• Asha Parekh – Chirag
• Nanda – Ittefaq

Best Supporting Actor[]

Pran – Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool

• Ashok Kumar – Aashirwad
• Balraj Sahni – Ek Phool Do Mali

Best Supporting Actress[]

Tanuja – Paisa Ya Pyaar

• Bindu – Ittefaq
• Farida Jalal – Aradhana

Best Comic Actor[]

Mehmood – Waris

• Johnny Walker – Haseena Maan Jayegi
• Mehmood – Meri Bhabhi

Best Story[]

Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool – Vasant Kanetkar

• Aashirwad – Hrishikesh Mukherjee
• Aradhana – Sachin Bhowmick

Best Screenplay[]

Anokhi Raat – Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Best Dialogue[]

Anokhi Raat – Anand Kumar

Best Music[]

Jeene Ki Raah – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

• Aradhana – S.D. Burman
• Chanda Aur Bijli – Shankar-Jaikishan

Best Lyrics[]

Chanda Aur Bijli – Gopaldas Neeraj for Kal Ka Paiyya

• Aradhana – Anand Bakshi for Mere sapno ki rani
• Jeene Ki Raah – Anand Bakshi for Badi Mastani Hai

Best Playback Singer, Male[]

Aradhana – Kishore Kumar for Roop Tera Mastana

• Chanda Aur Bijli – Manna Dey for Kal Ka Paiyya
• Jeene Ki Raah – Mohammad Rafi for Badi Mastani Hai

Best Playback Singer, Female[]

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

• Inteqam – Lata Mangeshkar for Kaise Rahun Chup
• Chanda Aur Bijli – Sharda for Tere Ang Ka Rang

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[]

• Anokhi Raat – 4/4
• Aradhana – 3/9
• Ittefaq – 2/5
• Jeene Ki Raah – 2/6
• Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool – 2/2

See also[]

• 19th Filmfare Awards
• 18th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

References[]

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1970/