20th Filmfare Awards

20th Filmfare Awards
Date	21 April 1973[1]
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Be-Imaan
Most awards	Be-Imaan (7)
Most nominations	Be-Imaan (8)
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The 20th Filmfare Awards were held in 1973, awarding the films made in 1972.

Be-Imaan led the ceremony with 8 nominations, followed by Amar Prem and Shor with 7 nominations and Pakeezah with 5 nominations.

Be-Imaan won 7 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Pran, who won Best Supporting Actor for Be-Imaan refused to accept the award, on the grounds that the Best Music award should have gone to Ghulam Mohammed for Pakeezah and not Shankar-Jaikishan for Be-Imaan.

Main Awards[]

Best Film[]

Be-Imaan

• Anubhav
• Pakeezah

Best Director[]

Sohanlal Kanwar – Be-Imaan

• Kamal Amrohi – Pakeezah
• Manoj Kumar – Shor

Best Actor[]

Manoj Kumar – Be-Imaan

• Rajesh Khanna – Amar Prem
• Rajesh Khanna – Dushman^[2]

Best Actress[]

Hema Malini – Seeta Aur Geeta

• Meena Kumari – Pakeezah
• Raakhee – Aankhon Aankhon Mein
• Sharmila Tagore - Amar Prem

Best Supporting Actor[]

Pran – Be-Imaan

• Premnath – Shor

Best Supporting Actress[]

Zeenat Aman – Hare Rama Hare Krishna

• Bindu – Dastaan
• Nazima – Be-Imaan

Best Comic Actor[]

Paintal – Bawarchi

• Jagdeep – Bhai Ho To Aisa
• Mehmood – Bombay To Goa

Best Story[]

Anubhav – Basu Chatterjee

• Shor – Manoj Kumar

Best Screenplay[]

Amar Prem – Arabinda Mukhopadhyay

Best Music[]

Be-Imaan – Shankar-Jaikishan

• Amar Prem – R. D. Burman
• Pakeezah – Ghulam Mohammed
• Shor – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Best Lyrics[]

Be-Imaan – Verma Malik for Jai Bolo Be-Imaan Ki

• Amar Prem – Anand Bakshi for Chingari Koi Bhadke
• Shor – Santosh Anand for Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai

Best Playback Singer, Male[]

Be-Imaan – Mukesh for Jai Bolo Be-Imaan Ki

• Amar Prem – Kishore Kumar for Chingari Koi Bhadke
• Shor – Mukesh for Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai

Best Playback Singer, Female[]

Hare Rama Hare Krishna – Asha Bhosle for Dum Maro Dum

• Lal Patthar – Asha Bhosle for Suni Suni
• Lalkaar – Asha Bhosle for Maine Kahan Na Na Na

Best Art Direction[]

Pakeezah

Best Cinematography[]

Seeta Aur Geeta

Best Editing[]

Shor

Best Sound[]

Amar Prem

Critics' Awards[]

Best Film[]

Maya Darpan

Best Documentary[]

Nine Months to Freedom

Biggest Winners[]

• Be-Imaan – 7/8
• Amar Prem – 2/7
• Seeta Aur Geeta – 2/2
• Hare Rama Hare Krishna – 2/2
• Pakeezah - 1/5

See also[]

• 22nd Filmfare Awards
• 21st Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

References[]

• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1973/