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18th Filmfare Awards
Date	18 April 1971
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Khilona
Best Actor	Rajesh Khanna for Sachaa Jhutha
Best Actress	Mumtaz for Khilona
Most awards	Pehchan (4)
Most nominations	Pehchan (9)
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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

See also※

• 20th Filmfare Awards
• 19th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

References※

• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1971/