ChristinTrickett at 18:26, 11 February 2026

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>Tarakeswar Dolai: /* Best Playback Singer, Male */

2021-03-01T10:01:02Z

Best Playback Singer, Male

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 20
| award = Filmfare Awards
| image =
| caption =
| date = 1973
| site = Bombay
| preshow =
| host =
| producer =
| director =
| best_film = ''[[Be-Imaan]]''
| most_wins = ''[[Be-Imaan]]'' (7)
| most_nominations =''[[Be-Imaan]]'' (8)
| duration =
| network =
| last = 19th
| next = 21st
}}

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]]'' with 6 nominations and ''[[Pakeezah]]'' with 5 nominations.

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

[[Pran (actor)|Pran]], who won [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for ''Be-Imaan'' refused to accept the award, on the grounds that the [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music]] award should have gone to [[Ghulam Mohammed (composer)|Ghulam Mohammed]] for ''Pakeezah'' and not [[Shankar–Jaikishan|Shankar-Jaikishan]] for ''Be-Imaan''.

== Main Awards ==
[[File:Manoj Kumar at Esha Deol's wedding at ISCKON temple 10.jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Manoj Kumar]] — Best Actor winner for ''[[Be-Imaan]]'']]
[[File:Hema Malini Starguild.jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Hema Malini]] — Best Actress winner for ''[[Seeta Aur Geeta]]'']]
[[File:Pran.jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Pran (actor)|Pran]] — Best Supporting Actor winner for ''[[Be-Imaan]]'']]
[[File:Zeenat Aman at Esha Deol's wedding reception 12.jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Zeenat Aman]] — Best Supporting Actress winner for ''[[Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971 film)|Hare Rama Hare Krishna]]'']]
[[File:Paintal.jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] — Best Comic Actor winner for ''[[Bawarchi]]'']]
[[File:Asha Bhosle - still 47160 crop.jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Asha Bhosle]] — Best Playback singer winner for ''"[[Dum Maro Dum (song)|Dum Maro Dum]]" ([[Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971 film)|Hare Rama Hare Krishna]])'']]

===Best Film===
''' ''[[Be-Imaan]]'' '''
*''[[Anubhav (1971 film)|Anubhav]]''
*''[[Pakeezah]]''

===Best Director===
''' ''Sohanlal Kanwar – [[Be-Imaan]]'' '''
*''[[Kamal Amrohi]] – [[Pakeezah]]''
*''[[Manoj Kumar]] – [[Shor (film)|Shor]]''

===Best Actor===
''' ''[[Manoj Kumar]] – [[Be-Imaan]]'' '''
*''[[Rajesh Khanna]] – [[Amar Prem]]''
*''[[Rajesh Khanna]] – [[Dushman (1971 film)|Dushman]]''<ref>http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf</ref>

===Best Actress===
''' ''[[Hema Malini]] – [[Seeta Aur Geeta]]'' '''
*''[[Meena Kumari]] – [[Pakeezah]]''
*''[[Raakhee]] – [[Aankhon Aankhon Mein]]''
*''[[Sharmila Tagore]] - [[Amar Prem]]''

===Best Supporting Actor===
''' ''[[Pran (actor)|Pran]] – [[Be-Imaan]]'' '''
*''[[Premnath]] – [[Shor (film)|Shor]]''

===Best Supporting Actress===
''' ''[[Zeenat Aman]] – [[Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971 film)|Hare Rama Hare Krishna]]'' '''
*''[[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] – [[Dastaan (1972 film)|Dastaan]]''
*''[[Nazima]] – [[Be-Imaan]]''

===Best Comic Actor===
''' ''[[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] – [[Bawarchi]]'' '''
*''[[Jagdeep]] – [[Bhai Ho To Aisa]]''
*''[[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]] – [[Bombay To Goa]]''

===Best Story===
''' ''[[Anubhav (1971 film)|Anubhav]] – [[Basu Chatterjee]]'' '''
*''[[Shor (film)|Shor]] – [[Manoj Kumar]]''

===Best Screenplay===
''' ''[[Amar Prem]] – [[Arabinda Mukhopadhyay]] '' '''

===Best Music===
''' ''[[Be-Imaan]] – [[Shankar–Jaikishan|Shankar-Jaikishan]]'' '''
*''[[Pakeezah]] – [[Ghulam Mohammed (composer)|Ghulam Mohammed]]''
*''[[Shor (film)|Shor]] – [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]''

===Best Lyrics===
''' ''[[Be-Imaan]] – [[Verma Malik]] for Jai Bolo Be-Imaan Ki'' '''
*''[[Amar Prem]] – [[Anand Bakshi]] for Chingari Koi Bhadke''
*''[[Shor (film)|Shor]] – [[Santosh Anand]] for Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai''

===Best Playback Singer, Male===
''' ''[[Be-Imaan]] – [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] for Jai Bolo Be-Imaan Ki'' '''
*''[[Amar Prem]] – [[Kishore Kumar]] for Chingari Koi Bhadke''
*''[[Shor (film)|Shor]] – [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] for Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai''

===Best Playback Singer, Female===
''' ''[[Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971 film)|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 (film)|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]] – 2/6''
*'' [[Seeta Aur Geeta]] – 2/2
*'' [[Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971 film)|Hare Rama Hare Krishna]] – 2/2
*''[[Pakeezah]]'' ''- 1/5''

==See also==
* [[22nd Filmfare Awards]]
* [[21st Filmfare Awards]]
* [[Filmfare Awards]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1973/
{{Filmfare Awards}}

[[Category:Filmfare Awards]]
[[Category:1972 film awards|Filmfare]]
[[Category:1973 in Indian cinema]]

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ChristinTrickett at 18:26, 11 February 2026

>Tarakeswar Dolai: /* Best Playback Singer, Male */