17th Filmfare Awards

17th Filmfare Awards
17th Filmfare Awards
Date	1970
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Aradhana
Most awards	Anokhi Raat (4)
Most nominations	Aradhana (9)
	← 16th; Filmfare Awards; 18th →;

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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[edit]

Ashok Kumar — Best Actor winner for Aashirwad

Sharmila Tagore — Best Actress winner for Aradhana

Pran — Best Supporting Actor winner for Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool

Tanuja — Best Supporting Actress winner for Paisa Ya Pyaar

Neeraj — Best Lyricist winner for "Kal ka Paiyya" (Chanda Aur Bijli)

Best Comic Actor[edit]

Mehmood – Waris

Johnny Walker – Haseena Maan Jayegi
Mehmood – Meri Bhabhi

Best Story[edit]

Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool – Vasant Kanetkar

Aashirwad – Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Aradhana – Sachin Bhowmick

Best Screenplay[edit]

Anokhi Raat – Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Best Dialogue[edit]

Anokhi Raat – Anand Kumar

Best Music[edit]

Jeene Ki Raah – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

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

Best Lyrics[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Anokhi Raat - Ajit Banerjee^[3]

Best Art Direction, Color[edit]

Tamanna - A.R. Kakkad and Baburao T. Poddar^[4]

Best Cinematography, B&W[edit]

Anokhi Raat - Kamal Bose^[5]

Best Cinematography, Color[edit]

Duniya - Faredoon Irani^[6]

Best Editing[edit]

Nanha Farishta - B. S. Glaad^[7]

Best Sound[edit]

Ittefaq - M.A. Shaikh^[8]

Critics' Awards[edit]

Best Documentary[edit]

Then, The Rain

Biggest Winners[edit]

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

References[edit]

↑ "Sharmila Tagore, Times Exclusive Photo, 1969 Filmfare Awards: Bollywoo".
↑ "The Winners -1969". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".

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

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[1] "Sharmila Tagore, Times Exclusive Photo, 1969 Filmfare Awards: Bollywoo".

[2] "The Winners -1969". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.

[3] "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".

[4] "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".

[5] "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".

[6] "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".

[7] "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".

[8] "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".

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