18th Filmfare Awards

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.

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

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