21st Filmfare Awards

The 21st Filmfare Awards were held in 1974.

Anuraag won Best Film, but fail to win any other awards, a feat which was repeated by a few films in the 1970s.

Bobby led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by Zanjeer with 9 nominations and Daag: A Poem of Love with 7 nominations.

Bobby won 5 awards, including Best Actor (for Rishi Kapoor), Best Actress (for Dimple Kapadia) and Best Male Playback Singer (Narendra Chanchal for "Beshak Mandir Masjid"), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

For the first time in the history of the Filmfare Awards, there was a tie for an acting award, when Dimple Kapadia and Jaya Bachchan tied for Best Actress for their performances in Bobby and Abhimaan respectively.

Gulzar received dual nominations for Best Director for his direction in Achanak and Koshish, but lost to Yash Chopra who won the award for Daag: A Poem of Love.

Nutan received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Anuraag and Saudagar, in addition to a Best Actress nomination for Saudagar, but lost the former to Raakhee who won the award for Daag: A Poem of Love, and the latter to Dimple Kapadia and Jaya Bachchan for Bobby and Abhimaan respectively.

Best Film
 Anuraag 
 * Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar
 * Bobby
 * Daag: A Poem of Love
 * Koshish
 * Zanjeer

Best Director
 Yash Chopra – Daag: A Poem of Love 
 * Gulzar – Achanak
 * Gulzar – Koshish
 * Raj Kapoor – Bobby
 * Rajendra Bhatia – Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar

Best Actor
 Rishi Kapoor – Bobby
 * Amitabh Bachchan – Zanjeer
 * Dharmendra – Yaadon Ki Baarat
 * Rajesh Khanna – Daag: A Poem of Love
 * Sanjeev Kumar – Koshish

Best Actress
 Dimple Kapadia – Bobby and Jaya Bachchan – Abhimaan (tie)
 * Jaya Bachchan – Koshish
 * Moushumi Chatterjee – Anuraag
 * Nutan – Saudagar
 * Sharmila Tagore – Daag: A Poem of Love

Best Supporting Actor
 Amitabh Bachchan – Namak Haraam 
 * Ashok Kumar – Victoria No. 203
 * Asrani – Abhimaan
 * Pran – Zanjeer
 * Premnath – Bobby

Best Supporting Actress
 Raakhee – Daag: A Poem of Love 
 * Aruna Irani – Bobby
 * Bindu – Abhimaan
 * Nutan – Anuraag
 * Nutan – Saudagar

Best Comic Actor
 Asrani – Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar 
 * Asrani – Namak Haraam
 * I. S. Johar – Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar
 * Mehmood – Do Phool
 * Pran – Victoria No. 203

Best Story
 Zanjeer – Salim–Javed 
 * Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar – Mulraj Razdan
 * Achanak – K.A. Abbas
 * Anuraag – Shakti Samanta
 * Koshish – Gulzar

Best Screenplay
 Zanjeer – Salim–Javed 

Best Dialogue
 Namak Haraam – Gulzar 

Best Music Director
 Abhimaan – S. D. Burman 
 * Bobby – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
 * Daag: A Poem of Love – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
 * Yaadon Ki Baarat – R. D. Burman
 * Zanjeer – Kalyanji–Anandji

Best Lyricist
 Zanjeer – Gulshan Bawra for Yaari Hai Imaan Mera 
 * Bobby – Anand Bakshi for Hum Tum Ek Kamre Main
 * Bobby – Anand Bakshi for Main Shayar To Nahin
 * Bobby – Vithalbhai Patel for Jhoot Bole Kava Kaate
 * Samjhauta – Indeevar for Samjhauta Ghanmose Karlo

Best Playback Singer, Male
 Bobby – Narendra Chanchal for Beshak Mandir Masjid 
 * Bobby – Shailendra Singh for Main Shayar To Nahin
 * Daag: A Poem of Love – Kishore Kumar for Mere Dil Main Aaj
 * Naina – Mohammad Rafi for Hum Ko Jaan Se Pyaari
 * Zanjeer – Manna Dey for Yaari Hai Imaan Mera

Best Playback Singer, Female
 Naina – Asha Bhosle for Hone Lagi Hai Raat Jawaan 
 * Aa Gale Lag Ja – Sushma Shrestha for Tera Mujhse Hai
 * Anhonee – Asha Bhosle for Hungama Ho Gaya
 * Prem Parbat – Minoo Purshottam for Raat Piya Ke Sang
 * Raja Rani – Asha Bhosle for Jab Andhera Hota Hai

Best Art Direction
 Bobby 

Best Cinematography
 Jheel Ke Us Paar 

Best Editing
 Zanjeer 

Best Sound
 Bobby 

Best Film
 Duvidha 

Best Documentary
 A Day With the Builders 

Biggest winners

 *  Bobby – 5/14
 *  Zanjeer – 4/9
 *  Daag: A Poem of Love – 2/7
 *  Abhimaan – 2/4
 *  Namak Haraam – 2/3