20th Filmfare Awards
20th Filmfare Awards | |
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Date | 21 April 1973[1] |
Site | Bombay |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Be-Imaan |
Most awards | Be-Imaan (7) |
Most nominations | Amar Prem & Be-Imaan (8) |
The 20th Filmfare Awards were held in 1973, awarding the films made in 1972.
Amar Prem and Be-Imaan led the ceremony with 8 nominations, followed by Shor with 7 nominations and Pakeezah with 5 nominations.
Be-Imaan won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Sohanlal Kanwar), Best Actor (for Manoj Kumar) and Best Supporting Actor (for Pran), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Pran, who won Best Supporting Actor for Be-Imaan refused to accept the award, on the grounds that the Best Music Director award should have gone to Ghulam Mohammed for Pakeezah, and not Shankar-Jaikishan for Be-Imaan.
Rajesh Khanna received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Amar Prem and Dushmun, but lost to Manoj Kumar who won the award for Be-Imaan.
Main Awards
Best Film
Best Director
Sohanlal Kanwar – Be-Imaan
Best Actor
- Rajesh Khanna – Amar Prem
- Rajesh Khanna – Dushmun[2]
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Zeenat Aman – Hare Rama Hare Krishna
Best Comic Actor
Best Story
Best Screenplay
Amar Prem – Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
Best Dialogue
Amar Prem – Ramesh Pant
Best Music
Best Lyrics
Be-Imaan – Verma Malik for Jai Bolo Be-Imaan Ki
- Amar Prem – Anand Bakshi for Chingari Koi Bhadke
- Shor – Santosh Anand for Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai
Best Playback Singer, Male
Be-Imaan – Mukesh for Jai Bolo Be-Imaan Ki
- Amar Prem – Kishore Kumar for Chingari Koi Bhadke
- Shor – Mukesh for Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai
Best Playback Singer, Female
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
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Sound
Critics' Awards
Best Film
Best Documentary
Nine Months to Freedom
Controversy
Meena Kumari not winning an award for her performance in Pakeezah stirred controversy. Filmfare, however, defended their decision by stating according to their rules, posthumous awards are not allowed;[citation needed] Filmfare's editor B. K. Karanjia said both Ghulam Mohammad (the music director of Pakeezah) and Josef Wirsching (cinematographer) lost for the same reason.[3]
Biggest Winners
- Be-Imaan – 7/8
- Amar Prem – 3/8
- Seeta Aur Geeta – 2/2
- Hare Rama Hare Krishna – 2/2
- Shor – 1/7
- Pakeezah – 1/5
See also
References
- ^ Reuben, Bunny (2005). ...and Pran: A Biography. HarperCollins and Living Media. pp. 265–267. ISBN 978-81-72234-66-9.
- ^ Dhirad, Sandeep (2006). "Filmfare Nominees and Winner" (PDF). deep750.googlepages.com.
- ^ Reuben 2005, p. 266.