20th Filmfare Awards

20th Filmfare Awards
Date	1973
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Be-Imaan
Most awards	Be-Imaan (7)
Most nominations	Be-Imaan (8)

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, who won Best Supporting Actor for Be-Imaan refused to accept the award, on the grounds that the Best Music award should have gone to Ghulam Mohammed for Pakeezah and not Shankar-Jaikishan for Be-Imaan.

Main Awards

Manoj Kumar — Best Actor winner for Be-Imaan

Hema Malini — Best Actress winner for Seeta Aur Geeta

Pran — Best Supporting Actor winner for Be-Imaan

Zeenat Aman — Best Supporting Actress winner for Hare Rama Hare Krishna

Paintal — Best Comic Actor winner for Bawarchi

Asha Bhosle — Best Playback singer winner for "Dum Maro Dum" (Hare Rama Hare Krishna)

Best Film

Be-Imaan

• Anubhav
• Pakeezah

Best Director

Sohanlal Kanwar – Be-Imaan

• Kamal Amrohi – Pakeezah
• Manoj Kumar – Shor

Best Actor

Manoj Kumar – Be-Imaan

• Rajesh Khanna – Amar Prem
• Rajesh Khanna – Dushman

Best Actress

Hema Malini – Seeta Aur Geeta

• Meena Kumari – Pakeezah
• Raakhee – Aankhon Aankhon Mein
• Sharmila Tagore - Amar Prem

Best Supporting Actor

Pran – Be-Imaan

• Premnath – Shor

Best Supporting Actress

Zeenat Aman – Hare Rama Hare Krishna

• Bindu – Dastaan
• Nazima – Be-Imaan

Best Comic Actor

Paintal – Bawarchi

• Jagdeep – Bhai Ho To Aisa
• Mehmood – Bombay To Goa

Best Story

Anubhav – Basu Chatterjee

• Shor – Manoj Kumar

Best Screenplay

Amar Prem – Arvind Mukherjee

Best Music

Be-Imaan – Shankar-Jaikishan

• Pakeezah – Ghulam Mohammed
• Shor – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

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

Pakeezah

Best Cinematography

Seeta Aur Geeta

Best Editing

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 – 2/2
• Pakeezah - 1/5

See also

• 22nd Filmfare Awards
• 21st Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

References

• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1973/