title: 18th Filmfare Awards
text: # 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.
  
  ## Main Awards
  
  ### 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
  
  ## Critics' Awards
  
  ### 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
  