17th Filmfare Awards

17th Filmfare Awards
Date1970
SiteBombay
Highlights
Best FilmAradhana
Best ActorAshok Kumar for Aashirwad
Best ActressSharmila Tagore for Aradhana
Most awardsAnokhi Raat (4)
Most nominationsAradhana (9)

The 17th Filmfare Awards were held on May 11, 1970.[1][2]

Aradhana led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Jeene Ki Raah with 6 nominations, Ittefaq with 5 nominations, and Aashirwaad and Anokhi Raat with 4 nominations each,

Anokhi Raat won 4 awards, including Best Screenplay (Hrishikesh Mukherjee) and Best Dialogue (Anand Kumar), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Rajesh Khanna received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Aradhana and Ittefaq, but lost to Ashok Kumar who won the award for Aashirwaad.

  1. ^ "Sharmila Tagore, Times Exclusive Photo, 1969 Filmfare Awards: Bollywoo".
  2. ^ "The Winners -1969". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.