The 18th Filmfare Awards were held on April 18, 1971, honouring the best Hindi cinema films released in 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, his only win in the category.
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 Special awards Balraj Sahni
Biggest Winners Pehchan – 4/9 Johnny Mera Naam – 3/4 Talaash – 2/3 Khilona – 2/6 Do Raaste – 1/7 Safar – 1/3
See also 20th Filmfare Awards 19th Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards
References
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1971/