The 12th Filmfare Awards were held in 1965, honoring the best Hindi films released over the previous year.
Sangam led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by Dosti with 7 nominations and Shehar Aur Sapna with 4 nominations.
Dosti won 6 awards, including Best Film and Best Music Director (Laxmikant–Pyarelal), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Sangam was the runner-up of the ceremony with 4 awards, including Best Director (for Raj Kapoor) Best Actress (for Vyjayanthimala).
Main awards
Best FilmBest Director Dosti – Rajshri Productions – Tarachand Barjatya Sangam – R. K. Films – Raj Kapoor Shehar Aur Sapna – Naya Sansar – Khwaja Ahmad AbbasRaj Kapoor – Sangam Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – Shehar Aur Sapna Satyen Bose – Dosti Best Actor Best ActressDilip Kumar – Leader as Vijay Khanna Raj Kapoor – Sangam as Flight Lt. Sundar Khanna Rajendra Kumar – Ayee Milan Ki Bela as ShyamVyjayanthimala – Sangam as Radha Mehra Mala Sinha – Jahan Ara as Jahanara Begum Sadhana Shivdasani – Woh Kaun Thi? as Sandhya / Sandhya's twin sister Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Nana Palsikar – Shehar Aur Sapna as Johnny Dharmendra – Ayee Milan Ki Bela as Ranjit Rajendra Kumar – Sangam as Mag. Gopal Verma Nirupa Roy – Shehnai as Shobha Lalita Pawar – Kohra as Dai Maa Shashikala – Ayee Milan Ki Bela as Roopa Best Music Director Best Lyricist Laxmikant–Pyarelal – Dosti Madan Mohan – Woh Kaun Thi? Shankar–Jaikishan – SangamMajrooh Sultanpuri – "Chahunga Main Tujhe" from Dosti Shailendra – "Dost Dost Naa Raha" from Sangam Bharat Vyas – "Jyot Se Jyot" from Sant Gyaneshwar Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – FemaleMohammed Rafi – "Chahunga Main Tujhe" from Dosti Mukesh – "Dost Dost Naa Raha" from SangamAward won by a male singer Lata Mangeshkar – "Jyot Se Jyot" from Sant GyaneshwarBest StoryBest Dialogue Ban Bhatt – Dosti Inder Raj Anand – Sangam Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – Shehar Aur SapnaGovind Moonis – Dosti
Technical Awards
Best Art DirectionBest CinematographyG. L. Jadhav and T. K. Desai – Kohra Sant Singh – Jahan Ara K. H. Kapadia – Woh Kaun Thi? Krishnarao Vashirde – Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne Best EditingBest Sound DesignRaj Kapoor – SangamAllauddin – Sangam
Superlatives The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations Movie Awards NominationsDosti67Sangam411Shehar Aur Sapna14Woh Kaun Thi?3Jahan Ara2KohraAyee Milan Ki Bela03Sant Gyaneshwar2
See also 14th Filmfare Awards 13th Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards
References
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1965/