21st Filmfare Awards

The 21st Filmfare Awards were held in 1974.

''Anuraag'' won Best Film, but fail to win any other awards, a feat which was repeated by a few films in the 1970s.

''Bobby'' led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by ''Zanjeer'' with 9 nominations and '' Daag: A Poem of Love'' with 7 nominations.

''Bobby'' won 5 awards, including Best Actor (for Rishi Kapoor) and Best Actress (for Dimple Kapadia), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

For the first time in the history of the Filmfare Awards, there was a tie for an acting award, when Dimple Kapadia and Jaya Bachchan tied for Best Actress for their performances in ''Bobby and Abhimaan'' respectively.

Gulzar received dual nominations for Best Director for his direction in ''Achanak'' and ''Koshish'', but lost to Yash Chopra who won the award for ''Daag: A Poem of Love.''

Nutan received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in ''Anuraag'' and ''Saudagar'', in addition to a Best Actress nomination for ''Saudagar'', but lost the former to Raakhee who won the award for ''Daag: A Poem of Love'', and the latter to Dimple Kapadia and Jaya Bachchan for ''Bobby and Abhimaan'' respectively.

Main Awards

Best Film

'' Anuraag''
*''Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar''
*''Bobby''
*'' Daag: A Poem of Love''
*''Koshish''
*'' Zanjeer''

Best Director

''Yash Chopra – Daag: A Poem of Love''
*''Gulzar – Achanak''
*''Gulzar – Koshish''
*''Raj Kapoor – Bobby''
*''Rajendra Bhatia – Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar''

Best Actor

''Rishi Kapoor – Bobby''
*''Amitabh Bachchan – Zanjeer''
*''Dharmendra'' ''– Yaadon Ki Baarat''
*''Rajesh Khanna'' ''– Daag: A Poem of Love''
*''Sanjeev Kumar – Koshish''

Best Actress

''Dimple Kapadia – Bobby'' and ''Jaya Bachchan – Abhimaan'' (tie)
*''Jaya Bachchan – Koshish''
*''Moushumi Chatterjee – Anuraag''
*''Nutan – Saudagar''
*''Sharmila Tagore – Daag: A Poem of Love''

Best Supporting Actor

''Amitabh Bachchan – Namak Haraam''
*''Ashok Kumar – Victoria No. 203''
*''Asrani – Abhimaan''
*'' Pran – Zanjeer''
*''Premnath – Bobby''

Best Supporting Actress

''Raakhee – Daag: A Poem of Love''
*''Aruna Irani – Bobby''
*'' Bindu – Abhimaan''
*''Nutan – Anuraag''
*''Nutan – Saudagar''

Best Comic Actor

''Asrani – Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar''
*''Asrani – Namak Haraam''
*''I. S. Johar – Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar''
*''Mehmood – Do Phool''
*'' Pran – Victoria No. 203''

Best Story

'' Zanjeer – Salim–Javed''
*''Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar – Mulraj Razdan''
*'' Achanak – K.A. Abbas''
*'' Anuraag – Shakti Samanta''
*''Koshish – Gulzar''

Best Screenplay

'' Zanjeer – Salim–Javed''

Best Dialogue

''Namak Haraam – Gulzar''

Best Music

'' Abhimaan – S.D. Burman''
*''Bobby – Laxmikant–Pyarelal''
*'' Daag: A Poem of Love – Laxmikant–Pyarelal''
*''Yaadon Ki Baarat – R.D. Burman''
*'' Zanjeer – Kalyanji-Anandji''

Best Lyrics

'' Zanjeer – Gulshan Bawra for Yaari Hai Imaan Mera''
*''Bobby – Anand Bakshi for Hum Tum Ek Kamre Main''
*''Bobby – Anand Bakshi for Main Shayar To Nahin''
*''Bobby – Vithalbhai Patel for Jhoot Bole Kava Kaate''
*''Samjhauta – Indeevar for Samjhauta Ghanmose Karlo''

Best Playback Singer, Male

''Bobby – Narendra Chanchal for Beshak Mandir Masjid''
*''Bobby – Shailendra Singh for Main Shayar To Nahin''
*'' Daag: A Poem of Love – Kishore Kumar for Mere Dil Main Aaj''
*''Naina – Mohammad Rafi for Hum Ko Jaan Se Pyaari''
*'' Zanjeer – Manna Dey for Yaari Hai Imaan Mera''

Best Playback Singer, Female

''Naina'' ''– Asha Bhosle for Hone Lagi Hai Raat Jawaan''
*'' Aa Gale Lag Ja – Sushma Shrestha for Tera Mujhse Hai''
*'' Anhonee – Asha Bhosle for Hungama Ho Gaya''
*''Prem Parbat – Minoo Purshottam for Raat Piya Ke Sang''
*'' Raja Rani – Asha Bhosle for Jab Andhera Hota Hai''

Best Art Direction

''Bobby''

Best Cinematography

''Jheel Ke Us Paar''

Best Editing

'' Zanjeer''

Best Sound

''Bobby''

Critics' Awards

Best Film

'' Duvidha''

Best Documentary

''A Day With the Builders''

Biggest winners

*'' Bobby'' – 5/14
*'' Zanjeer'' – 4/9
*'' Daag: A Poem of Love'' – 2/7
*'' Abhimaan'' – 2/4
*'' Namak Haraam'' – 2/3

See also

*23rd Filmfare Awards
* 22nd Filmfare Awards
*Filmfare Awards

References

*https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1974/

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