The 18th Filmfare Awards were held on April 18, 1971,[1] 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.
Khilona Asit Sen – Safar Rajesh Khanna – Sachaa Jhutha Mumtaz – Khilona Feroz Khan – Aadmi Aur Insaan Chand Usmani – Pehchan I. S. Johar – Johnny Mera Naam Do Raaste – Chandrakant Kakodkar Johnny Mera Naam – Vijay Anand Satyakam – Rajinder Singh Bedi Pehchan – Shankar-Jaikishan Pehchan – Verma Malik for Sabse Bada Nadan Pehchan – Mukesh for Sabse Bada Nadan Jahan Pyar Mile – Sharda for Baat Zara Talaash – Shanti Das[2] Not Awarded [3] Khamoshi – Kamal Bose[4] Heer Raanjha – Jal Mistry[5] Johnny Mera Naam – Vijay Anand[6] Talaash – S.C. Bhambri[7] Uski Roti Koodal