12th Filmfare Awards


The 12th Filmfare Awards were held in 1965.
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, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Sangam was the runner-up of the ceremony with 4 awards, including Best Director Best Actress.

Main awards

Best FilmBest Director

  • Raj Kapoor – Sangam
  • *Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – Shehar Aur Sapna
  • *Satyen Bose – Dosti
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Dilip Kumar – Leader as Vijay Khanna
  • *Raj Kapoor – Sangam as Flight Lt. Sundar Khanna
  • *Rajendra Kumar – Ayee Milan Ki Bela as Shyam
  • Vyjayanthimala – Sangam as Radha Mehra
  • *Mala Sinha – Jahan Ara as Jahanara Begum
  • *Sadhana Shivdasani – Woh Kaun Thi? as Sandhya / Sandhya's twin sister
    • Best Supporting ActorBest 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 DirectorBest Lyricist
    Laxmikant–Pyarelal – Dosti
  • * Madan Mohan – Woh Kaun Thi?
  • * Shankar–Jaikishan – Sangam
  • Majrooh Sultanpuri – "Chahunga Main Tujhe" from Dosti
  • *Shailendra – "Dost Dost Naa Raha" from Sangam
  • *Bharat Vyas – "Jyot Se Jyot" from Sant Gyaneshwar
    • Best Playback Singer – MaleBest Playback Singer – Female
  • Mohammed Rafi – "Chahunga Main Tujhe" from Dosti
  • *Mukesh – "Dost Dost Naa Raha" from Sangam
  • Award won by a male singer
  • *Lata Mangeshkar – "Jyot Se Jyot" from Sant Gyaneshwar
    • Best StoryBest Dialogue
    Ban Bhatt – Dosti
  • * Inder Raj Anand – Sangam
  • * Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – Shehar Aur Sapna
  • Govind Moonis – Dosti

    • Technical Awards

    Best Art DirectionBest Cinematography

  • K. H. Kapadia – Woh Kaun Thi?
  • Krishnarao Vashirde – Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne
    • Best EditingBest Sound Design
  • Raj Kapoor – Sangam
  • Allauddin – Sangam

    • Superlatives

    The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations
    MovieAwardsNominations
    Dosti67
    Sangam411
    Shehar Aur Sapna14
    Woh Kaun Thi?13
    Jahan Ara12
    Kohra12
    Ayee Milan Ki Bela03
    Sant Gyaneshwar02