21st Filmfare Awards
The 21st Filmfare Awards were held on 11 April 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 (1973 film)|Bobby (1973 film)|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, Best Actress and Best Male Playback Singer, 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
AnuraagBest 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- Jaya Bachchan – Koshish
- Moushumi Chatterjee – Anuraag
- Nutan – Saudagar
- ''Sharmila Tagore – Daag: A Poem of Love''
Best Supporting Actor
Amitabh Bachchan – Namak HaraamBest Supporting Actress
Raakhee – Daag: A Poem of LoveBest Comic Actor
Asrani – Aaj Ki Taaza KhabarBest 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 Director
Abhimaan – S. D. Burman- Bobby – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
- Daag: A Poem of Love – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
- Yaadon Ki Baarat – R. D. Burman
- ''Zanjeer – Kalyanji–Anandji''
Best Lyricist
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''