17th Filmfare Awards
The 17th Filmfare Awards were held on May 11, 1970. Shakti Samanta's Aradhana won the Best Film award, but ended up with only a couple of awards. Yash Chopra won Best Director for Ittefaq, while Ashok Kumar won Best Actor for Aashirwad.Main awards
Aradhana
Yash Chopra – Ittefaq
Ashok Kumar – Aashirwad
Sharmila Tagore – Aradhana
Pran – Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool
Tanuja – Paisa Ya Pyar
Mehmood – Waris
Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool – Vasant Kanetkar
Anokhi Raat – Hrishikesh Mukherjee Best Dialogue
Anokhi Raat – Anand Kumar Best Music
Jeene Ki Raah – Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Chanda Aur Bijli – Gopaldas Neeraj for Kal Ka Paiya
Aradhana – Kishore Kumar for Roop Tera Mastana
- Chanda Aur Bijli – Manna Dey for Kal Ka Paiya
- Jeene Ki Raah – Mohammad Rafi for Badi Mastani Hai
Best Playback Singer, Female
Jeene Ki Raah – Lata Mangeshkar for Aap Mujhe Acche Lagne Lage
- Inteqam – Lata Mangeshkar for Kaise Rahun Chup
- Chanda Aur Bijli – Sharda for Tere Ang Ka Rang
Anokhi Raat
Tamanna
- A.R. Kakkad and Baburao T. Poddar
Anokhi Raat
- Kamal Bose
Best Cinematography, Color
Duniya
- Faredoon Irani
Best Editing
Nanha Farishta
Ittefaq
- M. A. Shaikh
Critics' awards
Best Documentary
Then, The Rain Biggest Winners
- Anokhi Raat – 4/4
- Aradhana – 3/9
- Ittefaq – 2/5
- Jeene Ki Raah – 2/6
- '' Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool – 2/2
