23rd Filmfare Awards

Main awards

Best Film

• Aandhi
• Amanush
• Sanyasi
• Sholay

  Best Director

• Gulzar – Aandhi
• Ramesh Sippy – Sholay
• Shakti Samanta – Amanush
• Sohanlal Kanwar – Sanyasi

  Best Actor

• Amitabh Bachchan – Deewaar
• Manoj Kumar – Sanyasi
• Sanjeev Kumar – Sholay
• Uttam Kumar – Amanush

  Best Actress

• Hema Malini – Khushboo
• Hema Malini – Sanyasi
• Jaya Bachchan – Mili
• Suchitra Sen – Aandhi

  Best Supporting Actor

• Amjad Khan – Sholay
• Pran – Do Jhoot
• Pran – Majboor
• Utpal Dutt – Amanush

  Best Supporting Actress

• Aruna Irani – Do Jhoot
• Farida Jalal – Majboor
• Nirupa Roy – Deewaar
• Prema Narayan – Amanush

  Best Comic Actor

• Asrani – Rafoo Chakkar
• Asrani – Sholay
• Keshto Mukherjee – Kala Sona
• Mehmood – Qaid

  Best Story

• Aandhi – Kamleshwar
• Amanush – Shakti Prada Rajguru
• Nishant – Vijay Tendulkar
• Sholay – Salim-Javed

  Best Screenplay

Best Dialogue

Best Music

• Dulhan – Laxmikant-Pyarelal
• Khel Khel Mein – R.D. Burman
• Sanyasi – Shankar Jaikishan
• Sholay – R.D. Burman

  Best Lyrics

• Aandhi – Gulzar for Tere Bina Zindagi Se
• Dulhan – Anand Bakshi for Chitti Zaroor Aayegi
• Sanyasi – Visveshwara Sharma for Chal Sanyasi
• Sholay – Anand Bakshi for Mehbooba Mehbooba

  Best Playback Singer, Male

• Faraar – Kishore Kumar for Main Pyaasa Tu Saawan
• Khushboo – Kishore Kumar for O Majhi Re
• Sanyasi – Manna Dey for Kya Mar Sakegi
• Sholay – R.D. Burman for Mehbooba Mehbooba

  Best Playback Singer, Female

• Amanush – Asha Bhosle for Kal Ke Apne
• Jai Santoshi Maa – Usha Mangeshkar for Main To Aarti
• Khel Khel Mein – Asha Bhosle for Sapna Mera Toot Gaya
• Julie – Preeti Sagar for My Heart Is Beating''

  Best Art Direction

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Best Sound

Critics' awards

Best Film

Best Documentary

Biggest Winners

• Deewaar – 7/9
• Julie – 4/4
• Amanush – 2/9
• Sholay - 1/9