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About 12th Filmfare Awards 1965

The glamorous 12th Filmfare Awards were held in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1965. Filfmare Awards are given to acknowledge and honor the best talent in Hindi Cinema in various categories.  12th Filmfare Awards held in Mumbai for the 12th consecutive year since 1954.

The First Filmfare Awards announced on 21 March 1954 where only five awards given in five categories. Since then these awards have been given on almost every year. However, only five Awards were given in the 1st Filmfare Awards under five categories i.e. Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Music. 10th Filmfare Awards held on 13 June 1963 in Bombay (now Mumbai). 

Also see:

11th Flilmfare Awards (1964)

13th Flilmfare Awards (1966)

Nominations and Winners of 12th Filmfare Awards 1965

(+ Denotes winner)

S. No.	Name of Filmfare Awards	+Winner  and Nominees
1	Best Film	+ Dosti Sangam Shehar Aur Sapna
2	Best Director	+Raj Kapoor for Sangam Satyen Bose for Dosti K.A. Abbas for Shehar Aur Sapna
3	Best Actor	+ Dilip Kumar for Leader Raj Kapoor for Sangam Rajendra Kumar for Ayee Milan Ki Bela
4	Best Actress	+Vyjyanthimala for Sangam Sadhana for Woh Kaun Thi Mala Sinha for Jahan Ara
5	Best Supporting Actor	+Nana Palishkar for Shehar Aur Sapna Dharmendra for Ayee Milan Ki Bela Rajendra Kumar for Sangam
6	Best Supproting Actress	+Nirupa Roy for Shehnai Lalita Pawar for Kohraa Shashikala for Ayee Milan Ki Bela
7	Best Music Director	+ Laxmikant-Pyarelal for Dosti Shankar-Jaikishan for Sangam Madan Mohan for Woh Kaun Thi
8	Best Lyricist	+Majrooh Sultanpuri for Chahunga Main Tujhe from Dosti Shailendra for Dost Dost Na Raha fom Sangam Bharat Vyas for Jyot Se Jyot Jagate Chalo from Sant Gyaneshwar
9	Best Playback Singer (Male/Female)	+Mohammed Rafi for Chahunga Main Tujhe from Dosti Mukesh for Dost Dost Na Raha fom Sangam Lata Mangeshkar Jyot Se Jyot Jagate Chalo from Sant Gyaneshwar

Technical Awards

(+ Denotes winner)

S. No.	Name of Filmfare Awards	+Winner and nominees
1	Best Story	+Bani Bhatt for Dosti Inder Raj Anand for Sangam K.A. Abbas for Shehar Aur Sapna
2	Best Dialogue	+Govind Moonis for Dosti
3	Best Editor	+Raj Kapoor for Sangam
4	Best Cinematography B&W	+ K.H. Kapadia for Woh Kaun Thi
5	Best Cinematography Color	+Krishnarao Varshirda for Geet Gaaya Pattharon Ne
6	Best Art Director	+ G.L. Jadav and T.K. Desai for Kohraa
7	Best Sound Design	+ Alluddin for Sangam

12th Filmfare Awards 1965-Highlights

• Dosti nominated under 7 categories and won most number of Awards (6) in the 12th Filmfare Awards 1965.

• Sangam nominated for most numbers of awards (11) in the 12th Filmfare Awards 1965 but won only 4.

• Raj Kapoor received nominations for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Editing. He won for Best Director and Best Editor whereas Dilip Kumar won the Award for Best Actor for Leader.

• Shehar Aur Sapna received four nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Story. Nana Palishkar won for Best Supporting Actor.

• Shehar Aur Sapna also received National Award for Best Feature Film.

• Ayee Milan Ki Bela received four nominations but could not win a single Award.  

• Woh Kaun Thi received three nomination and won 1 for Best Cinematography (B & W).

All Filmfare Awards

1st (1954)	2nd (1955)	3rd (1956)	4th (1957)	5th (1958)	6th (1959)
7th (1960)	8th (1961)	9th (1962)	10th (1963)	11th (1964)	12th (1965)
13th (1966)	14th (1967)	15th (1968)	16th (1969)	17th (1970)	18th (1971)
19th (1972)	20th (1973)	21st (1974)	22nd (1975)	23rd (1976)	24th (1977)
25th (1978)	26th (1979)	27th (1980)	28th (1981)	29th (1982)	30th (1983)
31st (1984)	32nd (1985)	33rd (1986)	34th (1989)	35th (1990)	36th (1991)
37th (1992)	38th (1993)	39th (1994)	40th (1995)	41st (1996)	42nd (1997)
43rd (1998)	44th (1999)	45th (2000)	46th (2001)	47th (2002)	48th (2003)
49th (2004)	50th (2005)	51st (2006)	52nd (2007)	53rd (2008)	54th (2009)
55th (2010)	56th (2011)	57th (2012)	58th (2013)	59th (2014)	60th (2015)
61st (2016)	62nd (2017)	63th (2018)	64th (2019)	65th (2020)	66th (2021)

Filmfare Awards Various Categories

Filmfare Award for Best Actor	Filmfare Award for Best Actress	Filmfare Award for Best Film
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist	Best Supporting Actor	Best Supproting Actress
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer	Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer	Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist	Filmfare Award for Best Story	Filmfare Award for Best Editor
Filmfare Award for Best Director	Filmfare Award for Best Choreographer	Filmfare Special Jury Award