16th Filmfare Awards
Date	1969
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Brahmachari
Best Actor	Shammi Kapoor for Brahmachari
Best Actress	Waheeda Rehman for Neel Kamal
Most awards	Brahmachari (6)
Most nominations	Brahmachari (9)
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The 16th Filmfare Awards were held in 1969.

Brahmachari led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Neel Kamal with 8 nominations, Ankhen with 7 nominations and Shikar with 5 nominations.

Brahmachari won 6 awards, including Best Film and Best Actor (for Shammi Kapoor), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Dilip Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Aadmi and Sunghursh, but lost to Shammi Kapoor, who won the award for Brahmachari, his first and only win in the category.

Brahmachari

• Ankhen
• Neel Kamal

Ramanand Sagar – Ankhen

• Bhappi Soni – Brahmachari
• Ram Maheshwari – Neel Kamal

Shammi Kapoor – Brahmachari

• Dilip Kumar – Aadmi
• Dilip Kumar – Sunghursh

Waheeda Rehman – Neel Kamal

• Nargis – Raat Aur Din
• Saira Banu – Diwana

Sanjeev Kumar – Shikar

• Manoj Kumar – Aadmi
• Raj Kumar – Neel Kamal

Simi Garewal – Saathi

• Helen – Shikar
• Shashikala – Neel Kamal

Johnny Walker – Shikar

• Mehmood – Neel Kamal
• Mehmood – Sadhu Aur Shaitaan

Brahmachari – Sachin Bhowmick

• Ankhen – Ramanand Sagar
• Neel Kamal – Gulshan Nanda

Majhli Didi – Nabendu Ghosh

Saraswatichandra – S. Ali Raza

Brahmachari – Shankar-Jaikishan

• Ankhen – Ravi
• Diwana – Shankar-Jaikishan

Brahmachari – Shailendra for Main Gaoon Tum

• Ankhen – Sahir Ludhianvi for Milti Hai Zindagi Main
• Brahmachari – Hasrat Jaipuri for Dil Ke Jharoke Main

Brahmachari – Mohammad Rafi for Dil Ke Jharoke Main

• Brahmachari – Mohammad Rafi for Main Gaoon Tum
• Neel Kamal – Mohammad Rafi for Baabul Ki Duaaein

Shikar – Asha Bhosle for Parde Mein Rehne Do

• Ankhen – Lata Mangeshkar for Milti Hai Zindagi Main
• Diwana – Sharda for Tumhari Bhi Jai Hai

Majhli Didi – Ajit Banerjee ^[1]

Noor Jehan – A. A. Majid ^[2]

Saraswatichandra – Nariman A. Irani ^[3]

Ankhen – G. Singh ^[4]

Saathi – N. M. Shankar ^[5]

Shikar – P. Thakkersey ^[6]

Explorer

• Brahmachari – 6/9
• Shikar – 4/5
• Majhli Didi – 2/2
• Saathi – 2/2
• Saraswatichandra – 2/2
• Ankhen – 2/7
• Neel Kamal – 1/8

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