16th Filmfare Awards (1969)
The 16th Filmfare Awards honored the best Bollywood films of 1968.
Shammi Kapoor starrer "Brahmachari" emerged the biggest winner of the night. He won his only Best Actor Award for Brahmachari.
- WINNER
Best Film
Brahmachari
Aankhen
Neel Kamal
Best Actor
Brahmachari
- Shammi Kapoor
Aadmi
- Dilip Kumar
Sunghursh
- Dilip Kumar
Best Actress
Neel Kamal
- Waheeda Rehman
Raat Aur Din
- Nargis
Diwana
- Saira Banu
Best Supporting Actor
Shikar
- Sanjeev Kumar
Aadmi
- Manoj Kumar
Neel Kamal
- Raj Kumar
Best Supporting Actress
Saathi
- Simi Garewal
Shikar
- Helen
Neel Kamal
- Shashikala
Best Director
Aankhen
- Ramanand Sagar
Brahmachari
- Bhappi Soni
Neel Kamal
- Ram Maheshwari
Best Music Director
Brahmachari
- Shankar-Jaikishen
Aankhen
- Ravi
Diwana
- Shankar-Jaikishen
Best Editing
Saathi
- N M Shankar
Best Playback Singer - Female
Shikar
- Asha Bhosle
for "Parde Main Rehne Do"
Aankhen
- Lata Mangeshkar
for "Milti Hai Zindagi Main"
Diwana
- Sharda
for "Tumhari Bhi Jai Hai"
Best Playback Singer - Male
Brahmachari
- Mohammad Rafi
for "Dil Ke Jharoke Main"
Brahmachari
- Mohammad Rafi
for "Main Gaoon Tum"
Neel Kamal
- Mohammad Rafi
for "Babul Ki Duaein"
Best Lyrics
Brahmachari
- Shailendra
for "Main Gaoon Tum"
Aankhen
- Sahir Ludhianvi
for "Milti Hai Zindagi Main"
Brahmachari
- Hasrat Jaipuri
for "Dil Ke Jharoke Main"
Best Dialogue
Saraswatichandra
- S Ali Raza
Best Story
Brahmachari
- Sachin Bhowmick
Aankhen
- Ramanand Sagar
Neel Kamal
- Gulshan Nanda
Best Actor in a Comic Role
Shikar
- Johnny Walker
Neel Kamal
- Mehmood
Sadhu Aur Shaitan
- Mehmood
Best Documentary - Critics
Explorer
- Pramod Pati
Best Screenplay
Majhli Didi
- Nabendu Ghosh
Best Sound Recording
Shikar
- P Thakkersey
Best Cinematography - Black and White
Saraswatichandra
- Nariman A Irani
Best Cinematography - Color
Aankhen
- G Singh
Best Art Director - Black and White
Majhli Didi
- Ajit Banerjee
Best Art Director - Color
Noor Jehan
- A A Majid