21st Filmfare Awards were held in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 11 April 1974. Here is the list of Nominees and Winners of various Award recipients of the 21st Filmfare Awards (1974).
Film Bobby received the most awards. The film received fourteen (14) nominations and won five (5) of them.
By receiving fourteen (14) nominations Bobby also became the most nominated film in the 21st Filmfare Awards (1974).
Film Zanjeer received nine (9) nominations and won four of them.
Film Daag: A Poem of Love received seven (7) nominations. The film won two (2) awards out of seven (7) nominations.
Film Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar received five (5) nominations in four categories and won only one (1). The film received two nominations in the category of Best Comic Actor. Asrani Received the award in the category of Best Comic Actor.
Film Koshish received five (5) nominations. However, the film could not win any of them.
Film Abhimaan received four (4) nominations and won two of them.
Film Namak Haraam received three (3) nominations and won 2 of them.
Amitabh Bachchan received his first nomination in the category of the Best Actor in Zanjeer.
Amitabh Bachchan won his first Filmfare Award. He won it in the category of the Best Supporting Actor in Namak Haraam.
Nutan was nominated in the category of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for the same film Saudagar. However, she failed to win either.