Awards & Winners

1977 National Film Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1977 National Film Awards. Check awards winners of 25th National Film Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

25th National Film Awards

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Nitin Bose

(Awarded as Cinematographer, Director and Screenwriter)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film

Girish Kasaravalli, Sadanand Suvarna

Honored for : The Ritual
National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

Jaya Chakravarthy, Basu Chatterjee

Honored for : Swami
National Film Award for Best Children's Film

R.A. Jalan, Pratap Agarwal, Tapan Sinha

Honored for : White Elephant
National Film Award for Best Direction

G. Aravindan

Honored for : Kanchana Sita
National Film Award for Best Screenplay

Satyadev Dubey, Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad

Honored for : Bhumika: The Role
National Film Award for Best Actor

Bharath Gopi

Honored for : Kodiyettam
National Film Award for Best Actress

Smita Patil

Honored for : Bhumika: The Role
National Film Award for Best Child Artist

Ajit Kumar

Honored for : The Ritual
National Film Award for Best Music Direction

B. V. Karanth

Honored for : The Ritual
National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer

Mohammed Rafi

Honored for : Hum Kisise Kum Naheen
(Song: Kya Hua Tera Wada)
National Film Award for Best Cinematography

Soumendu Roy

Honored for : The Chess Players
National Film Award for Best Cinematography

Balu Mahendra

Honored for : Kokila
National Film Award for Best Audiography

S. P. Ramanathan

Honored for : Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane
National Film Award for Best Editing

Waman B. Bhosle, Gurudutt Shirali

Honored for : Inkaar
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese

Bhabendra Nath Saikia

Honored for : Evening Melody
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

Suresh Jindal, Satyajit Ray

Honored for : The Chess Players
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam

Adoor Bhasi, Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Honored for : Kodiyettam
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada

B.M. Venkatesh, Chandulal Jain, B. V. Karanth, Girish Karnad

Honored for : Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi

Usha Mangeshkar, Jabbar Patel

Honored for : Jait Re Jait
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya

Shyamghan Rai Chaudhuri, Biplab Roy Chowdhury

Honored for : Chilika Teerey
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil

Charly John, John Abraham

Honored for : Donkey in a Brahmin Village
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu

Pattabhirami Reddy Tikkavarapu, Mrinal Sen

Honored for : The Marginal Ones
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film

Arvind Kumar Sinha, M. Prabhat

Honored for : Deshratna Rajendra Prasad
National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film

A. V. Films, Arun Khopkar

Honored for : Tobacco Habits and Oral Cancer
National Film Award for Best Promotional Film

Santi P. Choudhury

Honored for : Parvati
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film

G. P. Asthana, V.G. Samant, B. R. Shendge

Honored for : Prakriti Ka Niyam
National Film Award for Best Newsreel Cameraman

C. L. Kaul

Honored for : Himalayan Pilgrimage
(Indian News Review No. 1508)
National Film Award for Best News Review

Films Division of India

Honored for : Unprecedented Havoc
(Indian News Review No. 1520)
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer

S. Janaki

Honored for : 16 Vayathinile
(Song: Senthoora Poove)