The 25th National Film Awards, presented by

Directorate of Film Festivals The Directorate of Film Festivals in India was an organisation that initiated and presented the International Film Festival of India, the National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama. Although the Directorate helped appoint members of the jury ...

, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of

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released in the year 1977. Ceremony took place on 27 April 1978.

Juries

Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by

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and Ashok Mitra respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films **

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Adya Rangacharya Ka. Naa. Subramanyam Sundari K. Shridharani ** Firoze RangoonwallaRita Ray (Kobita Sarkar) N. S. RamachandranK. M. Almadi K. S. Duggal

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** Allauddin KhanSwapan MullickA. ViswamR. D. Mathur M. K. Raina * Jury Members: Short Films ** Ashok Mitra (

)M. N. Kapur

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R. N. Pande

Awards

Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Feature films

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 25th National Film Awards, a

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, ''

Ghatashraddha ''Ghatashraaddha'' () is a 1977 Indian Kannada language film directed by Girish Kasaravalli starring Meena Kuttappa, Narayana Bhat and Ajith Kumar in lead roles. It is based on a novella by eminent Kannada writer U. R. Ananthamurthy. The film wa ...

'' won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film also winning the maximum number of awards (three). Following were the awards given in each category:

All India Award

Following were the awards given:

Regional Award

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in

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, Meitei and Punjabi, award for Best Feature Film was not given.

Non-Feature films

Following were the awards given:

Short films

Awards not given

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: * Second Best Feature Film * Best Story *

Best Feature Film on National Integration The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one ...

* Best Film on Family Welfare *

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* Best Film on Social Documentation * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Bengali * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in English * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Manipuri * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi

References

External links

National Film Awards Archives

Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
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