Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1977
The 25th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema 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 Ebrahim Alkazi and Ashok Mitra respectively.
Awards.
Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films.
Feature films.
Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 25th National Film Awards, a Kannada film, "Ghatashraddha" 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 Bengali, English, Hindi, Kashmiri, Meitei and Punjabi, award for Best Feature Film was not given.
Non-Feature films.
Following were the awards given:
Awards not given.
Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:
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