27th National Film Awards explained

Number:27
Award:National Film Awards
Awarded For:Best of Indian cinema in 1979
Award Org:Directorate of Film Festivals
Presenting Org:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Website:dff.nic.in
Lifetime Achievement:Sohrab Modi
Best Feature:Shodh
Most Wins:Sankarabharanam (4)[1]
Last:26th
Next:28th

The 27th 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 1979. Ceremony took place in April 1980.

Awards

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

Lifetime Achievement Award

All India Award

Following were the awards given:

Name of AwardName of FilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Feature FilmShodhHindiProducer

Sitakant Misra

Swarna Kamal and 50,000/-
Director

Biplab Roy Chowdhury

Swarna Kamal and 25,000/-
Best Feature Film with Mass Appeal, Wholesome Entertainment and Aesthetic ValueSankarabharanamTeluguProducer: Edida Nageshwara RaoSwarna Kamal and 50,000/-
Director: K. ViswanathSwarna Kamal and 25,000/-
Best Feature Film on National Integration22 June 1897MarathiProducer: Jayu PatwardhanRajat Kamal and 30,000
Director: Nachiket PatwardhanRajat Kamal and 10,000
Best DirectionEk Din PratidinBengaliMrinal SenRajat Kamal and 20,000
Best ScreenplaySparshHindiSai ParanjpyeRajat Kamal and 5,000 Each
Best ActorSparshHindiNaseeruddin ShahRajat Kamal and 10,000
Best ActressPasiTamilShobaRajat Kamal and 10,000
Best Child ArtistAangan Ki KaliHindiGeeta KhannaRajat Kamal and 5,000
Best Cinematography (Color)ShodhHindiRajan KinagiRajat Kamal and 5,000
Best Cinematography (Black and White)Neem AnnapurnaBengaliKamal NayakRajat Kamal and 5,000
Best EditingEk Din PratidinBengaliGangadhar NaskarRajat Kamal and 5,000
Best Music DirectionSankarabharanamTeluguK. V. MahadevanRajat Kamal and 10,000
Best Male Playback SingerSankarabharanamTeluguS. P. BalasubrahmanyamRajat Kamal and 10,000
Best Female Playback SingerSankarabharanamTeluguVani JairamRajat Kamal and 10,000
Special MentionAcharya KripalaniEnglishCertificate Only

Regional Award

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India.[2] [3]

Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)Awards
Best Feature Film in BengaliEk Din PratidinProducer: Amalendu ChakrabortyRajat Kamal and 15,000/-
Director: Mrinal SenRajat Kamal and 7,500/-
Best Feature Film in HindiSparshProducer: Basu BhattacharyaRajat Kamal and 15,000/-
Director: Sai ParanjpyeRajat Kamal and 7,500/-
Best Feature Film in KannadaArivuProducer: K. R. LalithaRajat Kamal and 15,000/-
Director: Katte RamachandraRajat Kamal and 7,500/-
Best Feature Film in MalayalamPeruvazhiyambalamProducer: Prem PrakashRajat Kamal and 15,000/-
Director: PadmarajanRajat Kamal and 7,500/-
Best Feature Film in ManipuriOlangthagee WangmadasooProducer: G. Narayan SharmaRajat Kamal and 15,000/-
Director: Aribam Syam SharmaRajat Kamal and 7,500/-
Best Feature Film in MarathiSinhasanProducer: Jabbar PatelRajat Kamal and 15,000/-
Director: Jabbar PatelRajat Kamal and 7,500/-
Best Feature Film in OdiaShri Krishnaka RasalilaProducer:Rajat Kamal and 15,000/-
Director:Rajat Kamal and 7,500/-
Best Feature Film in TamilPasiProducer: Sunitha Cine ArtsRajat Kamal and 15,000/-
Director: DuraiRajat Kamal and 7,500/-
Best Feature Film in TeluguNagna SathyamProducer: U. Visweswar RaoRajat Kamal and 15,000/-
Director: U. Visweswar RaoRajat Kamal and 7,500/-

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directorate of Film Festival . 31 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111124233500/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=40IIFA.pdf . 24 November 2011 . dead.
  2. Book: Careers Digest . 1980 . 396.
  3. Book: Film World . 1980 . T.M. Ramachandran . 217.

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