24th Filmfare Awards

The 24th Filmfare Awards were held in 1977.

''Kabhi Kabhie'' led the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by '' Mausam'' with 8 nominations and ''Chhoti Si Baat'' with 6 nominations.

The awards were spread over a number of films, with no film clearly dominating the event. However, based on awards tally, ''Kabhi Kabhie'' won 4 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Basu Chatterjee received dual nominations for Best Director for his direction in ''Chitchor'' and ''Chhoti Si Baat'', but lost to Gulzar who won the award for ''Mausam''.

Sanjeev Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in ''Arjun Pandit'' and ''Mausam'', winning for the former.

Raakhee received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in ''Kabhi Kabhie'' and ''Tapasya'', winning for the latter, her first and only win in the category.

Prem Chopra received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in '' Do Anjaane'' and ''Mehbooba'', winning for the former.

Main awards

Best Film

'' Mausam''
*''Chitchor''
*''Chhoti Si Baat''
*''Kabhi Kabhie''
*''Tapasya''

Best Director

''Gulzar – Mausam''
*''Basu Chatterjee – Chitchor''
*''Basu Chatterjee – Chhoti Si Baat''
*''Rajkumar Kohli – Nagin''
*''Yash Chopra – Kabhi Kabhie''

Best Actor

''Sanjeev Kumar – Arjun Pandit''
*''Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhi Kabhie''
*''Amol Palekar – Chhoti Si Baat''
*''Dilip Kumar – Bairaag''
*''Sanjeev Kumar – Mausam''

Best Actress

''Raakhee – Tapasya''
*''Hema Malini – Mehbooba''
*''Raakhee – Kabhi Kabhie''
*''Reena Roy – Nagin''
*''Sharmila Tagore – Mausam''

Best Supporting Actor

''Prem Chopra – Do Anjaane''
*''Ashok Kumar – Chhoti Si Baat''
*''Prem Chopra – Mehbooba''
*''Shashi Kapoor – Kabhi Kabhie''
*''Vinod Khanna – Hera Pheri''

Best Supporting Actress

''Kajri – Balika Badhu''
*''Asha Parekh – Udhar Ka Sindoor''
*'' Bindu – Arjun Pandit''
*''Dina Pathak – Mausam''
*''Waheeda Rehman – Kabhi Kabhie''

Best Comic Actor

''Asrani – Balika Vadhu''
*''Asrani – Choti Si Baat''
*''Deven Verma – Arjun Pandit''
*''Deven Verma – Ek Se Badhkar Ek''
*''Mehmood – Sabse Bada Rupaiya''

Best Story

'' Arjun Pandit – Balachand Mukherjee''
*''Kabhi Kabhie – Pamela Chopra''
*'' Mausam – Kamleshwar''
*'' Mehbooba – Gulshan Nanda''
*''Tapasya – Ashapoorna Devi''

Best Screenplay

'' Choti Si Baat – Basu Chatterjee''

Best Dialogue

''Kabhi Kabhie – Sagar Sarhadi''

Best Music

''Kabhi Kabhie – Khayyam''
*''Bairaag – Kalyanji Anandji''
*''Chitchor – Ravindra Jain''
*'' Mausam – Madan Mohan''
*'' Mehbooba – R.D. Burman''

Best Lyrics

''Kabhi Kabhie – Sahir Ludhianvi for Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein''
*''Dharam Karam – Majrooh Sultanpuri for Ik Din Bik Jayega''
*''Kabhi Kabhie – Sahir Ludhianvi for Main Pal Do Pal Ka''
*'' Mausam – Gulzar for Dil Dhoondta Hai''
*'' Mehbooba – Anand Bakshi for Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon''

Best Playback Singer, Male

''Kabhi Kabhie – Mukesh for Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein''
*''Chitchor – K.J. Yesudas for Gori Tera Gaon''
*''Dharam Karam – Mukesh for Ek Din Bik Jayega''
*''Fakira – Mahendra Kapoor for Sunke Teri Pukar''
*''Kabhi Kabhie – Mukesh for Main Pal Do Pal Ka''

Best Playback Singer, Female

''Chitchor – Hemlata for Tu Jo Mere Sur''
*'' Barood – Asha Bhosle for I Love You''
*''Fakira – Hemlata for Sunke Teri Pukar''
*''Sankoch – Sulakshana Pandit for Bandhire Kahi Preet''

Best Art Direction

''Fakira'' – S. S. Samel

Best Cinematography

''Fakira'' – Fali Mistry

Best Editing

''Balika Vadhu'' – Bijoy Chowdhury

Best Sound

''Bairaag'' – P. Harikishan

Critics' Awards

Best Film

''Mrigayaa''

Best Documentary

''Marvel of Memory''

Biggest Winners

*'' Kabhi Kabhie – 4/12''
*'' Balika Badhu – 3/3''
*'' Mausam – 2/8''
*'' Arjun Pandit – 2/4''
*'' Fakira – 2/4''
*'' Chitchor – 1/4''
*'' Bairaag – 1/3''
*'' Tapasya – 1/3''

See also

*'' 26th Filmfare Awards''
*'' 25th Filmfare Awards''
*'' Filmfare Awards''

References

* https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1977/

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