24th Filmfare Awards

24th Filmfare Awards
Date	1977
Site	Bombay
Highlights
Best Film	Mausam
Most awards	Kabhi Kabhie (4)
Most nominations	Kabhi Kabhie (13)

The 24th Filmfare Awards were held in 1977.

Kabhi Kabhie led the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by Mausam with 8 nominations and Choti 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, Kabhie Kabhie won 4 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Main awards

Gulzar — Best Director winner for Mausam

Sanjeev Kumar — Best Actor winner for Arjun Pandit

Rakhee — Best Actress winner for Tapasya

Prem Chopra — Best Supporting Actor winner for Parinda

Asrani — Best Comic Actor winner for Balika Badhu

Best Film

Mausam

• Chitchor
• Choti Si Baat
• Kabhi Kabhie
• Tapasya

Best Director

Gulzar – Mausam

• Basu Chatterjee – Chitchor
• Basu Chatterjee – Choti Si Baat
• Rajkumar Kohli – Nagin
• Yash Chopra – Kabhi Kabhie

Best Actor

Sanjeev Kumar – Arjun Pandit

• Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhi Kabhie
• Amol Palekar – Choti 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 – Choti 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 (music director)
• 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/