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25th Filmfare Awards
Date1978
SiteBombay
Highlights
Best FilmBhumika
Most awardsAmar Akbar Anthony, Hum Kisise Kum Naheen & Swami (3)
Most nominationsAmar Akbar Anthony & Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (7)

The 25th Filmfare Awards were held in 1978.

Amar Akbar Anthony and Hum Kisise Kum Naheen led the ceremony with 7 nominations each, followed by Gharaonda and Swami with 6 nominations each.

Amar Akbar Anthony, Hum Kisise Kum Naheen and Swami won 3 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

Shyam Benegal's Bhumika won Best Film, starting a run where 3 films by Shyam Benegal won Best Film in 5 years. Amitabh Bachchan won his first Best Actor award for his role in Manmohan Desai's Amar Akbar Anthony.

Main awards[edit | edit source]

Basu Chatterjee — Best Director winner for Swami
Amitabh Bachchan — Best Actor winner for Amar Akbar Anthony
Shabana Azmi — Best Actress winner for Swami
Shriram Lagoo — Best Supporting Actor winner for Gharaonda
Asha Sachdev — Best Supporting Actress winner for Priyatama
Mohammed Rafi — Best Playback singer, Male winner for "Kya Hua Tera Vaada" (Hum Kisise Kum Naheen)

Best Film[edit | edit source]

Bhumika

Best Director[edit | edit source]

Basu Chatterjee – Swami

Best Actor[edit | edit source]

Amitabh Bachchan – Amar Akbar Anthony

Best Actress[edit | edit source]

Shabana Azmi – Swami

Best Supporting Actor[edit | edit source]

Shreeram Lagoo – Gharaonda

Best Supporting Actress[edit | edit source]

Asha Sachdev – Priyatama

Best Comic Actor[edit | edit source]

Paintal – Chala Murari Hero Banne

Best Story[edit | edit source]

Swami – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Best Screenplay[edit | edit source]

Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye – Lekh Tandon, Vrajendra Gaur and Madhusudan Kalekar

Best Dialogue[edit | edit source]

Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye – Vrajendra Gaur

Best Music[edit | edit source]

Amar Akbar Anthony – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Best Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Gharaonda – Gulzar for Do Deewana Sheher Main

Best Playback Singer, Male[edit | edit source]

Hum Kisise Kum Naheen – Mohammad Rafi for Kya Hua Tera Wada

Best Playback Singer, Female[edit | edit source]

Manthan – Priti Sagar for Mero Gaam Katha Parey

Best Art Direction[edit | edit source]

Hum Kisise Kum Naheen - Shanti Das [1]

Best Cinematography[edit | edit source]

Hum Kisise Kum Naheen - Munir Khan [2]

Best Editing[edit | edit source]

Amar Akbar Anthony - Kamlakar Karkhanis [3]

Best Sound[edit | edit source]

Agent Vinod - Dinshaw Billmoria [4]

Critics' Awards[edit | edit source]

Best Film[edit | edit source]

Shatranj Ke Khiladi

Best Documentary[edit | edit source]

Transformations

Biggest Winners[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  2. ↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  3. ↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  4. ↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".