24th Filmfare Awards

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

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^[1]

Best Cinematography[]

Fakira - Fali Mistry^[2]

Best Editing[]

Balika Vadhu - Bijoy Chowdhury^[3]

Best Sound[]

Bairaag - P. Harikishan^[4]

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/