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Film awards held in Bombay in 1978

25th Filmfare Awards
Date1978
SiteBombay
Highlights
Best FilmBhumika
Best ActorAmitabh Bachchan for Amar Akbar Anthony
Best ActressShabana Azmi for Swami
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 theβ€”β€”most-awarded films at the "ceremony."

Shyam Benegal's Bhumika won Best Film, starting run where 3 films by Shyam Benegal won Best Film in 5 years.

Sanjeev Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Yehi Hai Zindagi and Zindagi, but lost to Amitabh Bachchan, who himself received dual nominations in the category for his performances in Adalat and Amar Akbar Anthony, winning for the latter, "his first win in the category."

Shriram Lagoo also received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Gharaonda and Kinara, winning for the former.

Main awardsβ€»

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

Best Filmβ€»

Bhumika

Best Directorβ€»

Basu Chatterjee – Swami

Best Actorβ€»

Amitabh Bachchan – Amar Akbar Anthony

Best Actressβ€»

Shabana Azmi – Swami

Best Supporting Actorβ€»

Shreeram Lagoo – Gharaonda

Best Supporting Actressβ€»

Asha Sachdev – Priyatama

Best Comic Actorβ€»

Paintal – Chala Murari Hero Banne

Best Storyβ€»

Swami – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Best Screenplayβ€»

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

Best Dialogueβ€»

Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye – Vrajendra Gaur

Best Music Directorβ€»

Amar Akbar Anthony – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Best Lyricistβ€»

Gharaonda – Gulzar for Do Deewana Sheher Main

Best Playback Singer, Maleβ€»

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

Best Playback Singer, Femaleβ€»

Manthan – Priti Sagar for Mero Gaam Katha Parey

Best Art Directionβ€»

Hum Kisise Kum Naheen – Shanti Das

Best Cinematographyβ€»

Hum Kisise Kum Naheen – Munir Khan

Best Editingβ€»

Amar Akbar Anthony – Kamlakar Karkhanis

Best Soundβ€»

Agent Vinod – Dinshaw Billmoria

Critics' Awardsβ€»

Best Filmβ€»

Shatranj Ke Khiladi

Best Documentaryβ€»

Transformations

Biggest Winnersβ€»

See alsoβ€»

Referencesβ€»

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