24th Filmfare Awards
The 24th Filmfare Awards were held in June 20, 1977.
Kabhi Kabhie led the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by Mausam with 8 nominations and Chhoti Si Baat with 6 nominations.
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, his only win in the category.
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, his only win in the category.
Main awards
Best Film
MausamBest Director
Gulzar – Mausam- Basu Chatterjee ''– Chhoti Si Baat
- Basu Chatterjee – Chitchor
- 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 – TapasyaBest 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
' Chhoti Si Baat – Basu Chatterjee'' '''Best Dialogue
' Kabhi Kabhie – Sagar Sarhadi'''''Best Music Director
Kabhi Kabhie – KhayyamBest Lyricist
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. SamelBest Cinematography
Fakira – Fali MistryBest Editing
Balika Vadhu – Bijoy ChowdhuryBest Sound
Bairaag – P. HarikishanCritics' Awards
Best Film
' Mrigayaa'' '''Best Documentary
' Marvel of Memory'' '''Special Award
K. J. Yesudas - Chitchor - "Gori Tera gaon bada pyara"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
- ''Chhoti Si Baat – 1/6''