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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1979}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 27
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption = 27th National Film Awards
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1979
| award_org = [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]
| presenting_org = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]<br>{{small|([[President of India]])}}
| announced_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1980|04}}
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1980|05}}
| site =
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement = [[Sohrab Modi]]
| best_feature = ''[[Shodh]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins = [[Sankarabharanam (1980 film)|Sankarabharanam]] (4)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=40IIFA.pdf |title=Directorate of Film Festival |access-date=31 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124233500/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=40IIFA.pdf |archive-date=24 November 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| last = 26th
| next = 28th
}}

The '''27th [[National Film Awards]]''', presented by [[Directorate of Film Festivals]], the organisation set up by [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India]] to felicitate the best of [[Cinema of India|Indian Cinema]] released in the year 1979. Ceremony took place in April 1980.

== Awards ==
Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films.

=== Lifetime Achievement Award ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Image
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awarded As
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awards
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]
|[[File:Sohrab Modi 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
|[[Sohrab Modi]]
|[[Actor]], [[Film director|Director]] and [[Film producer|Producer]]
|Swarna Kamal, {{INR}} 40,000 and a Shawl
|}

==== All India Award ====

Following were the awards given:

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:18.5%;"|Name of Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:23.5%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:21%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Shodh]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: Sitakant Misra
|Swarna Kamal and {{INR}} 50,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: Biplab Roy Chowdhury
|Swarna Kamal and {{INR}} 25,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"| [[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|Best Feature Film with Mass Appeal, Wholesome Entertainment and Aesthetic Value]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Sankarabharanam (1980 film)|Sankarabharanam]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|Producer: [[Edida Nageshwara Rao]]
|Swarna Kamal and {{INR}} 50,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[K. Viswanath]]
|Swarna Kamal and {{INR}} 25,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"| [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration|Best Feature Film on National Integration]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[22 June 1897]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|Producer: Jayu Patwardhan
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 30,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Nachiket Patwardhan
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"| [[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|''[[Ek Din Pratidin]]''
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|[[Mrinal Sen]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"|[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|''[[Sparsh (film)|Sparsh]]''
|[[Hindi]]
|[[Sai Paranjpye]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 5,000 Each
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"| [[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''[[Sparsh (film)|Sparsh]]''
|[[Hindi]]
|[[Naseeruddin Shah]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"|[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|''[[Pasi (film)|Pasi]]''
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|[[Shoba]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"|[[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]]
|''[[Aangan Ki Kali]]''
|[[Hindi]]
|Geeta Khanna
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Color motion picture film|Color]])
|''[[Shodh]]''
|[[Hindi]]
|Rajan Kinagi
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Black-and-white|Black and White]])
|''[[Neem Annapurna]]''
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|Kamal Nayak
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"|[[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|''[[Ek Din Pratidin]]''
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|Gangadhar Naskar
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"|[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]
|''[[Sankarabharanam (1980 film)|Sankarabharanam]]''
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|[[K. V. Mahadevan]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"|[[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|''[[Sankarabharanam (1980 film)|Sankarabharanam]]''
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"|[[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|''[[Sankarabharanam (1980 film)|Sankarabharanam]]''
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|[[Vani Jairam]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="1"|[[National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film)|Special Mention]]
|''Acharya Kripalani''<ref>[http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1979 National Film Awards (1979)]</ref>
|English
|{{dash}}
|Certificate Only
|}

==== Regional Award ====

The awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Careers Digest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=44vNAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|page=396}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Film World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WHpTAAAAYAAJ|year=1980|publisher=T.M. Ramachandran|page=217}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:23.5%;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:21%;"|Name of Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:34%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:21.5%;"|Awards
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Ek Din Pratidin]]''
|Producer: Amalendu Chakraborty
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Mrinal Sen]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"| [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Sparsh (film)|Sparsh]]''
|Producer: [[Basu Bhattacharya]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Sai Paranjpye]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
|rowspan="2"|''Arivu''
|Producer: K. R. Lalitha
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Katte Ramachandra
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Peruvazhiyambalam]]''
|Producer: Prem Prakash
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Padmarajan]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri|Best Feature Film in Manipuri]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Olangthagee Wangmadasu|Olangthagee Wangmadasoo]]''
|Producer: G. Narayan Sharma
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Aribam Syam Sharma]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Sinhasan]]''
|Producer: [[Jabbar Patel]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Jabbar Patel]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia|Best Feature Film in Odia]]
|rowspan="2"|''Shri Krishnaka Rasalila''
|Producer:
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director:
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Pasi (film)|Pasi]]''
|Producer: Sunitha Cine Arts
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Durai (director)|Durai]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Nagna Sathyam]]''
|Producer: [[U. Visweswar Rao]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[U. Visweswar Rao]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 7,500/-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://dff.nic.in/NFA_archive.asp National Film Awards Archives]
* [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]

{{National Film Awards}}

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[[Category:1980 Indian film awards]]

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