27th Annual BFJA Awards

Best Indian Films (In Order of Merit)

Best Director

Tapan Sinha - Nirjan Saikate

Best Actor

Anup Kumar - Palatak

Best Actress

Suchitra Sen - Uttar Falguni

Best Actor in Supporting Role

Bikash Roy - Uttar Falguni

Best Actress in Supporting Role

Ruma Guha Thakurata - Palatak

Best Screenplay

Tapan Sinha - Nirjan Saikate

Best Cinematographer

Bimal Mukherjee - Nirjan Saikate

Best Art Director

Banshi Chandragupta - Mahanagar

Best Music Director

Hemanta Mukherjee - Palatak

Best Lyricist

Mukul Dutta and Gouri Prasanna Majumdar - Palatak

Best Audiographer

Nripen Paul and Sujit Sarkar - Uttar Falguni

Best Dialogue

Satyajit Ray - Mahanagar

Best Director

Bimal Roy - Bandini

Best Actor

Ashok Kumar - Gumrah

Best Actress

Nutan - Bandini

Best Actor in Supporting Role

Raaj Kumar - Dil Ek Mandir

Best Actress in Supporting Role

Shashikala - Gumrah

Best Music Director

Chitragupta - Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo (Bhojpuri film)

Best Screenplay

Agha Jani Kashmiri - Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke

Best Lyricist

Shakeel Badayuni - Mere Mehboob

Best Cinematographer

K. H. Kapadia - Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke

Best Art Director

Sudhendu Roy - Mere Mehboob

Best Audiographer

Y. M. Wagle and Nasir and S. L. Pathak - Mere Mehboob

Best Dialogue

Vinod Kumar - Mere Mehboob

Ten Best Films

1. The Birds
2. Judgment at Nuremberg
3. The World of Suzie Wong
4. The Cranes Are Flying
5. Can-Can
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
7. The Loudest Whisper
8. The V.I.P.s
9. El Cid
10. A Very Private Affair

Best Director

Alfred Hitchcock - The Birds

Best Actor

Charlton Heston - El Cid

Best Actress

Nancy Kwan - The World of Suzie Wong

Best Supporting Actor

Maurice Chevalier - Can-Can

Best Supporting Actress

Margaret Rutherford - The V.I.P.s