28th National Film Awards


The 28th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1980. Ceremony took place in April 1981.

Juries

Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by V. Shantaram and B. D. Garga respectively.
Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Name of AwardAwardeeAwarded AsAwards
Dadasaheb Phalke AwardP. JairajActor and DirectorSwarna Kamal, 40,000 and a Shawl

Feature films

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 28th National Film Awards, a Bengali film, Akaler Shandhaney won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film also winning the maximum number of awards, along with a Malayalam film, Oppol. Following were the awards given in each category:

All India Award

Following were the awards given:

Regional Award

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in English, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Meitei, Marathi and Oriya language, award for Best Feature Film was not given.

Non-Feature films

Following were the awards given:

Awards not given

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: