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.


 * Jury Members: Feature Films
 * V. Shantaram (Chairperson) • Basanta Choudhury • B. V. Dharap • Sunil Gangopadhyay • R. N. K. Prasad • Ravindranathan Nair • Arthur J. Pais • Purnendu Sekhar Pattrea • Jayoo Patwardhan • T. S. Ranga • Kantilal Rathod • Mriganka Sekhar Ray • Shobhna Samarth • N. Seshadri • K. B. Tilak • G. Venkateshwara Rao
 * Jury Members: Short Films
 * B. D. Garga (Chairperson) • Utpal K. Banerjee • P. D. P. Rao

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

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 (four), 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:


 * Best Children's Film
 * Best Film on Family Welfare
 * Best Lyrics
 * Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
 * Best Film on Social Documentation
 * Best Animation Film
 * Best Feature Film in English
 * Best Feature Film in Kannada
 * Best Feature Film in Manipuri
 * Best Feature Film in Marathi
 * Best Feature Film in Oriya