In 1978, a film jury presided over by filmmaker Chetan Anand that was responsible for deciding the 26th National Award for Best Feature Film of the Year, watched 80 films before deciding that no film would win the honour that year as none of the films lived up to the “standard of excellence set forth by the jury” and thus not deemed as “worthy” of the prestigious merit. Fast forward to 2023 and the list of this year’s National Award winners would perhaps make the 1978 jury squirm in disdain.