| 26th Filmfare Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1979 |
| Site | Bombay |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki |
| Most awards | Don & Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (3) |
| Most nominations | Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki & Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (9) |
The 26th Filmfare Awards were held in 1979.
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki and Muqaddar Ka Sikandar led the ceremony with 9 nominations each, followed by Satyam Shivam Sundaram and Trishul with 6 nominations and Don with 5 nominations.
Don and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki won 3 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.
The ceremony was also notable as Nutan became the first actress in the history of Indian Cinema to win the Best Actress 5 times, breaking the record held by Meena Kumari (4 times) for 13 years. She was nominated for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki, winning the former. Her niece Kajol matched her record 32 years later, at the 55th Filmfare Awards with her 5th win for My Name Is Khan.
Main awards[edit | edit source]
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Best Film[edit | edit source]
Best Director[edit | edit source]
Satyajit Ray – Shatranj Ke Khilari
- Prakash Mehra – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
- Raj Kapoor – Satyam Shivam Sundaram
- Raj Khosla – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
- Yash Chopra – Trishul
Best Actor[edit | edit source]
- Amitabh Bachchan – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
- Amitabh Bachchan – Trishul
- Sanjeev Kumar – Devata
- Sanjeev Kumar – Pati Patni Aur Woh
Best Actress[edit | edit source]
Nutan – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
- Raakhee – Trishna
- Ranjeeta – Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
- Rekha – Ghar
- Zeenat Aman – Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Best Supporting Actor[edit | edit source]
Saeed Jaffrey – Shatranj Ke Khiladi
- Danny Denzongpa – Devata
- Randhir Kapoor – Kasme Vaade
- Sanjeev Kumar – Trishul
- Vinod Khanna – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
Best Supporting Actress[edit | edit source]
- Asha Parekh – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
- Nutan – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
- Ranjeeta – Pati Patni Aur Woh
- Rekha – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
Best Comic Actor[edit | edit source]
Deven Verma – Chor Ke Ghar Chor
- Asrani – Pati Patni Aur Woh
- Deven Verma – Khatta Meetha
- Keshto Mukherjee – Azaad
- Ram Sethi – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
Best Story[edit | edit source]
- Kitaab – Samaresh Basu
- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Chandrakant Kakodkar
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar – Laxmikant Sharma
- Trishul – Salim–Javed
Best Screenplay[edit | edit source]
Pati Patni Aur Woh – Kamleshwar
Best Dialogue[edit | edit source]
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Rahi Masoom Raza
Best Music[edit | edit source]
Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
- Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se – Ravindra Jain
- Don – Kalyanji-Anandji
- Des Pardes – Rajesh Roshan
- Shalimar – R.D. Burman
Best Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Apnapan – Anand Bakshi for Aadmi Musafir Hai
- Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se – Ravindra Jain for "Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se"
- Don – Anjaan for Khaike Paan
- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Anand Bakshi for Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
- Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Pandit Narendra Sharma for Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Best Playback Singer, Male[edit | edit source]
Don – Kishore Kumar for Khaike Paan
- Apnapan – Mohammad Rafi for Aadmi Musafir Hai
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar – Kishore Kumar for O Saathi Re
- Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Mukesh for Chanchal Sheetal
- Shalimar – Kishore Kumar for Hum Bewafa
Best Playback Singer, Female[edit | edit source]
Don – Asha Bhosle for Yeh Mera Dil
- Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se – Hemlata for Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Shobha Gurtu for Saiyyan Rooth Gaye
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar – Asha Bhosle for O Saathi Re
- Shalimar – Usha Uthup for One Two Cha Cha Cha
Best Art Direction[edit | edit source]
Des Pardes - T. K. Desai [1]
Best Cinematography[edit | edit source]
Satyam Shivam Sundaram - Radhu Karmakar [2]
Best Editing[edit | edit source]
Badaltey Rishtey - B. Prasad [3]
Best Sound[edit | edit source]
Critics' awards[edit | edit source]
Best Film[edit | edit source]
Master Raju[edit | edit source]
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Best Documentary[edit | edit source]
Malfunction
Biggest Winners[edit | edit source]
- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – 3/9
- Don – 3/5
- Shatranj Ke Khiladi – 2/3
- Apnapan – 2/3
- Satyam Shivam Sundaram – 2/6
- Trishul – 0/6
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar – 0/9