26th Filmfare Awards

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.

26th Filmfare Awards
Date1979
SiteBombay
Highlights
Best FilmMain Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
Most awardsDon & Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (3)
Most nominationsMain Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki & Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (9)

The 26th Filmfare Awards were held in 1979.

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
Satyajit Ray — Best Director winner for Shatranj ke Khiladi
Amitabh Bachchan — Best Actor winner for Don
Nutan — Best Actress winner for Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
Reena Roy — Best Supporting Actress winner for Apnapan

Best Film

Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki

Best Director

Satyajit Ray – Shatranj Ke Khilari

Best Actor

Amitabh Bachchan – Don

Best Actress

Nutan – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki

Best Supporting Actor

Saeed Jaffrey – Shatranj Ke Khiladi

Best Supporting Actress

Reena Roy – Apnapan

Best Comic Actor

Deven Verma – Chor Ke Ghar Chor

Best Story

Ghar – Dinesh Thakur

Best Screenplay

Pati Patni Aur Woh – Kamleshwar

Best Dialogue

Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Rahi Masoom Raza

Best Music

Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Laxmikant-Pyarelal

Best Lyrics

Apnapan – Anand Bakshi for Aadmi Musafir Hai

Best Playback Singer, Male

Don – Kishore Kumar for Khaike Paan

Best Playback Singer, Female

Don – Asha Bhosle for Yeh Mera Dil

Best Art Direction

Des Pardes

Best Cinematography

Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Best Editing

Badaltey Rishtey

Best Sound

Devata

Critics' awards

Best Film

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan

Best Documentary

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References

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1979/

See also
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