26th Filmfare Awards
Raj Khosla's Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki was named the Best Film of the Year. Amitabh Bachchan won his second consecutive Best Actor Award for his double role in Don. Satyajit Ray won his sole Best Director Award for Shatranj Ke Khiladi.
26th Filmfare Awards | |
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Date | 1979 |
Site | Bombay |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki |
Most awards | Don Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (3) |
Most nominations | Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (9) |
The 26th Filmfare Awards were held in 1979.
The event is also notable as Nutan became the first actress in the history of Indian Cinema to win the Filmfare Award for Best Actress five times, breaking the record held by Meena Kumari for 13 years. She was nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki, winning the former.
Main awards
Best Film
- Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
- Shatranj Ke Khilari
- Trishul
Best Director
Satyajit Ray – Shatranj Ke Khilari
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Saeed Jaffrey – Shatranj Ke Khiladi
Best Supporting Actress
Best Comic Actor
Best Story
- Kitaab – Samaresh Basu
- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Chandrakant Kakodkar
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar – Laxmikant Sharma
- Trishul – Salim-Javed
Best Screenplay
Best Dialogue
Best Music
Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Laxmikant-Pyarelal
- Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se – Ravindra Jain
- Don – Kalyanji-Anandji
- Des Pardes – Rajesh Roshan
- Shalimar – R.D. Burman
Best Lyrics
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
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
Don – Asha Bhosle for Yeh Mera Dil
- Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se – Hemalata 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
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Badaltey Rishtey
Best Sound
Biggest Winners
- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – 3/9
- Don – 3/5
- Shatranj Ke Khiladi – 2/3
- Apnapan – 2/3
- Satyam Shivam Sundaram – 2/6
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar – 0/9