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26th Filmfare Awards

1979 awards for Hindi cinema

Field	Value
number	26
award	Filmfare Awards
date	April 6, 1979
site	Shanmukhananda hall, Bombay
best_film	Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
most_wins	Don & Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (3)
most_nominations	Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki & Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (9)
best_actor	Amitabh Bachchan for Don
best_actress	Nutan for Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
last	25th
next	27th

The 26th Filmfare Awards were held in April 6, 1979.

Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki and Muqaddar Ka Sikandar led the ceremony with 9 nominations each, followed by Satyam Shivam Sundaram with 6 nominations, and Don and Trishul with 5 nominations each.

Don and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki won 3 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Actor (for Amitabh Bachchan), and the latter winning Best Film and Best Actress (for Nutan).

The ceremony was notable as Nutan became the first actress in the history of Indian Cinema to win Best Actress 5 times, breaking the record held by Meena Kumari (with 4 wins) 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 (2010).

Sanjeev Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Devata and Pati Patni Aur Woh, but lost to Amitabh Bachchan, who himself received triple nominations in the category for his performances in Don, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and Trishul, winning for the former.

Legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray won his first and only Filmfare award at the ceremony, winning Best Director for Shatranj Ke Khilari.

Main awards

Best Film

** Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki **

Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
Shatranj Ke Khilari
Trishul

Best Director

** 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

** Amitabh Bachchan – Don **

Amitabh Bachchan – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
Amitabh Bachchan – Trishul
Sanjeev Kumar – Devata
Sanjeev Kumar – Pati Patni Aur Woh

Best Actress

** Nutan – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki **

Raakhee – Trishna
Ranjeeta – Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
Rekha – Ghar
Zeenat Aman – Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Best Supporting Actor

** Saeed Jaffrey – Shatranj Ke Khiladi **

Danny Denzongpa – Devata
Randhir Kapoor – Kasme Vaade
Sanjeev Kumar – Trishul
Vinod Khanna – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar

Best Supporting Actress

** Reena Roy – Apnapan **

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

** 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

** Ghar – Dinesh Thakur **

Kitaab – Samaresh Basu
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Chandrakant Kakodkar
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar – Laxmikant Sharma
Trishul – Salim–Javed

Best Screenplay

** Pati Patni Aur Woh – Kamleshwar **

Best Dialogue

** Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Rahi Masoom Raza **

Best Music Director

** Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Laxmikant–Pyarelal **

Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se – Ravindra Jain
Don – Kalyanji-Anandji
Des Pardes – Rajesh Roshan
Shalimar – R.D. Burman

Best Lyricist

** 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 – 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

** Des Pardes **– T. K. Desai

Best Cinematography

** Satyam Shivam Sundaram **– Radhu Karmakar

Best Editing

** Badaltey Rishtey **– B. Prasad

Best Sound

** Devata **– Ranjit Biswas

Critics' awards

Best Film

** Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan **

Best Documentary

** Malfunction **

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
Trishul – 0/5
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar* – 0/9

References

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

References

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