The 26th Filmfare Awards were held on 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 the Best Actress award 5 times, breaking the previous 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

See also 28th Filmfare Awards 27th Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards

References

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