26th Filmfare Awards

The 26th Filmfare Awards were held in 1979. 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.

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 – Trishul
• Ranjeeta – Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
• Rekha – Ghar
• Zeenat Aman – Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Best Supporting Actor

'Vinod Khanna – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar

• Danny Denzongpa – Devata
• Randhir Kapoor – Kasme Vaade
• Sanjeev Kumar – Trishul
• Saeed Jaffrey – Shatranj Ke Khiladi

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

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

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

Malfunction

Biggest Winners

• Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – 3/9
• Don – 3/5
• Apnapan – 2/3
• Satyam Shivam Sundaram – 2/6
• Shatranj Ke Khiladi – 1/3
• Muqaddar Ka Sikandar – 1/9

References

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

See also

• 28th Filmfare Awards
• 27th Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards