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
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 – 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
Saeed Jaffrey – Shatranj Ke Khiladi
- Danny Denzongpa – Devata
- Randhir Kapoor – Kasme Vaade
- Sanjeev Kumar – Trishul
- Vinod Khanna – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
Best Supporting Actress
- 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
- R.P. Sethi – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
Best Story
- 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
Best Cinematography
Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Best Editing
Badaltey Rishtey
Best Sound
Critics' awards
Best Film
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
References
http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1979/
See also
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