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.
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
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
Satyajit Ray – Shatranj Ke Khilari
Amitabh Bachchan – Don
Nutan – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
Saeed Jaffrey – Shatranj Ke Khiladi
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
Deven Verma – Chor Ke Ghar Chor
Ghar – Dinesh Thakur
Pati Patni Aur Woh – Kamleshwar Best Dialogue
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Rahi Masoom Raza Best Music
Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Laxmikant-Pyarelal
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
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
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
- Shatranj Ke Khiladi – 2/3
- Apnapan – 2/3
- Satyam Shivam Sundaram – 2/6
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar – 0/9
