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26th Filmfare Awards

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1978, 1980

Date
  
1979

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.

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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

    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

    26th Filmfare Awards Wikipedia
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