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26th Filmfare Awards

The 26th Filmfare Awards were held in 1979.

26th Filmfare Awards
Date1979
SiteBombay
Highlights
Best FilmMain Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
Best ActorAmitabh Bachchan for Don
Best ActressNutan for Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
Most awardsDon & Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (3)
Most nominationsMain Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki & Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (9)

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 Best Actress 5 times, breaking the 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

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Satyajit Ray — Best Director winner for Shatranj ke Khiladi
 
Amitabh Bachchan — Best Actor winner for Don
 
Reena Roy — Best Supporting Actress winner for Apnapan
 
Anand Bakshi — Best Lyricist for "Aadmi Musafir Hai" (Apnapan)
 
Kamleshwar — Best Screenplay winner for Pati Patni Aur Woh

Best Film

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Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki

Best Director

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Satyajit Ray – Shatranj Ke Khilari

Best Actor

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Amitabh Bachchan – Don

Best Actress

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Nutan – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki

Best Supporting Actor

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Saeed Jaffrey – Shatranj Ke Khiladi

Best Supporting Actress

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Reena Roy – Apnapan

Best Comic Actor

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Deven Verma – Chor Ke Ghar Chor

Best Story

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Ghar – Dinesh Thakur

Best Screenplay

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Pati Patni Aur Woh – Kamleshwar

Best Dialogue

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Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Rahi Masoom Raza

Best Music Director

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Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Best Lyricist

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Apnapan – Anand Bakshi for Aadmi Musafir Hai

Best Playback Singer, Male

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Don – Kishore Kumar for Khaike Paan

Best Playback Singer, Female

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Don – Asha Bhosle for Yeh Mera Dil

Best Art Direction

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Des Pardes – T. K. Desai [1]

Best Cinematography

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Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Radhu Karmakar [2]

Best Editing

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Badaltey Rishtey – B. Prasad [3]

Best Sound

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Devata – Ranjit Biswas [4]

Critics' awards

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Best Film

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Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan

Best Documentary

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Malfunction

Biggest Winners

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  2. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  3. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
  4. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020".
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