26th Filmfare Awards

The 26th Filmfare Awards were held in April 6, 1979.
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, and the latter winning Best Film and Best Actress.
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 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.
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

Best Film

Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki

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 – Trishna
Ranjeeta – Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
Rekha – Ghar
''Zeenat Aman – Satyam Shivam Sundaram''

Best Supporting Actor

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

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 Director

Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Laxmikant–Pyarelal

Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se – Ravindra Jain
Don – Kalyanji-Anandji
Des Pardes – Rajesh Roshan
''Shalimar – R.D. Burman''

Best Lyricist

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 – Hemlata 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 – T. K. Desai

Best Cinematography

Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Radhu Karmakar

Best Editing

Badaltey Rishtey – B. Prasad

Best Sound

Devata – Ranjit Biswas

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
Trishul – 0/5
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar – 0/9