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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 26
| award = Filmfare Awards
| image =
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| date = 1979
| site = Bombay
| preshow =
| host =
| producer =
| director =
| best_film = ''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]''
| most_wins = ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' & ''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' (3)
| most_nominations =''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' & ''[[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]'' (9)
| duration =
| network =
| last = 25th
| next = 27th
}}

The '''26th Filmfare Awards''' were held in 1979.

''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' and ''[[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]'' led the ceremony with 9 nominations each, followed by ''[[Satyam Shivam Sundaram]]'' and [[Trishul (film)|''Trishul'']] with 6 nominations and ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' with 5 nominations.

''Don'' and ''Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki'' won 3 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

The ceremony was also notable as [[Nutan]] became the first actress in the history of Indian Cinema to win the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] 5 times, breaking the record held by [[Meena Kumari]] (4 times) for 13 years. She was nominated for both Best Actress and [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|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]]''.

==Main awards==
[[File:Satyajit Ray in New York.jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Satyajit Ray]] — Best Director winner for ''[[Shatranj ke Khiladi]]'']]
[[File:Amitabh.jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Amitabh Bachchan]] — Best Actor winner for ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'']]
[[File:Nutan Hindi Movie Actress (14).jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Nutan]] — Best Actress winner for ''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'']]

[[File:Evelyn-Sharma-snapped-attending-the-Knight-Frank-India-event-2 (cropped).jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Reena Roy]] — Best Supporting Actress winner for ''[[Apnapan]]'']]
[[File:Anand Bakshi.tif|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Anand Bakshi]] — Best Lyricist for ''"Aadmi Musafir Hai" ([[Apnapan]])'']]
[[File:Kamleshwar (1932 - 2007).jpg|alt=|thumb|150px|[[Kamleshwar (writer)|Kamleshwar]] — Best Screenplay winner for ''[[Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978 film)|Pati Patni Aur Woh]]'']]

===Best Film===
''' ''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' '''
*''[[Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se]]''
*''[[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]''
*''[[Shatranj Ke Khilari]]''
*''[[Trishul (film)|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 (film)|Trishul]]''

===Best Actor===
''' ''[[Amitabh Bachchan]] – [[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' '''
*''[[Amitabh Bachchan]] – [[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]''
*''[[Amitabh Bachchan]] – [[Trishul (film)|Trishul]]''
*''[[Sanjeev Kumar]] – [[Devata (1978 film)|Devata]]''
*''[[Sanjeev Kumar]] – [[Pati Patni Aur Woh]]''

===Best Actress===
''' ''[[Nutan]] – [[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' '''
*''[[Raakhee]] – [[Trishna (1978 film)|Trishna]]''
*''[[Ranjeeta]] – [[Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se]]''
*''[[Rekha]] – [[Ghar (film)|Ghar]]''
*''[[Zeenat Aman]] – [[Satyam Shivam Sundaram]]''

===Best Supporting Actor===
''' ''[[Saeed Jaffrey]] – [[Shatranj Ke Khiladi (film)|Shatranj Ke Khiladi]]'' '''
*''[[Danny Denzongpa]] – [[Devata (1978 film)|Devata]]''
*''[[Randhir Kapoor]] – [[Kasme Vaade]]''
*''[[Sanjeev Kumar]] – [[Trishul (film)|Trishul]]''
*''[[Vinod Khanna]] – [[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]''

===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 (1978 film)|Khatta Meetha]]''
*''[[Keshto Mukherjee]] – [[Azaad (1978 film)|Azaad]]''
*''[[Ram Sethi]] – [[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]''

===Best Story===
''' ''[[Ghar (film)|Ghar]] – [[Dinesh Thakur]]'' '''
*''[[Kitaab]] – [[Samaresh Basu]]''
*''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]] – Chandrakant Kakodkar''
*''[[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]] – Laxmikant Sharma''
*''[[Trishul (film)|Trishul]] – [[Salim–Javed]]''

===Best Screenplay===
''' ''[[Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978 film)|Pati Patni Aur Woh]] – [[Kamleshwar (writer)|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 (1978 film)|Don]] – [[Kalyanji-Anandji]]''
*''[[Des Pardes (1978 film)|Des Pardes]] – [[Rajesh Roshan]]''
*''[[Shalimar (1978 film)|Shalimar]] – [[R.D. Burman]]''

===Best Lyrics===
''' ''[[Apnapan]] – [[Anand Bakshi]] for Aadmi Musafir Hai'' '''
*''[[Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se]]'' – [[Ravindra Jain]] for "[[Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (Song)|Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se]]"
*''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]] – [[Anjaan (lyricist)|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 (1978 film)|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 (singer)|Mukesh]] for Chanchal Sheetal''
*''[[Shalimar (1978 film)|Shalimar]] – [[Kishore Kumar]] for Hum Bewafa''

===Best Playback Singer, Female===
''' ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]] – [[Asha Bhosle]] for Yeh Mera Dil'' '''
*''[[Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se]] – [[Hemlata (singer)|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 (1978 film)|Shalimar]] – [[Usha Uthup]] for One Two Cha Cha Cha''

===Best Art Direction===
''' ''[[Des Pardes (1978 film)|Des Pardes]]'' ''' - T. K. Desai <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners|title = Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020}}</ref>

===Best Cinematography===
''' ''[[Satyam Shivam Sundaram]]'' ''' - Radhu Karmakar <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners|title = Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020}}</ref>

===Best Editing===
''' ''[[Badaltey Rishtey]]'' ''' - B. Prasad <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners|title = Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020}}</ref>

===Best Sound===
''' ''[[Devata (1978 film)|Devata]]'' ''' - Ranjit Biswas <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners|title = Filmfare Awards Winners from 1953 to 2020}}</ref>

==Critics' awards==
===Best Film===
''' ''[[Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan]]'' '''
===Master Raju===
''' '''[KITAAB]

===Best Documentary===
''' ''Malfunction'' '''

==Biggest Winners==
*'' [[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' – 3/9
*'' [[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' – 3/5
*'' [[Shatranj Ke Khiladi (film)|Shatranj Ke Khiladi]] ''– 2/3
*'' [[Apnapan]] ''– 2/3
*'' [[Satyam Shivam Sundaram]] ''– 2/6
*[[Trishul (film)|''Trishul'']] – 0/6
*'' [[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]'' – 0/9

==See also==
* [[28th Filmfare Awards]]
* [[27th Filmfare Awards]]
* [[Filmfare Awards]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1979/

{{Filmfare Awards}}

[[Category:Filmfare Awards]]
[[Category:1978 film awards|Filmfare]]
[[Category:1979 in Indian cinema]]

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