Hindi Awards 26th Filmfare Awards

The 26th Filmfare Awards ceremony was held on 1979 in Mumbai. It was the year for director Satyajit Ray Biographies reveal bare details about the maverick >> Read More... , actress Nutan, actor Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... , actress Reena Roy The 80s was a landmark in the film career of Reena >> Read More... and filmmaker Raj Khosla Raj Khosla was a director in the Indian film indus >> Read More... . Even Raj Kapoor’s film ‘ Satyam Shivam Sundaram 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram' was a Telugu lang >> Read More... ‘fetched two awards in two different categories. Veteran film director Satyajit Ray received the best director award for his film ‘Shatranj Ke Khilari’. Superstar Vinod Khanna and Reena Roy too received the award for supporting actor and actress category.

Overall, it was a balanced show with not much disappointment to any filmmaker. Raj Khosla’s film ‘Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki’ was the best film of the year. Actress Nutan received the best actress award for her sensitive performance as a widow in the film. Amitabh Bachchan was awarded the best actor award for his double role in popular film ‘ Don Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. Actor Vinod Khanna received was the best supporting actor of the year for his role in ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’. Though Renna Roy bagged her first trophy for supporting actress category for her powerful performance in ‘ Apnapan Apnapan if literally translated means the oneness >> Read More... ’, she refused to accept the award as she felt her role weighed more value, and she deserved a nomination in the best actress category.

Actor Deven Verma received the best comedian award for film ‘Chor Ke Ghar Chor’. The blockbuster film 'Don' fetched best male singer award for Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar is an Indian playback singer, who ha >> Read More... for song ‘Khaike Paan’ and Asha Bhosle Asha is considered to be the second greatest femal >> Read More... received best female singer award for song ‘Yeh Mera Dil’. Best dialogue writer went to Rahi Masoom Raza Rahi Masoom Raza is the finest poet, writer, and l >> Read More... for the film 'Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki' and the best screenplay award went to Kamleshwar for his work in film ' Pati Patni Aur Woh Click to look into! >> Read More... '. Dinesh Thakur Veteran theater actor-director Dinesh Thakur is kn >> Read More... got the best story writer award for film ‘Ghar’.

It was very sad that R D Burman did not get any nomination for his soulful music in ‘Ghar’. Film ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram’ fetched Laxmikant-Pyarelal best music director award and best lyricist award went to Anand Bakshi Anand Bakshi was an old poet and lyricist with his >> Read More... for song 'Aadmi Musafir hair' from the film 'Apanpan'. Another popular film ‘Badaltey Rishtey’ fetched award for B. Prasad for editing. Best cinematography award went to Radhu Karmakar   Radhu Karmakar was a cinematographer and direct >> Read More... for his camera work in film ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram’. The best art director award of the year went to T.K. Desai for film ‘ Pardes Pardes is a Pakistani drama serial that was teleca >> Read More... ’ and best sound recording award went to Ranji Biswas for the movie ‘Devata’. Yash Chopra’s film ‘Trishul’ received various nominations in a different category but could not win any award.