26th Filmfare Awards were held in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1979. Here is the list of Nominees and Winners of various Award recipients of the 26th Filmfare Awards (1979).
Don and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki received nine (9) awards each. Both the films received the most awards in the 26th Filmfare Awards (1979).
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki received nine (9) nominations. Whereas, Don received five (5) nominations.
By receiving nine (9) nominations Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki became the most nominated films. However, surprisingly Muqaddar Ka Sikandar could not win even a single award.
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki and Muqaddar Ka Sikandar received the most nominations (9). Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki won three awards out of nine. Whereas, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar could not win a single award.
Therefore, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar became the first film in the history of Filmfare Awards when one of the most nominated films could not win even a single award.
Similarly, Satyam Shivam Sundaram and Trishul received second-most nominations (6) each. Satyam Shivam Sundaram won two out of six nominations. However, Trishul failed to win any award.
Thus, Trishul also became the first film in the history of Filmfare Awards that could not win a single award even after having second-most nominations.
Nutan received nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for the same film Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki. This confusing situation occurred for the fourth time in the history of Filmfare Awards. She won the award in the Best Actress category.
