26th Filmfare Awards

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).

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 Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki Satyajit Ray – Shatranj Ke Khilari Amitabh Bachchan – Don Nutan – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki Saeed Jaffrey – Shatranj Ke Khiladi Reena Roy – Apnapan Deven Verma – Chor Ke Ghar Chor Ghar – Dinesh Thakur Pati Patni Aur Woh – Kamleshwar Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki – Rahi Masoom Raza Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Laxmikant–Pyarelal Apnapan – Anand Bakshi for Aadmi Musafir Hai Don – Kishore Kumar for Khaike Paan Don – Asha Bhosle for Yeh Mera Dil Des Pardes – T. K. Desai [1] Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Radhu Karmakar [2] Badaltey Rishtey – B. Prasad [3] Devata – Ranjit Biswas [4] Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan Malfunction