44th Filmfare Awards

The 44th Filmfare Awards were held on February 21, 1999, in Mumbai India. Karan Johar's directorial debut Kuch Kuch Hota Hai dominated the awards, including a sweep of the major acting categories. Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.. was the other big winner.

Main awards

Best Film

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

• Ghulam
• Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
• Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
• Satya

Best Director

Karan Johar – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

• Abbas-Mustan – Soldier
• Ram Gopal Varma – Satya
• Sohail Khan – Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
• Vikram Bhatt – Ghulam

Best Actor

Shah Rukh Khan – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

• Aamir Khan – Ghulam
• Ajay Devgn – Zakhm
• Govinda – Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
• Salman Khan – Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya

Best Actress

Kajol – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

• Kajol – Dushman
• Kajol – Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
• Manisha Koirala – Dil Se..
• Urmila Matondkar – Satya

Best Supporting Actor

Salman Khan – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

• Arbaaz Khan – Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
• Manoj Bajpai – Satya
• Naseeruddin Shah – China Gate
• Om Puri – Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha

Best Supporting Actress

Rani Mukerji – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

• Preity Zinta – Dil Se..
• Raakhee – Soldier
• Shefali Shah – Satya
• Tanvi Azmi – Dushman

Best Comic Actor

Johnny Lever – Dulhe Raja

• Anupam Kher – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
• Archana Puran Singh – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
• Johnny Lever – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
• Kader Khan – Dulhe Raja

Best Villain

Ashutosh Rana – Dushman

• Govind Namdeo – Satya
• Mukesh Tiwari – China Gate
• Shah Rukh Khan – Duplicate
• Sharat Saxena – Ghulam

Best Newcomer, Male

Fardeen Khan – Prem Aggan seriously -_-

Best Newcomer, Female

Preity Zinta – Dil Se..

Best Story

Zakhm – Mahesh Bhatt

Best Screenplay

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Karan Johar

Best Dialogue

China Gate – Rajkumar Santoshi and K. K. Raina

Best Music

Dil Se.. – A. R. Rahman

• Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – Viju Shah
• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Jatin Lalit
• Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya – Jatin Lalit
• Soldier – Anu Malik

Best Lyrics

Dil Se.. – Gulzar for Chaiyya Chaiyya

• Dil Se.. – Gulzar for Ae Ajnabi
• Duplicate – Javed Akhtar for Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam
• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Sameer for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Sameer for Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai

Best Playback Singer, Male

Dil Se.. – Sukhwinder Singh for Chaiyya Chaiyya

• Ghulam – Aamir Khan for Aati Kya Khandala
• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Kumar Sanu for Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai
• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Udit Narayan for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
• Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya – Kamaal Khan for O O Jaan e Jaana

Best Playback Singer, Female

Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha – Jaspinder Narula for Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha

• China Gate – Alka Yagnik for Chamma Chamma
• Dil Se.. – Sapna Awasthi for Chaiyya Chaiyya
• Kareeb – Sanjeevani for Chori Chori
• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Alka Yagnik for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

R.D. Burman Award

Kamaal Khan

Best Action

Soldier – Akbar Bakshi

Best Art Direction

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Sharmishta Ro

Best Background Score

Satya – Sandeep Chowta

Best Choreography

Dil Se.. – Farah Khan for Chaiyya Chaiyya'

Best cinematography

Dil Se.. – Santosh Sivan

Best Editing

Satya – Apurva Asrani and Bhanu Daya

Best Sound

Satya – H. Shridhar

Lifetime achievement award

Manoj Kumar and Helen

Special Award

Shekhar Kapur

Scene of the Year

Ghulam

Critics' awards

Best Film

Satya

Best Actor

Manoj Bajpai – Satya

Best Actress

Shefali Shah – Satya

Biggest winners

• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – 8/17
• Satya – 3/9
• Dil Se.. – 6/10

References

http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1999/

See also

• 43rd Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards