44th Filmfare Awards

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44th Filmfare Awards
Date	21 February 1999[1]
Site	Mumbai, India
Highlights
Best Film	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Critics Award for Best Film	Satya
Most awards	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (8)
Most nominations	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (18)
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The 44th Filmfare Awards were held on 21 February 1999, in Mumbai, India.

Karan Johar's directorial debut Kuch Kuch Hota Hai led the ceremony with 18 nominations and 8 wins – including a sweep of the major acting categories, a record it held till Gully Boy (2019).

Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.. and Ram Gopal Varma's Satya were the other big winners, with 6 awards each.

Kajol received triple nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Dushman, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha , winning for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

The winners and nominees have been listed below. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Best Film	Best Director
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Ghulam Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha Satya	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	Best Actress
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	Kajol – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Kajol – Dushman Kajol – Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha Manisha Koirala – Dil Se.. Urmila Matondkar – Satya
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
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	Rani Mukerji – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Preity Zinta – Dil Se.. Raakhee – Soldier Shefali Shah – Satya Tanvi Azmi – Dushman
Best Performance in a Comic Role	Best Performance in a Negative Role
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	Ashutosh Rana – Dushman Govind Namdeo – Satya Mukesh Tiwari – China Gate Shah Rukh Khan – Duplicate Sharat Saxena – Ghulam
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Dil Se... – A. R. Rahman Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – Viju Shah Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Jatin–Lalit Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha – Jatin–Lalit Soldier – Anu Malik	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 Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
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 Jaane Jaana	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 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Alka Yagnik for Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Zakhm – Mahesh Bhatt	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Karan Johar
Best Dialogue	Best Action
China Gate – Rajkumar Santoshi and K. K. Raina	Soldier – Akbar Bakshi
Best Background Score	Best Choreography
Satya – Sandeep Chowta	Dil Se.. – Farah Khan for Chaiyya Chaiyya
Best Editing	Best Art Direction
Satya – Apurva Asrani and Bhanu Daya	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Sharmishta Roy
Best Sound Design	Best Cinematography
Satya – H. Shridhar	Dil Se.. – Santosh Sivan

Lifetime Achievement Award
Manoj Kumar	Helen
Best Male Debut
Fardeen Khan – Prem Aggan
Best Female Debut
Preity Zinta – Dil Se.. , Soldier
R. D. Burman Award
Kamaal Khan
Special Award
Shekhar Kapur
Scene of the Year
Ghulam

Satya

Manoj Bajpai – Satya

Shefali Shah – Satya

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
18	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
12	Satya
10	Dil Se..
6	Ghulam
	Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
5	Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
	Soldier
4	China Gate
3	Dushman
2	Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
	Dulhe Raja
	Duplicate
	Zakhm

Multiple wins

Awards	Film
8	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
6	Dil Se..
	Satya
2	Soldier

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