44th Filmfare Awards explained

Number:	44
Award:	Filmfare Awards
Date:	21 February 1999^[1]
Site:	Mumbai, India
Best Film:	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Best Critic:	Satya
Most Wins:	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (8)
Most Nominations:	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (18)
Last:	43rd
Next:	45th

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.

Awards

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

Popular Awards

! style="background:#EEDD82;text-align:center;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	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
! style="background:#EEDD82;text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	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
! style="background:#EEDD82;text-align:center;"	Best Supporting Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	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
! style="background:#EEDD82;text-align:center;"	Best Performance in a Comic Role	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	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
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	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
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Male Playback Singer	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	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

Technical Awards

! style="background:#EEDD82;text-align:center;"	Best Story	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Screenplay
Zakhm – Mahesh Bhatt	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Karan Johar
! style="background:#EEDD82;text-align:center;"	Best Dialogue	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Action
China Gate – Rajkumar Santoshi and K. K. Raina	Soldier – Akbar Bakshi
! style="background:#EEDD82;text-align:center;"	Best Background Score	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Choreography
Satya – Sandeep Chowta	Dil Se.. – Farah Khan for Chaiyya Chaiyya
! style="background:#EEDD82;text-align:center;"	Best Editing	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Art Direction
Satya – Apurva Asrani and Bhanu Daya	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Sharmishta Roy
! style="background:#EEDD82;text-align:center;"	Best Sound Design	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Cinematography
Satya – H. Shridhar	Dil Se.. – Santosh Sivan

Special Awards

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

Critics' awards

Best Film

Satya

Best Actor

Manoj Bajpai – Satya

Best Actress

Shefali Shah – Satya

Superlatives

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

External links

• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1999/

See also

• 43rd Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards

Notes and References

1. Book: Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories (in 36 Volumes) . Kalpaz Publications . 16 . Bhatt . SC . Bhargava . Gopal K. . 2006 . 81-7835-372-5 . 685 .