# 49th Filmfare Awards

The 49th Filmfare Awards took place on 20 February 2004 at Mumbai.
The ceremony was hosted by Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Archana Puran Singh. This edition of the event was sponsored by Indian conglomerate Manikchand Group.
Kal Ho Naa Ho led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by Koi... Mil Gaya with 10 nominations and Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and Tere Naam with 8 nominations each.
Kal Ho Naa Ho earned 8 awards, including Best Actress (for Preity Zinta), Best Supporting Actor (for Saif Ali Khan) and Best Supporting Actress (for Jaya Bachchan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Preity Zinta received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Kal Ho Naa Ho and Koi... Mil Gaya, winning for the former, her first and only win in the category.

## Main Awards
### Main Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Koi... Mil Gaya Baghban Kal Ho Naa Ho Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Tere Naam | Rakesh Roshan – Koi... Mil Gaya J. P. Dutta – LOC: Kargil Nikhil Advani – Kal Ho Naa Ho Rajkumar Hirani – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Ram Gopal Verma – Bhoot Satish Kaushik – Tere Naam |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Hrithik Roshan – Koi... Mil Gaya as Rohit Mehra Ajay Devgan – Gangaajal as Amit Kumaar Amitabh Bachchan – Baghban as Raj Malhotra Salman Khan – Tere Naam as Radhe Mohan Shah Rukh Khan – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Aman Mathur | Preity Zinta – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Naina Catherine Kapur Bhumika Chawla – Tere Naam as Nirjara Bharadwaj Hema Malini – Baghban as Pooja Malhotra Preity Zinta – Koi... Mil Gaya as Nisha Rani Mukherjee – Chalte Chalte as Priya Chopra Urmila Matondkar – Bhoot as Swati |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Saif Ali Khan – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Rohit Patel Abhishek Bachchan – Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon as Prem Kumar Arshad Warsi – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. as Circuit Manoj Bajpai – LOC: Kargil as Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav Salman Khan – Baghban as Alok Raj | Jaya Bachchan – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Jennifer Kapur Priyanka Chopra – Andaaz as Jia Rekha – Koi... Mil Gaya as Sonia Mehra Shabana Azmi – Tehzeeb as Rukhsana Jamal Shenaz Treasurywala – Ishq Vishk as Alisha Sahay |
| Best Comic Role | Best Negative Role |
| Sanjay Dutt – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. as Murli Prasad Sharma "Munna Bhai" Boman Irani – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. as Dr. J. C. Asthana Johnny Lever – Koi... Mil Gaya as Chellaram Sukhwani Paresh Rawal – Fun2shh as John D'Souza Paresh Rawal – Hungama as Radheshyam Tiwari Rajpal Yadav – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Guru | Irrfan Khan – Haasil as Rannvijay Singh Bipasha Basu – Jism as Sonia Khanna Feroz Khan – Janasheen as Saba Karim Shah Preity Zinta – Armaan as Sonia Kapoor Yashpal Sharma – Gangaajal as Sunder Yadav |
| Best Male Debut | Best Female Debut |
| Shahid Kapoor – Ishq Vishk | Lara Dutta & Priyanka Chopra – Andaaz |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Kal Ho Naa Ho – Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Chalte Chalte – Jatin–Lalit Koi... Mil Gaya – Rajesh Roshan LOC: Kargil – Anu Malik Tere Naam – Himesh Reshammiya | Kal Ho Naa Ho – Javed Akhtar – Kal Ho Naa Ho Andaaz – Sameer – Kisi Se Tum Pyaar Karo Chalte Chalte – Javed Akhtar – Tauba Tumhare Yeh Ishaare LOC: Kargil – Javed Akhtar – Ek Saathi Aur Bhi Tha Tere Naam – Sameer – Tere Naam |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Kal Ho Naa Ho – Sonu Nigam – Kal Ho Naa Ho Andaaz – Kumar Sanu – Kisi Se Tum Pyaar Karo Chalte Chalte – Abhijeet – Suno Na Suno Na Koi... Mil Gaya – Udit Narayan – Idhar Chala Tere Naam – Udit Narayan – Tere Naam | Jism – Shreya Ghoshal – Jadoo Hai Nasha Hai Chalte Chalte – Alka Yagnik – Tauba Tumhare Yeh Ishaare Ishq Vishk – Alisha Chinai – Chot Dil Pe Lagi Kal Ho Naa Ho – Alka Yagnik – Kal Ho Naa Ho (Sad Version) Koi... Mil Gaya – K. S. Chithra – Koi Mil Gaya Tere Naam – Alka Yagnik – Odhni |

### Technical Awards

| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| 3 Deewarein – Nagesh Kukunoor | Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani and Lajan Joseph |
| Best Dialogue | Scene of the Year |
| Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – Abbas Tyrewala | Karan Johar – Kal Ho Naa Ho (The Diary Scene) |
| Best Action | Best Choreography |
| Qayamat: City Under Threat – Allan Amin | Koi... Mil Gaya – Farah Khan – "Idhar Chala" |
| Best Cinematography | Best Art Direction |
| Pinjar – Muneesh Sappel | Chameli – Aseem Bajaj |
| Best Background Score | Best Editing |
| Gangaajal – Wayne Sharpe | Bhoot – Shimit Amin |
| Best Sound |
| Bhoot – Dwarak Warrier |

#### Special awards

* Filmfare Special Award
* Kareena Kapoor – Chameli
* Lifetime Achievement Award
* Baldev Raj Chopra
* Nirupa Roy
* Sulochana Latkar
* RD Burman Award
* Vishal–Shekhar – Jhankaar Beats
* Motolook Of The Year
* Saif Ali Khan – Kal Ho Naa Ho
* Power Award
* Amitabh Bachchan & Shah Rukh Khan

### Critics' awards

| Best Film (Best Director) |
| Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – Rajkumar Hirani |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Hrithik Roshan – Koi... Mil Gaya as Rohit Mehra | Urmila Matondkar – Bhoot as Swati |

## Biggest Winners & Nominees

* Kal Ho Naa Ho – 8/14
* Koi... Mil Gaya – 4/10
* Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – 4/8
* Bhoot – 3/4
* Andaaz – 2/5
* Jism – 1/3
* 3 Deewarein – 1/1
* Chameli – 1/1
* Pinjar – 1/1
* Gangaajal – 1/3
* Ishq Vishk 1/3
* Haasil – 1/1
* Qayamat: City Under Threat – 1/1
* Baghban – 0/4
* LOC: Kargil – 0/4
* Chalte Chalte – 0/5
* Tere Naam – 0/8