# 4th Screen Awards

The 4th Screen Awards also The fourth Annual Screen–Videocon Awards ceremony, presented by Indian Express Group, honoured the best Indian Hindi-language films of 1997. The ceremony was held on 17 January 1998 at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai, hosted by Jaaved Jaaferi and co-hosted by Achala Sachdev.
Virasat led the ceremony with 15 nominations, followed by Border with 11 nominations, Pardes with 9 nominations and Dil To Pagal Hai with 8 nominations.
Border won 7 awards, including Best Film and Best Director (for J. P. Dutta), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

## Awards

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

### Jury Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Border‡ Chachi 420 Mrityudand Pardes Virasat | J. P. Dutta – Border‡ Kamal Haasan – Chachi 420 Prakash Jha – Mrityudand Priyadarshan – Virasat Subhash Ghai – Pardes |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Anil Kapoor – Virasat‡ Aamir Khan – Ishq Govinda – Deewana Mastana Kamal Haasan – Chachi 420 Shah Rukh Khan – Dil To Pagal Hai | Madhuri Dixit – Mrityudand‡ Juhi Chawla – Yes Boss Rekha – Aastha: In the Prison of Spring Sridevi – Judaai Tabu – Virasat |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Amrish Puri – Virasat‡ Om Puri – Gupt: The Hidden Truth Paresh Rawal – Chachi 420 Sayaji Shinde – Darmiyaan: In Between Shivaji Satam – Ghulam-E-Mustafa | Shabana Azmi – Mrityudand‡ Aruna Irani – Ghulam-E-Mustafa Karisma Kapoor – Dil To Pagal Hai Pooja Batra – Virasat Smriti Mishra – Sardari Begum |
| Most Promising Newcomer – Male | Most Promising Newcomer – Female |
| Akshaye Khanna – Himalay Putra‡ Apurva Agnihotri – Pardes Arif Zakaria – Darmiyaan: In Between | Aishwarya Rai – Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya‡ Mahima Chaudhry – Pardes Pooja Batra – Virasat |
| Best Actor in a Negative Role | Best Background Music |
| Mohan Joshi – Mrityudand‡ Deepa Sahi – Aar Ya Paar Jackie Shroff – Aar Ya Paar Milind Gunaji – Virasat Mohan Joshi – Yeshwant | Aadesh Shrivastava – Border‡ |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Nadeem–Shravan – Pardes‡ Anu Malik – Border Anu Malik – Virasat Jatin–Lalit – Yes Boss Uttam Singh – Dil To Pagal Hai | Javed Akhtar – "Sandese Aate Hai" – Border‡ Anand Bakshi – "Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain" – Pardes Anand Bakshi – "I Love My India" – Pardes Gulzar – "Labon Se Chumlo" – Aastha: In the Prison of Spring Javed Akhtar – "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon" – Yes Boss |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Abhijeet Bhattacharya – "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon" – Yes Boss‡ Hariharan – "Hum Tumse Na Kuchh" – Ziddi Kumar Sanu – "Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain" – Pardes Roopkumar Rathod, Sonu Nigam – "Sandese Aate Hai" – Border Udit Narayan – "Dil To Pagal Hai" – Dil To Pagal Hai | K. S. Chithra – "Payalay Chunmun" – Virasat‡ Alka Yagnik – "Tanhai Tanhai" – Koyla Asha Bhosle – "Le Gayi" – Dil To Pagal Hai Kavita Krishnamurti – "Mr. Lova Lova" (Ankhiyaan Tu Mila Le) – Ishq Shweta Shetty – "Kaale Kaale Baal" – Ziddi |

### Technical Awards

| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| Kamal Haasan – Virasat‡ J. P. Dutta – Border Sahiwal – Mrityudand | J. P. Dutta – Border‡ Anil Ajitabh, Prakash Jha, Rajan Kothari – Mrityudand Kamal Haasan – Virasat |
| Best Dialogue | Best Cinematography |
| Hriday Lani – Yeshwant‡ O. P. Dutta – Border Sanjay Chhel – Yes Boss | Kabir Lal – Pardes‡ Manmohan Singh – Dil To Pagal Hai Ravi K. Chandran – Virasat |
| Best Editing | Best Production Design |
| M. Gopala Krishana – Virasat‡ | Sharmishta Roy – Dil To Pagal Hai‡ |
| Best Choreography | Best Action |
| Shiamak Davar – Dil To Pagal Hai‡ | Biku Verma, Tinu Verma – Border‡ |
| Best Audio-graph-er | Best Re-recording |
| Deepan Chatterji – Virasat‡ | Suresh Kathena – Border‡ |

### Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award :
* Suraiya |
* Special Jury Award |
* Govinda |
* Ramnath Goenka Award |
* Dilip Kumar |

## Superlatives

Multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 15 | Virasat |
| 11 | Border |
| 9 | Pardes |
| 8 | Dil To Pagal Hai |
| 7 | Mrityudand |
| 5 | Yes Boss |
| 4 | Chachi 420 |
| 2 | Aar Ya Paar |
| 2 | Aastha: In the Prison of Spring |
| 2 | Darmiyaan: In Between |
| 2 | Ghulam-E-Mustafa |
| 2 | Ishq |
| 2 | Yeshwant |
| 2 | Ziddi |
Multiple wins :
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Border |
| 6 | Virasat |
| 3 | Mrityudand |
| 2 | Dil To Pagal Hai |
| 2 | Pardes |