# 43rd Filmfare Awards

The 43rd Filmfare Awards were held on 31 January 1998, in Mumbai, India.
Virasat led the ceremony with 16 nominations, followed by Pardes and Border with 12 nominations each and Dil To Pagal Hai with 11 nominations.
Yash Chopra's Dil To Pagal Hai won 8 awards, including Best Film, Best Actor (for Shah Rukh Khan), Best Actress (for Madhuri Dixit) and Best Supporting Actress (for Karisma Kapoor), thus becoming the most–awarded film at the ceremony.
Shah Rukh Khan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Dil To Pagal Hai and Yes Boss, winning for the former.
Kajol became the first actress to win Best Villain, winning the award for Rajiv Rai's Gupt.

## Awards

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

### Popular Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Dil To Pagal Hai Border Gupt Pardes Virasat | J. P. Dutta – Border Priyadarshan – Virasat Rajiv Rai – Gupt Subhash Ghai – Pardes Yash Chopra – Dil To Pagal Hai |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Shah Rukh Khan – Dil To Pagal Hai Anil Kapoor – Virasat Govinda – Deewana Mastana Sunny Deol - Border Kamal Haasan – Chachi 420 Shah Rukh Khan – Yes Boss | Madhuri Dixit – Dil To Pagal Hai Juhi Chawla – Yes Boss Mahima Chaudhry – Pardes Sridevi – Judaai Tabu – Virasat |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Amrish Puri – Virasat Akshay Kumar – Dil To Pagal Hai Akshaye Khanna – Border Om Puri – Gupt Sunil Shetty – Border | Karishma Kapoor – Dil To Pagal Hai Aruna Irani – Ghulam–E–Mustafa Pooja Batra – Virasat Raakhee – Border Urmila Matondkar – Judaai |
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Best Performance in a Comic Role |
| Kajol – Gupt Aditya Pancholi – Yes Boss Amrish Puri – Koyla Milind Gunaji – Virasat Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Ishq | Johnny Lever – Deewana Mastana Johnny Lever – Judaai Om Puri – Chachi 420 Paresh Rawal – Chachi 420 Shakti Kapoor – Judwaa |
| Best Male Debut | Best Female Debut |
| Akshaye Khanna – Border Arif Zakaria – Darmiyaan | Mahima Chaudhry – Pardes Aishwarya Rai – Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Pooja Batra – Virasat |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Dil To Pagal Hai – Uttam Singh Border – Anu Malik Gupt – Viju Shah Pardes – Nadeem–Shravan Yes Boss – Jatin–Lalit | Border – Javed Akhtar for Sandese Aate Hai Dil To Pagal Hai – Anand Bakshi for Bholi Si Surat Pardes – Anand Bakshi for I Love My India Pardes – Anand Bakshi for Meri Mehbooba Yes Boss – Javed Akhtar for Chaand Taare |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Yes Boss – Abhijeet for Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaaun Border – Sonu Nigam and Roop Kumar Rathod for Sandese Aate Hai Dil To Pagal Hai – Udit Narayan for Dil To Pagal Hai Pardes – Kumar Sanu for Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain Pardes – Hariharan for I Love My India | Pardes – Alka Yagnik for Meri Mehbooba Gupt – Alka Yagnik for Mere Khwabon Mein Tu Pardes – Kavita Krishnamurthy for I Love My India Virasat – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Dhol Bajne Laga Virasat – K.S. Chithra for Payalein Chun Mun |

### Technical Awards

| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| Virasat – Kamal Haasan | Pardes – Subhash Ghai |
| Best Dialogue | Best Action |
| Dil To Pagal Hai – Aditya Chopra | Border – Bhiku Verma and Tinnu Verma |
| Best Background Score | Best Choreography |
| Gupt – Viju Shah | Virasat – Farah Khan for "Dhol Bajne Laga" |
| Best Editing | Best Art Direction |
| Gupt – Rajiv Rai | Dil To Pagal Hai – Sharmishta Roy |
| Best Sound Design | Best Cinematography |
| Virasat – Ravi K. Chandran | Border – Vinod Potdar |

### Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award :
* Sharmila Tagore
* Special Award |
* Jaya Bachchan
* R. D. Burman Award |
* Karthik Raja |

### Critics' Awards

* Anil Kapoor — Best Actor Critics winner for Virasat
* Tabu — Best Actress Critics winner for Virasat
Best Film (Best Director) :
| Virasat ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Anil Kapoor – Virasat | Tabu – Virasat |

## Biggest Winners

* Dil To Pagal Hai – 8/11
* Virasat – 7/16
* Border – 5/12
* Gupt – 3/8
* Pardes – 3/12