# 44th Filmfare Awards

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

| 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 |

### Technical Awards

| 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 |

### Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award :
* Manoj Kumar
* 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 |
| 6 | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya |
| 5 | Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha |
| 5 | Soldier |
| 4 | China Gate |
| 3 | Dushman |
| 2 | Bade Miyan Chote Miyan |
| 2 | Dulhe Raja |
| 2 | Duplicate |
| 2 | Zakhm |
Multiple wins :
| Awards | Film |
| 8 | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai |
| 6 | Dil Se.. |
| 6 | Satya |
| 2 | Soldier |