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, thus becoming the most–awarded film at the ceremony. Kajol became the first actress to win Best Villain, winning the award for Rajiv Rai's "Gupt". Main awards. Best Film. "Dil To Pagal Hai" Best Director. "J.P. Dutta – Border" Best Actor. "Shah Rukh Khan – Dil To Pagal Hai" Best Actress . "Madhuri Dixit – Dil To Pagal Hai" Best Supporting Actor. "Amrish Puri – Virasat" Best Supporting Actress. "Karishma Kapoor – Dil To Pagal Hai" Best Comic Actor. "Johnny Lever – Deewana Mastana" Best Villain. "Kajol – Gupt" Best Debut, Male. "Akshaye Khanna – Border" Best Debut, Female. "Mahima Chaudhry – Pardes" Best Music. "Dil To Pagal Hai – Uttam Singh" Best Lyrics. "Border – Javed Akhtar for Sandese Aate Hai" Best Playback Singer, Male. "Yes Boss – Abhijeet for Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaaun" Best Playback Singer, Female. "Pardes – Alka Yagnik for Meri Mehbooba" Best Action. "Border – Bhiku Verma and Tinnu Verma" Best Art Direction. "Dil To Pagal Hai – Sharmishta  Roy" Best Background Score. "Gupt – Viju Shah" Best Choreography. "Virasat – Farah Khan for "Dhol Bajne Laga"" Best Cinematography. "Virasat – Ravi K. Chandran" Best Dialogue. "Dil To Pagal Hai – Aditya Chopra" Best Editing. "Gupt – Rajiv Rai" Best Screenplay. "Pardes – Subhash Ghai" Best Story. "Virasat – Kamal Haasan" Best Sound. "Border – Vinod Potdar" Special Awards. Lifetime Achievement Award. "Sharmila Tagore" Special Award. "Jaya Bachchan" R. D. Burman Award. "Karthik Raja" Critics' Awards. Best Film. "Virasat" Best Actor. "Anil Kapoor – Virasat" Best Actress. "Tabu – Virasat"