43rd Filmfare Awards

43rd Filmfare Awards
43rd Filmfare Awards
Date	31 January 1998
Site	Mumbai, India
Highlights
Best Film	Dil To Pagal Hai
Critics Award; for Best Film	Virasat
Most awards	Dil To Pagal Hai (8)
Most nominations	Virasat (16)
	← 42nd; Filmfare Awards; 44th →;

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

J. P. Dutta — Best Director winner for *Border*

Madhuri Dixit — Best Actress winner for *Dil To Pagal Hai*

Karisma Kapoor — Best Supporting Actress winner for *Dil To Pagal Hai*

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*

Sharmila Tagore — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

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

References

^ "Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. 31 January 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

External links

Filmfare Awards at IMDb

[1] "Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. 31 January 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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