44th Filmfare Awards

44th Filmfare Awards
Date	21 February 1999[1]
Site	Mumbai, India
Highlights
Best Film	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Critics Award for Best Film	Satya
Most awards	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (8)
Most nominations	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (18)
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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.

Main awards[]

Best Film[]

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

• Ghulam
• Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
• Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
• Satya

Best Director[]

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[]

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

Best Actress[]

Kajol – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

• Kajol – Dushman
• Kajol – Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
• Manisha Koirala – Dil Se..
• Urmila Matondkar – Satya

Best Supporting Actor[]

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

Best Supporting Actress[]

Rani Mukerji – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

• Preity Zinta – Dil Se..
• Raakhee – Soldier
• Shefali Shah – Satya
• Tanvi Azmi – Dushman

Best Comedian[]

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

Best Villain[]

Ashutosh Rana – Dushman

• Govind Namdeo – Satya
• Mukesh Tiwari – China Gate
• Shah Rukh Khan – Duplicate
• Sharat Saxena – Ghulam

Best Music[]

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

Best Lyrics[]

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 Playback Singer, Male[]

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

Best Playback Singer, Female[]

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

Best Newcomer, Male[]

Fardeen Khan – Prem Aggan

Best Newcomer, Female[]

Preity Zinta – Dil Se..

Best Story[]

Zakhm – Mahesh Bhatt

Best Screenplay[]

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Karan Johar

Best Dialogue[]

China Gate – Rajkumar Santoshi and K. K. Raina

R.D. Burman Award[]

Kamaal Khan

Best Action[]

Soldier – Akbar Bakshi

Best Art Direction[]

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Sharmishta Roy

Best Background Score[]

Satya �� Sandeep Chowta

Best Choreography[]

Dil Se.. – Farah Khan for Chaiyya Chaiyya

Best Cinematography[]

Dil Se.. – Santosh Sivan

Best Editing[]

Satya – Apurva Asrani and Bhanu Daya

Best Sound[]

Satya – H. Shridhar

Lifetime Achievement Award[]

Manoj Kumar and Helen

Special Award[]

Shekhar Kapur

Scene of the Year[]

Ghulam

Critics' awards[]

Best Film[]

Satya

Best Actor[]

Manoj Bajpai – Satya

Best Actress[]

Shefali Shah – Satya

Biggest winners[]

• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – 8/18
• Satya – 6/12
• Dil Se.. – 6/10

References[]

External links[]

• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1999/

See also[]

• 43rd Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards