42nd Filmfare Awards

The 42nd Filmfare Awards were held on 23 February 1997, in Mumbai, India.

42nd Filmfare Awards
Date	23 February 1997[1]
Site	Mumbai, India[2]
Highlights
Best Film	Raja Hindustani
Critics Award for Best Film	Khamoshi: The Musical
Most awards	Khamoshi: The Musical and Raja Hindustani (5)
Most nominations	Khamoshi: The Musical (13)
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Khamoshi: The Musical led the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by Maachis and Raja Hindustani with 11 nominations each.

Khamoshi: The Musical and Raja Hindustani won 5 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film (Critics) (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali) and Best Actress (Critics) (for Manisha Koirala), and the latter winning Best Film, Best Actor (for Aamir Khan) and Best Actress (for Karisma Kapoor).

Nana Patekar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Agni Sakshi and Khamoshi: The Musical, but lost to Aamir Khan who won the award for Raja Hindustani.

Shekhar Kapur achieved special feat in the awards. His 1994 film Bandit Queen earlier was awarded the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film in 1995. Surprisingly Kapur was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Director in this ceremony for the latter. Thus, Kapur became the only person who was awarded two different awards for the same film in different ceremonies.

Main awards

Shekhar Kapur — Best Director winner for Bandit Queen

Aamir Khan — Best Actor winner for Raja Hindustani

Karisma Kapoor — Best Actress winner for Raja Hindustani

Sanjay Leela Bhansali — Best Director Critics winner for Khamoshi: The Musical

Manisha Koirala — Best Actress Critics winner for Khamoshi: The Musical

Amrish Puri — Best Supporting Actor winner for Ghatak: Lethal

Rekha — Best Supporting Actress winner for Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi

Dharmendra — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

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

Best Film	Best Director
Raja Hindustani Agni Sakshi Bandit Queen Khamoshi: The Musical Maachis	Shekhar Kapoor – Bandit Queen Dharmesh Darshan – Raja Hindustani Gulzar – Maachis Partho Ghosh – Agni Sakshi Rajkumar Santoshi – Ghatak: Lethal
Best Actor	Best Actress
Aamir Khan – Raja Hindustani Govinda – Saajan Chale Sasural Nana Patekar – Agni Sakshi Nana Patekar – Khamoshi: The Musical Sunny Deol – Ghatak: Lethal	Karisma Kapoor – Raja Hindustani Juhi Chawla – Daraar Manisha Koirala – Khamoshi: The Musical Seema Biswas – Bandit Queen Tabu – Maachis
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Amrish Puri – Ghatak: Lethal Anupam Kher – Chaahat Jackie Shroff – Agni Sakshi Om Puri – Maachis Salman Khan – Jeet	Rekha – Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi Archana Puran Singh – Raja Hindustani Helen – Khamoshi: The Musical Seema Biswas – Khamoshi: The Musical Tabu – Jeet
Best Performance in a Negative Role	Best Performance in a Comic Role
Arbaaz Khan – Daraar Ashish Vidyarthi – Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin Danny Denzongpa – Ghatak: Lethal Milind Gunaji – Fareb Naseeruddin Shah – Chaahat	Satish Kaushik – Saajan Chale Sasural Johnny Lever – Raja Hindustani Kader Khan – Saajan Chale Sasural Navneet Nishan – Raja Hindustani Shakti Kapoor – Loafer
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Raja Hindustani – Nadeem-Shravan Khamoshi: The Musical – Jatin–Lalit Maachis – Vishal Bhardwaj Papa Kehte Hai – Rajesh Roshan Tere Mere Sapne – Viju Shah	Papa Kehte Hai – Javed Akhtar for Ghar Se Nikalte Hi Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin – Nida Fazli for Jeevan Kya Hai Khamoshi: The Musical – Majrooh Sultanpuri for Aaj Main Upar Maachis – Gulzar for Chappa Chappa Raja Hindustani – Sameer for Pardesi Pardesi
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Raja Hindustani – Udit Narayan for Pardesi Pardesi Diljale – Udit Narayan for Ho Nahin Sakta Fareb – Abhijeet for Yeh Teri Aankhen Jhuki Jhuki Maachis – Hariharan and Suresh Wadkar for Chappa Chappa Papa Kehte Hai – Udit Narayan for Ghar Se Nikalte Hi	Khamoshi: The Musical – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Aaj Main Upar Agni Sakshi – Kavita Krishnamurthy for O Yaara Dil Lagana Khamoshi: The Musical – Alka Yagnik for Baahon Ke Darmiyaan Raja Hindustani – Alka Yagnik for Pardesi Pardesi

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Maachis – Gulzar Agni Sakshi – Ranbir Pushp	Ghatak: Lethal – Rajkumar Santoshi Agni Sakshi – Ranbir Pushp
Best Dialogue	Best Action
Maachis – Gulzar	Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi
Best Background Score	Best Choreography
Bandit Queen	Rakshak – Chinni Prakash for Sheher Ki Ladki
Best Editing	Best Sound
Ghatak: Lethal	Khamoshi: The Musical
Best Art Direction
Khamoshi: The Musical

Special awards

Best Male Debut
Chandrachur Singh – Maachis
Best Female Debut
Seema Biswas – Bandit Queen

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Dharmendra and Mumtaz

Special Award

Govinda, Nasir Hussain, Pran and Shobhna Samarth

R. D. Burman Award

Vishal Bhardwaj – Maachis

Critics' awards

Best Film

Khamoshi: The Musical

Best Actress

Manisha Koirala – Khamoshi: The Musical

Best Documentary

Beyond the Himalayas

Biggest winners

• Khamoshi: The Musical – 5/13
• Raja Hindustani – 5/11
• Maachis – 4/11
• Ghatak: Lethal – 3/6
• Bandit Queen – 3/5