43rd Filmfare Awards

The 43rd Filmfare Awards were held on 31 January 1998, in Mumbai, India.

43rd Filmfare Awards
Date	31 January 1998[1]
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)
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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

Shah Rukh Khan — Best Actor winner for Dil To Pagal Hai

Madhuri Dixit — Best Actress winner for Dil To Pagal Hai

Amrish Puri — Best Supporting Actor winner for Virasat

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

Johnny Lever — Best Performance in a Comic Role winner for Deewana Mastana

Kajol — Best Performance in a Negative Role winner for Gupt: The Hidden Truth

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

See also

• 42nd Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards