44th Filmfare Awards

The 44th Filmfare Awards were held on 21 February 1999, in Mumbai, India.

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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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.

Kajol received triple nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Dushman, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, winning for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

Awards

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

Karan Johar — Best Director winner for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Shah Rukh Khan — Best Actor Popular winner for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Kajol — Best Actress Popular winner for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Salman Khan — Best Supporting Actor winner for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Rani Mukerji — Best Supporting Actress winner for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Johnny Lever — Best Performance in a Comic Role winner for Dulhe Raja

Ashutosh Rana — Best Performance in a Negative Role winner for Dushman

Manoj Kumar — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Helen — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Popular Awards

Best Film	Best Director
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Ghulam Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha Satya	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	Best Actress
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	Kajol – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Kajol – Dushman Kajol – Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha Manisha Koirala – Dil Se.. Urmila Matondkar – Satya
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
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	Rani Mukerji – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Preity Zinta – Dil Se.. Raakhee – Soldier Shefali Shah – Satya Tanvi Azmi – Dushman
Best Performance in a Comic Role	Best Performance in a Negative Role
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	Ashutosh Rana – Dushman Govind Namdeo – Satya Mukesh Tiwari – China Gate Shah Rukh Khan – Duplicate Sharat Saxena – Ghulam
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
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	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 Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
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	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

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Zakhm – Mahesh Bhatt	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Karan Johar
Best Dialogue	Best Action
China Gate – Rajkumar Santoshi and K. K. Raina	Soldier – Akbar Bakshi
Best Background Score	Best Choreography
Satya – Sandeep Chowta	Dil Se.. – Farah Khan for Chaiyya Chaiyya
Best Editing	Best Art Direction
Satya – Apurva Asrani and Bhanu Daya	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Sharmishta Roy
Best Sound Design	Best Cinematography
Satya – H. Shridhar	Dil Se.. – Santosh Sivan

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Manoj Kumar	Helen
Best Male Debut
Fardeen Khan – Prem Aggan
Best Female Debut
Preity Zinta – Dil Se.., Soldier
R. D. Burman Award
Kamaal Khan
Special Award
Shekhar Kapur
Scene of the Year
Ghulam

Critics' awards

Ram Gopal Varma — Best Director Critics winner for Satya

Manoj Bajpayee — Best Actor Critics winner for Satya

Shefali Shah — Best Actress Critics winner for Satya

Best Film

Satya

Best Actor

Manoj Bajpai – Satya

Best Actress

Shefali Shah – Satya

Superlatives

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
18	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
12	Satya
10	Dil Se..
6	Ghulam
	Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
5	Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
	Soldier
4	China Gate
3	Dushman
2	Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
	Dulhe Raja
	Duplicate
	Zakhm

Multiple wins

Awards	Film
8	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
6	Dil Se..
	Satya
2	Soldier