45th Filmfare Awards

The 45th Filmfare Awards were held on 13 February 2000, in Mumbai, India.^[1]

45th Filmfare Awards
Date	13 February 2000
Site	Mumbai, India
Highlights
Best Picture	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Best Direction	Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)
Best Actor	Sanjay Dutt (Vaastav: The Reality)
Best Actress	Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)
Most awards	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (8)
Most nominations	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (17)
Television coverage
Channel	Sony Entertainment Television
Network	Sony Pictures Networks India
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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam led the ceremony with 17 nominations, followed by Taal with 12 nominations and Sarfarosh with 11 nominations.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam won 8 awards including Best Film, Best Director (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali) and Best Actress (for Aishwarya Rai), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Sanjay Dutt won his first and only Best Actor award for his powerhouse performance in Vaastav: The Reality.^[2]

Aishwarya Rai received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Taal, winning for the former.

Sushmita Sen received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Biwi No.1 and Sirf Tum, winning for the former.

The ceremony also proved to be notable since both Rai (Best Actress winner) and Sen (Best Supporting Actress winner) were also former pageant winners for Miss World 1994 and Miss Universe 1994 respectively.

Awards

Sanjay Leela Bhansali — Best Director winner

Sanjay Dutt — Best Actor winner

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan — Best Actress winner

Anil Kapoor — Best Supporting Actor winner

Sushmita Sen — Best Supporting Actress winner

Vinod Khanna and Hema Malini, Lifetime Achievement Awardees

The winners and nominees have been listed below. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[3][4][5]

Popular Awards

Best Film	Best Director
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ Biwi No.1 Sarfarosh Taal Vaastav: The Reality	Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ David Dhawan – Biwi No.1 John Matthew Matthan – Sarfarosh Mahesh Manjrekar – Vaastav: The Reality Subhash Ghai – Taal
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sanjay Dutt – Vaastav: The Reality‡ Aamir Khan – Sarfarosh Ajay Devgn – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Manoj Bajpayee – Shool Salman Khan – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Aishwarya Rai – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ Aishwarya Rai – Taal Kajol – Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain Karisma Kapoor – Biwi No.1 Tabu – Hu Tu Tu
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Anil Kapoor – Taal‡ Mohnish Bahl – Hum Saath-Saath Hain Mukesh Rishi – Sarfarosh Saif Ali Khan – Kachche Dhaage Sanjay Narvekar – Vaastav: The Reality	Sushmita Sen – Biwi No.1‡ Mahima Chaudhry – Dil Kya Kare Reema Lagoo – Vaastav: The Reality Suhasini Mulay – Hu Tu Tu Sushmita Sen – Sirf Tum
Best Performance in a Negative Role	Best Performance in a Comic Role
Ashutosh Rana – Sangharsh‡ Amrish Puri – Baadshah Naseeruddin Shah – Sarfarosh Rahul Bose – Thakshak Sayaji Shinde – Shool	Govinda – Haseena Maan Jaayegi‡ Anil Kapoor – Biwi No.1 Johnny Lever – Anari No.1 Salman Khan – Biwi No.1 Shah Rukh Khan – Baadshah
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
A. R. Rahman – Taal‡ Anu Malik – Biwi No.1 Anu Malik – Haseena Maan Jaayegi Ismail Darbar – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Jatin–Lalit – Sarfarosh	Anand Bakshi – "Ishq Bina" – Taal‡ Anand Bakshi – "Taal Se Taal" – Taal Israr Ansari – "Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaye" – Sarfarosh Mehboob – "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Mehboob – "Tadap Tadap" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Udit Narayan – "Chand Chupa Badal Mein" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ KK – "Tadap Tadap" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Kumar Sanu – "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Sonu Nigam – "Ishq Bina" – Taal Sukhwinder Singh – "Ramta Jogi" – Taal	Alka Yagnik – "Taal Se Taal" – Taal‡ Alka Yagnik – "Chand Chupa Badal Mein" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Kavita Krishnamurti – "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Kavita Krishnamurti – "Nimbooda" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Sunidhi Chauhan – "Ruki Ruki" – Mast

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Vinay Shukla – Godmother‡	John Matthew Matthan – Sarfarosh‡
Best Dialogue	Best Action
Hriday Lani and Pathik Vats – Sarfarosh‡	Tinu Verma – Arjun Pandit‡
Best Background Score	Best Choreography
Anjan Biswas – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡	Saroj Khan – "Nimbooda" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡
Best Editing	Best Art Direction
Jethu Mundul – Sarfarosh‡	Nitin Chandrakant Desai – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡
Best Sound Design	Best Cinematography
Rakesh Ranjan – Taal‡	Kabir Lal – Taal‡

Critics' Awards

Best Film
John Matthew Matthan – Sarfarosh‡
Best Actor	Best Actress
Manoj Bajpayee – Shool‡	Tabu – Hu Tu Tu‡

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Hema Malini	Vinod Khanna
Special Award Star of the Millennium
Amitabh Bachchan
Best Male Debut
Rahul Khanna – Earth
R. D. Burman Award
Ismail Darbar – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Filmfare – Sony Award
Mahesh Manjrekar – Vaastav: The Reality

Superlatives

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
17	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
12	Taal
11	Sarfarosh
7	Biwi No.1
6	Vaastav: The Reality
3	Hu Tu Tu
	Shool
2	Baadshah
	Haseena Maan Jaayegi

Multiple wins

Awards	Film
8	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
6	Taal
4	Sarfarosh
2	Vaastav: The Reality