43rd Filmfare Awards


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

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

Popular Awards

Best FilmBest Director

  • J. P. Dutta – Border
  • *Priyadarshan – Virasat
  • *Rajiv Rai – Gupt
  • *Subhash Ghai – Pardes
  • *Yash Chopra – Dil To Pagal Hai
    • Best ActorBest 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 ActorBest 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 RoleBest 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 DebutBest Female Debut
  • Akshaye Khanna – Border
  • *Arif Zakaria – Darmiyaan
  • Mahima Chaudhry – Pardes
  • *Aishwarya Rai – Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya
  • *Pooja Batra – Virasat
    • Best Music DirectorBest 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 SingerBest 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

    • Biggest winners