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, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Kajol became the first actress to win Best Villain, winning the award for Rajiv Rai's Gupt.

43rd Filmfare Awards
Date	31 January 1998
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)
Country	India

Main 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

Best Film

Dil To Pagal Hai

• Border
• Gupt
• Pardes
• Virasat

Best Director

J.P. Dutta – Border

• Priyadarshan – Virasat
• Rajiv Rai – Gupt
• Subhash Ghai – Pardes
• Yash Chopra – Dil To Pagal Hai

Best Actor

Shah Rukh Khan – Dil To Pagal Hai

• Anil Kapoor – Virasat
• Govinda – Deewana Mastana
• Kamal Haasan – Chachi 420
• Shah Rukh Khan – Yes Boss
• Sunny Deol - Border

Best Actress

Madhuri Dixit – Dil To Pagal Hai

• Juhi Chawla – Yes Boss
• Mahima Chaudhry – Pardes
• Sridevi – Judaai
• Tabu – Virasat

Best Supporting Actor

Amrish Puri – Virasat

• Akshay Kumar – Dil To Pagal Hai
• Akshaye Khanna – Border
• Om Puri – Gupt
• Sunil Shetty – Border

Best Supporting Actress

Karishma Kapoor – Dil To Pagal Hai

• Aruna Irani – Ghulam-E-Mustafa
• Pooja Batra – Virasat
• Raakhee – Border
• Urmila Matondkar – Judaai

Best Comic Actor

Johnny Lever – Deewana Mastana

• Johnny Lever – Judaai
• Om Puri – Chachi 420
• Paresh Rawal – Chachi 420
• Shakti Kapoor – Judwaa

Best Villain

Kajol – Gupt

• Aditya Pancholi – Yes Boss
• Amrish Puri – Koyla
• Milind Gunaji – Virasat
• Sadashiv Amrapurkar – Ishq

Best Debut, Male

Akshaye Khanna – Border

• Arif Zakaria - Darmiyaan

Best Debut, Female

Mahima Chaudhry – Pardes

• Aishwarya Rai – Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya
• Pooja Batra – Virasat

Best Music

Dil To Pagal Hai – Uttam Singh

• Border – Anu Malik
• Gupt – Viju Shah
• Pardes – Nadeem-Shravan
• Yes Boss – Jatin-Lalit

Best Lyrics

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 Playback Singer, Male

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

Best Playback Singer, Female

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

Best Action

Border – Bhiku Verma and Tinnu Verma

Best Art Direction

Dil To Pagal Hai – Sharmishta Roy

Best Background Score

Gupt – Viju Shah

Best Choreography

Virasat – Farah Khan for "Dhol Bajne Laga"

Best Cinematography

Virasat – Ravi K. Chandran

Best Dialogue

Dil To Pagal Hai – Aditya Chopra

Best Editing

Gupt – Rajiv Rai

Best Screenplay

Pardes – Subhash Ghai

Best Story

Virasat – Kamal Haasan

Best Sound

Border – Vinod Potdar

Special Awards

Sharmila Tagore — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

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

Virasat

Best Actor

Anil Kapoor – Virasat

Best Actress

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

External links

• Filmfare Awards at IMDb