48th Filmfare Awards

48th Filmfare Awards
48th Filmfare Awards
Date	21 February 2003
Hosted by	Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan
Official website	www.filmfare.com
Highlights
Best Film	Devdas
Critics Award; for Best Film	The Legend of Bhagat Singh
Most awards	Devdas (11)
Most nominations	Devdas (17)
Television coverage
Network	Sony Entertainment Television (India)
	← 47th; Filmfare Awards; 49th →;

The 48th Filmfare Awards were held in Mumbai on 21 February 2003.

The ceremony was dominated by Devdas, which received a leading 17 nominations and 11 wins - the most wins for a film at the time.^[1]^[2]

Awards[edit]

Shah Rukh Khan — Best Actor winner for Devdas

Aishwarya Rai — Best Actress winner for Devdas

Vivek Oberoi — Best Supporting Actor winner for Company

Madhuri Dixit — Best Supporting Actress winner for Devdas

Rekha — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Jeetendra — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Main Awards[edit]

Best Film	Best Director
*Devdas* Company Humraaz Kaante Raaz	*Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Devdas* Abbas-Mustan for Humraaz Ram Gopal Verma for Company Sanjay Gupta for Kaante Vikram Bhatt for Raaz
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Shah Rukh Khan in Devdas* Ajay Devgan in Company Amitabh Bachchan in Kaante Bobby Deol in Humraaz Vivek Oberoi in Saathiya	Aishwarya Rai in Devdas Amisha Patel in Humraaz Bipasha Basu in Raaz Karisma Kapoor in Shakti Rani Mukherjee in Saathiya
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Vivek Oberoi in Company Amitabh Bachchan in Aankhen Jackie Shroff in Devdas Mohanlal in Company Sanjay Dutt in Kaante	Madhuri Dixit in Devdas Antara Mali in Company Kirron Kher in Devdas Shilpa Shetty in Rishtey Sushmita Sen in Filhaal
Best Comic Role	Best Negative Role
Paresh Rawal in Awara Paagal Deewana Govinda in Akhiyon Se Goli Maare Johnny Lever in Humraaz Mahesh Manjrekar in Kaante Paresh Rawal in Aankhen	Ajay Devgan in Deewangee Akshaye Khanna in Humraaz Manoj Bajpai in Road Nana Patekar in Shakti Shabana Azmi in Makdee
Best Male Debut	Best Female Debut
Vivek Oberoi in Company	Esha Deol in Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
*Saathiya – A. R. Rahman* Devdas – Ismail Darbar Humraaz – Himesh Reshammiya Kaante – Anand Raj Anand Raaz – Nadeem-Shravan	*Saathiya – Gulzar for Saathiya* Devdas – Ismail Darbar for Dola Re Dola Humraaz – Sudhakar Sharma for Sanam Mere Humraaz Humraaz – Sudhakar Sharma for Tune Zindagi Mein Aake Raaz – Sameer for Aapke Pyaar Mein
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
*Saathiya – Sonu Nigam for Saathiya* Humraaz – Krishnakumar Kunnath for Bardaasht Nahi Kar Sakta Humraaz – Kumar Sanu for Sanam Mere Humraaz Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa – Shaan for Nikamma Sur: The Melody of Life – Lucky Ali for Aa Bhi Ja	Devdas – Kavita Krishnamurthy & Shreya Ghoshal for Dola Re Dola Devdas – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Maar Daala Devdas – Shreya Ghoshal for Bairi Piya Humraaz – Alka Yagnik for Sanam Mere Humraaz Raaz – Alka Yagnik for Aapke Pyaar Mein

Technical Awards[edit]

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Company – Jaideep Sahni	Saathiya – Mani Ratnam
Best Dialogue	Scene of the Year
Company – Jaideep Sahni and Saathiya – Gulzar	Devdas - Confrontation Scene Between Parvati & Chandramukhi
Best Action	Best Choreography
Awara Paagal Deewana — Philip Ko & Abbas Ali Moghal	Devdas – Saroj Khan - Dola Re Dola
Best Cinematography	Best Art Direction
Devdas – Binod Pradhan	Devdas – Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Best Background Score	Best Editing
The Legend of Bhagat Singh – A. R. Rahman	Company – Chandan Arora

Special Awards[edit]

Lifetime Achievement Award
Jeetendra Rekha
R. D. Burman Award
Shreya Ghoshal – Devdas

Critics' Awards[edit]

Ajay Devgan
(Best Actor Critics winner for The Legend of Bhagat Singh)
Manisha Koirala
(Best Actor Critics co-winner for Company)
Rani Mukerji
(Best Actress Critics co-winner for Saathiya)

Best Film (Best Director)
The Legend of Bhagat Singh (Rajkumar Santoshi)
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Ajay Devgan for Company and The Legend of Bhagat Singh*	Manisha Koirala for Company and Rani Mukherjee for Saathiya

Biggest Winners[edit]

Devdas – 11 Wins
Company – 7 Wins
Saathiya – 6 Wins
The Legend of Bhagat Singh – 2 Wins
Deewangee – 1 Win
Awara Paagal Deewana – 1 Win
Raaz - 6 Nominations
Humraaz - 12 Nominations

References[edit]

↑ "Filmfare Awards Winners From 1953 to 2019". filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
↑ "48th Filmfare Awards winner". Retrieved 29 June 2020.

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/2003/

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[1] "Filmfare Awards Winners From 1953 to 2019". filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[2] "48th Filmfare Awards winner". Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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