44th Filmfare Awards

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

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. RahmanBade 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

Critics' awards

Best Film

' Satya'' '''

Best Actor

' Manoj Bajpai – Satya'' '''

Best Actress

' Shefali Shah – Satya'' '''

Superlatives

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