40th Filmfare Awards

40th Filmfare Awards
40th Filmfare Awards
Date	25 February 1995
Highlights
Best Film	Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
Critics Award; for Best Film	Bandit Queen
Most awards	1942: A Love Story (9)
Most nominations	1942: A Love Story & Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (13)
	← 39th; Filmfare Awards; 41st →;

The 40th Filmfare Awards were held on 25 February 1995.

1942: A Love Story and Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, which is one of the most successful films of Bollywood, led the ceremony with 13 nominations each, followed by Mohra with 9 nominations and Krantiveer with 7 nominations.^[2]

1942: A Love Story won 9 awards, including Best Supporting Actor (for Jackie Shroff) and Best Music Director (a posthumous win for R. D. Burman), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! was the runner-up of the ceremony with 5 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Barjatya), Best Actress (Dixit) and Special Award (Lata Mangeshkar for "Didi Tera Devar Deewana").

Madhuri Dixit received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Anjaam and Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, winning for the latter.

Main awards

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

Sooraj Barjatya — Best Director winner for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!

Nana Patekar — Best Actor winner for Krantiveer

Madhuri Dixit — Best Actress winner for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!

Shekhar Kapoor — Best Director Critics winner for Bandit Queen

Farida Jalal — Best Actress Critics winner for Mammo

Jackie Shroff — Best Supporting Actor winner for 1942: A Love Story

Dimple Kapadia — Best Supporting Actress winner for Krantiveer

Popular Awards

Best Film	Best Director
*Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!* 1942: A Love Story Andaz Apna Apna Krantiveer Mohra	*Sooraj Barjatya – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!* Mehul Kumar – Krantiveer Rajiv Rai – Mohra Rajkumar Santoshi – Andaz Apna Apna Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 1942: A Love Story
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Nana Patekar – Krantiveer* Aamir Khan – Andaz Apna Apna Akshay Kumar – Yeh Dillagi Anil Kapoor – 1942: A Love Story Shah Rukh Khan – Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	*Madhuri Dixit – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!* Kajol – Yeh Dillagi Madhuri Dixit – Anjaam Manisha Koirala – 1942: A Love Story Sridevi – Laadla
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Jackie Shroff – 1942: A Love Story* Anupam Kher – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!* Mohnish Bahl – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Saif Ali Khan – Main Khiladi Tu Anari Sunil Shetty – Dilwale	*Dimple Kapadia – Krantiveer* Aruna Irani – Suhaag Raveena Tandon – Laadla Reema Lagoo – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Renuka Shahane – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
Best Performance in a Negative Role	Best Performance in a Comic Role
*Shakti Kapoor – Raja Babu* Kader Khan – Main Khiladi Tu Anari Laxmikant Berde – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Paresh Rawal – Mohra Shakti Kapoor – Andaz Apna Apna	*Shah Rukh Khan – Anjaam* Danny Denzongpa – Krantiveer Danny Denzongpa – Vijaypath Naseeruddin Shah – Mohra
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
*1942: A Love Story – R.D. Burman* Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – Raamlaxman Main Khiladi Tu Anari – Anu Malik Mohra – Viju Shah Yeh Dillagi – Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen	*1942: A Love Story – Javed Akhtar for Ek Ladki Ko Dekha* Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – Dev Kohli for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Mohra – Anand Bakshi for Tu Cheez Badi Hai Yeh Dillagi – Sameer for Ole Ole
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
*1942: A Love Story – Kumar Sanu for Ek Ladki Ko Dekha* Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – S. P. Balasubramaniam for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Mohra – Udit Narayan for Tu Cheez Badi Hai Yeh Dillagi – Abhijeet for Ole Ole	*1942: A Love Story – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Pyaar Hua Chupke Se* Main Khiladi Tu Anari – Alka Yagnik for Chura Ke Dil Mohra – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Tu Cheez Badi Hai Vijaypath – Alisha Chinai for Ruk Ruk Ruk Vijaypath – Alka Yagnik for Raah Main

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
*Krantiveer – K. K. Singh*	*Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – Sooraj Barjatya*
Best Dialogue	Best Action
*Krantiveer – K. K. Singh*	*Anth*
Best Sound	Best Choreography
*1942: A Love Story*	*Mohra – Tu Cheez Badi Hai*
Best Editing	Best Art Direction
*1942: A Love Story*	*1942: A Love Story*
Best Cinematography
*1942: A Love Story*

Waheeda Rehman — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Shammi Kapoor — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
*Shammi Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman*
Special Award
*Lata Mangeshkar* for singing the song "Didi Tera Devar Deewana" for the film Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! as long back, she stopped accepting nominations for Best Female Playback Singer to promote new talent. However, Filmfare gave her the Special Award to honor her rendition.
Best Debut
*Tabu – Vijaypath*
Lux New Face of the Year
*Sonali Bendre – Aag*
R. D. Burman Award
*A. R. Rahman*

Critics' Awards

Best Film (Best Director)
*Bandit Queen (Shekhar Kapoor)*
Best Actress
*Farida Jalal – Mammo*
Best Documentary
*Manzar*

Biggest Winners

1942: A Love Story – 9/13
Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – 5/13
Krantiveer – 4/7
Mohra – 1/9
Vijaypath – 1/4

References

^ "A Dream Come True". Filmfare. April 1995. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^ "Filmfare Award 2018 Winners". List of Filmfare Award Winners. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

External links

Filmfare Awards 1995 at the IMDb

[1] "A Dream Come True". Filmfare. April 1995. Retrieved 18 February 2020.

[List_of_Filmfare_Award_Winners-2] "Filmfare Award 2018 Winners". List of Filmfare Award Winners. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

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