40th Filmfare Awards
| 40th Filmfare Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 February 1995[1] |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! |
| Bandit Queen | |
| Most awards | 1942: A Love Story (9) |
| Most nominations | 1942: A Love Story & Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (13) |
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 (‡).
Popular Awards
Technical Awards
| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
|---|---|
| Best Dialogue | Best Action |
| Best Sound | Best Choreography |
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| Best Editing | Best Art Direction |
| Best Cinematography | |
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) | |
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| Best Actress | |
| Best Documentary | |
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Biggest Winners
- 1942: A Love Story – 9/13
- Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – 5/13
- Krantiveer – 4/7
- Mohra – 1/9
- Vijaypath – 1/4
See also
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
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| Critics' awards | |
| Technical awards | |
| Special awards | |
| Award ceremonies |
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