46th Filmfare Awards

The 46th Filmfare Awards were held on February 17, 2001. The blockbuster Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai dominated the awards, as expected. The film's star, Hrithik Roshan, won the Best Actor award for his debut role and was catapulted to stardom by the huge success of the film. Other favorites and contenders for the awards were the two Amitabh Bachchan & Shahrukh Khan starrers, Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein and Mansoor Khan's Josh. Other films in contention were Fiza, Mission Kashmir and Dhadkan.

Main awards

Best Film, winner

Best Actor, winner

Best Actress, winner

Best Director, winner

Best Supporting Actor & Best Supporting Actress, winner

Best Film

• Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
• Dhadkan
• Josh
• Mission Kashmir
• Mohabbatein

Best Director

• Rakesh Roshan - Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
  • Dharmesh Darshan - Dhadkan
  • Vidhu Vinod Chopra - Mission Kashmir
  • Aditya Chopra - Mohabbatein
  • Mansoor Khan - Josh

Best Story

Kya Kehna – Honey Irani

Best Screenplay

Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Ravi Kapoor and Honey Irani

Best Dialogue

Refugee – O. P. Dutta

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Hrithik Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

• Hrithik Roshan – Fiza
• Anil Kapoor – Pukar
• Sanjay Dutt – Mission Kashmir
• Shah Rukh Khan – Mohabbatein

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Karisma Kapoor – Fiza

• Aishwarya Rai – Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
• Madhuri Dixit – Pukar
• Preity Zinta – Kya Kehna
• Tabu – Astitva

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Amitabh Bachchan – Mohabbatein

• Atul Kulkarni – Hey Ram
• Chandrachur Singh – Kya Kehna
• Sayaji Shinde – Kurukshetra
• Suniel Shetty – Refugee

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Jaya Bachchan – Fiza

• Aishwarya Rai – Mohabbatein
• Mahima Chaudhry – Dhadkan
• Rani Mukerji – Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega
• Sonali Kulkarni – Mission Kashmir

Best Actor/Actress in a Comic Role

Paresh Rawal – Hera Pheri

• Anupam Kher – Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge
• Govinda – Kunwara
• Johnny Lever – Kunwara
• Johnny Lever – Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani

Best Actor/Actress in a Negative Role

Suniel Shetty – Dhadkan

• Govinda – Shikari
• Jackie Shroff – Mission Kashmir
• Rahul Dev – Champion
• Sharad Kapoor – Josh

Best Debut, Male

Hrithik Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

Best Debut, Female

Kareena Kapoor – Refugee

Best Music

Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Rajesh Roshan

• Dhadkan – Nadeem-Shravan
• Fiza – Anu Malik
• Josh – Anu Malik
• Mohabbatein – Jatin Lalit

Best Background Score

Jungle – Sandeep Chowta

Best Lyrics

Refugee – Javed Akhtar for Panchi Nadiyan

• Dhadkan – Sameer for Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Main
• Fiza – Gulzar for Aaja Mahiya
• Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Ibrahim Ashk for Na Tum Jaano Na Hum
• Mohabbatein – Anand Bakshi for Humko Humhi Se Chura Lo

Best Playback Singer, Male

Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Lucky Ali for Ek Pal Ka Jeena

• Dhadkan – Udit Narayan for Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se
• Fiza – Sonu Nigam for Tu Hawa Hai
• Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Lucky Ali for Na Tum Jaano Na Hum
• Refugee – Sonu Nigam for Panchi Nadiyan

Best Playback Singer, Female

Dhadkan – Alka Yagnik for Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se

• Fiza – Sunidhi Chauhan for Mehboob Mere
• Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega – Preety & Pinky for Piya Piya
• Josh – Alka Yagnik for Haye Mera Dil
• Refugee – Alka Yagnik for Panchi Nadiyan

Best Action

• Mission Kashmir – Allan Amin

Best cinematography

• Refugee – Basheer Ali

Best Editing

• Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Sanjay Verma

Best Choreography

• Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Farah Khan for Ek Pal Ka Jeena

Best Sound

• Mohabbatein – Anuj Mathur

Lifetime achievement award

• Feroz Khan and Asha Bhosle

R.D.Burman Award

• Sunidhi Chauhan

Special Jury Award

• Anu Malik

Critics' awards

Best Film

• Halo

Best Actor

• Shah Rukh Khan – Mohabbatein

Best Actress

• Tabu – Astitva

See also

• 49th Filmfare Awards
• 47th Filmfare Awards

References

• "46th Annual Filmfare Awards" (PDF). The Times of India. 1999-03-07. 
• http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/2001/