46th Filmfare Awards

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The 46th Filmfare Awards were held on 17 February 2001, to honor the best films of 2000.^[1]

Mohabbatein led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai with 11 nominations.

Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai won 9 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Rakesh Roshan), Best Actor and Best Male Debut (both for Hrithik Roshan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Hrithik Roshan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Fiza and Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, winning for the latter.

Real-life couple Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan were both nominated, and eventually won Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively, for their performances in Mohabbatein and Fiza.

Awards

Asha Bhosle and Feroz Khan, Lifetime Achievement Awardees

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
*Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai* Dhadkan Josh Mission Kashmir Mohabbatein	*Rakesh Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai* Aditya Chopra – Mohabbatein Dharmesh Darshan – Dhadkan Mansoor Khan – Josh Vidhu Vinod Chopra – Mission Kashmir
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Hrithik Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai* Anil Kapoor – Pukar Hrithik Roshan – Fiza Sanjay Dutt – Mission Kashmir Shah Rukh Khan – Mohabbatein	*Karisma Kapoor – Fiza* Aishwarya Rai – Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai Madhuri Dixit – Pukar Preity Zinta – Kya Kehna! Tabu – Astitva
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Amitabh Bachchan – Mohabbatein* Atul Kulkarni – Hey Ram Chandrachur Singh – Kya Kehna! Sayaji Shinde – Kurukshetra Suniel Shetty – Refugee	*Jaya Bachchan – Fiza* Aishwarya Rai – Mohabbatein Mahima Chaudhry – Dhadkan Rani Mukerji – Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Sonali Kulkarni – Mission Kashmir
Best Performance in a Negative Role	Best Performance in a Comic Role
*Suniel Shetty – Dhadkan* Govinda – Shikari Jackie Shroff – Mission Kashmir Rahul Dev – Champion Sharad Kapoor – Josh	*Paresh Rawal – Hera Pheri* Anupam Kher – Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge Govinda – Kunwara Johnny Lever – Kunwara Johnny Lever – Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
*Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Rajesh Roshan* Dhadkan – Nadeem-Shravan Fiza – Anu Malik Josh – Anu Malik Mohabbatein – Jatin–Lalit	*Refugee – Javed Akhtar for Panchi Nadiya* 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 Humise Churaalo
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
*Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Lucky Ali for Na Tum Jaano Na Hum* 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 Ek Pal Ka Jeena Mohabbatein – Udit Narayan for Humko Humise Churaalo Refugee – Sonu Nigam for Panchi Nadiya	*Dhadkan – Alka Yagnik for Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se* Fiza – Sunidhi Chauhan for Mehboob Mere Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega – Preeti & Pinky for Piya Piya Josh – Alka Yagnik for Haye Mera Dil Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Alka Yagnik for Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Refugee – Alka Yagnik for Panchi Nadiya

Critics' Awards

Best Film
Santosh Sivan – Halo
Best Actor	Best Actress
Shah Rukh Khan – Mohabbatein	Tabu – Astitva

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Kya Kehna! – Honey Irani	Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Ravi Kapoor and Honey Irani
Best Dialogue	Best Action
Refugee – J. P. Dutta	Mission Kashmir – Allan Amin
Best Background Score	Best Choreography
Jungle – Sandeep Chowta	Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Farah Khan for Ek Pal Ka Jeena
Best Editing	Best Sound
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Sanjay Verma	Mohabbatein – Anuj Mathur
Best Cinematography
Refugee – Basheer Ali

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Feroz Khan	Asha Bhosle
Best Male Debut
*Hrithik Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai* Abhishek Bachchan – Refugee
Best Female Debut
*Kareena Kapoor – Refugee*
R. D. Burman Award
Sunidhi Chauhan
Special Jury Award
Anu Malik – Refugee

References

^ "Filmfare Awards Winners From 1953 to 2019". filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

"46th Annual Filmfare Awards" (PDF). The Times of India. 7 March 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/2001/