48th Filmfare Awards

Award ceremony for Hindi language films

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The 48th Filmfare Awards were held – Mumbai on 21 February 2003.

The ceremony was dominated by Devdas, which received a leading 17 nominations and 11 wins – a record at the time – including Best Film, Best Director (Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actor (Shah Rukh Khan), Best Actress (Aishwarya Rai) and Best Supporting Actress (Madhuri Dixit).^[1]^[2]

Awards

Jeetendra and Rekha, Lifetime Achievement Awardees

Main Awards

Best Film	Best Director
Devdas Company Humraaz Kaante Raaz	*Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Devdas* Abbas–Mustan – Humraaz Ram Gopal Verma – Company Sanjay Gupta – Kaante Vikram Bhatt – Raaz
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Shah Rukh Khan – Devdas* Ajay Devgn – Company Amitabh Bachchan – Kaante Bobby Deol – Humraaz Vivek Oberoi – Saathiya	Aishwarya Rai – Devdas Ameesha Patel – Humraaz Bipasha Basu – Raaz Karisma Kapoor – Shakti Rani Mukerji – Saathiya
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Vivek Oberoi – Company Amitabh Bachchan – Aankhen Jackie Shroff – Devdas Mohanlal – Company Sanjay Dutt – Kaante	Madhuri Dixit – Devdas Antara Mali – Company Kirron Kher – Devdas Shilpa Shetty – Rishtey Sushmita Sen – Filhaal
Best Comedian	Best Villain
Paresh Rawal – Awara Paagal Deewana Govinda – Akhiyon Se Goli Maare Johnny Lever – Humraaz Mahesh Manjrekar – Kaante Paresh Rawal – Aankhen	Ajay Devgn – Deewangee Akshaye Khanna – Humraaz Manoj Bajpayee – Road Nana Patekar – Shakti Shabana Azmi – Makdee
Best Male Debut	Best Female Debut
Vivek Oberoi – Company	Esha Deol – Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
*Saathiya – A. R. Rahman* Devdas – Ismail Darbar Humraaz – Himesh Reshammiya Kaante – Anand Raj Anand Raaz – Nadeem-Shravan	*Saathiya – Gulzar – Saathiya* Devdas – Ismail Darbar – Dola Re Dola Humraaz – Sudhakar Sharma – Sanam Mere Humraaz Humraaz – Sudhakar Sharma – Tune Zindagi Mein Aake Raaz – Sameer – Aapke Pyaar Mein
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
*Saathiya – Sonu Nigam – Saathiya* Humraaz – Krishnakumar Kunnath – Bardaasht Nahi Kar Sakta Humraaz – Kumar Sanu – Sanam Mere Humraaz Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa – Shaan – Nikamma Sur: The Melody of Life – Lucky Ali – Aa Bhi Ja	Devdas – Kavita Krishnamurthy & Shreya Ghoshal – Dola Re Dola Devdas – Kavita Krishnamurthy – Maar Daala Devdas – Shreya Ghoshal – Bairi Piya Humraaz – Alka Yagnik – Sanam Mere Humraaz Raaz – Alka Yagnik – Aapke Pyaar Mein

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Company – Jaideep Sahni	Saathiya – Mani Ratnam
Best Dialogue	Scene of the Year
Company – Jaideep Sahni and Saathiya – Gulzar	Devdas – Confrontation Scene Between Parvati & Chandramukhi
Best Action	Best Choreography
Awara Paagal Deewana — Philip Ko & Abbas Ali Moghal	Devdas – Saroj Khan – Dola Re Dola
Best Cinematography	Best Art Direction
Devdas – Binod Pradhan	Devdas – Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Best Background Score	Best Editing
The Legend of Bhagat Singh – A. R. Rahman	Company – Chandan Arora

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Jeetendra Rekha
R. D. Burman Award
Shreya Ghoshal – Devdas

Critics' Awards

Best Film (Best Director)
The Legend of Bhagat Singh (Rajkumar Santoshi)
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Ajay Devgn – Company and The Legend of Bhagat Singh*	Manisha Koirala – Company and Rani Mukerji – Saathiya