39th Filmfare Awards

The 39th Filmfare Awards were held in 1994.

39th Filmfare Awards
Date	February 12, 1994
Highlights
Best Film	Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke
Critics Award for Best Film	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
Most awards	Baazigar and Damini (4)
Most nominations	Khalnayak (11)

Khalnayak led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by Baazigar and Darr with 10 nominations each.

Baazigar and Damini were the most awarded films with 4 awards each, with the former winning Best Actor (for Shah Rukh Khan), and the latter winning Best Director (for Rajkumar Santoshi) and Best Supporting Actor (for Sunny Deol).

Shah Rukh Khan won his first Best Actor award for his performance in Baazigar. He also won his first Best Actor (Critics) award for Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, and was nominated for Best Villain for his performance in Yash Chopra's Darr, rounding off a spectacular year for him.

Juhi Chawla received a dual nomination and won Best Actress for her performance in Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke, her first and only win in the category.

Main awards

Shah Rukh Khan — Best Actor winner for Baazigar & Best Actor (Critics) winner for Kabhi Haan Kabhi NAa

Juhi Chawla — Best Actress winner for Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke

Kundan Shah — Best Director Critics winner for Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na

Sunny Deol — Best Supporting Actor winner for Damini

Amrita Singh — Best Supporting Actress winner for Aaina

Dilip Kumar — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Lata Mangeshkar — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Best Film

Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke

• Aankhen
• Baazigar
• Damini
• Darr
• Khalnayak

Best Director

Rajkumar Santoshi – Damini

• David Dhawan – Aankhen
• Mahesh Bhatt – Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke
• Subhash Ghai – Khalnayak
• Yash Chopra – Darr

Best Actor

Shah Rukh Khan – Baazigar

• Sunny Deol – Darr
• Aamir Khan – Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke
• Govinda – Aankhen
• Jackie Shroff – Gardish
• Sanjay Dutt – Khalnayak

Best Actress

Juhi Chawla – Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke

• Juhi Chawla - Darr
• Dimple Kapadia – Rudaali
• Madhuri Dixit – Khalnayak
• Meenakshi Sheshadri – Damini
• Sridevi – Gumrah

Best Supporting Actor

Sunny Deol – Damini

• Amrish Puri – Gardish
• Jackie Shroff – Khalnayak
• Nana Patekar – Tirangaa
• Naseeruddin Shah – Sir

Best Supporting Actress

Amrita Singh – Aaina

• Anu Aggarwal – Khal-Naaikaa
• Dimple Kapadia – Gardish
• Raakhee – Anari
• Shilpa Shetty – Baazigar

Best Comedian

Anupam Kher – Darr

• Anupam Kher – Shreemaan Aashique
• Johnny Lever – Baazigar
• Kader Khan – Aankhen

Best Villain

Paresh Rawal – Sir

• Amrish Puri – Damini
• Gulshan Grover – Sir
• Raj Babbar – Dalaal
• Shah Rukh Khan – Darr

Best Debut

Saif Ali Khan – Aashiq Awara

Lux New Face of the Year

Mamta Kulkarni – Aashiq Awara

Best Story

Damini – Sutanu Gupta

Best Screenplay

Baazigar – Akash Khurana, Robin Bhatt and Javed Siddiqui

Best Dialogue

Sir – Jay Dixit

Best Music Director

Baazigar – Anu Malik

• Darr – Shiv-Hari
• Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke – Nadeem-Shravan
• Khalnayak – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
• Rudaali – Bhupen Hazarika

Best Lyricist

Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke – Sameer for Ghunghat Ki Aad Se

• Baazigar – Dev Kohli for Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen
• Darr – Anand Bakshi for Jaadu Teri Nazar
• Khalnayak – Anand Bakshi for Choli Ke Peeche
• Rudaali – Gulzar for Dil Hum Hum

Best Playback Singer, Male

Baazigar – Kumar Sanu for Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen

• Anari – Udit Narayan for Phoolon Sa Chehra Tera
• Baazigar – Kumar Sanu for Baazigar O Baazigar
• Darr – Udit Narayan for Jaadu Teri Nazar
• Khalnayak – Vinod Rathod for Nayak Nahin

Best Playback Singer, Female

Khalnayak – Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun for Choli Ke Peeche

• Baazigar – Alka Yagnik for Baazigar O Baazigar
• Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke – Alka Yagnik for Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke
• Khalnayak – Alka Yagnik for Paalki Pe Ho Ke Sawaar

Best Action

Gardish

Best Art Direction

Gardish

Best Choreography

Khalnayak – Saroj Khan for Choli Ke Peeche

Best Cinematography

Darr

Best Editing

Gardish

Best Sound

Damini

Lifetime Achievement Award

Dilip Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar

Critics' awards

Best Film

Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa

Best Actor

Shah Rukh Khan – Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa

Best Documentary

I Live in Behrampada

Biggest Winners

• Baazigar – 4/10
• Damini – 4/7
• Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke – 3/7
• Gardish – 3/6
• Sir – 2/4
• Darr – 2/10
• Khalnayak – 2/11

References

• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1994/

See also

• 40th Filmfare Awards
• 41st Filmfare Awards
• Filmfare Awards