48th Filmfare Awards

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

48th Filmfare Awards
Date	21 February 2003
Hosted by	Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan
Official website	www.filmfare.com
Highlights
Best Film	Devdas
Critics Award for Best Film	The Legend of Bhagat Singh
Most awards	Devdas
Most nominations	Devdas
Television coverage
Network	Sony Entertainment Television (India)

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).

Awards

Shah Rukh Khan — Best Actor winner – Devdas

Aishwarya Rai — Best Actress winner – Devdas

Vivek Oberoi — Best Supporting Actor winner – Company

Madhuri Dixit — Best Supporting Actress winner – Devdas

Rekha — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Jeetendra — Lifetime Achievement Awardee

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 Devgan – Company Amitabh Bachchan – Kaante Bobby Deol – Humraaz Vivek Oberoi – Saathiya	Aishwarya Rai – Devdas Amisha Patel – Humraaz Bipasha Basu – Raaz Karisma Kapoor – Shakti Rani Mukherjee – 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 Devgan – Deewangee Akshaye Khanna – Humraaz Manoj Bajpai – 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

• 

  Ajay Devgan
  (Best Actor Critics winner for The Legend of Bhagat Singh)

• 

  Manisha Koirala
  (Best Actor Critics co-winner for Company)

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  Rani Mukerji
  (Best Actress Critics co-winner for Saathiya)

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

Biggest Winners

• Devdas – 11 Wins
• Company – 7 Wins
• Saathiya – 6 Wins
• The Legend of Bhagat Singh – 2 Wins
• Deewangee – 1 Win
• Awara Paagal Deewana – 1 Win
• Raaz – 6 Nominations
• Humraaz – 12 Nominations

See also

• Filmfare Awards

References

• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/2003/