49th Filmfare Awards

The 49th Filmfare Awards took place on 20 February 2004 at Mumbai.

49th Filmfare Awards
Date	20 February 2004
Site	Mumbai
Hosted by	Shahrukh Khan Saif Ali Khan Archana Puran Singh
Official website	www.filmfare.com
Highlights
Best Film	Koi... Mil Gaya
Critics Award for Best Film	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Most awards	Kal Ho Naa Ho (8)
Most nominations	Kal Ho Naa Ho (14)
Television coverage
Network	Sony Entertainment Television (India)

The ceremony was hosted by Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Archana Puran Singh. This edition of the event was sponsored by Indian conglomerate Manikchand Group.

Kal Ho Naa Ho led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by Koi... Mil Gaya with 10 nominations and Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and Tere Naam with 8 nominations each.

Kal Ho Naa Ho earned 8 awards, including Best Actress (for Preity Zinta), Best Supporting Actor (for Saif Ali Khan) and Best Supporting Actress (for Jaya Bachchan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Preity Zinta received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Kal Ho Naa Ho and Koi... Mil Gaya, winning for the former, her first and only win in the category.

Main Awards

Rakesh Roshan, Best Director winner

Hrithik Roshan, Best Actor winner

Preity Zinta, Best Actress winner

Saif Ali Khan, Best Supporting Actor winner

Jaya Bachchan, Best Supporting Actress winner

B. R. Chopra, Sulochana Latkar and Nirupa Roy, Lifetime Achievement Awardees

Main Awards

Best Film	Best Director
Koi... Mil Gaya Baghban Kal Ho Naa Ho Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Tere Naam	Rakesh Roshan – Koi... Mil Gaya J. P. Dutta – LOC: Kargil Nikhil Advani – Kal Ho Naa Ho Rajkumar Hirani – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Ram Gopal Verma – Bhoot Satish Kaushik – Tere Naam
Best Actor	Best Actress
Hrithik Roshan – Koi... Mil Gaya as Rohit Mehra Ajay Devgan – Gangaajal as Amit Kumaar Amitabh Bachchan – Baghban as Raj Malhotra Salman Khan – Tere Naam as Radhe Mohan Shah Rukh Khan – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Aman Mathur	Preity Zinta – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Naina Catherine Kapur Bhumika Chawla – Tere Naam as Nirjara Bharadwaj Hema Malini – Baghban as Pooja Malhotra Preity Zinta – Koi... Mil Gaya as Nisha Rani Mukherjee – Chalte Chalte as Priya Chopra Urmila Matondkar – Bhoot as Swati
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Saif Ali Khan – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Rohit Patel Abhishek Bachchan – Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon as Prem Kumar Arshad Warsi – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. as Circuit Manoj Bajpai – LOC: Kargil as Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav Salman Khan – Baghban as Alok Raj	Jaya Bachchan – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Jennifer Kapur Priyanka Chopra – Andaaz as Jia Rekha – Koi... Mil Gaya as Sonia Mehra Shabana Azmi – Tehzeeb as Rukhsana Jamal Shenaz Treasurywala – Ishq Vishk as Alisha Sahay
Best Comic Role	Best Negative Role
Sanjay Dutt – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. as Murli Prasad Sharma "Munna Bhai" Boman Irani – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. as Dr. J. C. Asthana Johnny Lever – Koi... Mil Gaya as Chellaram Sukhwani Paresh Rawal – Fun2shh as John D'Souza Paresh Rawal – Hungama as Radheshyam Tiwari Rajpal Yadav – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Guru	Irrfan Khan – Haasil as Rannvijay Singh Bipasha Basu – Jism as Sonia Khanna Feroz Khan – Janasheen as Saba Karim Shah Preity Zinta – Armaan as Sonia Kapoor Yashpal Sharma – Gangaajal as Sunder Yadav
Best Male Debut	Best Female Debut
Shahid Kapoor – Ishq Vishk	Lara Dutta & Priyanka Chopra – Andaaz
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Kal Ho Naa Ho – Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Chalte Chalte – Jatin–Lalit Koi... Mil Gaya – Rajesh Roshan LOC: Kargil – Anu Malik Tere Naam – Himesh Reshammiya	Kal Ho Naa Ho – Javed Akhtar – Kal Ho Naa Ho Andaaz – Sameer – Kisi Se Tum Pyaar Karo Chalte Chalte – Javed Akhtar – Tauba Tumhare Yeh Ishaare LOC: Kargil – Javed Akhtar – Ek Saathi Aur Bhi Tha Tere Naam – Sameer – Tere Naam
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Kal Ho Naa Ho – Sonu Nigam – Kal Ho Naa Ho Andaaz – Kumar Sanu – Kisi Se Tum Pyaar Karo Chalte Chalte – Abhijeet – Suno Na Suno Na Koi... Mil Gaya – Udit Narayan – Idhar Chala Tere Naam – Udit Narayan – Tere Naam	Jism – Shreya Ghoshal – Jadoo Hai Nasha Hai Chalte Chalte – Alka Yagnik – Tauba Tumhare Yeh Ishaare Ishq Vishk – Alisha Chinai – Chot Dil Pe Lagi Kal Ho Naa Ho – Alka Yagnik – Kal Ho Naa Ho (Sad Version) Koi... Mil Gaya – K. S. Chithra – Koi Mil Gaya Tere Naam – Alka Yagnik – Odhni

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
3 Deewarein – Nagesh Kukunoor	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani and Lajan Joseph
Best Dialogue	Scene of the Year
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – Abbas Tyrewala	Karan Johar – Kal Ho Naa Ho (The Diary Scene)
Best Action	Best Choreography
Qayamat: City Under Threat – Allan Amin	Koi... Mil Gaya – Farah Khan – "Idhar Chala"
Best Cinematography	Best Art Direction
Pinjar – Muneesh Sappel	Chameli – Aseem Bajaj
Best Background Score	Best Editing
Gangaajal – Wayne Sharpe	Bhoot – Shimit Amin
Best Sound
Bhoot – Dwarak Warrier

Special awards

Filmfare Special Award
Kareena Kapoor – Chameli
Lifetime Achievement Award
Baldev Raj Chopra Nirupa Roy Sulochana Latkar
RD Burman Award
Vishal–Shekhar – Jhankaar Beats
Motolook Of The Year
Saif Ali Khan – Kal Ho Naa Ho
Power Award
Amitabh Bachchan & Shah Rukh Khan

Critics' awards

Best Film (Best Director)
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – Rajkumar Hirani
Best Actor	Best Actress
Hrithik Roshan – Koi... Mil Gaya as Rohit Mehra	Urmila Matondkar – Bhoot as Swati

Biggest Winners & Nominees

• Kal Ho Naa Ho – 8/14
• Koi... Mil Gaya – 4/10
• Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – 4/8
• Bhoot – 3/4
• Andaaz – 2/5
• Jism – 1/3
• 3 Deewarein – 1/1
• Chameli – 1/1
• Pinjar – 1/1
• Gangaajal – 1/3
• Ishq Vishk 1/3
• Haasil – 1/1
• Qayamat: City Under Threat – 1/1
• Baghban – 0/4
• LOC: Kargil – 0/4
• Chalte Chalte – 0/5
• Tere Naam – 0/8

See also

• Filmfare Awards
• 50th Filmfare Awards
• List of highest-grossing Bollywood films

External links

• Filmfare Awards at IMDb