48th Filmfare Awards

48th Filmfare Awards
48th Filmfare Awards
Date	21 February 2003
Hosted by	Sony Entertainment Television (India)
	← 47th; Filmfare Awards; 49th →;

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

A R Rahman, Best Music Director

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 Devgn – Company Amitabh Bachchan – Kaante Bobby Deol – Humraaz Vivek Oberoi – Saathiya	Aishwarya Rai – Devdas Ameesha Patel – Humraaz Bipasha Basu – Raaz 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 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 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 Anand Raj Anand Nadeem-Shravan	*Saathiya – Gulzar – Saathiya* Devdas – Ismail Darbar – Dola Re Dola Humraaz – Sudhakar Sharma – Sanam Mere Humraaz Humraaz – Sudhakar Sharma – Tune Zindagi Mein Aake Sameer – Aapke Pyaar Mein
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
*Saathiya – Sonu Nigam – Saathiya* 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	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
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 Devgn
(Best Actor Critics winner for The Legend of Bhagat Singh)
Manisha Koirala
(Best Actor Critics co-winner for Company)
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 Devgn – Company and The Legend of Bhagat Singh*	Manisha Koirala – Company and Rani Mukerji – 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

References

^ "Filmfare Awards Winners From 1953 to 2019". filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "48th Filmfare Awards winner". Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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

[1] "Filmfare Awards Winners From 1953 to 2019". filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[2] "48th Filmfare Awards winner". Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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