39th Filmfare Awards

The 39th Filmfare Awards were held in 1994.

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.

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 

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