40th Filmfare Awards

The 40th Filmfare Awards were held on 25 February 1995.

1942: A Love Story and Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, which is one of the most successful films of Bollywood, led the ceremony with 13 nominations each, followed by Mohra with 9 nominations and Krantiveer with 7 nominations.

1942: A Love Story won 9 awards, including Best Supporting Actor (for Jackie Shroff) and Best Music Director (a posthumous win for R. D. Burman), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! was the runner-up of the ceremony with 5 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Barjatya), Best Actress (Dixit) and Special Award (Lata Mangeshkar for "Didi Tera Devar Deewana").

Madhuri Dixit received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Anjaam and Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, winning for the latter.

Best Film
 Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! 
 * 1942: A Love Story
 * Andaz Apna Apna
 * Krantiveer
 * Mohra

Best Director
 Sooraj Barjatya – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! 
 * Mehul Kumar – Krantiveer
 * Rajiv Rai – Mohra
 * Rajkumar Santoshi – Andaz Apna Apna
 * Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 1942: A Love Story

Best Actor
 Nana Patekar – Krantiveer 
 * Aamir Khan – Andaz Apna Apna
 * Akshay Kumar – Yeh Dillagi
 * Anil Kapoor – 1942: A Love Story
 * Shah Rukh Khan – Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa

Best Actress
 Madhuri Dixit – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! 
 * Kajol – Yeh Dillagi
 * Madhuri Dixit – Anjaam
 * Manisha Koirala – 1942: A Love Story
 * Sridevi – Laadla

Best Supporting Actor
 Jackie Shroff – 1942: A Love Story 
 * Anupam Kher – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
 * Mohnish Bahl – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
 * Saif Ali Khan – Main Khiladi Tu Anari
 * Sunil Shetty – Dilwale

Best Supporting Actress
 Dimple Kapadia – Krantiveer 
 * Aruna Irani – Suhaag
 * Raveena Tandon – Laadla
 * Reema Lagoo – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
 * Renuka Shahane – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!

Best Comedian
 Shakti Kapoor – Raja Babu 
 * Kader Khan – Main Khiladi Tu Anari
 * Laxmikant Berde – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
 * Paresh Rawal – Mohra
 * Shakti Kapoor – Andaz Apna Apna

Best Villain
 Shah Rukh Khan – Anjaam 
 * Danny Denzongpa – Krantiveer
 * Danny Denzongpa – Vijaypath
 * Naseeruddin Shah – Mohra

Best Music Director
 1942: A Love Story – R.D. Burman 
 * Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – Raamlaxman
 * Main Khiladi Tu Anari – Anu Malik
 * Mohra – Viju Shah
 * Yeh Dillagi – Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen

Best Lyricist
 1942: A Love Story – Javed Akhtar for Ek Ladki Ko Dekha 
 * Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – Dev Kohli for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
 * Mohra – Anand Bakshi for Tu Cheez Badi Hai
 * Yeh Dillagi – Sameer for Ole Ole

Best Playback Singer, Male
 1942: A Love Story – Kumar Sanu for Ek Ladki Ko Dekha 
 * Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – S. P. Balasubramaniam for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
 * Mohra – Udit Narayan for Tu Cheez Badi Hai
 * Yeh Dillagi – Abhijeet for Ole Ole

Best Playback Singer, Female
 1942: A Love Story – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Pyaar Hua Chupke Se 
 * Main Khiladi Tu Anari – Alka Yagnik for Chura Ke Dil
 * Mohra – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Tu Cheez Badi Hai
 * Vijaypath – Alisha Chinai for Ruk Ruk Ruk
 * Vijaypath – Alka Yagnik for Raah Main

Best Debut
 Tabu – Vijaypath 

Lux New Face of the Year
 Sonali Bendre – Aag 

Best Story
 Krantiveer – K. K. Singh 

Best Screenplay
 Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – Sooraj Barjatya 

Best Dialogue
 Krantiveer – K. K. Singh 

R. D. Burman Award
 A. R. Rahman 

Best Action
 Anth 

Best Art Direction
 1942: A Love Story 

Best Choreography
 Mohra – Tu Cheez Badi Hai 

Best Cinematography
 1942: A Love Story 

Best Editing
 1942: A Love Story 

Best Sound
 1942: A Love Story 

Lifetime Achievement Award
 Shammi Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman 

Special Award
Lata Mangeshkar for singing the song "Didi Tera Devar Deewana" for the film Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! as long back, she stopped accepting nominations for Best Female Playback SInger to promote new talent. However, Filmfare gave her the Special Award to honor her rendition.

Best Film (Best Director)
 Bandit Queen (Shekhar Kapoor) 

Best Actress
 Farida Jalal – Mammo 

Best Documentary
 Manzar 

Biggest Winners

 * 1942: A Love Story – 9/13
 * Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! – 5/13
 * Krantiveer – 4/7
 * Mohra – 1/9
 * Vijaypath – 1/4