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40th Filmfare Awards

1995 awards for Hindi cinema

Field	Value
number	40
award	Filmfare Awards
date	25 February 1995
best_film	Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
best_critic	Bandit Queen
most_wins	1942: A Love Story (9)
most_nominations	1942: A Love Story & Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (13)
last	39th
next	41st

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.

Main awards

The winners and nominees have been listed below. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Popular Awards

Best Film	Best Director	Best Actor	Best Actress	Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress	Best Performance in a Comic Role	Best Performance in a Negative Role	Best Music Director	Best Lyricist	Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay	Best Dialogue	Best Action	Best Sound	Best Choreography	Best Editing	Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award	Special Award	Best Debut	Lux New Face of the Year	R. D. Burman Award
*Shammi Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman*
*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.
*Tabu – Vijaypath*
*Sonali Bendre – Aag*
*A. R. Rahman*

Critics' Awards

Best Film (Best Director)	Best Actress	Best Documentary

Biggest Winners

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

References

(April 1995). "A Dream Come True". [[Filmfare]].
"Filmfare Award 2018 Winners".

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