The 41st Filmfare Awards were held in 1996.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, considered one of the most successful films of Bollywood, and Rangeela led the ceremony with 14 nominations each, followed by Karan Arjun with 10 nominations.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge won 10 awards, a record at the time, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
A.R. Rahman won his first Filmfare award for his first Hindi film Rangeela.
Main awards
Best Film
Best Director
Aditya Chopra – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
- Indra Kumar – Raja
- Mansoor Khan – Akele Hum Akele Tum
- Rakesh Roshan – Karan Arjun
- Ram Gopal Verma – Rangeela
Best Actor
Shah Rukh Khan – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
Best Actress
Kajol – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
- Madhuri Dixit – Raja
- Madhuri Dixit – Yaraana
- Manisha Koirala – Akele Hum Akele Tum
- Urmila Matondkar – Rangeela
Best Supporting Actor
- Amrish Puri – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
- Anil Kapoor – Trimurti
- Naseeruddin Shah – Naajayaz
- Paresh Rawal – Raja
Best Supporting Actress
Farida Jalal – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
- Aruna Irani – Kartavya
- Raakhee – Karan Arjun
- Rita Bhaduri – Raja
- Tanvi Azmi – Akele Hum Akele Tum
Best Comic Actor
Anupam Kher – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
Best Villain
- Amrish Puri – Karan Arjun
- Ashish Vidyarthi – Drohkaal
- Danny Denzongpa – Barsaat
- Mohan Agashe – Trimurti
Best Music
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge - Jatin-Lalit
- Karan Arjun – Rajesh Roshan
- Akele Hum Akele Tum – Anu Malik
- Raja – Nadeem-Shravan
Best Lyrics
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – Anand Bakshi for Tujhe Dekha To
- Akele Hum Akele Tum – Majrooh Sultanpuri for Raja Ko Rani Se
- Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – Anand Bakshi for Ho Gaya Hai Tujh Ko
- Rangeela – Mehboob for Kya Karen
- Rangeela – Mehboob for Tanha Tanha
Best Playback Singer, Male
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – Udit Narayan for Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna
- Akele Hum Akele Tum – Udit Narayan for Raja Ko Rani Se
- Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – Kumar Sanu for Tujhe Dekha To
- Haqeeqat – Hariharan for Dil Ne Dil
Best Playback Singer, Female
Yaraana – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Mera Piya Ghar Aaya
- Akele Hum Akele Tum – Alka Yagnik for Raja Ko Rani Se
- Raja – Alka Yagnik for Akhiyan Milaun
- Rangeela – Kavita Krishnamurthy for Pyaar Yeh Jaane
- Rangeela – Shweta Shetty for Mangta Hai Kya
Best Debut, Male
Best Debut, Female
Best Story
Best Screenplay
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – Aditya Chopra
Best Dialogue
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – Aditya Chopra and Javed Siddiqui
R.D. Burman Award
Best Action
Best Art Direction
Prem – Bijon Dasgupta
Best Choreography
Rangeela – Ahmed Khan for Rangeela Re
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Editing
Karan Arjun – Sanjay Verma
Best Sound
Barsaat – Rakesh Ranjan
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ashok Kumar, Vyjayanthimala and Sunil Dutt
Special Award
Asha Bhosle for the song "Tanha Tanha" in Rangeela. Long back, she stopped accepting nominations for Best Female Playback Singer, so Filmfare awarded her the Special Award for her rendition.
Critics' awards
Best Film
Best Actress
Best Documentary
Biggest Winners
- Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – 10/14
- Rangeela – 6/14
- Barsaat – 4/5
- Karan Arjun – 2/10