The 44th Filmfare Awards were held on 21 February 1999, in Mumbai, India. Karan Johar's directorial debut Kuch Kuch Hota Hai led the ceremony with 18 nominations and 8 wins - including a sweep of the major acting categories, a record it held till Gully Boy (2019). Ram Gopal Varma's Satya and Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.. were the other big winners, with 6 awards each.
Main awards
Best Film
Best Director
Karan Johar – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Abbas-Mustan – Soldier
- Ram Gopal Varma – Satya
- Sohail Khan – Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
- Vikram Bhatt – Ghulam
Best Actor
Shah Rukh Khan – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Aamir Khan – Ghulam
- Ajay Devgn – Zakhm
- Govinda – Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
- Salman Khan – Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Salman Khan – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Arbaaz Khan – Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
- Manoj Bajpai – Satya
- Naseeruddin Shah – China Gate
- Om Puri – Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
Best Supporting Actress
Rani Mukerji – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Best Comedian
- Anupam Kher – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Archana Puran Singh – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Johnny Lever – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Kader Khan – Dulhe Raja
Best Villain
Best Music
Dil Se... – A. R. Rahman
- Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – Viju Shah
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Jatin-Lalit
- Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha – Jatin Lalit
- Soldier – Anu Malik
Best Lyrics
Dil Se.. – Gulzar for Chaiyya Chaiyya
- Dil Se.. – Gulzar for Ae Ajnabi
- Duplicate – Javed Akhtar for Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Sameer for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Sameer for Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai
Best Playback Singer, Male
Dil Se.. – Sukhwinder Singh for Chaiyya Chaiyya
- Ghulam – Aamir Khan for Aati Kya Khandala
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Kumar Sanu for Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Udit Narayan for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya – Kamaal Khan for O O Jaane Jaana
Best Playback Singer, Female
Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha – Jaspinder Narula for Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
- China Gate – Alka Yagnik for Chamma Chamma
- Dil Se.. – Sapna Awasthi for Chaiyya Chaiyya
- Kareeb – Sanjeevani for Chori Chori
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Alka Yagnik for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Alka Yagnik for Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai
Best Newcomer, Male
Best Newcomer, Female
Best Story
Best Screenplay
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Karan Johar
Best Dialogue
China Gate – Rajkumar Santoshi and K. K. Raina
R.D. Burman Award
Best Action
Soldier – Akbar Bakshi
Best Art Direction
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – Sharmishta Roy
Best Background Score
Best Choreography
Dil Se.. – Farah Khan for Chaiyya Chaiyya
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Satya – Apurva Asrani and Bhanu Daya
Best Sound
Satya – H. Shridhar
Lifetime achievement award
Manoj Kumar and Helen
Special Award
Scene of the Year
Critics' awards
Best Film
Best Actor
Best Actress
Biggest winners
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai – 8/18
- Satya – 6/12
- Dil Se.. – 6/10