The 1st Zee Cine Awards ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of Bollywood cinema films released in 1997.
The ceremony was held on 14 March 1998 in Mumbai.
[1] Dil To Pagal Hai led the ceremony with 27 nominations, followed by Border and Pardes with 19 nominations and Ishq with 10 nominations.
Dil To Pagal Hai won 10 awards, including Best Film, Best Actor (for Shah Rukh Khan), Best Actress (for Madhuri Dixit) and Best Supporting Actress (for Karisma Kapoor), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
The winners and nominees have been listed below:[2][3][4][5] Yash Chopra accepted it on behalf of Lata Mangeshkar Anu Malik accepted it on behalf of Sonu Nigam Yash Chopra accepted it on behalf of Karisma Kapoor, although she collected her award after her part of hosting the show with Salman Khan Akshay Sethi accepted it on behalf of Akshaye Khanna Akshay Sethi accepted it on behalf of Akshaye Khanna Yash Chopra accepted it on behalf of Madhuri Dixit Shahrukh Khan resigned his award and gave it to Salman Khan, although it wasn’t because Salman Khan because of him being nominated for this award but because of the entertainment Salman Khan gave on stage which turned out to be the best highlight.