40th Filmfare Awards

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.

[2] 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.

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.

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Sooraj Barjatya — Best Director winner for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
Nana Patekar — Best Actor winner for Krantiveer
Madhuri Dixit — Best Actress winner for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
Shekhar Kapoor — Best Director Critics winner for Bandit Queen
Farida Jalal — Best Actress Critics winner for Mammo
Jackie Shroff — Best Supporting Actor winner for 1942: A Love Story
Dimple Kapadia — Best Supporting Actress winner for Krantiveer
Waheeda Rehman — Lifetime Achievement Awardee
Shammi Kapoor — Lifetime Achievement Awardee