41st Filmfare Awards
The 41st Filmfare Awards were held in 1996. Aditya Chopra's Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge swept the awards, winning a total of 10 awards. 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
- Raj Babbar - Yaraana
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
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
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
Critics' awards
Best Film
Best Actress
Best Documentary
Biggest Winners
- Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – 10/14
- Rangeela – 5/12
- Barsaat – 4/4
- Karan Arjun – 2/10