The 48th Filmfare Awards were held in Mumbai on 21 February 2003.
The ceremony was dominated by Devdas, which received a leading 17 nominations and 11 wins â a record at the time â including Best Film, Best Director (Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actor (Shah Rukh Khan), Best Actress (Aishwarya Rai) and Best Supporting Actress (Madhuri Dixit).