The Indian film industry's most coveted awards, the 48th Annual Manikchand Filmfare awards are scheduled to be held on 21 February 2003, at the Bandra-Kurla complex , Mumbai.

As a run-up to the mega event, Sony Entertainment Television will air a curtain raiser hosted by television artistes Simone Singh and Rohit Roy.

The curtain raiser airs on 16 February 2003 at 9:30 pm.

The nominees under various categories are :

Best Film: Company, Devdas, Humraaz, Kaante and Raaz.

Best Director: Abbas-Mustan for Humraaz, Ram Gopal Varma for Company, Sanjay Gupta for Kaante, Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Devdas and Vikram Bhatt for Raaz.

Best Actor: Ajay Devgan for Company, Amitabh Bachchan for Kaante, Bobby Deol for Humraaz, Shah Rukh Khan for Devdas and Vivek Oberoi for Saathiya.

Best Actress: Aishwarya Rai for Devdas, Amisha Patel for Humraaz, Bipasha Basu for Raaz, Karisma Kapoor for Shakti - The Power, Rani Mukherjee for Saathiya.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Amitabh Bachchan for Aankhen, Jackie Shroff for Devdas, Mohanlal for Company, Sanjay Dutt for Kaante and Vivek Oberoi for Company.

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Antara Mali for Company, Kiron Kher for Devdas, Madhuri Dixit for Devdas, Shilpa Shetty for Rishtey and Sushmita Sen for Filhaal.

Best Performance in a Comic Role : Govinda for Ankhiyon Se Goli Mare, Johny Lever for Humraaz, Mahesh Manjrekar for Kaante, Paresh Rawal for Aankhen and Paresh Rawal for Awara Paagal Deewana.

Best Performance in a Villainous Role: Ajay Devgan for Deewangee, Akshaye Khanna for Humraaz, Manoj Bajpai for Road, Nana Patekar for Shakti - The Power, Shabana Azmi for Makdee.

Best Music Director: AR Rahman for Saathiya, Anand Raj Anand for Kaante, Himesh Reshammiya for Humraaz, Ismail Darbar for Devdas and Nadeem-Shravan for Raaz.

Looks as if the stars will adorn the small screen in full strength!