Pardes is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Subhash Ghai. Distributed by Mukta Arts, it stars Shah Rukh Khan, and newcomers Mahima Chaudhry and Apurva Agnihotri in lead roles, with Alok Nath, Amrish Puri and Himani Shivpuri in supporting roles. The film was shot at various locations in the United States, Canada and India.
The Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female is chosen by the viewers of Zee Entertainment Enterprises as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. Following its inception in 1998, the ceremony was not held in 2009 and 2010, but resumed in 2011. The ceremony was again cancelled in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, but it resumed in 2023.
The Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male is chosen by the viewers of Zee Entertainment Enterprises as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. Following its inception in 1998, a ceremony was not held in 2009 and 2010, but resumed back in 2011. Shah Rukh Khan, with eight awards holds the record of the maximum wins in this category.
The Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Male is chosen by a jury organized by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, and the winner is announced only at the ceremony.
The Zee Cine Award Best Film is chosen via the public of India. The winners are announced in March.
The Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut is chosen by the jury members in the annual Zee Cine Awards. They give awards to the new discoveries of Bollywood where they see some potential. This Category was first awarded in the year 1998. The first recipient was Akshay Khanna for his performance in Border. The most recent receipt is Babil Khan for Qala.
The Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Director is an Indian film award which began in 2005.
The Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer - Male is chosen by the jury of Zee Entertainment Enterprises as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise a male playback singer. Following its inception in 1998, no ceremony was held in 2009 and 2010, but the ceremony resumed in 2011.
The Zee Cine Critics Award - Best Actress is chosen by a jury organized by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It is a category of Zee Cine Award for the Hindi film industry. They were instituted in November 1997 to award "Excellence in cinema - the democratic way".
The Zee Cine Award for Best Choreography Award is chosen by the jury and the winner is announced at the ceremony.
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.
