Kahani Ke Raja Mai To Ho Gayi Tori Diwani" - Sadhana Sargam "Kab Se Main Hun Khadi Beech Dhare, Dur Nadiya Ke" - Sadhana Sargam "Tum Bin Man Ki Bat Adhuri, Din Hai Adhure" - Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam Awards Special Jury Award, Best Feature Film, Cinéma Tout Ecran, Geneva (1998) Audience Award, Best Feature Film, Bangkok Film Festival (1998) Best Actress, Madhuri Dixit, Screen Awards (1998) Best Supporting Actress, Shabana Azmi, Screen Awards (1998) Best Actor In A Negative Role, Mohan Joshi, Screen Awards (1998) Best Director, Prakash Jha, Zee Cine Awards (1998) Best Dialogue Writer, Prakash Jha, Zee Cine Awards (1998) Best Sound (Re-recording), Zee Cine Awards (1998) Best Feature Film (Critics' Choice), Prakash Jha, Sansui Awards (1998) Best Actress, Madhuri Dixit, Sansui Awards (1998) Reception Anupama Chopra of India Today wrote "Mrityudand is not a great film but it is a good one. It can't match the power of a Thelma & Louise or Mirch Masala but it packs a solid wallop. And in these dumb and dumber times, it is a refreshing change." The reviewer for Screen called the film "a superbly crafted web of intrigue that gets darker and murkier till it reaches horrifying proportions of cruelty and ferociousness" and that it is "passionate, highly articulate, and never confused." They felt that the film "questions the limited definition of woman merely as a wife or a mother, and goes on to show strong women who define themselves as individuals." Commending the acting performances, the reviewer wrote, "While Madhuri is her usual fiery self, Shabana fits perfectly into the role of a woman who chooses to rejuvenate her life ... Mohan Joshi and Mohan Agashe are as detestable and evil as could be. But the greatest surprise of the film is Ayub Khan. He has had the rare opportunity to prove his mettle opposite veteran actresses Madhuri and Shabana, and he has held his own admirably. He is dashing and full of passion, and no way does he seem a novice when it comes to romancing the beautiful Dixit." They concluded writing, "Prakash Jha deserves a pat for the manner in which he treated the film ... Here is a film which not only has something to say, but says it well. There are no hysterical histrionics. There is no hypocrisy and false rhetoric which one finds so often in films which profess to be socially