The 61st Filmfare awards were held over the weekend on January 15, 2016 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Mumbai. The excitement in the air was quite tangible in this starry event. The big B-town names like Amitabh bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and many more were gathered under one roof to make this event a memorable one (again).
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani and Shoojit Sircar’s Piku were the big winners of the night. Bajirao Mastani bagged the highest 9 awards whereas Piku stood second in the race with 5 awards.
Veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee was honored with Lifetime achievement award.
In the meantime I wonder why movies like Angry Indian Goddesses weren’t even nominated for a single category. Strange are the games of Bollywood. Well, here is the complete list of winners:
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) – Deepika Padukone for Piku beating Kajol, Kangana, Anushka and Sonam Kapoor
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) – Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani. Nominated ones were Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Varun Dhawan. I guess lady luck is with him (wink).
Best Film – Bajirao Mastani was crowned as best film coming forward from films like Badlapur, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Piku, Talvar and Tanu weds Manu returns.
Best Director – Undoubtedly Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Bajirao Mastani. Nominations for this category were Aanand L Raj for Tanu weds Manu returns, Meghna Gulzar for Talvar, Kabir Khan for Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Shoojit Sircar for Piku, and Sriram Raghavan for Badalapur.
Best Debut Director – Neeraj Ghaywan for Masaan (well deserved)
Best Debut (Female) – Bhumi Pednekar for Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Best Debut (Male) – Sooraj Pancholi for Hero
Critic’s Choice Best Film – Piku
Critic’s Choice Best Actor (Male) – Amitabh Bachchan for Piku
Critic’s Choice Best Actor (Female) – Kangana Ranaut for Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Priyanka Chopra for Bajirao Mastani beating Anushka Sharma, Huma Qureshi, Shefali Shah, Tabu and Tanvi Azmi.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) – Anil Kapoor for Dil Dhadakne Do. Nominations for this category were Deepak Dobriyal, Jimmy Shergil, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanjay Mishra. Hmmm . . . tough one.
Best Costume – Anju Modi and Maxima Basu for Bajirao Mastani
Best Sound Design – Shajith Koyeri for Talvar
Best Production Design – Sujeet Sawant, Sriram Iyengar and Saloni Dhatrak for Bajirao Mastani
Best Choreography – Pandit Birju Maharaj for Mohe Rang Do Laal from Bajirao Mastani
Best Cinematography – Manu Anand for Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Best Action – Sham Kaushal for Bajirao Mastani
Best Background Score – Anupam Roy for Piku
Best VFX – Prana Studio for Bombay Velvet
Best Playback Singer Female – Shreya Ghoshal for Deewani Mastani from Bajirao Mastani. Nominations were Alka Yagnik: Agar Tum Saath Ho from Tamasha, Anusha Mani: Gulaabo from Shaandaar, Monali Thakur: Moh Moh Ke Dhaage from Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Palak Mucchal: Prem Ratan Dhan Payo from Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Priya Saraiya: Sunn Sathiya from ABCD 2.
Best Playback Singer Male – Arijit Singh for Sooraj Dooba Hai from Roy. Nominations were Ankit Tiwari: Tu Hai Ke Nahi from Roy, Arijit Singh: Gerua from Dilwale, Atif Aslam: Jeena Jeena from Badlapur, Papon: Moh Moh Ke Dhaage from Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Vishal Dadlani: Gulaabo from Shaandaar
Best Lyrics – Irshad Kamil for Agar Tum Saath Ho from Tamasha. Nominations were Amitabh Bhattacharya: Gerua from Dilwale, Anvita Dutt: Gulaabo from Shaandaar, Gulzar: Zinda from Talvar, Kumaar: Sooraj Dooba Hai from Roy, Varun Grover: Moh Moh Ke Dhaage from Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Best Music – Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros Anjjan and Amaal Mallik for Roy. Nominations were Anupam Roy: Piku, A R Rahman: Tamasha, Pritam: Dilwale, Sanjay Leela Bhansali: Bajirao Mastani, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy: Dil Dhadakne Do
RD Burman Award – Armaan Malik
Best Screenplay – Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku
Best Editing – A Sreekar Prasad for Talvar
Best Story – Vijayendra Prasad for Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Best Dialogue – Himanshu Sharma for Tanu Weds Manu Returns
