The filmfare awards are probably the most fair and reasonable awards of this season.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani walked away with 9 Filmfare awards on Friday night, including in major categories such as Best Film, Best Picture, Best Actor (Ranveer Singh), Best Actress In A Supporting Role (Priyanka Chopra), Best Singer Female (Shreya Ghosal), Best Choreography (Birju Maharaj) and Best Action (Sham Kaushal).
bajirao-collage-380A still from Bajirao Mastani.
Bajirao’s Mastani, Deepika Padukone won the Best Actress award, but for her performance in Shoojit Sircar’s Piku which also fetched Amitabh Bachchan the critics’ award for best actor.
It is puzzling how two principal performances from the same film were eligible for awards in the popular and critic’s categories .
Here is the complete list of winners of the 61st Filmfare Awards 2016
Best Film
Bajirao Mastani
Best Director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Bajirao Mastani
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Ranveer Singh – Bajirao Mastani
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)
Deepika Padukone – Piku
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Anil Kapoor – Dil Dhadakne Do
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Priyanka Chopra – Bajirao Mastani
Best Music
Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros. Anjjan and Amaal Mallik – Roy
Best Lyrics
Irshad Kamil – Agar tum saath ho (Tamasha)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Arijit Singh – Sooraj dooba (Roy)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal – Deewani mastani (Bajirao Mastani)
Critics Categories
Best Film
Piku
Best Actor (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan – Piku
Best Actor (Female)
Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Lifetime Achievement Award
Moushumi Chatterjee
RD Burman Award
Armaan Mallik
Debut Awards
Best Debut (Male)
Sooraj Pancholi – Hero
Best Debut (Female)
Bhumi Pednekar – Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Best Debut Director
Neeraj Ghaywan – Masaan
Best Action
Sham Kaushal – Bajirao Mastani
Best Background Score
Anupam Roy – Piku
Best Choreography
Pandit Birju Maharaj – Mohe rang do laal (Bajirao Mastani)
Best Cinematography
Manu Anand – Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Best Costume
Anju Modi and Maxima Basu – Bajirao Mastani
Best Dialogue
Himanshu Sharma – Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Best Editing
A Sreekar Prasad – Talvar
Best Production Design
Sujeet Sawant, Sriram Iyengar and Saloni Dhatrak – Bajirao Mastani
Best Screenplay
Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku
Best Sound Design
Shajith Koyeri – Talvar
Best Story
Vijayendra Prasad – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Best VFX
Prana Studio – Bombay Velvet
