Many Bollywood celebrities make it a point to stay away from awards functions as they call it a sham, where merit is ignored that saleability and nepotism are given more importance. However, the winners of last night’s Filmfare awards have surprisingly been a melange of some really good talents and films.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
For starters, none of the offsprings of Bollywood’s big guys won awards. One can imagine the outrage, had Varun Dhawan won the Best Actor instead of Irrfan Khan. One would’ve been even more outraged if Rajkummar Rao hadn’t won a single award despite being snubbed for the Best Actor category. But, Filmfare surprises this year.
While the event was high on glamour and fashion, with an attendance from all the who’s-who of Bollywood, the real surprise was the list of winners.
Here are the winners:
Best Film (Popular)
Hindi Medium
Critics’ Award for Best FilmAmit Masurkar (Newton)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) (Popular)Irrfan Khan – Hindi Medium
Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Male)Rajkummar Rao – Trapped
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) (Popular)Vidya Balan – Tumhari Sulu
Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Female) Zaira Wasim – Secret Superstar
Best Director (Popular)Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Best Debut DirectorKonkona Sen Sharma – A Death in the Gunj
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)Meher Vij – Secret Superstar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)Rajkummar Rao – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Best Music AlbumJagga Jasoos – Pritam
Best LyricsAmitabh Bhattacharya – Ullu ka patha (Jagga Jasoos)
Best Playback Singer (Female)Meghna Mishra – Nachdi Phira (Secret Superstar)
Best Playback Singer (Male)Arijit Singh – Roke na ruke naina (Badrinath Ki Dulhania)
Lifetime Achievement AwardMala Sinha
Bappi Lahiri
Best Original StoryAmit V Masurkar – Newton
Best DialogueHitesh Kewalya – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Best ScreenplayShubhashish Bhutiani – Mukti Bhawan
Best ActionTom Struthers – Tiger Zinda Hai
Best Background ScorePritam – Jagga Jasoos
Best Production DesignParul Sondh – Daddy
Best CostumeRohit Chaturvedi – A Death In The Gunj
Best Sound DesignAnish John – Trapped
Best EditingNitin Baid – Trapped
Best ChoreographyVijay Ganguly and Ruel Dausan Varindani (Galti se mistake – Jagga Jasoos)
Best CinematographySirsha Ray – A Death In The Gunj
Short Film Awards Best Short Film (fiction)
Juice – Neeraj Ghaywan
Best Actor (Male) in a Short FilmJackie Shroff – Khujli
Best Actor (Female) in a Short FilmShefali Shah – Juice
Best Short Film Non-fictionInvisible Wings – Hari M Mohanan
People’s Choice Award for Best Short FilmAnahut – Umesh Bagade
