Bajirao Mastani: Filmfare 2016’s Biggest Winner

A list of the winners at Bollywood’s 61st Filmfare Awards.

Last night was undoubtedly Bollywood’s biggest night. All of Bollywood’s big guns (and us, with them), waited with bated breath to see which film would bag the honours. Now, that the cat’s out of the bag, we can safely say that Bajirao Mastani had a finger in every pie. With nine awards, the film is the big winner at the 61st Filmfare Awards.

Here are the winners of last night’s Filmfare Awards:

• Best Actor - Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani
  
• Best Actress - Deepika Padukone for Piku
  
• Best Film - Bajirao Mastani
  
• Best Director - Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Bajirao Mastani
  
• Best Debut Director - Neeraj Ghaywan for Masaan
  
• Best Debut (Male) - Sooraj Pancholi for Hero
  
• Best Debut (Female) - Bhumi Pednekar for Dum Laga Ke Haisha
  
• Critics’ Choice Best Film -Piku
  
• Critics’ Choice Best Actor (Male) - Amitabh Bachchan for Piku
  
• Critics’ Choice Best Actor (Female) - Kangana Ranaut for Tanu Weds Manu Returns Lifetime Achievement Award - Moushumi Chatterjee
  
• Best Supporting Actor (Male) - Anil Kapoor for Dil Dhadakne Do
  
• Best Supporting Actor (Female) - Priyanka Chopra for Bajirao Mastani
  
• Best Screenplay - Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku
  
• Best Story - Vijayendra Prasand for Bajrangi Bhaijaan
  
• Best Dialogue - Himanshu Sharma for Tanu Weds Manu Returns
  
• Best Playback Singer Female - Shreya Ghoshal for Deewani Mastani from Bajirao Mastani
  
• Best Playback Singer Male - Arijit Singh for Sooraj Dooba Hai from Roy
  
• Best Lyrics - Irshad Kamil for Agar Tum Saath Ho from Tamasha
  
• Best Music - Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros Anjjan and Amaal Mallik for Roy
  
• RD Burman Award - Armaan Malik
  
• 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