Dangal, Aamir Khan, Alia Bhatt bag top honor

At the glittering Filmfare awards last night, "Dangal" swept away three of four major awards - Best Film, Aamir Khan won Best Actor and Nitesh Tiwari won Best Director award while Alia Bhatt won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Female) for her performance in "Udta Punjab".

Attended by most actors of the Bollywood film fraternity, the iconic 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards was a star-studded event hosted by actor Shah Rukh Khan. This is the 62nd edition Filmfare awards. Alia, who came along with her mother Soni Razdan and sister Shaheen Bhatt, received the Best Actor (Female) award from Sridevi and Boney Kapoor.

After receiving the award, she said, "It's very close to my heart (Udta Punjab). Thank you Shahid for sending the script to me. Today is very special day for me. Sridevi ji receiving it from you is an honour. Another reason is my sister is here. Got her out of home." In other awards, actress Sonam Kapoor won the Critics' Award For Best Actor (Female) for her performance in "Neerja" while actors Manoj Bajpayee and Shahid Kapoor shared the award for their portrayals in "Aligarh" and "Udta Punjab" respectively, in the Male category. Director Ram Madhvani won Critics' Award For Best Film for "Neerja".


Sooraj Pancholi and Kriti Sanon presented the Filmfare Best Debut Awards Male and Female to Diljit Dosanjh for "Udta Punjab" and Ritika Singh for "Saala Khadoos" respectively. Shatrughan Sinha received the prestigious Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award presented by his daughter, actress Sonakshi Sinha. Moreover, action director and stunt coordinator Shyam Kaushal won the award for Best Action for the film "Dangal" and Payal Saluja won Best Costume for "Udta Punjab".

Karan Johar's "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" was one of the most celebrated films of the evening, with four awards. Shahid Kapoor won the Critics' Award for Best Actor for his role in Udta Punjab. While Arijit Singh won the Best Playback (Male) for the title song of "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", Pritam bagged the Best Music Director and the Best Music Album. Amitabh Bhattacharya won the award for Best Lyrics for "Channa Mereya" from the same film.


Neha Bhasin won the Best Playback Singer (Female) for 'Jag Ghoomeya' from "Sultan". Holding her precious 'black lady', Neha hummed the song and said, "I would like to thank the entire team of Filmfare, you guys rock!" In performances, Salman Khan danced to some of his hit songs, such as 'O o jaane jaana', 'Munni badnam hui' and 'Sultan'. Actor Tiger Shroff grooved to hits like 'The Pappi Song', 'Aa raha hoon main' and 'Dhoom Again'.
- Agencies