'Bajirao Mastani' bags top honours at the Filmfare Awards

'Bajirao Mastani' was named 'Best Film' at the 61st Filmfare Awards. Lead actor Ranveer Singh received the 'Best Actor' award and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali won 'Best Director'. A look at other winners

New Delhi: Bollywood's most prestigious awards event, the 61st Filmfare Awards 2015 was recently commenced at the showbiz capital Mumbai and it was a total star-studded affair.

Also read: 61st Filmfare Awards - Here is the list of nominations

A still from 'Bajirao Mastani'. Pic/Santa Banta

Many popular names like Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Sunny Leone, Amitabh Bachchan, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and other glitterati gathered under one roof for the coveted event.

While the event witnessed the presence of newcomers like Sooraj Pancholi, Bhumi Pednekar and Kriti Sanon, it also praised the work of veteran actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Moushumi Chatterjee.

Who won which awards? Well, here is the complete list-

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
Pt 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'

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