Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh and his rumored actress girlfriend Deepika Padukone walked away with 61st Filmfare Awards for best actor and best actress Friday night, according to IBNLive. Ranveer won best actor in a leading role (male) award for the recently released epic romance action movie "Bajirao Mastani," while Deepika bagged best actor in a leading role (female) award for "Piku."
Bollywood's megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who played the role of Deepika's father in "Piku," won the critics choice for best actor award, according to Firstpost. "Quantico" actress Priyanka Chopra, who played role of Ranveer's first wife Kashibai in "Bajirao Mastani," bagged best actress in a supporting role award.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali was awarded as the best director for "Bajirao Mastani." Sooraj Pancholi, who was recently involved in controversy over the suicide of actress Ziah Khan, got best debut male award for "Hero," while Bhumi Pednekar won the best debut female award for "Dum Laga Ke Haisha," according to The Indian Express.
The 61st Filmfare Awards ceremony was held in Mumbai on Friday night. Here is the complete list of winners:
Lifetime Achievement Award - Moushumi Chatterjee, veteran Bollywood actress
Best Film - "Bajirao Mastani"
Best Director - Sanjay Leela Bhansali for "Bajirao Mastani"
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Ranveer Singh for "Bajirao Mastani"
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) - Deepika Padukone for "Piku"
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"
Best Debut Director - Neeraj Ghaywan for "Masaan"
Best Debut (Female) - Bhumi Pednekar for "Dum Laga Ke Haisha"
Best Debut (Male) - Sooraj Pancholi for "Hero"
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Priyanka Chopra for "Bajirao Mastani"
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Anil Kapoor For "Dil Dhadakne Do"
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"
RD Burman Award - Armaan Malik
Best Background Score - Anupam Roy for "Piku"
Best VFX - Prana Studio for "Bombay Velvet"
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"
Best Story - Vijayendra Prasad for "Bajrangi Bhaijaan"
Best Dialogue - Himanshu Sharma for "Tanu Weds Manu Returns"
Best Screenplay - Juhi Chaturvedi for "Piku"
Best Editing - A Sreekar Prasad for "Talvar"
Here are some reactions on Twitter.
T 2114 - Time is short .. so Best Actor critics at Filmfare for PIKU .. happy and content !! pic.twitter.com/BL4pSWaeSF
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) January 15, 2016
So proud of team #BajiraoMastani supremely proud of being a part of this film! It's all u #SLB @filmfare thank you for the acknowledgment — PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) January 15, 2016
Ok so I legit can't sleep or eat,am restless and nervous because it's #FilmfareAwards tonight's.Have butterflies and a pounding heart.omg!!!
— bhumi pednekar (@psbhumi) January 15, 2016
So happy for the team of #BajiraoMastani @RanveerOfficial wins best actor #sanjayleelabhansali wins best director @priyankachopra wins too! — Shreya Ghoshal (@shreyaghoshal) January 15, 2016
Winning hearts all over, @deepikapadukone bags Best Actor in a Leading Role (F) for #Piku. #BritanniaFilmfareAwards pic.twitter.com/DAaDJ9kMhI
— Filmfare (@filmfare) January 15, 2016
Critics choice Best Actor (Female) award goes to Kangana Ranaut for #TanuWedsManuReturns.#BritanniaFilmfareAwards pic.twitter.com/Kfdf9glOtU — Filmfare (@filmfare) January 15, 2016
Time for #BritanniaFilmfareAwards !! Gown by Parul J Maurya & jewellery from @FarahKhanAli ✨ pic.twitter.com/GMGyj97JKI
— Elli Avram (@ElliAvram) January 15, 2016
Thanks @filmfare #BritanniaFilmfareAwards for having chosen me for the prestigious RD Burman New-Music Talent Award! pic.twitter.com/iYnVA6QP7j — ARMAAN MALIK (@ArmaanMalik22) January 16, 2016
On my way to the 61st #FilmfareAwards #BritanniaFilmfareAwards @filmfare