The first award of the season went to Alia Bhatt for Best Actress in ‘Udta Punjab’, and Sonam Kapoor went home, disappointed.
Director Ram Madhvani won the best director award for the highly applauded ‘Neerja’, starring Sonam Kapoor as the lead.
Sonam Kapoor was being considered the strongest contender for the best actress this year, for her sterling performance as Neerja Bhanot, but lost the award to Alia Bhatt.
“We were all very happy because the film has been recognised. I was honoured to be selected for the Best Director, though I felt Shakun Batra’s direction of Kapoor & Sons was also worthy of recognition. Jim Sarbh won the Best Debutant award and we breathed a collective sigh of joyous relief when Shabanaji won the Best Supporting Actress award for film,” Neerja’s director Ram stated.
However, Sonam’s brother Harshvardhan Kapoor won the Best Debutant award along with her Neerja co-star Jim Sarbh.
Speaking at the red carpet pre-win Alia Bhatt had said, “I’d be lying if I said I am not looking forward to the awards. I know there are others with an equally strong chance of winning. May the best woman win.”
Here’s the list of the rest of the Award Winners:
Best Action
Sham Kaushal – Dangal
Best Background Score
Sameer Uddin – Kapoor & Sons
Best Choreography
Adil Shaikh – Kar gayi chul (Kapoor & Sons)
Best Costume
Payal Saluja – Udta Punjab
Best Cinematography
Mitesh Mirchandani – Neerja
Best Editing
Monisha R Baldawa – Neerja
Best Sound Design
Vivek Sachidanand – Phobia
Best VFX
Redchillies VFX – Fan
Best Production Design
Aparna Sud – Neerja
Best Lyrics
Amitabh Bhattacharya – Channa mereya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Best Story
Shakun Batra and Ayesha Devitre – Kapoor & Sons
Best Screenplay
Shakun Batra and Ayesha Devitre – Kapoor & Sons
Best Dialogue
Ritesh Shah – Pink
Best Playback (Male)
Arijit Singh – Ae dil hai mushkil (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Best Playback (Female)
Neha Bhasin – Jag ghoomeya (Sultan)
Best Music Album
Pritam – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Shabana Azmi – Neerja
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)
Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons
Best Debut Director
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari – Nil Battey Sannata
Best Debut (Male)
Diljit Dosanjh- Udta Punjab
Best Debut (Female)
Ritika Singh – Saala Khadoos
Lifetime Achievement Award
Shatrugan Sinha
RD Burman Award
Amit Mishra
Critics’ Award For Best Actor (Female)
Sonam Kapoor – Neerja
Critics’ Award For Best Actor (Male)
Manoj Bajpayee – Aligarh
Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab
Critics’ Award For Best Film
Ram Madhvani- Neerja
Best Actor (Female)
Alia Bhatt- Udta Punjab
Best Director
Nitesh Tiwari- Dangal
Best Actor (Male)
Aamir Khan – Dangal
Best Film
Dangal
