The 61st Filmfare Awards
The 61st Filmfare Awards were held to honor the best films of 2015 from the Hindi-language film industry on the 15th of January, 2016 at the Yash Raj Studio in Mumbai.
The ceremony was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan and comedian Kapil Sharma.
Bajirao Mastani won the most awards with nine including Best Film. Other winners included Piku with six awards, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Roy, Talvar, and Tanu Weds Manu Returns with two, and Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Bombay Velvet, Dil Dhadakne Do, Hero, Masaan, Tamasha with one
Watch the complete list of winners from 61st Filmfare Awards 2015 .
Best Film
Bajirao Mastani
Other best films are –
Badlapur
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Piku
Talvar
Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Best Director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Bajirao Mastani
Other Best directors
Kabir Khan – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Anand L. Rai – Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Meghna Gulzar – Talvar
Shoojit Sircar – Piku
Sriram Raghavan – Badlapur
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Ranveer Singh – Bajirao Mastani
Other Best actors –
Amitabh Bachchan – Piku as Bhashkor Banerjee
Ranbir Kapoor – Tamasha as Ved Vardhan Sahni
Salman Khan – Bajrangi Bhaijaan as Pawan Kumar “Bajrangi” Chaturvedi
Shah Rukh Khan – Dilwale as Raj Randhir Bakshi / Kaali
Varun Dhawan – Badlapur as Raghav “Raghu” Pratap Singh
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)
Deepika Padukone – Piku
Other best female actresses
Anushka Sharma – NH10 as Meera
Deepika Padukone – Bajirao Mastani as Mastani
Kajol – Dilwale as Meera Dev Malik
Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Tanuja “Tanu” Trivedi / Kumari “Kusum” Sangwan (Datto)
Sonam Kapoor – Dolly Ki Doli as Dolly / Madhuri / Priya / Bhagyashree
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