61st Filmfare Awards

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61st Filmfare Awards
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61st Filmfare Awards
Date15 January 2016
SiteNSCI Dome, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Hosted by Shah Rukh Khan
Kapil Sharma
Official website www.filmfare.com
Highlights
Best Film Bajirao Mastani
Piku
Most awardsBajirao Mastani (9)
Most nominationsBajirao Mastani (14)
Television coverage
Network Sony Entertainment Television (India)
Duration173 minutes

The 61st Filmfare Awards were held to honor the best films of 2015 on 15 January 2016 at NSCI Dome in Mumbai. The ceremony was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan and Kapil Sharma. [1]

Contents

Bajirao Mastani led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by Piku with 8 nominations, Tanu Weds Manu Returns with 7 nominations and Badlapur with 6 nominations respectively.

Bajirao Mastani won 9 awards including Best Film, Best Director (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actor (for Ranveer Singh) and Best Supporting Actress (for Priyanka Chopra), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Other major winners included Piku with 5 awards, Dum Laga Ke Haisha , Roy , Talvar , and Tanu Weds Manu Returns with 2, and Bajrangi Bhaijaan , Bombay Velvet , Dil Dhadakne Do , Hero , Masaan and Tamasha with 1.

Deepika Padukone received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Bajirao Mastani and Piku, winning for the latter.

Priyanka Chopra, who won Best Supporting Actress for Bajirao Mastani, became the first actress to win Filmfare Awards in 5 different competitive acting categories. [2]

Winners & Nominees

The nominations were announced on 11 January 2016. [3]

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Best Director
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Deepika Padukone, Best Actress
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Ranveer Singh, Best Actor
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Shoojit Sircar, Best Director Critics
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Kangana Ranaut, Best Actress Critics
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Amitabh Bachchan, Best Actor Critics
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Anil Kapoor, Best Supporting Actor
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Priyanka Chopra, Best Supporting Actress
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Arijit Singh, Best Male Playback Singer
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Shreya Ghosal, Best Female Playback Singer
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Irshad Kamil, Best Lyricist
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Moushumi Chatterjee, Lifetime Achievement Awardee

Main awards

Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Male Debut Best Female Debut
Best Music Director Best Lyricist
Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – Female

Critics' awards

Best Movie (Best Director)
Best Actor Best Actress

Technical Awards

Best Story Best Screenplay
Best Dialogue Best Editing
Best Choreography Best Cinematography
Best Production Design Best Sound Design
Best Costume Design Best Background Score
Best Special Effects Best Action

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
RD Burman Award
Best Debut Director

Multiple nominations

Multiple awards

Telecast

The ceremony was telecasted on Sony Television on 7 February 2016 at 8 pm IST

The coverage was made available on www.sonyliv.com and Sony Liv mobile app from 8 February 2016 onwards.

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