'Dangal', Alia Bhatt win big at Filmfare Awards

Dangal posterMumbai After setting new records at the box office Dangal swept away the nights three of four major awards Best Actor Film and Director while Alia Bhatt won the Filmfare Best Actor Award Female for her performance in Udta Punjab Attended by most actors of the Bollywood film fraternity the iconic 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards was a starstudded event hosted by actor Shah Rukh KhanAlia Bhatt in Udta PunjabAfter winning the Best Director award Nitesh Tiwari said This award is the reassurance of how much people loved our film Dangal So I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone in India and abroad who loved and supported our film It means everythingAlia who came along with her mother Soni Razdan and sister Shaheen Bhatt received the Best Actor Female award from Sridevi and Boney KapoorOn receiving the award she said Its very close to my heart Udta Punjab Thank you Shahid for sending the script to me Today is very special day for me Sridevi ji receiving it from you is an honour Another reason is my sister is here Got her out of homeSharing her father Mahesh Bhatts message the actor said My dad said I feel you are going to win You should do what you feel If you feel like crying cry This is a dream come true for me Finally Thanks Karan for giving her the first breakIn other awards actress Sonam Kapoor won the Critics Award For Best Actor Female for her performance in Neerja while actors Manoj Bajpayee and Shahid Kapoor shared the award for their portrayals in Aligarh and Udta Punjab respectively in the Male categoryWhile Sonam got emotional on receiving the award from film director duo AbbasMustan Shahid said I am very excited to get it and I want to thank Filmfare for this Its a good dayDirector Ram Madhvani won Critics Award For Best Film for NeerjaSooraj Pancholi and Kriti Sanon presented the Filmfare Best Debut Awards Male and Female to Diljit Dosanjh for Udta Punjab and Ritika Singh for Saala Khadoos respectivelyWhile Diljit sung Ikk kudi after winning the award Ritika said Ive never acted before For those who dont know I am a wrestlerShatrughan Sinha received the prestigious Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award presented by his daughter actress Sonakshi SinhaAfter winning the award the veteran actor said Many people feel if you get the Lifetime Achievement Award its the end but I feel its just the beginningMoreover action director and stunt coordinator Shyam Kaushal won the award for Best Action for the film Dangal and Payal Saluja won Best Costume for Udta PunjabKaran Johars Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was one of the most celebrated films of the evening with four awardsWhile Arijit Singh won the Best Playback Male for the title song of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Pritam bagged the Best Music Director and the Best Music Album Amitabh Bhattacharya won the award for Best Lyrics for Channa Mereya from the same filmAfter winning the award Pritam said My first thanks to KJo Without him it wouldnt have been possible I want to take this award home for my childrenNeha Bhasin won the Best Playback Singer Female for Jag Ghoomeya from Sultan Holding her precious black lady Neha hummed the song and said I would like to thank the entire team of Filmfare you guys rockThe film Kapoor and Sons won three awards Rishi Kapoor won The Best Actor in a Supporting Role Male Adil Shaikh won Best Choreography for Kar Gayi Chul and Shakun Batra and Ayesha Devitre won the Best Story and Best Screenplay for Kapoor and SonsCannot thank Filmfare enough for giving such a great start to our new year and we want to work harder this year the duo said after winning the awardOn the other hand the much acclaimed film Neerja won four awards Shabana Azmi won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Female Aparna Sud and Anna Ipe won for Best Production Design Mitesh Munchandani won for Best Cinematography and Monisha R Baldawa won the award for Best EditingAshwiny Iyer Tiwari bagged the the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director for her highly appreciated film Nil Battey Sannata which starred Swara BhaskarIn performances Salman Khan danced to some of his hit songs such as O o jaane jaana Munni badnam hui and Sultan Actor Tiger Shroff grooved to hits like The Pappi Song Aa raha hoon main and Dhoom Again