Ranbir Kapoor bagged the coveted Filmfare Best Actor award while Vidya Balan took the Best Actress award at the 57th Filmfare Awards.
Ranbir Kapoor won Best Actor for Rockstar.
Vidya Balan won Best Actress for The Dirty Picture.
Allah Rakha Rahman scooped his 28th Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Rockstar.
The prolific and hugely talented Rahman has won 14 Filmfare Awards and 13 Filmfare Awards South earlier, in addition to his international wins, including at the Academy Awards, Grammys and Bafta and Golden Globe.
The trophy, also the 2500th to be awarded, was a special 47 ct diamond studded one.
Rani Mukherjee, seen in 2011’s January release No One Killed Jessica, bagged the Best Supporting Actor (female) for her role as intrepid reporter Meera Gaity.
Farhan Akhtar bagged the Best Supporting Actor (male) for his sensitive and witty portrayal of Imran, who has never met his biological father.
Meanwhile, a rather surprising choice for the Best Debut Director award met with a barrage of tweets and posts with many asking how the ad filmmaker turned director had scooped the debut award for his second film. Deo has been awarded for his second film, Delhi Belly. His first film was the action flick Game. Released three months before Delhi Belly, Game was a box- office dud.
The Best Debut awards for acting were picked up by Parineeti Chopra and Vidyut Jhamwal.
Cousin to Bollywood’s other famous Chopra, Priyanka, Parineeti, picked up the award for her feisty yet fun role in Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Vidyut Jhamwal , overlooked in other award shows held earlier, scooped the coveted Filmfare award for his sinister portrayal of a psycho killer in action flick Force.
Earlier, the 57th Filmfare Awards began with main show hosts Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor on stage.
SRK, battling a cold and fever, managed to bring his usual energy on the stage. “Damn cold & fever winning the battle,slowly taking over my robust pathan constitution. Cigarette tasting bad in mouth now…this is serious!” he posted on Twitter this evening.
In one segment SRK and Ranbir even showed up dressed as mangoes.
The Filmfare Awards began on a somber note with artists from Coke Studio paying a tribute to iconic actors Dev Anand and Shammi Kapoor on stage.
Amid tight security and paparazzi, stars arrived for the 57th Filmfare Awards in Mumbai .
Priyanka Chopra wore a light blue gown on the red carpet. Priyanka who performed today, is also under the weather like “special friend SRK. “Very out of sorts..Bruised from falling during rehearsals.too much damage…god this act better be good! Looking forward to Filmfare tonight,” she posted on Twitter earlier.
Prateik Babbar walked in with his co-star and rumoured girlfriend Amy Jackson. “Feeling kinda cool an stylish in my #troycosta.. after all its a @filmfare event.. n its excellence all around.. glamour talent entertainment,” Prateik posted on Twitter.
Music director Anu Malik was among the first few guests to walk the red carpet. Other stars such as Madhuri Dixit and Abhishek Bachchan headed for the show too.
“What a match!!!! #AusOpen and now off to an even bigger match #FilmfareAwards”, Abhishek Bachchan posted on Twitter a short while ago.
Among the oldest and best-known film awards, the Filmfare Awards were instituted in 1954.
The awards show was held at the Reliance MediaWorks Studios in Filmcity, instead of Yash Raj Studios, where it has been previously held.
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