61th Filmfare Awards (2016)
61th Filmfare Awards (2016)
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.
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.
Winners of 61th Filmfare Awards (2016)
| Best Film | Bajirao Mastani |
| Best Director | Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Bajirao Mastani |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) | Ranveer Singh - Bajirao Mastani |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) | Deepika Padukone - Piku |
| 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 | Pandit 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 |