Rishi Kapoor bagged the best actor in a supporting role for “Kapoor & Sons”. Shababa Azmi was honoured for “Neerja” in the female category of the award.
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Shatrughan Sinha.
The ceremony saw a host of performances by Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia, Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, Varun Dhawan among others.
Ashwini Iyer Tiwari took home the best debut director for “Nil Battey Sannata” which starred Swara Bhaskar in the lead.
Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh bagged the best debut-male, for “Udta Punjab” and Ritika Singh’s performance as a budding boxer got her the best female debut for “Saala Khadoos”.
Karan Johar-backed “Kapoor & Sons” bagged titles best screenplay, best story, shared by Shakun Batra and Ayesha Devitre Dhillon and also took home the honours in background music, shared by “Udta Punjab”.
With powerful lines, including “No means No”, which highlighted the issue of consent, “Pink” bagged the best dialogues award penned by Ritesh Shah.
The music department was majorly dominated by Karan Johar’s “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” which swept most of the awards in the category.
Composer Pritam Chakroborty bagged the best music album for the Ranbir Kapoor-Anushka Sharma starrer. Best Lyricist award went to Amitabh Bhattacharya for “Channa Mereya”. Arijit Singh bagged the best playback singer male for the title track of “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil“.
Neha Bhasin took home the best singer female award for “Jag Ghoomeya” from “Sultan”.
Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent was given to singer Amit Mishra for “Bulleya” from “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”.
