Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara sweeps Filmfare Awards

Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan win Best Actor and Actress award respectively for Rockstar and The Dirty Picture at the 57th Filmfare Awards, which was otherwise ruled by Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Rockstar.

Hrithik, Farhan starrer snapped up 7 most popular awards-Best Film, Best Director, Best Dialogue, Best Supporting Actor (Male), Best Movie (Critics), Best Cinematography and Best Choreography.

Ranbir Kapoor's Rockstar was not far behind with 5 Filmfare awards- Best Actor, Best Actor (critics), Best Music Director, Best Lyrics Award and Best Playback (Male).

POPULAR AWARDS

Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor for Rockstar
Rekha and Yash Chopra present the Award to Ranbir Kapoor
"I've grown up wanting a Best Actor Award. This is my fourth award. Every dream seems to be becoming a reality. It feels great. Thank you Imtiaz. I love you, Sir. Thank you for giving me hope and inspiration. Thank you for giving me Rockstar. And I'll see you at the Movies." - Ranbir Kapoor on winning the award.
 
Best Actress: Vidya Balan for The Dirty Picture
Sridevi and Boney Kapoor give away the Award to Vidya Balan.
"It has been a night where women have shone, This award goes out to the women in my life... This award goes out to every woman. And of course everyone on the team of The Dirty Picture especially Milan Luthria." - Vidya Balan on winning the Best Actress Award.
 
Best Film: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Madhuri Dixit gives away the award.

Best Director: Zoya Akhtar for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Subhash Ghai gives away the trophy to Zoya Akhtar
 
Best Dialogue: Farhan Akhtar for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. 
Chitrangada Singh comes on stage to present the award. "This feels really good. Zoya, Reena thank you for writing this amazing story and screenplay. Thank you to every actor for making every dialogue your own. A big thanks to my dad for writing the beautiful poetry in the movie that gave the dialogues that extra edge."- Farhan Akhtar on winning the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue

Best Screenplay: Akshat Verma for Delhi Belly
Kabir Bedi and Kalki Koechlin present the award. Akshat is not in the house. The director of Delhi Belly, Abhinav Deo collects the award on his behalf.

Best Story: Sanjay Chauhan for I Am Kalam
Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson come on stage to present the award.
"I'd like to thank Kalam saab. Nila Madhav Panda, my director and the entire team of I Am Kalam. I'd like to thank my daughter and my wife." - Sanjay Chauhan on winning the award.

Best Actor (Critics) Award: Ranbir Kapoor for Rockstar
Thank you critics. Thank you Imtiaz. Without you nothing would've been possible. The cast and crew. The Producers. Rahman Saab. And everyone who has worked on this movie." - Ranbir Kapoor on winning the award

Best Actress (Critics) Award: Priyanka Chopra for 7 Khoon Maaf
Juhi Chawla and Shankar come on stage to present the award.
"This black lady is the most coveted lady ever, and I have the entire team of 7 Khoon Maaf to thank for that. A big thanks to my family. Thank you Filmfare, the entire team. And thank you the film industry for believing in me." - Priyanka Chopra on winning the award.

Best Film (Critics) Award: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Mr. Balram Garg (PC Jewellers) and Bipasha Basu give away the award. Zoya Akhtra, Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani come to collect the award.

Zoya Akhtra, Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani come to collect the award. "It's difficult to get a balance between the critics and box office. Zoya managed that for us. I thank the entire team of ZNMD. Thank you Filmfare. Thank you Times of India. Thank you Eros." - Ritesh Sidhwani "I want to thank my cast and crew. Since this is the mother of all awards, I'm going to dedicate it to mine." - Zoya Akhtar, Director - ZNMD

Best Supporting Actor (Male) Award: Farhan Akhtar for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar give the award to Farhan Akhtar.
"Thank you Filmfare, thank you jury for selecting this performance. I would like to thank Naseer for all the support... thank you Zoya, Reema, Ritesh, mom, Audhana... Thank you very much." - Farhan Akhtar on winning the award.

Best Supporting Actor (Female) Award: Rani Mukerji for 'No One Killed Jessica'
Mr. Ramesh Taurani presents the award to Vidya Balan and director Raj Kumar Gupta, since Rani Mukherji is not present.

SPECIAL FILMFARE AWARD
Partho Gupte for Stanley Ka Dabba
Mukesh Bhatt and Mansvi gave away this award.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Karan Johar comes on stage to announce the Lifetime Ahievement Award winner - Aruna Irani. Mr. Ramesh Sippy and Raveena Tandon present the award to Aruna Irani.
"Good evening. This is a very touching moment of my life; it's the happiest moment of my life. Thank you Filmfare for giving recognition to my work. Thank you Dilip Kumar saab for introducing me to the wonderful world of films at the age of 9 years. The industry taught me acting, dance, work, and gave an uneducated woman like me a platform. I came into the industry to execute a responsibility. I'd like to thank my family. My husband. My brothers. My fans. Thank you Filmfare for this immense happiness. God, you're very kind." - Aruna Irani on winning the Lifetime Achievement Award
 
Idea Sony Scene of the Year Award: The Dirty Picture
Manjit Singh and NP Singh of Sony present the award.
Vidya Balan comes on behalf of the producers of The Dirty Picture to accept the award

FILMFARE MUSIC AWARDS

Best Music Director Award: AR Rahman for Rockstar
Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone give away the trophy.
Trivia: This is the 2500th Filmfare Trophy to be given away. It's a diamond studded trophy designed by PC Jewellers.
"I want to thank Imtiaz, and all the singers of Rockstar, and everyone who has worked on the music along with me." - AR Rahman on winning the award.

Best Lyrics Award: Irshad Kamil for 'Nadaan Parindey' of Rockstar
Anu Malik and Anuradha Paudwal give away the award

Best Playback (Male) Award: Mohit Chauhan for 'Jo Bhi Mein' from Rockstar
"Thank you so much. It's really special tonight over here. I want to thank my parents back home in Himachal. I want to thank Rahman saab for creating such awesome songs for Rockstar. I want to thank Imtiaz for his vision of Jordan, Ranbir Kapoor, Irshad for writing such wonderful lyrics... Thank you." - Mohit Chauhan on winning the award

Best Playback (Female) Award: Rekha Bhardwaj and Usha Uthup for 'Darling' of 7 Khoon Maaf
Imtiaz Ali and Urmila Matondkar present the award. Usha Uthup is there... Rekha isn't here...Usha accepts the award on behalf of Rekha, too and breaks down. "Thank you Filmfare, the mother of all awards in India. In 42 years, this is my first award! It's unbelievable for me. Thank you to all the music directors, to my family for letting me grow, thank you to Vishal Bhardwajji" - an emotional Usha Uthup on winning the award.

RD Burman Award for Best upcoming Talent: Krishna for Tanu weds Manu
Bhushan Kumar and Alka Yagnik present the award to Krishna.

Best Choreography: Bosco-Caesar for 'Senorita', Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
"I'd love to thank Zoya, Carlos, Hrithik, Abhay, my wife, my son, Farhan Akhtar. Id' like to thank my younger brother and partner, Bosco": Caesar
"Mom, we got this the Black Beauty is ours": Bosco

Best Background Score: Ranjit Barot for Shaitan
Sonali Bendre and Goldie Behl come on stage to give away the trophy. Bijoy Nambiar collects the award on his behalf.

FILMFARE DEBUT AWARDS

Best Debut Director Award: Abhinay Deo for Delhi Belly
Madhur Bhandarkar and Hasleen Kaur present the award to Abhinay Deo.

Best Debut (Male) Award: Vidyut Jamwal for Force
Chunky Pandey and Kajal Aggarwal present the award to Vidyut Jamwal.
"I'm speechless. I'm very happy. Everyone who comes to Mumbai hopes he gets a good movie. I got that. A good producer, I got that. A good director, I got that. Then you want the film to make a hit, it was a hit, Then you want an award, I got that. I would like to thank Nishikant Kamat and a lot of other people, whom I will personally thank tonight." - Vidyut Jamwal on winning the award.

Best Debut (Female) Award: Parineeti Chopra for Ladies vs Ricky Bahl
Mr. Amrish Jain (Idea Cellular) and Dia Mirza present her the award. "I told myself that if I won today, I wouldn't cry, but I can't help myself. Thank You the whole team of Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, my family. This is my sixth award this season, and it's so motivating. I'm going to work very hard. I've grown up watching the Filmfare Awards and to hold one now is an out of the world experience." - Parineeti Chopra on winning the award.

FILMFARE TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Action: Mathhias Barsch for Don 2.
Producer Ritesh Sidhwani collects the award on his behalf. Ritesh dedicates the award to Priyanka's stunt double Bibi who died under unfortunate circumstances.

Best Cinematography: Carlos Catalan for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Mr. Shashi Shankar (Idea Cellular) and Mahie Gill present the award to Carlos Catalan. "I'm very nervous. I'd like to thank my producers, Zoya: she's great fun to work with. I'd like to thank my Indian and Spanish crew"- Carlos Catalan on winning the award

Best Editing: Huzefa Lokhandwala for Delhi Belly
Abhinay Deo collects the award on his behalf.

Best Production Design: Shashank Tere for Delhi Belly
Kunal Kohli and Neha Dhupia give away the award to Shashank Tere for Delhi Belly. Shashank isn't here, and Jim the co-writer of the movie collects it on his behalf.

Best Sound Design: Nakul Kamte for Don 2
Sarah Jane Dias presents the award to Farhan Akhtar. Nakul wasn't here to collect the award but sent an acceptance speech with Farhan in case he won. And win he did!

Best Costume Design Award: The first Award of the night has been declared. Niharika Khan for The Dirty Picture
Thank you Filmfare, thank you Vidya for letting make me take your clothes off. Thank you to the actors who let me keep their clothes on: Nasseruddin Shah and the entire cast. Thank you Milan. Thank you my husband and children for letting me do my job. - Niharika Khan on winning the award.

Source: Times of India