Winners of the 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017
Mumbai: Bollywood came together to raise a toast to the best in the industry at the 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 held on January 14. Aamir Khan bagged the Best Actor Award for his performance in ‘Dangal’. Alia Bhatt was honoured with the Best Actress Award for her gritty portrayal of a Bihari migrant in ‘Udta Punjab’.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 category.
Director Ram Madhvani won Critics’ Award for Best Film for ‘Neerja’.
Karan Johar’s ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ was one of the most celebrated films of the evening, with four awards. Arijit Singh won the Best Playback (Male) for the title song of ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, Pritam got the Best Music Director and the Best Music Album.Amitabh Bhattacharya won the award for Best Lyrics for ‘Channa Mereya’ from the same film.
Neha Bhasin won the Best Playback Singer (Female) for ‘Jag Ghoomeya’ from ‘Sultan’.
The 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 Sons’.
Moreover, 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 Editing.
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari bagged the the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director for her highly appreciated film ‘Nil Battey Sannata’, which starred Swara Bhaskar and has also been remade in Tamil.
Sooraj 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’ respectively.
While Diljit sung ‘Ikk kudi’ after winning the award, Ritika said, ‘I’ve never acted before. For those who dont know, I am a wrestler.’
Shatrughan Sinha received the prestigious Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award presented by his daughter, actress Sonakshi Sinha.
Here is the complete list of those who won big at the 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017.
Best Actor (Male) — Aamir Khan for ‘Dangal’
Best Actor (Female) — Alia Bhatt for ‘Udta Punjab’
Best Film — ‘Dangal’
Best Director — Nitesh Tiwari for ‘Dangal’
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film — ‘Neerja’
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Male) — Shahid Kapoor for ‘Udta Punjab’ and Manoj Bajpayee for ‘Aligarh’
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Female) — Sonam Kapoor for ‘Neerja’
Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film — Manoj Bajpayee for ‘Taandav’
Best Short Film People’s Choice — Khamakha
Best Short Film (Fiction) — ‘Chutney’
Best Short Film (Non-fiction) — ‘Matitali Kusti’
Best Actor (Female) in a Short Film — Tisca Chopra for ‘Chutney’
Best Debut Director — Ashwini Iyer Tiwari for ‘Nil Battey Sannata’
Best Male Debut — Diljit Dosanjh for ‘Udta Punjab’
Best Female Debut — Ritika Singh for ‘Saala Khadoos’
Best Dialogue: Ritesh Shah for ‘Pink’
Best Screenplay — Shakun Batra and Ayesha Devitre Dhillon for ‘Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)’
Best Story — Shakun Batra and Ayesha Devitre Dhillon for ‘Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)’
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) — Rishi Kapoor for ‘Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)’
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) — Shabana Azmi for ‘Neerja’
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award — Shatrughan Sinha
Best Music Album — Pritam for ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’
Best Lyricist — Amitabh Bhattacharya for ‘Channa Mereya’ from ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’
Best Playback Singer (Male) — Arijit Singh for ‘Ae dil hai mushkil’ from ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’
Best Playback Singer (Female) — Neha Bhasin for ‘Jag Ghoomeya’ from ‘Sultan’
Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent — Amit Mishra for ‘Bulleya’ from ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’
Best Visual Effects — Red Chillies for ‘Fan’
Best Editing — Monisha Baldawa for ‘Neerja’
Best Costume — Payal Saluja for ‘Udta Punjab’
Best Action — Shyam Kaushal for ‘Dangal’
Best Background Score — Sameer Uddin for ‘Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)’
Best Choreography — Adil Shaikh for ‘Kar Gayi Chull’ in ‘Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)’
Best Cinematography — Mitesh Mirchandani for ‘Neerja’