60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Winners

The 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014 saw the who's who from the entertainment industry walk the red carpet to attend the most awaited and celebrated awards in the history of Indian cinema. While some were there to support their friends and the fraternity, the others were there to vie for the coveted trophy. From Salman Khan to Deepika Padukone, Karan Johar to Varun Dhawan, the stars made their presence felt with their style statements and memorable quotes. Here's a look at the list of winner under the various categories.

Best Actor Male: Shahid Kapoor wooed audiences and critics alike with his performance in the critically acclaimed film Haider. Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, the film is based on Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Set in Kashmir, Shahid Kapoor plays Haider, the male protagonist, who is in search of his father who has 'disappeared'. The talented and versatile actor worked hard for this film and this award was long due. Accepting the Black Lady, Shahid said he could not believe it. But we certainly can!

Best Actor Female: Rekha presented the award for Best Actress to Kangana Ranaut for Queen. But since she was absent, Vikas Bahl came on stage to take it on her behalf. Rekha then took the award from him saying she would present it to Kangana herself and that she would have no choice but to accept it. Director Vikas Bahl said, "Kangana is the woman who made me look like a good director."

Best Film and Best Director: Queen was one of the most loved and watched films of 2014. It was also a favourite at the 60th Filmfare Awards. Directors Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Bahl came on stage dancing to the song London Thumkda from the same movie. An emotional Vikramaditya Motwane said, "We managed to make this film in spite of having monetary issues, we still remember we didn't had the money to get back from Paris and reach Amsterdam and I would like to thank Vikram and Viacom who made this possible and helped us in completing the movie."

Best Director: Vikas Bahl for Queen.

Best Actor Award Female (Critics): An emotional Alia Bhatt accepted the Best Filmfare Actor Award Female (Critics) for her film Highway. Considered to be one of her finest performances so far, Alia received rave reviews and this trophy validates it. Presenting the Black Lady to Alia was noted director and producer Anurag Kashyap.

Best Actor Award Male (Critics): This one came as a pleasant surprise o validate that the Filmfare Awards select only the best in the Hindi film industry, individuals who are deserving of the Black Lady. Actor Sanjay Mishra won the Best Actor (Critics) Award for the film Ankhon Dekhi, written and directed by Rajat Kapoor.

Best Film Award (Critics): Ramesh Sippy came on stage to give away the award for Best Film Award (Critic) to Rajat Kapoor for Ankhon Dekhi.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male and Female): Tabu was presented with a Filmfare Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) for Haider, by none other than the dashing actor Shahid Kapoor, who played Tabu's son in the film. On receiving the award, Tabu said, "Today I want to applaud everyone in the film industry who wrote great characters for women, all the writers, directors, actor and who ever is responsible for this. Thank you for making it possible." Also receiving the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) was Kay Kay Menon for the film Haider.

Best Debut Actor (Male and Female): Pakistani actor and Bollywood's latest heartthrob Fawad Khan won the Best Debut Actor (Male) for Khoobsurat and the award was presented to him by Jhataleka Malhotra and Fawad’s co-star from the film Khoobsurat, Sonam Kapoor.

The Filmfare Award for Best Actor Debut (Female) went to Kriti Sanon for the film Heropanti. Kriti thanked Sajid Nadiadwala for giving her the opportunity. She also thanked her Mom and Dad.

Best Debut Director: 2 States, directed by debutante director Abhsihek Varman has certainly won the hearts of the audience and critics alike. Based on Chetan Bhagat's best selling novel by the same name, the film has been nominated under all popular categories at this year's Filmfare Awards. Abhishek accepted the award for Best Debut Director for 2 States, where the lead characters in the film were played by Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Dia Mirza walked on stage and said, "Filmfare is proud to give the Lifetime Achievement Award to Kamini Kaushal." Jaya Bachchan then came on stage to present the award and said that Kamini Kaushal has been in the industry for 70 years and FIlmfare is 60 years old. She further added that she knew the evteran actress through her mother in law where the two had spent a lot of years together in Lahore.

Best Music Director: Shankar Ehsaan Loy walk away with the Black Lady. The trio won the award for Best Music Director for 2 States. Other music composers who were nominated uner this category included Amit Trivedi for Queen, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Honey Singh, Mithoon and Pritam for Yariyaan, Himesh Reshammiya, Meet Bros Anjjan and Honey Singh for Kick and Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Soch for Ek Villain.

Best Dialogue and Best Story: Vidya Balan came on stage to give away the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue and the winners were none other than Abhijat Joshi and Rajkumar Hirani for PK. The duo also won a Filmfare for Best Screenplay for the film which had Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma playing the lead roles. Vikram Bhatt, Vikramaditya Motwane and Ileana D'cruz to present the Best Story Award to Rajat Kapoor who won for Ankhon Dekhi. Also nominated under this category was Anurag Kashyap for Ugly, Imtiaz Ali for Highway, Nitin Kakkar for Filmistaan and Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi for PK.

Best Lyrics: Nargis Fakhri and Randeep Hooda present the Filmfare award to Rashmi Singh for Best Lyrics for the song Muskurane ki wajah from the film CityLights. Other nominations under this category included Amitabh Bhattacharya for Zehnaseeb from the film Hasee Toh Phasee, Gulzar for Bismil from the film Haider, Irshad Kamil for Patakha guddi from Highway and Kausar Munir for Suno na sangemarmar from Youngistaan. This one must have been a tough decision!

Best Screenplay: There were no guesses for this one! Ace film director Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi walked away with the Black Lady for the most debated film of 2014: PK, starring Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles. The award was presented by Mukesh Bhatt and Anita Lodha- Miss diva 2014.

Best Playback Singer (Male): Arjun Kapoor and Karan Johar present the award to Ankit Tiwari for Best Playback Singer (Male) for the song Galliyan from the film Ek Villain. Accepting the coveted trophy, Ankit sang Galliyan on stage and said, "Bahut khushi milti hai jab aisa award milta hai. Thanks a lot Filmfare. Thanks to my director Mohit Suri, Ekta Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor. I feel every film has a team. Mere gaane ke piche bahut logon ka haath hai. I want to say thanks to all."

Best Playback Singer (Female): Kanika Kapoor won a Filmfare Award for Baby Dollfor the film Ragini MMS 2. The other nominations under this category were, Rekha Bhardwaj for Humari atariya pe from Dedh Ishqiya, Shreya Ghoshal for Manwa lage from Happy New Year, Sona Mahapatra for Naina from the film Khoobsurat and Sultana Nooran, Jyoti Nooran for Patakha guddi for Highway.

Best Choreography: CEO of Reliance, Rui Singh presented the award for Best Choreography to Ahmed Khan for Jumme ki raat from Kick. Ahmed Khan, an ace choreographer beat Bosco-Caesar who were nominated for Hungama ho gaya from Queen, Tu meri from Bang Bang and Tune mari entriyan from Gunday. Even Ganesh Acharya was nominated for for Whistle Baja from Heropanti. But Ahmed walked away with the Black Lady.

Best Background Score: The Filmfare Award for Best Background Score goes to Amit Trivedi for Queen, presented to him by Alankrita Sahai - Miss Diva 2014 and Neil Nitin Mukesh. Trivedi has done a brilliant job in Queen and the film has been nominated under several categories. Amit gave tough competition to others including Oscar winner AR Rahman for Highway, Rohit Kulkarni for Mary Kom, Julius Packiam for Mardaani and Mathias Duplessey for Finding Fanny.

Technical Awards: Best Action Award goes to Sham Kaushal for Gunday.

Best Cinematography Award goes to Bobby Singh and Siddharth Diwan for Queen.

Best Editing Award goes to Abhijit Kokate and Anurag Kashyap for Queen.

Best Production Design Award goes to Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray for Haider.

Best Sound Design Award goes to Anil Kumar Konakandla and Prabal Pradhan for Mardaani.

Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluwalia for the film Haider.

Best Editing: Abhijit Kokate and Anurag Kashyap win a Filmfare Award under the Best Editing category for the film Queen. Queen was one of the most loved films of the year 2014 and Kangana Ranaut won rave reviews for her performance in the film. Anurag Kashyap was one fo the prdoucers of the film. Anurahg Kashyap's Ugly has also won crittical acclaim and he is also a top contender for the Filmfare Award under the Best Director category.