The 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards was a starstruck evening celebrating the films of 2015 with some Bollywood heavyweights.

Celebrities graced the red carpet in their stunning designer wear hoping to score big and take the prestigious black lady home.

But it was the Bajirao Mastani camp that won big on the night.

Nominated for eight awards, they cleaned up with ‘Best Film’, ‘Best Actor’ for Ranveer Singh, ‘Best Actress’ for Deepika Padukone and ‘Best Actress in a Supporting Role’ for Priyanka Chopra.

The magnum opus sees Sanjay Leela Bhansali at his directorial best, and 2015 was most definitely the year for powerhouse couple, Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone.

 

It was certainly a good evening for Deepika, who enjoyed not only the success of Bajirao Mastani, but her other 2015 release, Piku, which won the Critics Filmfare award for ‘Best Film’.

Her co-star, the veteran actor, Amitabh Bachchan won ‘Best Actor (Critics)’ for the same film, while last year’s ‘Best Actress’ winner, Kangana Ranaut picked up ‘Best Actress (Critics)’ for Tanu Weds Manu Returns.

 

Salman Khan also saw his film, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, take the award for ‘Best Story’, and Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros. Anjjan and Amaal Mallik took the ‘Best Music’ award for their work on Roy.

 

Another big winner was the quirky romantic comedy, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, which won ‘Best Cinematography’, and ‘Best Debut (Female)’ for actress, Bhumi Pednekar.

Here is the full list of winners of the 61st Britannia 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 – Bajirao Mastani

BEST FILM (CRITICS)
Piku

BEST ACTOR (CRITICS)
Amitabh Bachchan – Piku

BEST ACTRESS (CRITICS)
Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu Returns

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)
Anil Kapoor – Dil Dhadakne Do

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)
Priyanka Chopra – Bajirao Mastani

BEST STORY
Vijayendra Prasad for Bajrangi Bhaijaan

BEST DIALOGUE
Himanshu Sharma for Tanu Weds Manu Returns

BEST SCREENPLAY
Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Neeraj Ghaywan – Masaan

BEST DEBUT (MALE)
Sooraj Pancholi – Hero

BEST DEBUT (FEMALE)
Bhumi Pednekar – Dum Lage Ke Haisa

BEST MUSIC
Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros. Anjjan and Amaal Mallik – Roy

BEST LYRICS (LYRICIST)
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)

RD BURMAN AWARD
Armaan Malik

BEST COSTUME
Anju Modi and Maxima Basu – Bajirao Mastani

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Shajith Koyeri – Talvar

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sujeet Sawant, Sriram Iyengar and Saloni Dhatrak – Bajirao Mastani

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Manu Anand – Dum Laga Ke Haisha

BEST ACTION
Sham Kaushal – Bajirao Mastani

BEST VFX
Prana Studio – Bombay Velvet

BEST BACKGROUND SCORE
Anupam Roy – Piku

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Pandit Birju Maharaj for Mohe Rang Do Laal – Bajirao Mastani

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Moushumi Chatterjee

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Images courtesy of Filmfare