Mumbai: Actor Ranveer Singh, who bagged the Best Actor in a Leading Role Award at the 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards ceremony here, says he felt honoured to have been nominated in the category with megastar Amitabh Bachchan. Ranveer walked off with the black statuette for his role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial “Bajirao Mastani” wherein he portrays the role of Maratha warrior Peshwa Bajirao I. Dedicating his award to his family, the actor said: “It is an honour to be nominated alongside my idol Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.” But Big B didn’t go back home empty handed. He won the Best Actor (Male) Award in the critics category for his work in “Piku”, while Deepika Padukone, his co-actor in the film bagged the Best Actress in a Leading Role Award at the event, held here on Friday.
B-town’s most prestigious awards, the 61st Filmfare Awards 2015 were recently commenced at the showbiz capital Mumbai and it was a total starry affair. Many popular names like Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Sunny leone, Amitabh Bachchan, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and other glitterati gathered under one roof for the coveted event. While the event witnessed the presence of newcomers like Sooraj Pancholi, Bhumi Pednekar and Kriti Sanon, it also praised the work of veteran actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Moushumi Chatterjee. Who won which awards. Sooraj Pancholi, who forayed into Bollywood with superstar Salman Khan’s production Hero, is elated about receiving the Filmfare Best Debut (Male) Award. He has thanked his fans for the “support”.“I thank all the people who have supported me! Each and everyone of you! I coudn’t have done this without you,” tweeted Sooraj after winning the award on Friday night.
The event saw actress Bhumi Pednekar bag the Best Debut (Female) for her film Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Ranveer Singh won the Best Actor Award for his role as 18th century Maratha Peshwa Bajirao I in Bajirao Mastani, while Deepika Padukone grabbed the Best Actress Award for her role of a doting daughter in Piku.
Kangana Ranaut won the Critics’ Choice Best Actor (Female) Award for “Tanu Weds Manu Returns”, and megastar Amitabh Bachchan won the Critics’ Choice Best Actor (Male) award for Piku. “Time is short…so Best Actor Critics’ at Filmfare for ‘Piku’…happy and content,” tweeted Amitabh. The Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) honour went to Priyanka Chopra for Bajirao Mastani, while Anil Kapoor took home the Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) Award for Dil Dhadakne Do.
The elegant and evergreen Moushumi Chatterjee was decorated with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the gala, where Bajirao Mastani was named the Best Film and Sanjay Leela Bhansali received the Best Director award for the historical period drama.The Best Music Award went to Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros Anjjan and Amaal Mallik for the film Roy, while Irshad Kamil bagged Best Lyrics Award for the track Agar tum saath ho from the film Tamasha.
Arijit Singh lifted the Best Playback Singer (Male) Award for his song Sooraj dooba in the film Roy, and the Best Playback Singer (Female) went to Shreya Ghoshal for the track Deewani mastani in the film Bajirao Mastani. In the Critics’ Choice category, the Best Film award was received by Piku. (IANS)
