Actor Sidharth Malhotra starrer war drama Shershaah walked away with top honours at the 22nd edition of the IIFA Weekend and Awards on Saturday, which saw actors Vicky Kaushal, Kriti Sanon take home acting trophies.
The three day extravaganza concluded at the Etihad Arena, part of Yas Bay Waterfront on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi and celebrated the best of Hindi films in the last two years.
Produced by Karan Johar, Shershaah won the best film and best direction honour for Vishnuvaradhan.
The film, based on the life of Kargil war hero Captain Vikram Batra, also won awards in the music category, with best singer male and female being awarded to Jubin Nautiyal and Asees Kaur for Raataan Lambiyan.
The best music direction honour saw a tie between Atrangi Re, by AR Rahman, and Shershaah by Tanishk Bagchi, Jasleen Royal, Javed-Mohsin, Vikram Montrose, B Praak, Jaani.
Anurag Basu was awarded the best original story award for his acclaimed 2020 release Ludo and dedicated the win to the film’s editor Ajay Sharma, who passed away last year due to COVID.
The best adapted story honour was bagged by Kabir Khan and Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan for 83, a film based on the 1983 cricket world cup triumph of India.
For his role as freedom fighter Udham Singh in Sardar Udham, Vicky was adjudged the best actor. The Shoojit Sircar directorial was released on Prime Video to acclaim last year.
In his acceptance speech, Vicky thanked his family, actor wife Katrina Kaif, Sircar and producer Ronnie Lahiri.
The actor also dedicated his first ever best actor win to late Irrfan Khan, who was the original choice for the part.
Actor Kriti Sanon was awarded the best actor honour for her perfomance in Mimi.
The Laxman Utekar directed comedy-drama also saw other acting honours going its way, including that of Sai Tamhankar for best performance in a supporting role.
Pankaj Tripathi bagged the best supporting actor award for Ludo.
Kausar Munir bagged the best lyrics award for the song Lehre Do from Kabir Khan’s 83.
The best debut male award was bagged by Ahan Shetty for the film Tadap.
The award ceremony was hosted by Salman Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Maniesh Paul. (PTI)
