68th Filmfare Awards: Alia Bhatt & Gangubai Kathiawadi's supremacy

HYDERABAD: The 68th Filmfare Awards 2023 winners have been announced after much anticipation. The prestigious event took place in Mumbai yesterday and was hosted by Salman Khan, with co-hosts Ayushmann Khurrana and Maniesh Paul.

Alia Bhatt was awarded the Best Actor (Female) for her exceptional performance in Gangubai Kathiawadi while Rajkummar Rao won the Best Actor (Male) for his outstanding work in Badhaai Do.

Surprisingly, Gangubai Kathiawadi won the Best Film award, and its director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, was recognized as the Best Director.

Veteran actor Prem Chopra was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The following is the full list of awards:

BEST FILM: GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI

BEST DIRECTOR: SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE): RAJKUMMAR RAO (BADHAAI DO)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE): ALIA BHATT (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST FILM CRITICS’: BADHAAI DO (HARSHVARDHAN KULKARNI)

BEST ACTOR CRITICS’: SANJAY MISHRA (VADH)

BEST ACTRESS CRITICS’: TABU (BHOOL BHULAIYAA 2) & BHUMI PEDNEKAR (BADHAAI DO)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE): ANIL KAPOOR (JUGJUGG JEEYO)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE): SHEEBA CHADDHA (BADHAAI DO)

BEST LYRICS: AMITABH BHATTACHARYA (KESARIYA- BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA)

BEST MUSIC ALBUM: PRITAM (BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE): ARIJIT SINGH (KESARIYA- BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE): KAVITA SETH (RANGISARI- JUGJUGG JEEYO)

BEST STORY: AKSHAT GHILDIAL, SUMAN ADHIKARY (BADHAAI DO)

BEST SCREENPLAY: AKSHAT GHILDIAL, SUMAN ADHIKARY AND HARSHAVARDHAN KULKARNI (BADHAAI DO)

BEST DIALOGUE: PRAKASH KAPADIA, UTKARSHINI VASHISHTHA (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST BACKGROUND SCORE: SANCHIT BALHARA AND ANKIT BALHARA (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: SUDEEP CHATTERJEE (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: SUBRATA CHAKRABORTY AND AMIT RAY (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: SHEETAL IQBAL SHARMA (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST SOUND DESIGN: BISHWADEEP DIPAK CHATTERJEE (BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA)

BEST EDITING: NINAD KHANOLKAR (AN ACTION HERO)

BEST ACTION: PARVEZ SHAIKH (VIKRAM VEDHA)

BEST VFX: DNEG, REDEFINE (BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: KRUTI MAHESH (DHOLIDA- GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR: JASPAL SINGH SANDHU AND RAJEEV BARNWAL (VADH)

BEST DEBUT MALE: ANKUSH GEDAM (JHUND)

BEST DEBUT FEMALE: ANDREA KEVICHUSA (ANEK)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: PREM CHOPRA

R D BURMAN AWARD FOR UPCOMING MUSIC TALENT: JAHNVI SHRIMANKAR (DHOLIDA- GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)