66th Filmfare Awards 2021 was a star studded affair held in Filmcity, Goregaon, Mumbai, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that got everything to a halt, stars made sure to make this evening a memorable one. Few days back the list of nominations for this prestigious award was out; last night stars took home the trophy for their hard work. The evening was hosted by Rajkummar Rao and Riteish Deshmukh. Winning under the Best film category is Anubhav Sinha's Thappad, while taking home the trophy for the Best actor in leading role female was the movie lead Taapsee Pannu for Thappad.
Meanwhile, the moment that must have got everyone teary eyed would be when late actor Irrfan Khan was awarded for his marvelous performance in Angrezi Medium. Ajay Devgn starrer Tanhaji The Unsung Warriors director Om Raut took home the best director's trophy. Saif Ali Khan was awarded for his performance in supporting actor in male category for Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior. While taking home the best debut trophy was Alaya F for Jawaani Jaaneman. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was awarded with Best actor (critics) in male category for Gulabo Sitabo.
Check out the full list of winners below-
BEST FILM
Thappad
BEST DIRECTOR
Om Raut for Tanhaji The Unsung Warriors
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)
Irrfan Khan for Angrezi Medium
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE )
Taapsee Pannu for Thappad
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)
Saif Ali Khan for Tanhaji
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ACTOR ROLE (FEMALE)
Farrukh Jaffer for Gulabo Sitabo
BEST DEBUT FEMALE
Alaya F, for Jawaani Jaaneman
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Rajesh Krishnan, for Lootcase
BEST MUSIC ALBUM
Pritam - Ludo
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)
Raghav Chaitanya - Ek Tukda Dhoop , Thappad
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)
Asees Kaur - Malang, Malang
CRITICS AWARDS
BEST FILM (CRITICS)
Eeb Allay Ooo!
BEST ACTOR (CRITICS) MALE
Amitabh Bachchan for Gulabo Sitabo
BEST ACTOR (CRITICS) FEMALE
Tillotama Shome for Sir
FILMFARE SHORT FILM AWARDS
BEST FILM (Popular Choice)
DEVI
BEST FILM (Fiction)
ARJUN
BEST FILM (Non-Fiction)
Backyard WildLife Sanctuary
BEST ACTOR (Female)
Purti Savardekar, The First Wedding
BEST ACTOR (Male)
Arnav Abdagire
SPECIAL AWARDS
RD BURMAN AWARD
Gulzaar
Lifetime Achievement Award
Irrfan Khan
WRITING AWARDS
BEST SCREENPLAY
Rohena Gera (Sir)
BEST DIALOGUE
Juhi Chaturvedi (Gulabo Sitabo)
BEST STORY
Thappad
TECHNICAL AWARDS
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Manasi Dhruv Mehta (Gulabo Sitabo)
BEST EDITING
Yasha Pushpa Ramchandani (Thappad)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Farah Khan - DIL BECHARA (Dil Bechara)
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Kaamod Kharade (Thappad)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avik Mukhopadhayay (Gulabo Sitabo)
BEST ACTION
Ramazan Bulut, RP Yadav (Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior)
BEST BACKGROUND SCORE
Mangesh Urmila Dhakde (Thappad)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Veera Kapur Ee (Gulabo Sitabo)
BEST VFX
Prasad Sutar (Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior)
On that note we congratulate all the winners, the award will be aired on television on April 11, 2021 on ColorsTV.
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