January | Saturday | 16, 2016 :: The 61st Filmfare Awards were held to honor the best films of 2015 from the Hindi-language film industry on the 15th of January, 2016 at the Yash Raj Studio in Mumbai. The ceremony was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan and comedian Kapil Sharma.
Bajirao Mastani won the most awards with nine including Best Film. Other winners included Piku with six awards, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Roy, Talvar, and Tanu Weds Manu Returns with two, and Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Bombay Velvet, Dil Dhadakne Do, Hero, Masaan, Tamasha with one.
The complete list of winners:
* Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) – Deepika Padukone for Piku
* Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) – Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani
* Best Film – Bajirao Mastani
* Best Director – Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Bajirao Mastani
* Best Debut Director – Neeraj Ghaywan for Masaan
* Best Debut (Female) – Bhumi Pednekar for Dum Laga Ke Haisha
* Best Debut (Male) – Sooraj Pancholi for Hero
* Critics Choice Best Film – Piku
* Critics Choice Best Actor (Male) – Amitabh Bachchan for Piku
* Critics Choice Best Actor (Female) – Kangana Ranaut for Tanu Weds Manu Returns
* Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Priyanka Chopra for Bajirao Mastani
* Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) – Anil Kapoor For Dil Dhadakne Do
* Lifetime Achievement Award – Moushumi Chatterjee
* Best Costume – Anju Modi and Maxima Basu for Bajirao Mastani
* Best Sound Design – Shajith Koyeri for Talvar
* Best Production Design – Sujeet Sawant, Sriram Iyengar and Saloni Dhatrak for Bajirao Mastani
* Best Choreography – Pandit Birju Maharaj for Mohe Rang Do Laal from Bajirao Mastani
* Best Cinematography – Manu Anand for Dum Laga Ke Haisha
* Best Action – Sham Kaushal for Bajirao Mastani
* Best Background Score – Anupam Roy for Piku
* Best VFX – Prana Studio for Bombay Velvet
* Best Playback Singer Female – Shreya Ghoshal for Deewani Mastani from Bajirao Mastani
* Best Playback Singer Male – Arijit Singh for Sooraj Dooba Hai from Roy
* Best Lyrics – Irshad Kamil for Agar Tum Saath Ho from Tamasha
* Best Music – Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros Anjjan and Amaal Mallik for Roy
* RD Burman Award – Armaan Malik
* Best Screenplay – Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku
* Best Editing – A Sreekar Prasad for Talvar
* Best Story – Vijayendra Prasad for Bajrangi Bhaijaan
* Best Dialogue – Himanshu Sharma for Tanu Weds Manu Returns