The 69th Filmfare Awards ceremony was held on 27-28 January 2024 in Gandhinagar (Gujarat). The event is hosted by Karan Johar.
Important Highlights:
- Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor won the Best Actor award in a lead role for the film Animal, while Alia Bhatt won the Best Actress award in a lead role for Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra received the Best Director award for the film 12th Fail.
- Along with this, 12th Fail won the Best Screenplay and Best Film (Popular) awards.
- The film is based on Anurag Pathak's 2019 non-fiction book about the real-life story of the 12th failed IPS Manoj Kumar Sharma.
Winner List:
- Best Film (Popular) - 12th Fail
- Best Director - Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
- Best Screenplay - 12th Fail
Best Actor in a Leading Role -
- Winner - Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)
Best Actress in a Leading Role -
- Winner - Alia Bhatt (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) -
- Winner - Vicky Kaushal (Dunki)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role -
- Winner - Shabana Azmi (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani)
Best Film Critics - Awards:
- Best Film - Joram (Devashish Makhija)
- Best Actor - Vikrant Massey (12th Fail)
- Best Actress - Rani Mukerji (Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway)
Other Awards:
- Best Story - Amit Rai (OMG 2)
- Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya (Tere Vaaste- Zara Hatke Zara Bachke)
- Best Music Album -Animal(Pritam, Vishal Mishra, Manan Bhardwaj, Shreyas Puranik, Jaani, Bhupinder Babbal, Ashim Kemson, Harshwardhan Rameshwar, Gurinder Seagal)
- Best Playback Singer (Male) - Bhupinder Babbal (Arjan Vailly- Animal)
- Best Playback Singer (Female) - Shilpa Rao (Besharam Rang-Pathan)
- Best Dialogue - Ishita Moitra (Rocky Aur Rani Ki Love Story)
- Upcoming Music Talent (RD Burman Award) - Shreyas Puranik (Satranga- from Animal)
- Best Debut (Male) - Aditya Rawal (Faraz)
- Best Debut (Female) - Alizeh Agnihotri (Farrey)
- Best Debut Director – Tarun Dudeja (Dhak Dhak)
- Lifetime Achievement Award - David Dhawan
About Filmfare Awards:
- It first started in 1954 when the National Film Awards was also established.
- The Filmfare Awards are given annually by Filmfare magazine for the best contribution in various fields of Hindi film.