Vikas Bahl's “Queen” triumphed at the 60th Filmfare Awards, winning in key categories, including best film, best director and best actress for its lead star Kangana Ranaut. The film bagged six honours in total - best editing to Abhijit Kokate and Anurag Kashyap, best cinematography (Bobby Singh and Siddharth Diwan) and best background score for Amit Trivedi. Kangana, who saw off competition from Alia Bhatt, Madhuri Dixit, Priyanka Chopra, Rani Mukerji and Sonam Kapoor in the best actress category, was not present to accept her award.
Vishal Bhardwaj's Shakespearean tale “Haider” closely followed 'Queen' with five awards, which includes a black lady for Shahid Kapoor in the best actor category and best supporting honours for Tabu and Kay Kay Menon. “Haider” triumphed in the technical categories as well, with Dolly Ahluwalia winning best costume designer and Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray topping the best production design list.
The lifetime achievement award was given to veteran actress Kamini Kaushal for her outstanding contribution to Indian cinema. Young star Alia Bhatt bagged the best actress (Critics) trophy for “Highway” and Sanjay Mishra won the best actor (Critics) for his outstanding performance in 'Ankhon Dekhi', which also earned director-writer Rajat Kapoor the best story gong.
Kriti Sanon won best debut female award for “Heropanti,” while Pakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan won the best debut male award for “Khoobsurat.”
Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi won for “PK” in the best screenplay and best dialogue categories, which were the only wins for the Aamir Khan-starrer film.
In the music categories, Ankit Tiwari won best male playback singer for 'Galiyaan' from “Ek Villain” and Kanika Kapoor was named best female playback singer for 'Baby Doll' from “Ragini MMS 2.”
Trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy won best music director for their work in “2 States.” Best lyrics honour went to Rashmi Singh for 'Muskurane' from “CityLights.”
