Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy (2019) made history
India’s highly-anticipated awards night, the 65th Filmfare Awards took to the stage at the Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati, Assam on February 15, 2020.
This was the first time in six years that the Filmfare Awards 2020 was held outside of Mumbai.
The glamorous awards night saw a flurry of Bollywood celebrities in attendance.
These included Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Taapsee Pannu, Bhumi Pednekar and many more.
The awards night was hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar and actor Vicky Kaushal.
Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy (2019) made history as it won 13 accolades on the awards night.
These included Best Film, Best Actor for Ranveer Singh and Best Actress for Alia Bhatt, Best Director for Zoya Akhtar and more.
The musical drama film has broken the record of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black (2005) which won 11 Filmfare awards.
The Filmfare Awards 2020 also brought an array of varied films from Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (2019) to Article 15 (2019).
This year also saw legendary actor Govinda being presented with the Excellence in Cinema Award.
It did not end here; amazing performances were given by the likes of Ayushmann Khurrana and more who ignited the stage.
Here is the full list of the winners for the Filmfare Awards 2020:
Best Film
Gully Boy
Best Director
Zoya Akhtar for Gully Boy
Best Film (Critics)
Article 15 (Anubhav Sinha)
Sonchiriya (Abhishek Chaubey)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Ranveer Singh for Gully Boy
Best Actress (Critics)
Bhumi Pednekar for Saand Ki Aankh
Taapsee Pannu for Saand Ki Aankh
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female)
Alia Bhatt for Gully Boy
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Amruta Subhash for Gully Boy
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Siddhant Chaturvedi for Gully Boy
Best Music Album
Zoya Akhtar and Ankur Tewari for Gully Boy
Mithoon, Amaal Mallik, Vishal Mishra, Sachet Parampara and Akhil Sachdeva for Kabir Singh
Best Lyrics
Divine and Ankur Tewari for ‘Apna Time Aayega’ (Gully Boy)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Arijit Singh for ‘Kalank Nahi’ (Kalank)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shilpa Rao for Ghungoo (War)
Best Debut Director
Aditya Dhar for Uri: The Surgical Strike
Best Debut Actor
Abhimanyu Dassani for Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
Best Debut Actress
Ananya Pandey for Student Of The Year 2, Pati Patni Aur Woh
Best Original Story
Anubhav Sinha and Gaurav Solanki for Article 15
Best Screenplay
Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar for Gully Boy
Best Dialogue
Vijay Maurya for Gully Boy
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ramesh Sippy
Excellence in Cinema
Govinda
RD Burman Award for Upcoming Music Talent
Sashwat Sachdev – UR
The Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020 was certainly a star-studded night with very deserving winners who took home awards for their amazing contributions to cinema.
DESIblitz congratulates all the winners of the Filmfare Awards 2020.