61st Filmfare Awards

61st Filmfare Awards
61st Filmfare Awards
Date	15 January 2016
Site	NSCI Dome, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Hosted by	Shah Rukh Khan Kapil Sharma
Official website	www.filmfare.com
Highlights
Best Film	Bajirao Mastani
Critics Award for Best Film	Piku
Most awards	Bajirao Mastani (9)
Most nominations	Bajirao Mastani (14)
Television coverage
Network	Sony Entertainment Television (India)
Duration	173 minutes
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The 61st Filmfare Awards were held to honor the best films of 2015 on 15 January 2016 at NSCI Dome in Mumbai. The ceremony was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan and Kapil Sharma.^[1]

Bajirao Mastani led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by Piku with 8 nominations, Tanu Weds Manu Returns with 7 nominations and Badlapur with 6 nominations respectively.

Bajirao Mastani won 9 awards including Best Film, Best Director (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actor (for Ranveer Singh) and Best Supporting Actress (for Priyanka Chopra), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Other major winners included Piku with 5 awards, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Roy, Talvar, and Tanu Weds Manu Returns with 2, and Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Bombay Velvet, Dil Dhadakne Do, Hero, Masaan and Tamasha with 1.

Deepika Padukone received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Bajirao Mastani and Piku, winning for the latter.

Priyanka Chopra, who won Best Supporting Actress for Bajirao Mastani, became the first actress to win Filmfare Awards in 5 different competitive acting categories.^[2]