RAKEYSH Omprakash Mehra’s sports biopic Bhaag Milkha Bhaag scored six wins at the 59th Filmfare Awards including best film, best director and best actor for Farhan Akhtar.
The film is based on the life of athlete Milkha Singh.
Lyricist Prasoon Joshi won an award for penning hit inspirational number Zinda and Dolly Ahluwalia for best costume. The film also won an award in the best production design category.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, which led the nominations list with nine nods, did not win in any single category.
Its lead actress Deepika Padukone, who had a stupendous film year in 2013 with four back-to-back hits, was given the best actress award for her portrayal of a vivacious Gujarati damsel in Sanjay Leela Bhasali’s Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela.
Supriya Pathak Kapur, who played Deepika’s headstrong mother in the film, won the best supporting actress award.
The Lunchbox, which won the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, was victorious in three categories – best debut director for Ritesh Batra, best film (critics’) and best supporting actor award for Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
Veteran actress Tanuja was honoured with the lifetime achievement award for her outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
As expected Mohit Suri’s love saga Aashiqui 2 dominated the music category. Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon and Jeet Ganguly won best music director’s award for the film, while Arijit Singh bagged the trophy for best male playback singer. The best female playback singer award went to Monali Thakur for her soulful rendition ‘Sawar Loon’ in Lootera.
