68th Filmfare Awards 2023 - Venue, Where To Watch, Best Actors, Winners list

68th Filmfare Awards 2023 - Venue, Where To Watch, Best Actors, Winners list

The Filmfare Awards are one of the most prestigious cinematic events dedicated to the Hindi film industry. The awards were established in 1954 and celebrated its 68th anniversary on Thursday. Many young artists realised their dreams of winning the iconic Black Lady at the most recent event.

Date and Venue 

The Jio World Conventional Centre in Mumbai hosted the 68th edition of the Hyundai Filmfare Awards on April 27, 2023 in magnificent style after much controversy over who would and would not attend. 

Alia Bhatt, Anil Kapoor, Rekha, Janhvi Kapoor, Nora Fatehi, Vicky Kaushal, and many other celebrities walked the red carpet to start the gorgeous evening. Along with Ayushmann Khurrana and Maniesh Paul.

Host

The 68th Filmfare Awards will be hosted by Salman Khan and co-hosted by Maniesh Paul.

The Times Group conducted a press conference to announce the 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards. Salman Khan was an honoured guest during the news conference. Mr. Jitesh Pillai, Editor of Filmfare, Mr. Tarun Garg, COO of Hyundai Motor India, and Mr. Deepak Lamba, CEO of Worldwide Media were among the panellists at the press event.

Performances

The Filmfare trophies ceremony is much more than just the presenting of the trophies. The outstanding performances of the top Bollywood celebs are also highlighted at the Filmfare Award presentation. Fans always look forward to seeing these dynamic and lively performances on award night. To make the ceremony more entertaining, a different celebrity is asked to perform each year. Several celebrities, including Jhanvi Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Vicky Kaushal, Tiger Shroff, and Salman Khan performed at the ceremony this year.

Awards

Alia Bhatt was named the deserving Best Actor (Female) winner, and Gangubai Kathiawadi was named the top movie. Sanjay Leela Bhansali received the Best Director prize after completing the sweep.

Badhaai Do earned critics' choice honours for Bhumi Pednekar, Rajkummar Rao, and Sheeba Chaddha, and the social comedy-drama was also named Best Film (critics' choice).

While Kartik Aaryan did not receive an award for his critically acclaimed film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, directed by Anees Bazmee, Tabu was named Best Actress (Critics' Choice). What came as a nice surprise was Sanjay Mishra's triumph for Best Actor (Critics' Choice) for his critically praised film Vadh, which also starred Neena Gupta.

Brahmastra was a big box office success, yet it did not win any major awards. It did, however, win the best music album award, while Amitabh Bhattacharya won best lyrics for the film's iconic song "Kesariya" and Arijit Singh won best playback singer (male) for the same song.

The awards honoured talent from Amitabh Bachchan's Jhund, with Ankush Gedam receiving best debuting actor (male) and Andrea Kevichüsa of Anek winning best freshman actress (female). Prem Chopra, a veteran actor, received the lifetime achievement award.

Complete List Of Winners 

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• Best Film: Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Film (Critics'): Badhaai Do

• Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Rajkummar Rao for Badhaai Do

• Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Actor (Critics'): Sanjay Mishra for Vadh

• Best Actress (Critics'): Bhumi Pednekar for Badhaai Do and Tabu for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

• Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Anil Kapoor for Jug Jugg Jeeyo

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Sheeba Chaddha for Badhaai Do

• Best Music Album: Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva

• Best Dialogue: Prakash Kapadia and Utkarshini Vashishtha for Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Screenplay: Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary and Harshavardhan Kulkarni for Badhaai Do

• Best Story: Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary for Badhaai Do

• Best Debut (Male): Ankush Gedam for Jhund

• Best Debut (Female): Andrea Kevichusa for Anek

• Best Debut Director: Jaspal Singh Sandhu and Rajeev Barnwal for Vadh

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Prem Chopra

• Best Music Album: Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva

• Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya for Kesariya from Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva

• Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh for Kesariya from Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva

• Best Playback Singer (Female): Kavita Seth for Rangisari from Jug Jugg Jeeyo

• RD Burman Award for Upcoming Music Talent: Jahnvi Shrimankar for Dholida from Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best VFX: DNEG and Redefine for Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva

• Best Editing: Ninad Khanolkar for An Action Hero

• Best Costume Design: Sheetal Sharma for Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Production Design: Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray for Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Sound Design: Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee for Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva

• Best Background Score: Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara for Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Choreography: Kruti Mahesh for Dholida from Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee for Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Action: Parvez Shaikh for Vikram Vedha

Where To Watch?

Colours Television broadcasted the awards ceremony at 9 p.m. on April 28, 2023. Furthermore, Colours Cineplex also hosted the OTT premiere of the 2023 Filmfare Awards.

Filmfare's official website has some behind-the-scenes footage and unique coverage.

The Filmfare Awards are the most prestigious and well-respected in the Hindi cinema business. It simply honours Hindi cinema's artistic and technical excellence. If you want to see the ceremony live, you should buy your tickets as soon as possible. If that is not possible, watch it the next day on TV or online.