The 68th Filmfare Awards held last night at the Jio World Conventional Centre in Mumbai, marked the beginning of Bollywoods award season. Filmfare Awards is a magnificent event for the industry because it unites the whole cinema community to celebrate the best films of the previous year. Filmfare Awards which is one of the oldest and most prominent film events dedicated to the Hindi film industry. The Gala night was hosted by Salman Khan, Maniesh Paul and Ayushmann Khurrana. While Alia Bhatt clinched the Best Actress trophy, Rajkummar Rao won the Best Actor award. Filmfare Awards 2023 was mainly dominated by Gangubai Kathiawadi and Badhaai Do.This moment!🖤✨#AliaBhatt bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) for #GangubaiKathiawadi at the 68th #HyundaiFilmfareAwards2023 with #MaharashtraTourism. pic.twitter.com/9aLUAZrxLZ— Filmfare (@filmfare) April 28, 2023The sheer joy of #RajkummarRao with the Black Lady!🖤✨The actor won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for #BadhaaiDo at the 68th #HyundaiFilmfareAwards2023 with #MaharashtraTourism. pic.twitter.com/PcnhqkyPP6— Filmfare (@filmfare) April 28, 2023Gangubai Kathiawadi bagged 10 trophies including some of the biggest awards for the night, Best Film, Best Director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and Alia Bhatt as Best Actress. Rajkummar Rao has won the award for the best actor for his performance in Badhaai DoTabu and Bhumi Pednekar shared the prize for Best Actress (Critics) for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Badhaai Do, respectively. Sanjay Mishras portrayal in Vadh earned him the Best Actor award from critics.#BhumiPednekar arrives at the #HyundaiFilmfareAwards2023 with #MaharashtraTourism. ♥️ pic.twitter.com/hGakEuBYOf— Filmfare (@filmfare) April 27, 2023Veteran actor Prem Chopra received the Lifetime Achievement Award.Here is the full list of winners:Best Film (Critics): Badhaai DoBest Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Alia Bhatt for Gangubai KathiawadiBest Actor (Critics): Sanjay Mishra for VadhBest Actress (Critics): Bhumi Pednekar for Badhaai Do and Tabu for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai KathiawadiBest Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Anil Kapoor for Jug Jugg JeeyoBest Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Sheeba Chaddha for Badhaai DoPure joy!✨#SheebaChaddha accepts the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) for #BadhaaiDo from #GuneetMonga at the 68th #HyundaiFilmfareAwards2023 with #MaharashtraTourism. pic.twitter.com/xs7Lx1ApYh— Filmfare (@filmfare) April 28, 2023Best Music Album: Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One – ShivaBest Dialogue: Prakash Kapadia and Utkarshini Vashishtha for Gangubai KathiawadiBest Screenplay: Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary and Harshavardhan Kulkarni for Badhaai DoBest Story: Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary for Badhaai DoBest Debut (Male): Ankush Gedam for JhundBest Debut (Female): Andrea Kevichusa for AnekWhat a moment!❤️#SanjayLeelaBhansali was presented the Black Lady by #AnilKapoor for #GangubaiKathiawadi at the 68th #HyundaiFilmfareAwards2023 with #MaharashtraTourism. pic.twitter.com/tBgYvKClAA— Filmfare (@filmfare) April 28, 2023Vivek Agnihotri denied being part of the showAmid all this, on Thursday before the beginning of the show, director Vivek Agnihotri refused to be part of the award show. Although his film, The Kashmir Files was nominated in various categories including the best director. He announced that he will not be part of the unethical and anti-cinema awards.Reportedly, the director was upset that the principal actors from the shortlisted films are shown in the best director nominees poster for the 68th Filmfare Awards, which was published on social media by the publication.Sanjay Leela Bhansalis Gangubai Kathiawadi, Anees Bazmees Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Ayan Mukerjis Brahmastra: Part One Shiva, Sooraj Barjatyas Uunchai, and Harshvardhan Kulkarnis Badhaai Do were among the competitors for the best director award.
