# 2019 Zee Cine Awards

The Zee Cine Awards 2019 ceremony celebrated the best of Indian Hindi-language films of 2018. The ceremony was held on 19 March 2019 at the MMDRA Ground at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai and broadcast on 31 March 2019 on Zee Cinema. The main hosts of the event were Kartik Aaryan and Vicky Kaushal, while Malaika Arora, Ayushmann Khurrana, and Aparshakti Khurana hosted a segment each.
Padmaavat led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by Andhadhun and Raazi with 9 nominations each, and Dhadak and Stree with 8 nominations each.
Padmaavat won 6 awards, including Best Director (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali) and Best Actor (for Ranveer Singh), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

### Popular awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Sanju – Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani Badhaai Ho – Hemant Bhandari, Vineet Jain and Amit Sharma Padmaavat – Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ajit Andhare and Sudhanshu Vats Simmba – Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta and Rohit Shetty Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety – Ankur Garg, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Luv Ranjan Stree – Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru and Dinesh Vijan | Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Padmaavat Amit Sharma – Badhaai Ho Anubhav Sinha – Mulk Meghna Gulzar – Raazi Rohit Shetty – Simmba Sriram Raghavan – Andhadhun |
| Best Actor – Male | Best Actor – Female |
| Ranveer Singh – Padmaavat as Alauddin Khilji Ayushmann Khurrana – Andhadhun as Akash Kartik Aaryan – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety as Sonu Sharma Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju as Sanjay Dutt Ranveer Singh – Simmba as Sangram Bhalerao Varun Dhawan – Sui Dhaaga: Made in India as Mauji Sharma | Alia Bhatt – Raazi as Sehmat Khan Deepika Padukone – Padmaavat as Padmavati Anushka Sharma – Sui Dhaaga: Made in India as Mamta Sharma Kareena Kapoor Khan – Veere Di Wedding as Kalindi Puri Sonam Kapoor Ahuja – Veere Di Wedding as Avni Sharma Taapsee Pannu – Mulk as Aarti Malhotra |
| Best Supporting Actor – Male | Best Supporting Actor – Female |
| Vicky Kaushal – Sanju as Kamlesh Kanhaiyalal Kapasi Jaideep Ahlawat – Raazi as Khalid Mir Manoj Pahwa – Mulk as Bilaal Ali Mohammed Pankaj Tripathi – Stree as Rudra Paresh Rawal – Sanju as Sunil Dutt Ravi Kishan – Mukkabaaz as Sanjay Kumar | Katrina Kaif – Zero as Babita Kumari Ashwini Kalsekar – Andhadhun as Rasika Jawanda Gitanjali Rao – October as Vidya Iyer Radhika Apte – Andhadhun as Sophie Shikha Talsania – Veere Di Wedding as Meera Surekha Sikri – Badhaai Ho as Dadi |
| Best Actor in a Comic Role | Best Actor in a Negative Role |
| Kartik Aaryan – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety as Sonu Sharma Abhishek Banerjee – Stree as Jaana Aparshakti Khurana – Stree as Bittu Jackky Bhagnani – Mitron as Jai Jimmy Sheirgill – Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi as Daman Singh Bagga Piyush Mishra – Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi as Usman Afridi | Tabu – Andhadhun as Simi Jim Sarbh – Padmaavat as Malik Kafur Jimmy Sheirgill – Mukkabaaz as Bhagwandas Mishra Manoj Bajpai – Baaghi 2 as DIG Ajay Sheirgill Saurabh Shukla – Raid as Rameshwar Singh Sohum Shah – Tumbbad as Vinayak Rao Sonu Sood – Simmba as Doorvva Yashwanth Ranade |
| Best Music | Best Lyrics |
| Ajay–Atul – Dhadak Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Rochak Kohli, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Zack Knight and Saurabh–Vaibhav – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Amit Trivedi – Kedarnath Amit Trivedi – Manmarziyaan Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Padmaavat Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Raazi Tanishk Bagchi, Lijo George-DJ Chetas and JAM8 – Loveyatri | Gulzar – "Dilbaro" (Raazi) A. M. Turaz – "Ek Dil Ek Jaan" (Padmaavat) Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Dhadak" (Dhadak) Gulzar – "Ae Watan" (Raazi) Irshad Kamil – "Mere Naam Tu" (Zero) Javed Akhtar – "Main Zinda Hoon" (Paltan) |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Yasser Desai – "Naino Ne Baandhi" (Gold) Abhay Jodhpurkar – "Mere Naam Tu" (Zero) Ajay Gogavale – "Dhadak" (Dhadak) Arijit Singh – "Ae Watan" (Raazi) Darshan Raval – "Chogada" (Loveyatri) Sukhwinder Singh – "Kar Har Maidaan Fateh" (Sanju) | Harshdeep Kaur and Vibha Saraf – "Dilbaro" (Raazi) Asees Kaur – "Akh Lad Jaave" (Loveyatri) Neha Kakkar – "Aankh Maarey" (Simmba) Neha Kakkar and Dhvani Bhanushali – "Dilbar" (Satyameva Jayate) Shreya Ghoshal – "Dhadak" (Dhadak) Shreya Ghoshal – "Ghoomar" (Padmaavat) |
| Best Track of the Year ||
| "Aankh Maarey" (Simmba) "Bom Diggy Diggy" (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety) "Chogada" (Loveyatri) "Dilbar" (Satyameva Jayate) "Tareefan" (Veere Di Wedding) "Zingaat" (Dhadak) ||

### Debut awards

Best Debut Director :
| Amar Kaushik – Stree Gauravv K Chawla – Baazaar Prosit Roy – Pari Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad – Tumbbad ||
| Best Debut – Male | Best Debut – Female |
| Ishaan Khatter – Beyond the Clouds as Amir and Dhadak as Madhukar Bhagla Aayush Sharma – Loveyatri as Sushrut Dulquer Salmaan – Karwaan as Avinash Rohan Mehra – Baazaar as Rizwan Ahmed | Janhvi Kapoor – Dhadak as Parthavi Singh Mouni Roy – Gold as Monobina Das Radhika Madan – Pataakha as Champa Kumari Sara Ali Khan – Kedarnath as Mandakani Mishra Warina Hussain – Loveyatri as Michelle Zoya Hussain – Mukkabaaz as Sunaina Mishra |

### Technical awards

| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth Rao and Pooja Ladha Surti – Andhadhun | Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth Rao and Pooja Ladha Surti – Andhadhun |
| Best Dialogue | Best Cinematography |
| Sumit Arora – Stree | Sudeep Chatterjee – Padmaavat |
| Best Choreography | Best Action |
| Jyothi D. Tomar and Kruti Mahesh Midya – "Ghoomar" (Padmaavat) | Ahmed Khan, Kecha Khampadkee, Ram Chella, Lakshman Chella and Shamsher Khan – Baaghi 2 |
| Best Sound Design | Best Background Score |
| Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Justin Jose and Nihar Ranjan Samal – Padmaavat | Daniel B. George – Andhadhun |
| Best Editing | Best Visual Effects |
| Pooja Ladha Surti – Andhadhun | Red Chillies VFX – Zero |
| Best Production Design ||
| Nitin Zihani Choudhary and Rakesh Yadav – Tumbbad ||

### Critics' awards

Best Film :
| Raazi – Vineet Jain, Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta ||
| Best Actor – Male | Best Actor – Female |
| Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju as Sanjay Dutt | Deepika Padukone – Padmaavat as Padmavati |

### Special Awards

* Lifetime Achievement Award
* Hema Malini
* Extraordinary Jodi of the Year
* Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao – Badhaai Ho as Priyamvada Kaushik and Jeetender Kaushik
* Extraordinary Icon for Social Change
* Sonam Kapoor Ahuja – Pad Man as Pari Walia
* Extraordinary Performance of the Year
* Ayushmann Khurrana – Andhadhun as Akash

## Superlatives

Multiple :
| Nominations | Film |
| 14 | Padmaavat |
| 10 | Andhadhun |
| 10 | Raazi |
| 8 | Dhadak |
| 8 | Stree |
| 7 | Simmba |
| 6 | Badhaai Ho |
| 6 | Loveyatri |
| 6 | Sanju |
| 5 | Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety |
| 5 | Veere Di Wedding |
| 4 | Mulk |
| 4 | Zero |
| 3 | Mukkabaaz |
| 3 | Satyameva Jayate |
| 3 | Tumbbad |
| 2 | Baazaar |
| 2 | Gold |
| 2 | Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi |
| 2 | Kedarnath |
| 2 | Manmarziyaan |
| 2 | October |
| 2 | Pari |
| 2 | Sui Dhaaga: Made in India |
Multiple :
| Wins | Film |
| 6 | Padmaavat |
| 5 | Andhadhun |
| 4 | Raazi |
| 3 | Dhadak |
| 3 | Sanju |
| 2 | Stree |
| 2 | Zero |

## Performers and presenters

The following individuals performed musical numbers or presented awards.

### Performers

| Name(s) | Performed |
| Kartik Aaryan | "Poster Lagwa Do" (Luka Chuppi) "Dil Chori" (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety) "Photo" (Luka Chuppi) "Bom Diggy Diggy" (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety) "Coca-Cola" (Luka Chuppi) "Mehrma" (Love Aaj Kal) "Kaun Nachdi" (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety) "Baanwre" (Pyaar Ka Punchnama) "Haan Mein Galat" (Love Aaj Kal (2020 film)) "Daru Vich Pyar" (Guest iin London) "Ankhiyon Se Goli Mare" (Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019 film)) |
| Varun Dhawan | "Muqabla" (Street Dancer 3D) "Hindustani" (Street Dancer 3D) "First Class" (Kalank) "Palat Tera Hero Idhar Hai" (Main Tera Hero) |
| Aditya Roy Kapur | "Tu Hi Hai" (Aashiqui 2) "Surma Surma" (Malang (film)) "Hui Malang" (Malang (film)) |
| Shahid Kapoor | "Tera Ban Jaunga" (Kabir Singh) "Aadha Adhora" (Vivah) "Main Rang Sharbaton" (Phata Poster Nikhla Hero) "Pump It Up" (Chance Pe Dance) "Bekhayali" (Kabir Singh) |
| Vicky Kaushal | "Challa" (Uri: The Surgical Strike) "Dil Maang Raha Hai" (Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship) "Pachitaoge" (Pachitaoge) "Sacchi Mohabbat" (Manmarziyaan) |
| Ayushmann Khurrana | "Don't Be Shy" (Bala (2019 film)) "Gabru" (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan) "Ooh La La " (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan) "Radhe Radhe" (Dream Girl (2019 film)) |
| Arjun Kapoor | "Locha-E-Ulfat" (2 States) "Tere Liye" (Namaste England) "Mard Maratha" (Panipat (film)) |
| Sara Ali Khan | "Aankh Maarey" (Simmba) "Tere Bin" (Simmba) "Sweetheart" (Kedarnath) |
| Akshay Kumar | "Shaitan Ka Saala" (Housefull 4) "Chinta Ta Chita" (Rowdy Rathore) "Bhool Bhulaiyaa" (Bhool Bhulaiyaa) "Ek Chumma" (Housefull 4) "Wallah Re Wallah" (Tees Maar Khan) "Ve Maahi" (Kesari (2019 film)) "Subha Hone Na De" (Desi Boyz) "Sauda Khara Khara" (Good Newwz (soundtrack)) |

### Presenters

| Name(s) | Presented |
| Elnaaz Norouzi Ashwini Kalsekar | Zee Cine Award for Best Cinematography Zee Cine Award for Best Action |
| Ankita Lokhande Jackky Bhagnani | Zee Cine Award for Best Production Design Zee Cine Award for Best Visual Effects |
| Nora Fatehi | Zee Cine Award for Best Editing Zee Cine Award for Best Background Score |
| Arbaaz Khan Giorgia Andriani | Zee Cine Award for Best Sound Design Zee Cine Award for Best Dialogue Best Film Writing (Story and Screenplay) |
| Neeraj Akhoury Kiara Advani | Zee Cine Award for Best Choreography |
| Chitrangada Singh | Zee Cine Award for Best Debut Director |
| Punit Misra Himesh Reshammiya | Zee Cine Award for Extraordinary Jodi of the Year |
| Jatin Pandit Shilpa Rao | Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Keyur Virani Sophie Choudry | Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male |
| Ahmed Khan Neena Gupta | Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role |
| Vineet Jain Arjun Rampal Dino Morea | Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role |
| Jim Sarbh Diya Mirza | Zee Cine Award for Best Debut – Female Zee Cine Award for Best Debut – Male |
| Boney Kapoor | Zee Cine Award for Best Supporting Actor – Female |
| Kriti Sanon | Zee Cine Award for Best Supporting Actor – Male |
| Janhvi Kapoor Ishaan Khatter | Zee Cine Award for Extraordinary Icon for Social Change |
| Udit Narayan Pooja Hegde | Zee Cine Award for Best Lyrics Zee Cine Award for Best Music |
| Amar Singh Punit Misra | Zee Cine Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Indian Cinema |
| Alia Bhatt | Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male |
| Sanjay Leela Bhansali Ranveer Singh | Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female |
| Katrina Kaif | Zee Cine Award for Extraordinary Performance of the Year |
| Madhuri Dixit | Zee Cine Award for Best Film |
| Deepika Padukone | Zee Cine Award for Best Director |
| Ashish Sehgal Shariq Patel | Zee Cine Award for Song of the Year |
| Subhash Ghai | Zee Cine Award for Viewers' Choice Best Film Zee Cine Award for Viewers' Choice Best Actor – Female |
| Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Zee Cine Award for Viewers' Choice Best Actor – Male |