# 25th Screen Awards

The 25th Star Screen Awards ceremony honoured the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2018. The ceremony was held on 27 December 2018 and broadcast in India on Star Plus on 31 December 2018. Actors Vicky Kaushal, Shahid Kapoor and Karan Johar hosted the event. Additionally, Shah Rukh Khan introduced and concluded the awards ceremony.
Raazi led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by Andhadhun with 9 nominations and Badhaai Ho, Padmaavat and Stree with 7 nominations each.
Raazi won 6 awards, including Best Actress (for Alia Bhatt), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

### Main awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Stree – Dinesh Vijan, Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Andhadhun – Sanjay Routray, Ajit Andhare and Sudhanshu Vats Badhaai Ho – Vineet Jain, Hemant Bhandari and Amit Sharma Mulk – Deepak Mukut and Anubhav Sinha Padmaavat – Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sudhanshu Vats and Ajit Andhare Raazi – Vineet Jain, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta Sanju – Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani | Sriram Raghavan – Andhadhun Amar Kaushik – Stree Amit Sharma – Badhaai Ho Anubhav Sinha – Mulk Meghna Gulzar – Raazi Rajkumar Hirani – Sanju Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Padmaavat |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Rajkummar Rao – Stree as Vicky Ranveer Singh – Padmaavat as Alauddin Khilji Ayushmann Khurrana – Andhadhun as Akash Ayushmann Khurrana – Badhaai Ho as Nakul Kaushik Gajraj Rao – Badhaai Ho as Jeetender Kaushik Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju as Sanjay Dutt Vicky Kaushal – Manmarziyaan as Vicky Sandhu | Alia Bhatt – Raazi as Sehmat Khan Deepika Padukone – Padmaavat as Padmavati Rani Mukerji – Hichki as Naina Mathur Taapsee Pannu – Manmarziyaan as Rumi Bagga Tabu – Andhadhun as Simi |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Pankaj Tripathi – Stree as Rudra Abhishek Bachchan – Manmarziyaan as Robbie Bhatia Jaideep Ahlawat – Raazi as Khalid Mir Saurabh Shukla – Raid as Rameshwar Singh Sunny Kaushal – Gold as Himmat Singh Vicky Kaushal – Raazi as Iqbal Syed Vicky Kaushal – Sanju as Kamlesh Kanhaiyalal Kapasi | Surekha Sikri – Badhaai Ho as Dadi Divya Dutta – Blackmail as Dolly Verma Pushpa Joshi – Raid as Amma Ji Radhika Apte – Andhadhun as Sophie Rasika Dugal – Manto as Safia Swara Bhaskar – Veere Di Wedding as Sakshi Soni |
| Most Promising Newcomer – Male | Most Promising Newcomer – Female |
| Ishaan Khatter – Beyond the Clouds as Amir & Dhadak as Madhukar Bhagla Abhishek Bannerjee – Stree as Jaana | Radhika Madan – Pataakha as Champa Kumari Janhvi Kapoor – Dhadak as Parthavi Singh Zoya Hussain – Mukkabaaz as Sunaina Mishra |
| Most Promising Debut Director | Best Child Artiste |
| Amar Kaushik – Stree Adesh Prasad and Rahi Anil Barve – Tumbbad Akarsh Khurana – Karwaan Dipesh Jain – Gali Guleiyan Prosit Roy – Pari | Mohammad Samad – Tumbbad as Pandurang Dhundiraj Prabhakar Jogalekar – Tumbbad as Young Vinayak |

### Critics' awards

Best Film :
| Mulk – Deepak Mukut and Anubhav Sinha October – Shoojit Sircar, Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar Pari – Anushka Sharma and Karnesh Sharma Pataakha – Vishal Bhardwaj, Rekha Bhardwaj, Dheeraj Wadhawan, Ajay Kapoor and Ishan Saksena Tumbbad – Sohum Shah, Aanand L. Rai, Mukesh Shah and Amita Shah ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Gajraj Rao – Badhaai Ho as Jeetender Kaushik Ishaan Khatter – Beyond the Clouds as Amir Rajkummar Rao – Omerta as Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh Rishi Kapoor – Mulk as Murad Ali Mohammed Varun Dhawan – October as Danish Walia Vineet Kumar Singh – Mukkabaaz as Shravan Kumar Singh | Neena Gupta – Badhaai Ho as Priyamvada Kaushik Anushka Sharma – Pari as Rukhsana Malavika Mohanan – Beyond the Clouds as Tara Sanya Malhotra – Pataakha as Genda Kumari Taapsee Pannu – Mulk as Aarti Malhotra |

### Special Awards

| Lifetime Achievement Award | Star Plus Baat Nayi Award |
| Sridevi | Thugs of Hindostan |
| Best Ethnic Style – Male | Best Ethnic Style – Female |
| Shah Rukh Khan | Mrunal Thakur |
| Real Star Award – Male | Real Star Award – Female |
| Sushant Singh Rajput | Katrina Kaif |

### Technical Awards

Best Music :
| Amit Trivedi – Manmarziyaan Ajay–Atul – Dhadak Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Rochak Kohli, Saurabh–Vaibhav, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Zack Knight – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Qaran, Shashwat Sachdev, Vishal Mishra and White Noise – Veere Di Wedding Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Raazi Vishal–Shekhar – Tiger Zinda Hai ||
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Arijit Singh – "Ae Watan" (Raazi) Amit Trivedi – "Naina Da Kya Kasoor" (Andhadhun) Ammy Virk and Shahid Mallya – "Daryaa" (Manmarziyaan) Atif Aslam – "Dil Diyan Gallan" (Tiger Zinda Hai) Diljit Dosanjh – "Ishq Di Baajiyaan" (Soorma) | Harshdeep Kaur – "Conch Ladhiyaan" (Manmarziyaan) & "Dilbaro" (Raazi) Sunidhi Chauhan – "Lae Dooba" (Aiyaary) Jonita Gandhi – "Sacchi Mohabbat" (Manmarziyaan) Shreya Ghoshal – "Ghoomar" (Padmaavat) Ronkini Gupta – "Chaav Laaga" (Sui Dhaaga) Neha Kakkar and Dhvani Bhanushali – "Dilbar" (Satyameva Jayate) |
| Best Lyrics | Best Sound Design |
| Gulzar – "Ae Watan" (Raazi) | Madhu Apsara – Andhadhun |
| Best Film Writing (Story and Screenplay) | Best Dialogue |
| Sriram Raghavan, Pooja Ladha Surti, Hemanth Rao, Arijit Biswas and Yogesh Chandekar – Andhadhun | Sumit Arora – Stree |
| Best Editing | Best Cinematography |
| Pooja Ladha Surti – Andhadhun | Pankaj Kumar – Tumbbad |
| Best Costume Design | Best Production Design |
| Ajay Kumar, Chandrakan Sonawane, Harpreet Narula, Pimple Narula and Maxima Basu – Padmaavat | Amit Ray and Subrata Chakraborty – Raazi |
| Best Action | Best Choreography |
| Ahmed Khan – Baaghi 2 | Jyothi D. Tomar and Kruti Mahesh – "Ghoomar" (Padmaavat) |

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | Raazi |
| 9 | Andhadhun |
| 7 | Badhaai Ho |
| 7 | Padmaavat |
| 7 | Stree |
| 6 | Manmarziyaan |
| 5 | Mulk |
| 5 | Tumbbad |
| 4 | Dhadak |
| 4 | Sanju |
| 3 | Beyond the Clouds |
| 3 | Pari |
| 3 | Pataakha |
| 2 | Gold |
| 2 | Mukkabaaz |
| 2 | October |
| 2 | Raid |
| 2 | Tiger Zinda Hai |
| 2 | Veere Di Wedding |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Wins | Film |
| 6 | Raazi |
| 5 | Stree |
| 4 | Andhadhun |
| 3 | Badhaai Ho |
| 3 | Padmaavat |
| 3 | Tumbbad |
| 2 | Dhadak |
| 2 | Manmarziyaan |

## Performers and presenters

The following individuals performed musical numbers or presented awards.

### Performers

| Name(s) | Performed |
| Nora Fatehi | "Dilbar" (Satyameva Jayate) |
| Shraddha Kapoor | "Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe" (Stree) "Kamariya" (Stree) "Milegi Milegi" (Stree) |
| Tiger Shroff | "Urvashi" (Yo Yo Honey Singh) "Mundiyan" (Baaghi 2) "O Saathi" (Baaghi 2) "High Rated Gabru" (Nawabzaade) |
| Katrina Kaif | "Suraiyya" (Thugs of Hindostan) "Manzoor-e-Khuda" (Thugs of Hindostan) "Husn Parcham" (Zero) |
| Alia Bhatt | "Let's Nacho" (Kapoor & Sons) |
| Jacqueline Fernandez | "Aa Zara" (Murder 2) "Buzz" (Badshah) "Yaar Na Miley" (Kick) "Heeriye" (Race 3) |
| Aayush Sharma Mouni Roy | "Rangtaari" (Loveyatri) (Solo) "Chhote Chhote Peg" (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety) (Solo) "Chogada" (Loveyatri) "Akh Lad Jaave" (Loveyatri) |

### Presenters

| Name(s) | Presented |
| Radhika Chhabria Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Sunny Kaushal | Screen Award for Most Promising Debut Director |
| Anupriya Goenka Karan Shroff | Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Male Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female |
| Naveen Kapoor Daisy Shah | Screen Award for Best Child Artiste |
| Kabir Khan | Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Ambrish Jain Kabir Khan | Real Star Award - Male |
| Sonal Chauhan Malavika Mohanan | Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Shyam Benegal Urmila Matondkar | Screen Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Rajkummar Rao | Star Plus Baat Nayi Award |
| Kartik Aaryan Ishita Raj Nushrratt Bharuccha | Screen Award for Best Ethnic Style - Male Screen Award for Best Ethnic Style - Male |
| Nushrat Barucha Ambrish Jain Aayush Sharma | Real Star Award - Female |
| Neena Gupta Diana Penty | Screen Award for Best Film (Critics) Screen Award for Best Film |
| Ramesh Sippy | Screen Award for Best Director |
| Sriram Raghavan Mouni Roy | Screen Award for Best Actor (Critics) Screen Award for Best Actress (Critics) |
| Rekha Balesh Sharma | Screen Award for Best Actor |
| Rekha | Screen Award for Best Actress |
| Neetu Chandra Meghna Gulzar | Screen Award for Best Sound Design Screen Award for Best Costume Design Screen Award for Best Production Design |
| Rasika Duggal Raja Krishna Menon | Screen Award for Best Editing Screen Award for Best Cinematography Screen Award for Best Action |
| Jaideep Ahlawat Ashwini Iyer Tiwari | Screen Award for Best Film Writing (Story and Screenplay) Best Dialogue Screen Award for Best Choreography |
| Divya Dutta Radhika Madhan | Screen Award for Best Lyricist |
| Divya Ghosla Kumar Bhushan Kumar | Screen Award for Best Music |
| Ramesh Taurani | Screen Award for Best Male Playback Screen Award for Best Female Playback |