# 62nd Filmfare Awards

The 62nd Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by the Filmfare magazine, honored the best Hindi language Indian films of 2016. The ceremony was held on 14 January 2017 and was co-hosted by Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar and Kapil Sharma.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Udta Punjab led the ceremony with 9 nominations each, followed by Kapoor & Sons and Neerja with 8 nominations each.
Neerja won 6 awards, including Best Film (Critics) (for Ram Madhvani), Best Actress (Critics) (for Sonam Kapoor) and Best Supporting Actress (for Shabana Azmi), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Alia Bhatt received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Dear Zindagi and Udta Punjab, winning for the latter.

## Winners and nominees
### Main awards

Nominees were announced on 9 January 2017.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Dangal Kapoor & Sons Neerja Pink Sultan Udta Punjab | Nitesh Tiwari – Dangal Abhishek Chaubey – Udta Punjab Ali Abbas Zafar – Sultan Karan Johar – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Ram Madhvani – Neerja Shakun Batra – Kapoor & Sons |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Aamir Khan – Dangal as Mahavir Singh Phogat Amitabh Bachchan – Pink as Deepak Sehgal Ranbir Kapoor – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil as Ayan Sanger Salman Khan – Sultan as Sultan Ali Khan Shah Rukh Khan – Fan as Gaurav Chandna / Aryan Khanna Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab as Tejinder "Tommy" Singh Sushant Singh Rajput – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story as MS Dhoni | Alia Bhatt – Udta Punjab as Bauria / Mary Jane Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Sarbjit as Dalbir Kaur Alia Bhatt – Dear Zindagi as Kaira Anushka Sharma – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil as Alizeh Khan Sonam Kapoor – Neerja as Neerja Bhanot Vidya Balan – Kahaani 2 as Vidya Sinha / Durga Rani Singh |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons as Amarjeet "Dadu" Kapoor Diljit Dosanjh – Udta Punjab as ASI Sartaj Singh Fawad Khan – Kapoor & Sons as Rahul Kapoor Jim Sarbh – Neerja as Khalil Rajat Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons as Harsh Kapoor Rajkummar Rao – Aligarh as Deepu Sebastian | Shabana Azmi – Neerja as Rama Bhanot Kareena Kapoor – Udta Punjab as Dr. Preet Sahni Kirti Kulhari – Pink as Falak Ali Ratna Pathak Shah – Kapoor & Sons as Sunita Kapoor Richa Chadda – Sarbjit as Sukhpreet Kaur |
| Best Male Debut | Best Female Debut |
| Diljit Dosanjh – Udta Punjab as ASI Sartaj Singh | Ritika Singh – Saala Khadoos as Madhi |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Pritam – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Amaal Mallik, Badshah, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Tanishk Bagchi, Benny Dayal, Nucleya – Kapoor & Sons Amit Trivedi – Udta Punjab Meet Bros, Amaal Mallik, Manj Musik, Ankit Tiwari – Baaghi Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Mirzya Vishal–Shekhar – Sultan | Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Channa Mereya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Gulzar – "Aave Re Hitchki" – Mirzya Gulzar – "Mirzya" – Mirzya Irshad Kamil – "Jag Ghoomeya" – Sultan Kausar Munir – "Love You Zindagi" – Dear Zindagi Late Shiv Kumar Batalvi – "Ikk Kudi" – Udta Punjab |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Arijit Singh – "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Amit Mishra – "Bulleya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Arijit Singh – "Channa Mereya" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Atif Aslam – "Tere Sang Yaara" – Rustom Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Jag Ghoomeya" – Sultan | Neha Bhasin – "Jag Ghoomeya" – Sultan Kanika Kapoor – "Da Da Dasse" – Udta Punjab Jonita Gandhi – "The Breakup Song" – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Neeti Mohan – "Sau Aasmaan" – Baar Baar Dekho Palak Muchhal – "Kaun Tujhe" – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch – "Kaari Kaari" – Pink |

### Critics' awards

Best Movie (Best Director) :
| Neerja – Ram Madhvani ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Manoj Bajpayee – Aligarh Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab | Sonam Kapoor – Neerja |

### Best Story

* Shakun Batra & Ayesha Devitre Dhillon – Kapoor & Sons

### Best Screenplay

* Shakun Batra & Ayesha Devitre Dhillon – Kapoor & Sons

### Best Dialogue

* Ritesh Shah – Pink

### Best Cinematography

* Mitesh Mirchandani – Neerja

### Best Editing

* Monisha R. Baldawa – Neerja

### Best Costume

* Payal Saluja – Udta Punjab

### Best Action

* Sham Kaushal – Dangal

### Best Background Score

* Sameer Uddin – Kapoor & Sons

### Best Choreography

* Adil Shaikh – ''Kar Gayi Chull'' from Kapoor & Sons

### Best Visual Effects

* Red Chillies Entertainment – Fan

### Best Production Design

* Aparna Sud – Neerja

### Best Sound Design

* Vivek Sachidanand – Phobia

### Best Debut Director

* Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari – Nil Battey Sannata

### Best Short Film (People's Choice)

* Khamakha

### Best Short Film (Fiction)

* Chutney

### Best Short Film (Non-fiction)

* Matitali Kusti

### Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film

* Manoj Bajpayee – Taandav

### Best Actor (Female) in a Short Film

* Tisca Chopra – Chutney

### Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

* Shatrughan Sinha

### Filmfare R.D. Burman Award – New Music Talent

* Amit Mishra – "Bulleya" from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

## Most wins

* Neerja – 6
* Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) – 5
* Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Dangal & Udta Punjab – 4