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. ''

Bajirao Mastani ''Bajirao Mastani'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language epic historical romance film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who co-produced it with Eros International and composed its soundtrack. The film stars Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priy ...

'' led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by ''

Piku ''Piku'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by N. P. Singh, Ronnie Lahiri and Sneha Rajani. It stars Deepika Padukone as the titular protagonist, Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan, with Mo ...

'' with 8 nominations, ''

Tanu Weds Manu Returns ''Tanu Weds Manu Returns'' is a 2015 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Aanand L. Rai which is a sequel to the 2011 film ''Tanu Weds Manu''. R. Madhavan, Kangana Ranaut, Jimmy Sheirgill, Deepak Dobriyal, Swara Bhaskar and Eijaz Khan repris ...

'' with 7 nominations and ''

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'' with 6 nominations respectively. ''Bajirao Mastani'' won 9 awards including

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(for

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), Best Actor (for

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) and Best Supporting Actress (for

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), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Other major winners included ''Piku'' with 5 awards, ''

Dum Laga Ke Haisha ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'' (), released internationally as ''My Big Fat Bride'', is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sharat Katariya, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar, Sanjay Mishra and ...

'', ''

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'', '' Talvar'', and ''Tanu Weds Manu Returns'' with 2, and ''

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'', '' Bombay Velvet'', ''

Dil Dhadakne Do ''Dil Dhadakne Do'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the Excel Entertainment banner. The film features an ensemble cast of Anil Kapoor, Shefali Sh ...

'', ''

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'', '' Masaan'' and ''

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'' with 1.

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received dual nominations for

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for her performances in ''Bajirao Mastani'' and ''Piku'', winning for the latter. Priyanka Chopra, who won Best Supporting Actress for ''Bajirao Mastani'', became the first actress to win Filmfare Awards in 5 different competitive acting categories.

Winners & Nominees

The nominations were announced on 11 January 2016.

Awards

Anil Kapoor snapped at Race 3 interviews at Sun N Sand hotel in Juhu

Priyanka Chopra at 2019 Cannes (cropped)

Moushmi Chatterjee at 3rd Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (1)

Main awards

Critics' awards

Technical Awards

Special awards

Multiple nominations

* ''

'' – 14 * ''

'' – 8 * ''

'' – 7 * ''

'' – 6 * ''

'', ''Dilwale'', ''

'', ''Talvar'' – 5 * ''

'', ''Roy'', ''Tamasha'' – 4 * '' Shaandaar'' – 3

Multiple awards

* ''Bajirao Mastani'' – 9 * ''Piku'' – 5 * ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'', ''Roy'', ''Talvar'', ''Tanu Weds Manu Returns'' – 2 Telecast The ceremony was telecasted on Sony Television on 7 February 2016 at 8 pm IST The coverage was made available on www.sonyliv.com and

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mobile app from 8 February 2016 onwards.

References

External links

Filmfare Award 2016 Sonyliv

Filmfare Official Website

Filmfare Awards 2016

Filmfare Awards 2017
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