Overview

• The 70th Filmfare Awards concluded at EKA Arena in Ahmedabad with hosting duties shared by Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar and Maniesh Paul.
• Laapataa Ladies won Best Film and Best Director (Kiran Rao) and collected multiple honors across music and writing categories.
• Alia Bhatt won Best Actress for Jigra, while Best Actor was shared by Abhishek Bachchan (I Want to Talk) and Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion), with Pratibha Ranta earning Best Actress (Critics) for Laapataa Ladies.
• Zeenat Aman received a Lifetime Achievement award, with Shyam Benegal honored posthumously, as the ceremony marked standout stage moments including an SRK–Kajol reunion and Akshay Kumar’s Dhadkan tribute performance.
• Branded as the 70th Hyundai Filmfare Awards with Gujarat Tourism, the milestone edition spotlighted Gujarat as a film destination and drew widespread social buzz from red-carpet looks to viral rehearsal clips.