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Laapataa Ladies Leads 70th Filmfare Awards as Kartik Aaryan, Abhishek Bachchan Share Best Actor

The Ahmedabad ceremony underscored industry milestones, with Arijit Singh equalling Kishore Kumar’s record.

Overview

Laapataa Ladies won Best Film and Kiran Rao took Best Director, adding multiple technical and acting honours across the card.
Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion) and Abhishek Bachchan (I Want To Talk) were announced as joint Best Actor winners.
Alia Bhatt won Best Actress for Jigra.
Arijit Singh earned Best Male Playback Singer for Sajni from Laapataa Ladies, his eighth Filmfare singing trophy.
Lifetime Achievement Awards went to Zeenat Aman and Shyam Benegal at a show hosted by Shah Rukh Khan with Karan Johar and Maniesh Paul at Ahmedabad’s EKA Arena, which featured high-profile performances.