Overview

• The milestone 70th Hyundai Filmfare Awards with Gujarat Tourism took place on October 11 at EKA Arena by Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad.
• Shah Rukh Khan co-hosted with Karan Johar and Maniesh Paul and made a buzzy red-carpet entry in a black suit with a bold white panel, greeting fans with his signature flying kisses.
• Akshay Kumar performed on stage, singing the Dhadkan title track beside a large Black Lady prop in a moment shared by Filmfare’s official X account, and later amped up the act with a firegun sequence.
• Siddhant Chaturvedi delivered a tribute set to Bollywood’s dancing icons, following rehearsals documented with Miss India winners Aayushi Dholakia and Nandini Gupta.
• Social media drove the evening’s narrative, from SRK’s leaked 1990s-song rehearsals to images of fans queueing outside EKA Arena as early as 3 a.m., alongside extensive red-carpet coverage featuring stars like Kajol, Kriti Sanon and Abhishek Bachchan.