23rd Star Screen Awards 2016 Winners List: ‘Pink’ Gets the Best Film Title

Star Screen Awards 2016 Held on 4th December in Mumbai

On 4th of December, Hindi Cinema’s one of the biggest award shows was held in Mumbai – 23rd Star Screen Awards. The star studded event was hosted by two biggest superstars of the industry Salman Khan & Shahrukh Khan, which was one of the highlights of the evening. The show will be aired on 31st of December on Star Plus.

Star Screen Awards 2016 had long winners list but the biggest achiever was year’s critically acclaimed Pink, which bagged four awards for best film, best actor (Amitabh Bachchan), best editing (Aditya Bannerji) & best dialogues (Ritesh Shah). After this Neerja was also there with four awards for best director (Ram Madhvani), best newcomer male (Jim Sarbh), best supporting actress (Shabana Azmi) & best story-screenplay (Saiwyn Quadras).

M.S.Dhoni- The Untold Story & Ae Dil Hai Mushkil bagged 3-3 awards. Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s Nil Battey Sannata acquired next place to them with 2 awards. Udta Punjabi, Rustom, Dishoom, Kapoor & Sons, Mirzya, Baar Baar Dekho, Fitoor & Shivaay won 1-1 award. The indigestible thing was, despite being nominated for more than four categories, very much appreciated Akshay Kumar‘s Airlift hasn’t bagged any award. But still the tag ‘Airlift Best Film of 2016’ was trending on Twitter.

Winners List

Best Film- Pink
Best Actor- Amitabh Bachchan for Pink
Best Actress- Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab
Best Supporting Actor- Rishi Kapoor for Kapoor and Sons
Best Supporting Actress- Shabana Azmi for Neerja
Best Actor (Critics’ choice)- Sushant Singh Rajput for MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Best Actress (Critics’ choice)- Swara Bhaskar for Nil Battey Sannata
Best Actor (in a comic role)- Varun Dhawan for Dishoom
Best Director- Ram Madhvani for Neerja
Best Screenplay- Saiwyn Quadras for Neerja
Best Dialogues- Ritesh Shah for Pink
Best Cinematography- Anay Goswamy for Fitoor
Best Editing- Aditya Bannerji for Pink
Best Action- Jai Singh Nijjar for Shivaay
Best Music Director- Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Playback Singer (Male)- Amit Mishra for Bulleya, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Playback Singer (Female)- Palak Muchhal for Kaun Tujhe, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Best Lyrics- Amitabh Bhattacharya, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Choreography- Bosco-Caesar for Kaala Chashma, Baar Baar Dekho
Best Child Artiste- Riya Shukla for Nil Battey Sannata
Best Newcomer (Female)- Disha Patani for MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Best Newcomer (Male)- Jim Sarbh for Neerja and Harshvardhan Kapoor for Mirzya
Best Promising Director- Tinu Suresh Desai for Rustom
Lifetime Achievement Award- Rekha
Best Style Icon- Deepika Padukone
Star Plus Ki Nayi Soch Award- Alia Bhatt