Stars from Bollywood gathered to celebrate movies at the Star Screen Awards 2016 held in Mumbai on December 4, 2016. One of the biggest highlights of the event was when Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan came together to host the event. There were many winners at the event but Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Pink’ was the biggest achiever of the night.
The movie managed to bag four awards including the ‘Best Film’ while superstar Amitabh Bachchan won the Best Actor Award. Young actress Alia Bhatt won the Best Actress Award for the movie ‘Udta Punjab’ which also starred Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. The first segment of the show was hosted by Karan Johar and Karan Singh Grover while Shahrukh and Salman took over the rest of the show. Veteran actress Rekha won the Lifetime Achievement award after actress Sonam Kapoor did a special performance on Rekha.
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput won the Critics Choice For Best Actor for his performance in ‘M.S.Dhoni – The Untold Story’ while Swara Bhaskar won the Critics Choice Best Actress for her movie ‘Nil Battey Sannata’. The Awards night also saw Huma Qureshi, Varun Dhawan, Shweta Bachchan, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Kriti Sanon, Divya Khosla and others.
Here is the complete list of winners at the Star Screen Awards 2016
Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan – Pink
Best Actress: Alia Bhatt – Udta Punjab
Best Film: Pink
Critics Choice For Best Actor: Sushant Singh Rajput – M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story
Best Director: Ram Madhvani – Neerja
Most promising Debut Director: Tinu Suresh Desai – Rustom
Best Actor In A Comic Role: Varun Dhawan – Dishoom
Critics Choice For Best Actress: Swara Bhaskar – Nil Battey Sannata
Best Newcomer (Male): Jim Sarbh – Neerja; Harshvardhan Kapoor – Mirzya
Best Newcomer (Female): Disha Patani – M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story
Best Child Artist: Riya Shukla – Nil Battey Sannata
Best Supporting Actor: Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor & sons
Best Supporting Actress: Shabana Azmi – Neerja
Best Music: Pritam Chakraborty – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Action: Jai Singh Nijjar – Shivaay
Best Story-Screenplay: Saiwyn Quadras – Neerja
Best Dialogue: Ritesh Shah – Pink
Star Plus Ki Nai Soch Award: Alia Bhatt
Lifetime Achievement Award: Rekha
Best Playback Singer (Male): Amit Mishra – Bulleya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Best Playback Singer (Female): Palak Muchhal – Kaun Tujhe (M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story)
Best Choreography: Bosco-Caesar – Kala Chashma (Baar Baar Dekho)
Best Editing: Aditya Bannerji – Pink
Best Cinematography: Anay Goswami – Fitoor
Best Style Icon Award: Deepika Padukone
