This year’s Zee Cine Awards was a celebratory affair. The awards were bagged by some well deserved performances and cinematic work produced in 2016. Amitabh Bachchan won an award in the Best Actor Male category for his splendid work as a lawyer in the movie Pink, while Alia Bhatt took an award for the Best Actress Female for her outstanding performance as a fiery desi girl in Udta Punjab.
The event witnessed a much deserved winner when actor Jim Sarbh won the Best Male Debutante award for his role in Neerja and actress Ritika Singh won the Best Female Debutante for her performance in Saala Khadoos.
Here’s a complete list of the nominations along with the winners of the starry evening:
Best Actor Male Manoj Bajpayee – Aligarh
Sushant Singh Rajput – MS Dhoni
Akshay Kumar – Airlift
Salman Khan – Sultan
Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab Amitabh Bachchan won the award for Pink
Best Actress Female Sonam Kapoor – Neerja Anushka Sharma – Sultan Vidya Balan – Kahaani 2 Alia Bhatt – Dear Zindagi Alia Bhatt- Udta Punjab Alia Bhatt won for Udta Punjab
Best Supporting Actor Female Tabu – Fitoor
Ratna Pathak Shah – Kapoor and Sons
Konkona Sen Sharma – Akira
Shabana Azmi – Neerja
Kareena Kapoor Khan – Udta Punjab Shabana Azmi won for Neerja
Best Supporting Male
Rajkummar Rao – Aligarh
Anupam Kher – MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Amitabh Bachchan – Wazir Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor and Sons
Rajat Kapoor – Kapoor and Sons Rishi Kapoor won for Kapoor and Sons
Best Debutante Female
Hetal Gada – Dhanak
Saiyami Kher – Mirzya
Ritika Singh – Saala Khadoos Riya Shukla – Nil Battey Sannata
Andrea Tariang – Pink Ritika Singh for Saala Khadoos
Best Debutante Male Master Mayur Patole – Budhia Singh: Born to rule
Krissh Chhabria – Dhanak
Harshvardhan Kapoor – Mirzya
Jim Sarbh – Neerja
Diljit Dosanjh – Udta Punjab Jim Sarbh for Neerja
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Anurag Kashyap – Akira
Akshayee Khanna – Dishoom
Shah Rukh Khan – Fan
Jim Sarbh – Neerja
Manav Kaul – Wazir Jim Sarbh for Neerja
Best Actor in a Comic Role
Varun Dhawan – Dishoom
Jimmy Shergill – Happy Bhag Jayegi
Akshay Kumar – Housefull 3
Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor and Sons
Satish Kaushik – Udta Punjab Rishi Kapoor for Kapoor and Sons
Best Director
Shakun Batra – Kapoor and Sons
Neeraj Pandey – MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Ram Madhvani – Neerja
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhary – Pink
Ali Abbas Zafar – Sultan
Abhishek Chaubey – Udta Punjab Ram Madhvani for Neerja
Best Film
Airlift
Kapoor and Sons
MS Dhoni The Untold Story
Neerja
Pink
Sultan Pink
The Viewer’s Choice List:
Best Actor
Aamir Khan (Dangal)
Salman Khan (Sultan)
Amitabh Bachchan (Pink)
Akshay Kumar (Airlift)
Sushant Singh Rajput (M.S. Dhoni- The Untold Story)
Ranbir Kapoor (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Best Actor Female
Sonam Kapoor (Neerja)
Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab)
Anushka Sharma (Sultan)
Taapsee Pannu (Pink)
Alia Bhatt (Dear Zindagi)
Fatima Sana Shaikh (Dangal)
Best Film
Neerja
Sultan
Pink
Rustom
M.S. Dhoni- The Untold Story Dangal
