Filmfare Awards: Ranbir beats Shah Rukh; Vidya better than Priyanka

Bollywood stars attend the 58th Filmfare awards ceremony in Mumbai, January 20, 2013. (AFP)

Published Monday, January 21, 2013

By Staff

Director Anurag Basu's narration about a deaf and dumb boy's search for love in 'Barfi!' and gusto Anurag Kashyap's tale about the power struggle between three families in 'Gangs of Wasseypur' dominated the glittering the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards.

Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan host the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards. (Twitter)

The ceremony, which is India's equivalent to the Oscars, saw dashing and refined actor Ranbir Kapoor repeat history after winning the Best Actor award for his acclaimed film 'Barfi!'.

Last year Ranbir swept awards all across the country for his powerful performance in 'Rockstar'. Even actress Vidya Balan continued her winning streak since last year and collected the Best actress award for 'Kahaani'.

Team 'Kahaani' pose for pictures after the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards. (Twitter)

'Barfi!' also won the Best Film at the awards held at Mumbai's Yash Raj Film studios. 'Kahaani' won five awards including best director for Sujoy Ghosh.

Music director Pritam won both the Best Background Score and Best Music Director awards for Barfi's superb score. The awards paid tribute to the late Yash Chopra with a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award.

Here are the other winners....

POPULAR AWARDS

Best Actor

Ranbir Kapoor (Barfi!)

Best Actress

Vidya Balan ( Kahaani)

Best Film

Barfi!

Best Director

Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani)

Best Dialogue

Anurag Kashyap, Akhilesh Jaiswal, Sachin K Ladia, Zeishan Qadri (Gangs of Wasseypur)

Best Screenplay

Sanjay Chouhan & Tigmanshu Dhulia (Paan Singh Tomar)

Best Story

Juhi Chaturvedi (Vicky Donor)

Best Supporting Actor (Male)

Annu Kapoor (Vicky Donor)