Filmfare Awards 2025

• The 70th Filmfare Awards 2025 were held at EKA Arena, Kankaria Lake, Ahmedabad.
• The ceremony was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar, and Manish Paul.
• Kiran Rao’s film “Laapata Ladies” won 13 awards, matching the record set by “Gully Boy” in 2020.
• The Filmfare Awards were first instituted in 1954 by The Times Group, the same year the National Film Awards also began.

Best Film and Director

• Best Film: Laapata Ladies
• Best Director: Kiran Rao (Laapata Ladies)

Lead Actor and Actress

• Best Actor (Male): Abhishek Bachchan (Main Baat Karna Chahta Hoon) and Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion) – jointly
• Best Actress (Female): Alia Bhatt (Jigra)
• Critics’ Choice Best Actor (Male): Rajkummar Rao (Shreekant)
• Critics’ Choice Best Actress (Female): Pratibha Rannata (Laapata Ladies)

Supporting Actor and New Talent

• Best Supporting Actor (Male): Ravi Kishan (Laapata Ladies)
• Best Supporting Actress (Female): Chhaya Kadam (Laapata Ladies)
• Best Male Debut: Lakshya (Marna)
• Best Female Debut: Nitanshi Goyal (Laapata Ladies)
• Best Debut Director: Kunal Khemu (Madgaon Express), Aditya Suhas Jambhale (Anuchhed 370)

Story, Screenplay, and Dialogue

• Best Story: Aditya Dhar, Monal Thakkar (Anuchhed 370)
• Best Screenplay: Sneha Desai (Laapata Ladies)
• Best Dialogue: Sneha Desai (Laapata Ladies)

Music and Singing

• Best Music Album: Ram Sampat (Laapata Ladies)
• Best Song: Prashant Pandey (Laapata Ladies)
• Best Male Playback Singer: Arijit Singh (Laapata Ladies)
• Best Female Playback Singer: Madhubanti Bagchi (Stree 2)
• R.D. Burman Award (Emerging Musical Talent): Achint Thakkar (Jigra, Shriman Aur Shrimati Mahi)

Technical Categories and Special Awards

• Best Sound Design: Subhash Sahu (Marna)
• Best Background Score: Ram Sampat (Laapata Ladies)
• Best Action: Siyong Oh, Parvez Sheikh (Marna)
• Best Editing: Shivkumar V. Panicker (Marna)
• Best Cinematography: Rafi Mahmood (Marna)
• Best Production Design: Mayur Sharma (Marna)
• Best Costume Design: Darshan Jalan (Laapata Ladies)
• Best VFX: Re-Se Paribhashit (Munjya)
• Best Choreography: Bosco-Cesar (Tauba Tauba)
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Ritesh Shah, Tushar Sheetal Jain (Main Baat Karna Chahta Hoon)

Lifetime Achievement and Honors

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Zeenat Aman, Shyam Benegal (posthumously)