Star Screen Awards 2016 Winners: A Big Night For Pink & Alia Bhatt

The first award show of the season feted our favourite Bollywood stars.

Amitabh Bachchan receives his Best Actor award for Pink from Raju Hirani and Manisha Koirala. (Photo courtesy: Twitter/ @SrBachchan)

The Star Screen Awards 2016 kicked off the awards season with the Amitabh Bachchan-Taapsee Pannu-starrer Pink turning out to be a big winner. The film took home four awards, while Alia Bhatt beat Sonam Kapoor to win her first trophy for Udta Punjab. All in all, a great starry night.

Check out the award-winners.

• Best Film: Pink
• Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan – Pink
• Best Actress: Alia Bhatt – Udta Punjab
• Best Director: Ram Madhvani – Neerja
• Critics’ Choice For Best Actor: Sushant Singh Rajput – M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story
• Critics’ Choice For Best Actress: Swara Bhaskar – Nil Battey Sannata
• Most promising Debut Director: Tinu Suresh Desai – Rustom
• Best Actor In A Comic Role: Varun Dhawan – Dishoom
• Best Child Artist: Riya Shukla – Nil Battey Sannata
• Best Newcomer (Male): Jim Sarbh – Neerja; Harshvardhan Kapoor – Mirzya
• Best Newcomer (Female): Disha Patani – M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story
• Best Supporting Actor: Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor & sons
• Best Supporting Actress: Shabana Azmi – Neerja
• Best Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• Best Music: Pritam Chakraborty – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• 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 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 Style Icon Award: Deepika Padukone