IIFA 2016 winners: Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Bajirao Mastani bag top honours

IIFA 2016 is the most talked of event for any Bollywood-loving fan, and a galaxy of stars from India have descended on to Spanish soil to celebrate the best of Indian cinema in 2015. The four-day gala — which celebrates the magic of Indian cinema at an international destination every year — began on June 23. Saturday (June 25) night saw the IIFA awards function, in which the period film Bajirao Mastani took top honours with the maximum wins. Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh bagged the Best Actor (Female) and Best Actor (Male) trophy. The others who made it are Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Anil Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar and many more. Check the full list of winners at the awards here.

Best Actor (Female): Deepika Padukone bagged the award for her performance in Piku.

Best Actor (Male): Ranveer Singh was awarded for Bajirao Mastani.

Baywatch star Priyanka Chopra won the among Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female) at the award show for Bajirao Mastani. Priyanka is now quite regular at international award shows, with her blooming Hollywood career well on its way.

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male): Anil Kapoor won the award among for Dil Dhadakne Do.

Best Debutant (Female): Bhumi Pednekar won it for her endearing performance in Dum Laga Ke Haisha.

Best Negative Role: Darshan Kumar was awarded for his negative role in NH10.

Bajrangi Bhaijaan: Kabir Khan cobbles together an adorable little girl, Salman Khan as Being Hanuman, Nawazuddin as a bumbling TV reporter across the border, and rousing Indo-Pak bhaichara, and the subversive frisson created by a Muslim superstar playing a Ram bhakt in our time of ‘intolerance’. Mainstream cinema with smarts.

Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali won the Best Director for Bajirao Mastani.

Big Win for Bajirao Mastani in multiple categories.

Best Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee.
Best Production Design: Saloni Dhatrak, Sriram Iyengar, Sujeet Sawant.

Best Choreography:Remo D'souza for Pinga.

Best Action: Shyam Kaushal.

Best Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjal Samal.

Best Background Score: Sanchit Balhara.

Best Special Effects: Prasad Sutara.

Best Costume Designing: Anju Modi and Maxima Basu.

Best Song Engineer: Tanay Gajjar for Deewani Mastani.

Best Comic Role: Deepak Dobriyal was honoured for his performence in Tanu Weds Manu Returns.

Best Story and Best Dialogue: Amitabh Bachhan and Deepika starrer Piku got the Best Story award while Juhi Chaturvedi got the Best Dialogue Awards for the film.

Best song of the year: The mellifluos song Moh moh ke dhaage was a winner.

Best Playback Singer (Female): Monali Thakur.

Best Playback Singer (Male): Papon.

Best Lyricist: Varun Grover.