Alia Bhatt won the best actress award for her role in Udta Punjab and Amitabh Bachchan won best male actor award for his performance in Pink while Kareena Kapoor Khan performed for the first time after becoming a mother at the Zee Cine Awards 2017 in Mumbai.
Other superstars such as Salman Khan and Varun Dhawan on Saturday entertained audiences with their performances at the event.
Bhatt accepted her award clad in a traditional saree and later shared a picture of herself holding the trophy on her Instagram account.
Ritika Singh, who acted opposite R Madhavan in Saala Khadoos, tweeted after winning the best debut female award and dedicated the award to her parents.
Anushka Sharma received the viewer’s choice best actor female award for Sultan while her male counterpart Salman Khan won the award in the male category for the same film.
The producer of the film Neerja Atul Kasvekar tweeted that director Ram Madhvani won the best director award for the film while Saiwan Quadras won the best screenplay award.
Earlier, the star-studded evening started with celebrities, including Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Sunny Leone, Huma Qureshi, Vidya Balan, Sridevi, Hrithik Roshan, Anushka Sharma, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra, walking the red carpet.
Neetu Kapoor who wore formal attire said: “As my husband Rishi Kapoor received two nominations, I am here to receive the award on his behalf if he wins. Looking forward to it tonight.”
Ace choreographer Shiamak Davar told the media that he treats every award show differently and does not repeat any dances.
“I am quite excited about how Varun and Alia perform tonight because they are my students,” he said.
Govinda arrived with his daughter Tina Ahuja who said: “After a long time I will watch my father perform live on the stage. I have come here especially for that.”
He performed with actress Raveena Tandon at the ceremony hosted by Manish Paul.
Actress Vidya Balan attended the event in a white saree and traditional jewellery. She was excited for her forthcoming film Begum Jaan.
Kunal Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Urvashi Rautela, Sophie Choudry, Rahul Bose, Javed Akhtar, Tiger Shroff, Gauhar Khan, Pritam, Sonali Bendre and Disha Patani were also present at the award ceremony.
