The Stardust Awards were held in Mumbai on December 21. Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan won the major awards this year as Big B won the Best Actor of the Year (male) award while Deepika won the Best Actor of the Year (female) award for Piku. The Best Film award went to Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan while Harshaali Malhotra, who played the role of Bhaijaan‘s Munni in the film, won the Breakthrough Performance by a Child Artiste award.

Award Winners

• Best Actor of the Year (Male) – Amitabh Bachchan
• Best Actor of the Year (Female) – Deepika Padukone for Piku
• Best Director -Kabir Khan for Bajrangi Bhaijaan
• Editors Film of the Year: Dum Lagake Haisha
• Best Film of the Year – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
• Filmmaker of the Year – Meghna Gulzar for Talvar and Shonali Bose for Margarita, With A Straw
• Breakthrough Performance by a Child Artiste – Harshaali Malhotra for Bajrangi Bhaijaan
• Best Costume Design – Niharika Khan for Bombay Velvet
• Best Story – Sriram Raghavan and Arijit Biswas for Badlapur
• Best Lyricist – Varun Grover for Tu Kisi Rail Si from Masaan
• Best Playback Singer (Female) – Palak Muchhal for Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
• Best Playback Singer (Male) – Armaan Malik for Main Hoon Hero Tera from Hero
• Best Music Director – Amit Trivedi for Shaandaar
• Best Music Album – T-Series for Roy
• Best Choreographer – Remo D’Souza for Any Body Can Dance 2
• Best Screenplay – Varun Grover for Masaan
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Shefali Shah for Dil Dhadakne Do
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) – Anil Kapoor for Dil Dhadakne Do
• Best Actor in a Negative Role – Randeep Hooda for Main Aur Charles
• Best Debut (Male) – Sooraj Pancholi for Hero
• Best Debut (Female) – Bhumi Pednekar for Dum Laga Ke Haisha
• Best Debut Couple – Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty for Hero
• Power-Packed Performance of the Year – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for Jazbaa
• Best Actor in a Comic Role – Kartik Aaryan for Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2
• Style Icon of the Year – Parineeti Chopra
• Editor’s Choice Performer of the Year (Female) – Richa Chadha for Masaan
• Editor’s Choice Performer of the Year (Male) – Irrfan Khan for Talvar
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Jeetendra
• Pride of the Industry – Anu Malik
• Timeless Diva – Zeenat Aman
• Sansui Entertainer of the Year – Varun Dhawan
• Special Recognition to a Casting Director – Mukesh Chhabra