Amitabh, Alia and “Neerja” win big at Zee Cine Awards

Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan and actress Alia Bhatt have bagged the top honours at the Zee Cine Awards this year.

Bachchan was adjudged the Best Actor for his portrayal of an astute lawyer in the courtroom drama “Pink” at the awards ceremony held in Mumbai on Saturday night, while Alia's role as a migrant from Bihar in Punjab won her the Best Actress trophy.

Biopic “Neerja”, about an Indian air hostess who showed exemplary courage during the hijack of a plane by terrorists, wowed the audience as well as the critics, winning six honours. Its director Ram Madhvani won the Best Director honour.

 “Pink” won Best Film Award (Jury), while Aamir Khan's sport biopic “Dangal” won award for Best Film (Viewer's Choice). “Pink” also won Best Dialogue award, penned by its director Aniruddha Roy Choudhury who also bagged Best Debut Director trophy.

The Best Supporting Actress award went to Shabana Azmi for “Neerja”, which also won Best Production Design and Best Editing awards.

Salman Khan's wrestling drama “Sultan” won five awards, including Viewer's Choice Best Actor (Female) for Anushka Sharma and Viewer's Choice Best Actor (Male) award to Salman.

Karan Johar-directed “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” won three awards including the Best Music Director to Pritam, the Best Playback Singer (Male) to Arijit Singh for the title track while chartbuster “Channa Mereya” won the Best Song award.

Ajay Devgn's directorial venture “Shivaay” also won three awards in categories Best Action, Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography.

Multi-starrer Shakun Batra's “Kapoor and Sons” bagged two awards, both won by Rishi Kapoor in Best Actor in Comic Role and Best Supporting Actor (Male) categories.

The award night saw performance by Kareena Kapoor Khan, who gave a musical tribute to the four Khans of Bollywood - Salman, Shah Rukh, Aamir and Saif, while Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sunny Leone also enthralled the gathering.