The 70th Filmfare Awards were held recently in Ahmedabad on October 11 with Shah Rukh Khan as its host. Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies made the record of securing most nominations - 24. Out of those 24 categories, the comedy drama won 13 awards and equalled the record of winning most Filmfare Awards by a film. The last film to win 13 Filmfare Awards was Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy.

Laapataa Ladies was awarded Best Film and Kiran Rao won Best Director. Pratibha Ranta won Best Actress (Critics). Ravi Kishan and Chhaya Kadam were named Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Nitanshi Goel won Best Female Debut. Sneha Desai was awarded Best Screenplay and Best Dialogue. Ram Sampath won Best Music Director and Best Background Score. Arijit Singh was named Best Playback Singer

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