Night belongs to Paan Singh Tomar, Barfi!, Kahaani

Barfi! had equal first votes and more second votes but jury re-voted on it to end up with one more vote for Paan Singh Tomar as Best Film.

However, each of the films walked away with awards. Barfi! got co-Best Actor Award for Ranbir Kapoor, Kahaani Best Actor (Female) for Vidya Balan. Ayushmann Khurana was voted Most Promising Newcomer (Male) for Vicky Donor.

Ranbir Kapoor also had a terrific act on stage paying tribute to the great stars of the past and present.

The Best Director category reflected the coming on top of both sorts of films — the concept-driven, story-driven film toplining the best actors in the country, and the big-budget extravaganzas starring the biggest stars. Anurag Basu for Barfi! finally won in a category that had as fellow nominees Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur), Shoojit Sircar (Vicky Donor), Tigmanshu Dhulia (Paan Singh Tomar) and Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani).

Dhulia did win a Screen award, but for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male or Female) for Gangs of Wasseypur.

Sridevi deservedly was in the running for the Best Actor (Female) award for her comeback film, nominated along with the young Parineeti Chopra, who has just begun her Bollywood innings, for Ishaqzaade. Priyanka Chopra made a strong bid with her autistic turn in Barfi! along with Kareena in Heroine and Deepika Padukone in Cocktail. However, there was no stopping Vidya Balan, who won for an amazing fourth straight time, for Kahaani (after Pa, Ishqiya and The Dirty Picture).

Shah Rukh Khan's jousting with the taller Deepika was the highlight of the evening. He also did a little number with Ayushmann Khurana, while his jugalbandi with singer Mika led to one of the evening's loudest guffaws. "Sab actors ke awards kha hi gaye ho, hum singers ko bhi nahin chodoge!" Mika joked.

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