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Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, March 20th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
Bajirao Mastani wins the maximum number of awards across categories
Amitabh Bachchan felicitated with the Living Legend Award
Deepika and Ranveer win Jodi of the Year
TOIFA 2016 – Bollywood’s most celebrated awards show wraps up with a full house at the Dubai International Stadium, Dubai Sports City. With the wave of the most popular celebrities at the event, it was a complete entertainment gala for the Dubai fans. Along with the awards, Bollywood celebrities also won the audiences’ hearts with their performances, heartwarming speeches and special tributes.
The hosts for the evening, Riteish Deshmukh and Parineeti Chopra had the audience in splits with their perfect comic timing, quirky comments and playful interactions with the celebrities.
Speaking on co-hosting TOIFA 2016, Parineeti Chopra said, “I loved co-hosting TOIFA 2016 with Riteish. He is fantastic with his comic timing and I’m sure Dubai had a great time just like I did. Thank you for all the love, Dubai!”
Varun Dhawan opened the awards night with his performance on Bollywood super hits. Varun also did a special act on ‘Kar Gayi Chul’ for Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. Jacqueline Fernandes’ glamourous act on all her most popular super hits songs such as Aa Zara and Chittiyan Kalaiyan ensured the start of a complete Bollywood entertainment.
Varun Dhawan was elated by the response he received and said, “It was my debut at TOIFA and I am absolutely stunned with the amount of love the people in Dubai have showered us with. More love and power to my fans in Dubai.”
Jacqueline Fernandes, too, excitedly expressed, “Dubai is one of my favorite cities and I’ve always loved coming here time and again. Missing the chance of entertaining my fans here was completely out of question. I would like to congratulate TOIFA for such a successful event.”
Salman Khan’s unique on-stage presence during his performance dedicated to ‘Heroes of Bollywood’ was certainly one of the highlights of the night as he also specially sang a part of ‘Main Hoon Hero Tera’ Salman Khan, after his magical performance said, “Dubai is home for me and thank you Dubai for showering Prem with a lot of ‘Prem.’ TOIFA 2016 was rocking and so was the audience!”
As expected by Ranveer Singh, he pumped up the energy levels ‘Amitabh Bachchan’ style with a special tribute to the living legend. Ranveer donned the legend’s most best looks for all his popular songs. Amitabh Bachchan thoroughly enjoyed Ranveer’s performance as he was seen smiling with amusement till the end and even joined him on stage for a quick gig on ‘Kajrare, post the performance, Anil Kapoor presented Amitabh Bachchan with the ‘Living Legend Award’ for his relentless contribution to Hindi film industry.
To add royalty to the evening, Kareena Kapoor sizzled on the dance floor with her hypnotic dance moves as a tribute to the ‘Divas of Bollywood’ while Kanika performed to some of Bollywood’s favorite songs. Kanika Kapoor, said, “ TOIFA was an amazing experience, the crowd was electric, Dubai is like second home to me, the people here have so much love for my music so it's always good to be back”.
Shah Rukh Khan entranced the audience with his performance on Jabra Fan, Gerua and Chaiyyan Chaiyyan. Shah Rukh Khan said, “Dubai is one of my favourite cities in the world and the people here are wonderful. It was great to perform at TOIFA 2016 amongst my colleagues and a lot of people who attended and made the night a memorable one.”
Yo Yo Honey Singh’s quirky and catchy tunes on Manali Trance and Lungi Dance were a hit and had the crowd dancing on their feet. He also performed with Urvashi Rautela on Love Dose and with Jacqueline Fernandes on Yaar Na Miley.
Yo Yo Honey Singh said, “I’ve performed in Dubai many times and I love the enthusiasm that the crowd has over here. That’s the reason when TOIFA offered me to perform here again, I couldn’t say no. Loved every minute of the evening.”
The performances were brilliantly put together by the ace choreographer Shiamak Davar. Talking about the evening, Shiamak said, “Dubai has been a fantastic city! The audience response was amazing. It was great to see all the hard work of my dancers and the stars pay off! One of the finest shows I've seen and choreographed. TOIFA has truly raised the bar.”
TOIFA 2016 Popular Awards Category Winners List
Category
Name
Movie
1
Best Film
NA
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2
Best Director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Bajirao Mastani
3
Best Actor Male
Ranveer Singh
Bajirao Mastani
4
Best Actor Female
Kangana Ranaut
Tanu Weds Manu Returns
5
Best Supporting Actor Male
Anil Kapoor
Dil Dhadakne Do
6
Best Supporting Actor Female
Priyanka Chopra
Bajirao Mastani
7
Best Actor In a Negative Role
Nawazzudin Siddique
Badlapur
8
Best Actor in a Comic Role
Deepak Dobriyal
Tanu Weds Manu Returns
9
Best Debut Male
Sooraj Pancholi
Hero
10
Best Debut Female
Bhumi Pednekar
Dum Laga ke Haishia
11
Best Film Critic’s Choice
NA
Talvar
12
Best Actor Critics – Male
Amitabh Bachchan
Piku
13
Best Actor Critics - Female
Kalki Koechlin
Margarita with a Straw
14
Best Debut Director
Neeraj Ghaywan
Masaan
15
Best Jodi Of The Year
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone
Bajirao Mastani
MUSIC CATEGORY AWARD WINNERS
Category
Movie
1
Best Album
Roy (Ankit Tiwari, Meet Brothers and Amal Mallik)
2
Best Lyricist
Varun Grower for Moh Moh ke Dhagey (Dum Laga ke Haisha)
3
Best Playback Singer - Male
Papon for Moh Moh ke Dhagey (Dum Laga ke Haisha)
4
Best Playback Singer – Female
Shreya Ghoshal for Mohe rang do lal (Bajirao Mastani)
5
Music Composer for the year
Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Deewani Mastani (Bajirao Mastani)
6
Song of the Year
Hamari Adhuri Khaani - Jeet Gangauli (Hamari Adhoori Kahani)
For more information on TOIFA:
Visit: www.toifadubai.com
On Twitter: @toifadubai
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/toifaawards
On YouTube: www.youtube.com/toifaawards
About TOIFA:
The Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) is a global Bollywood Intellectual Property owned by The Times of India Group- India’s largest media conglomerate. TOIFA leverages the power of Bollywood to position destinations and brands in minds of global Indians. TOIFA are a popular choice awards that felicitate outstanding movies and personalities in the Hindi Film Industry and connect with Hindi film fans across the world through voting on the nomination categories to determine the winners. For further information, log on to www.toifadubai.com.
About The Times of India Group:
The Times Group is India’s largest media conglomerate with its flagship Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) being the largest publishing company in India and South-Asia. Starting off with The Times of India – which is now the largest English publication in the world, BCCL and its subsidiaries (called The Times of India Group), are present in every existing media platform – Newspapers, Magazines, Books, TV, Radio, Internet, Event Management, Outdoor Display, Music, Movies and more. With a turnover exceeding a billion dollars, the group has the support of over 25,000 advertisers, 11,000 employees and an audience spanning across all continents.
The flagship daily of the group - The Times of India – is today the largest English newspaper in the world with its sister publication – The Economic Times, the world’s second-largest English business daily.
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