Pakistan entertainment industry flooded the floor of the awards with all its grace and glory. The glits and glamour of countless selfies poured the social media with stars uploading group and solo photos on the social networking sites.
However, the awards lived up to the expectation and the action movie directed by Bilal Lashari won the most awards in the recently held ARY Film Awards. The film won numerous awards in the technical category, Bilal Lashari won the award for best director (Jury Choice), Shamoon Abbasi won in the best villian category, Hamza Ali Abbasi won the best male supporting actor (viewer’s choice), Meesha Shafi won the award for best female supporting actor, and the film itself got the best film award.
Mein Hoon Shahid Afridi also got many awards. It got three technical awards. Hamayun Saeed bagged the award of best male actor (Jury’s choice) and Hamza Ali Abbasi got the best male debut award (viewer’s choice). The film also got the award for best music.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Technical Awards
Best action — Dr Hasan Waqas Rana | Waar
Best background music score — Sahir Ali Bhagga | Zinda Bhaag
Best choreography — Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Best cinematography — Bilal Lashari | Waar
Best dialogue — Vasay Chaudhry | Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Best editing — Bilal Lashari | Waar
Best story — Zinda Bhaag
Best screenplay — Usman Khalid Butt | Siyaah
Best special effects — Waar
Best makeup — Nabila | Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Best costume design — Sara Gandapur | Chambaili
Jury’s choice
Best film — Zinda Bhaag
Best male actor — Humayun Saeed | Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Best female actor — Amna Ilyas | Zinda Bhaag
Best director — Bilal Lashari | Waar
Special award for contributions to Pakistan Cinema — Ali Zafar
Lifetime achievement award — Nadeem Baig
Viewer’s choice
Best film — Waar
Best male actor — Shaan | Waar
Best female actor — Aisha Khan | Waar
Best director — Bilal Lashari | Waar
Best music — Mein Hun Shahid Afridi
Best male comic role — Ismail Tara | Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Best male debut — Hamza Ali Abbasi | Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Best female debut — Aisha Khan | Waar
Best performance in negative role — Shamoon Abbasi | Waar
Best female supporting actor — Meesha Shafi | Waar
Best male supporting actor — Hamza Ali Abbasi | Waar
Best male singer — Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | Zinda Bhaag
Best female singer — Abida Parveen | Ishq Khuda
Best independent film — Josh