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Veteran actress- politician Hema Malini along with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, filmmaker Shoojit Sircar and Zeenat Aman bagged the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2017 that took place in Mumbai.

Mumbai witnessed Bollywood stars and music giants grace the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2017 on Friday night.

Chitra Productions in association with Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2017 celebrated the 148th birth anniversary of the father of Indian Cinema, the respected Dadasaheb Phalke.

This year, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won the award for the best actress female for her stellar performance in the film Sarabjit while Hema Malini won the Award in the category of Kala Shree. 

Zeenat Aman walked the stage to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. On the other hand, Sircar bagged Creative Director Award for Pink, along with Rohit Roy, who bagged the Best Negative Role in Film for Kaabil. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was introduced in 1969 by the government to recognise the contribution of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema. The first recipient was Devika Rani. —IANS

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Who got what

Best Fashion Designer: Dolly Parekh

Best Album of the Year: Rajeev Kapur for Sath Mere- Lover Never Ends

Popular Face of Television 2016: Vivek Mishra

Best Singer in 32 Languages: Zahid Khan

Bhajan Samrat: Shri Anup Jalota

Best Playback Singer for Album: Vibha Kapoor, Rabba O Rabba Album

Best Playback Singer (male): Jubin Nautiyal for Kaabil

Best Playback Singer (Female): Payal for Kaabil

Outstanding Performance: Kirti Kulhari for Pink

Best Comedian: Raju Srivastava

Outstanding Performance: Juhi Chawla (Chalk n Duster)

Outstanding Supporting Role: Usha Nadkarni (Rustom)

Outstanding Performance (male): Piyush Mishra (Happy Bhaag Jayegi)

Memorable and Outstanding Performance: Rana Daggubati (The Ghazi Attack)

Title Creative Director: Shoojit Sircar (Pink)

Best Poet, Lyricist and Scriptwriter:  Javed Akhtar

Kala Shree Award: Hema Malini

Best Actress (Female): Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Ssrbjit)

Dandia Queen: Phalguni Pathak

Innumerable shades of Pankaj Kapoor: Pankaj Kapoor

Best longest running serial on television: Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai

Best Contribution in T.V. Industry: Sara Khan

Best Negative Role: Rohit Roy (Kaabil)

Life Time Achievement Award: Zeenat Aman

Best Debut: Saiyami Kher (Mirziya)

Best Drama: Yugpurush- Mahatma Ke Mahatma