Filmfare Awards 2025: The Filmfare Awards 2025 kicked off this year in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The date was October 11th. This grand event was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan, who took over the role after 17 years. The always-funny Karan Johar and Manish Paul joined him. On stage, Akshay Kumar, Ananya Panday, and Karan Johar’s stellar performances heated up the atmosphere, while actresses like Huma Qureshi, Kriti Sanon, and Sanya Malhotra stole the spotlight with their stylish looks.
But the one that grabbed the most headlines was Kiran Rao’s film “Missing Ladies”!
The brilliance of “Lapata Ladies”: 21 nominations and 13 major wins! When this small-budget film premiered on Netflix, it remained on the trending list for months. It didn’t feature any major superstars or a big budget, but the story and performances won over audiences. Now, its charm has been seen at the Filmfare Awards as well.
According to your information, the film won awards in 10 categories, but a fact check reveals that ‘Lapata Ladies’ was nominated in 21 categories and won a total of 13 awards! (The old list mentions 10-13 categories, but the actual number of nominations and awards is 21 and 13).
See which categories this outstanding film won:
Category Winners
Best Film: Missing Ladies
Best Director: Kiran Rao
Best Supporting Role (Male): Ravi Kishan
Best Supporting Role (Female): Chhaya Kadam
Best Debut (Female): Nitanshi Goyal
Best Actress: Critics: Pratibha Ranta
Best Screenplay: Sneha Desai
Best Dialogue: Sneha Desai
Best Music Album: Ram Sampath
Best Lyrics: Prashant Pandey
Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh (for the song “Sajni”)
Best Background Score: Ram Sampath
Best Costume: Darshan Jalan
This resounding victory for “Lapata Ladies” proves that a good story and powerful acting are the true stars of Bollywood! From Ravi Kishan to Nitanshi Goyal to Kiran Rao, the entire team deserves this honour.
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