Critic’s Choice Film Awards make their debut, Shah Rukh Khan appears, Vineet Singh lands Best Actor for Mukkabaaz. Full list of winners and more here.

The Motion Content Group & Film Critics Guild in collaboration with Vistas Capital presented the first ever Critics Choice Film Awards this weekend. We believe the voting critics included those registered under Film Critics Guild, which finds its chairperson in (surprise, surprise) the trailblazer Anupama Chopra.​ 

But our favourite part is the Best Actor Award. Vineet Kumar Singh, who we declared as the #filmtribe Best Actor 2018 for Mukkabaaz (full list), got his due here, winning the trophy. Find the full list below. 

​ACTING​
Best Actor – Vineet Singh, Mukkabaaz

Best Actress – Alia Bhatt, Raazi

Best Supporting Actor – Manoj Pahwa, Mulk

Best Supporting Actress – Surekha Sikri, Badhaai Ho

​CRAFT​
Best Film in Hindi – Andhadhun

Best Director – Sriram Raghavan, Andhadhun

Best Writing – Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, Sriram Raghavan, Hemanth M. Rao, Pooja Ladha Surti, Andhadhun

Best Editing – Pooja Ladha Surti, Andhadhun

Best Cinematography – Pankaj Kumar, Tumbbad

Best Production Design – Nitin Zihani Choudhary and Rakesh Yadav, Tumbbad

Best Background Score – Jesper Kyd, Tumbbad

Best Song – Halla, Manmarziyaan (Composer – Amit Trivedi, Singers – Jyoti Nooran and Romy)

Extraordinary Achievement Award – Reshma Pathan, ‘India’s First Stuntwoman’ 

Best Film in Malayalam – Ee Ma Yau, Lijo Jose Pellissery

Best Film in Tamil – Pariyerum Perumal, Mari Selvaraj

Best Film in Kannada – Ondalla Eradalla, D Satya Prakash

Best Film in Telugu -​ c/o Kancharapalem, Maha Venkatesh

Best Film in Bengali – Pupa, Indrasis Acharya

Best Film in Marathi – Lathe Joshi, Mangesh Joshi

Best Film in Gujarati – Reva, Rahul Bhole and Vinit Kanojia

The event was held on Sunday night, 21 April 2019, at Rang Mandir in Bandra West, Mumbai, and hosted by Neha Dhupia. For many others, the highlight of the evening was the surprise appearance by Shah Rukh Khan. Watch his speech here.

#ShahRukhKhan Dil Se ❤
At the #CriticsChoiceFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/FXDYS2EgXH

— Rohit Khilnani (@rohitkhilnani) April 21, 2019