Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards winners' list: Who won what

It was a starry affair when popular faces from the silver screen attended the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018 that was held here on Saturday.The award, instituted by Dadasaheb Phalke Academy, honoured individuals from the entertainment industry for their outstanding contribution towards the growth and development of cinema and/or television.

Here`s the list of the winners:

Best actor: Shahid Kapoor

Best actor people`s choice award: Ranveer Singh

Entertainer of the year: Kartik Aryan

Best actress: Aditi Rao Hydari

Lifetime achievement award: Simi Garewal

Pride of Indian cinema: Sanjay Dutt

Pathbreaking producer of the year: Anushka Sharma and Karnesh Sharma

Best director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

Outstanding performance male: Raj Kumar Rao, Rana Daggubati

Outstanding performance female: Tamannahh Bhatia, Kriti Sanon

Promising face of the year: Aahana Kumra

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Best actor (male) Marathi: Vaibhav Tatwawaadi

Best actor (female) Marathi: Pooja Sawant

Best fashion designer of the year: Sanjukta Dutta

Socially conscious performance of the year: Rani Mukherjee

Best comic role: Tusshar Kapoor

Entertaining performance in reality show Bigg Boss: Hina Khan

Best actress drama (TV): Jennifer Winget

Best actor (male) Television: Karan Patel

Best reality show judge: Shilpa Shetty

Best talk show host: Karan Johar

Best lyricist: Manoj Muntashir

Best performance in a short film: Divya Khosla Kumar

Iconic contribution towards music: Hans Raj Hans

Comic performer of the year: Sumona Chakraborty

Versatile singer: Rani Hazarika

Social and business entrepreneur of the year: Jaya Misra

Director, Producer Karan Johar said that he was `honoured` to win the best talk show host award for `Koffee with Karan`."karanjoharHonoured to have won the prestigious #dadasahebphalkeaward for best talk show host #koffeewithkaran ... wearing @manishmalhotra05 styled by @nikitajaisinghani," he posted on Instagram.

Jennifer Winget, who won the Best actress drama award thanked her friends and family."I stand proud tonight with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ... a nudge to edge me on on the path I am currently on. Humbled and Honoured at the same time. Couldn't be more grateful to my family of fans, friends and the fraternity. Thank you. Another good night indeed!," a post from Winget read.

Meanwhile, Karan Patel thanked TV producer Ekta Kapoor for the award."Honoured to recieve the #DadasahebPhalke #ExcellenceAward for #BestActorOnTelevision. @ektaravikapoor this would have not been possible without you ...! Love you Ektaaaa," he wrote.

There has been a lot of speculations around Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards in the past few weeks as winners names were announced one by one. Many questioned the authenticity of the awards but Phalke's grandson has stated that the film body- Dadasaheb Phalke Academy has been awarding the best of the best in cinema for the past 18 years.