23rd edition of the annual Star Screen Awards honouring excellence in Indian Film industry was held at Mumbai on December 3, 2017.
About Star Screen Awards:
- Star Screen Awards were originally called the Screen Awards.
- Screen Awards, initiated by The Express Group were first awarded in 1995.
- Screen Awards are considered India’s first awards that are given by the film fraternity to the film fraternity through a jury.
- Current edition of Star Screen Awards also have awards in ‘popular’ category.
Highlights of Star Screen Awards 2017:
The award ceremony was attended by top Bollywood stars, including Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit.
- Vidya Balan won the ‘Best Actress (Popular)’ Award for film ‘Tumhari Sulu’. ‘Best Actress (Critics)’ Award went to Konkana Sen Sharma for film ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’.
- Best Actor (Critics) Award, went to Rajkumar Rao for film ‘Newton’. Rajkumar Rao also won Best Actor in a Supporting Role Award for film ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’.
- Irrfan Khan won the Best Actor (Popular) Award for film ‘Hindi Medium’.
- Amir Khan-starrer film ‘Dangal’ bagged multiple awards in different categories.
Star Screen Awards 2017 – Winners List:
| Category | Winner |
| Best Actress (Popular) | Vidya Balan, ‘Tumhari Sulu’ |
| Best Actress (Critics) | Konkana Sen Sharma, ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ |
| Best Actor (Popular) | Irrfan Khan, Hindi Medium |
| Best Actor (Critics) | Rajjumar Rao, ‘Newton’ |
| Best Film (Critics) | ‘Newton’ |
| Best Director | Nitesh Tiwari, ‘Dangal’ |
| Best Supporting Actress | Neha Dhupia, ‘Tumhari Sulu’ |
| Best Supporting Actor | Rajkumar Rao, ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’ |
| Best Dialogues | Nitesh Tiwari and Shreyas Jain, ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’ |
| Best Sound Design | Shahjuth Koyeri, ‘Rangoon’ |
| Best Background Score | Pritam, ‘Dangal’ |
| Best Lyrics | Amitabh Bhattacharya, ‘Dangal’ |
| Best Music Director | Pritam, ‘Dangal’ |
| Best Editing | Ballu Saluja, ‘Dangal’ |
| Best Debut Director | Suresh Triveni, Tumhari Sulu |
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Arijit Singh, ‘Raees’, ‘Jagga Jasoos’ |
| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Shashaa Tirupati, ‘Shubh Mangal Savdhan’ |
| Best Choreographer | Shiamak Davar, Song ‘Ullu Ka Pattha’ from ‘Jagga Jasoos’ |
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