Winners of 55th Idea Filmfare Awards 2009

The night belonged to the 3 Idiots as 3 Idiots the biggest movie of 2009 swept most of the popular choice awards at the 55th Idea Filmfare awards, including awards for Vidhu Vinod Chopra for best film and Rajkumar Hirani for best director.

Nandita Das's directorial debut 'Firaaq' won her the Critics Best Film Award. The acclaimed Paa won Amitabh Bachchan the award for The Best Actor In A Leading Role - Male, and Vidya Balan the award for The Best Actor In A Leading Role - Female.

Another movie winning big was Dev D with Mahie Gill winning the Critics Best Actress Award and Kalki Koechlin winning the Critics Best Actor in a Supporting Role Female.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan - Paa

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)
Vidya Balan - Paa

Best Film
3 Idiots

Best Director
Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Boman Irani - 3 Idiots

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Kalki Koechlin - Dev D

Best Actor (Male) Critics
Ranbir Kapoor

Best Actor (Female) Critics
Mahie Gill - Dev D

Best Film (Critics)
Firaaq

Best Debut Director (Male)
Ayan Mukherjee - Wake Up Sid

Best Debut Director (Female)
Zoya Akhtar - Luck By Chance

Best Music
A R Rahman - Delhi-6

Best Playback Singer (Male)
Mohit Chauhan - Masakalli - Delhi-6

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Rekha Bharadwaj - Genda Phool - Delhi-6
Kavita Seth - Iktara - Wake Up Sid

Best Lyrics
Irshad Kamil - Aaj Din Chadiya - Love Aaj Kal

Best Story
Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots

Best Screenplay
Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi - 3 Idiots

Best Dialogue
Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 3 idiots

Best Editing
Sreekar Prasad - Firaaq

Best Choreography
Bosco - Caesar - Chor Bazaari - Love Aaj Kal

Best Visual Effect Award
Kaminey

Best Sound Design
Manas Chaudhury - Firaaq

Best Production Design
Helen & Sukant - Dev D

Best Cinematography
Rajeev Rai - Dev D

Best Action
Vijayan Master - Wanted

Best Costume
Vaishali Menon - Firaaq

Best Background Score
Amit Trivedi - Dev D

Special Award
Nandita Das - Firaaq

Lifetime Achievement Award
Shashi Kapoor - Khayyam

R D Burman Music Award
Amit Tivedi