One of the most eagerly awaited award ceremonies, Critics Choice Film Awards announced the winners of the first ever feature film awards, in attendance of some of the biggest names in the industry, and the result hails not only the content but also the art of filmmaking as the biggest takeaways from the esteemed gathering.

A joint venture of Film Critics Guild and Motion Content Group, in association with Vistas Media Capital, Critics Choice Film Awards offered the upliftment of some of the most underrated films, which are often overshadowed by commercial mammoths.

Winning big at the awards, Andhadhun & Tumbbad have emerged as the highest achievers.

The list of achievers is as follows:

Best Film: Andhadhun


Best Director: Sriram Raghavan (Andhadhun)

Best Actor Male - Vineet Kumar Singh (Mukkabaaz)Best Actor Female - Alia Bhatt (Raazi)

Best Supporting Actor Male - Manoj Pahwa (Mulk)

Best Supporting Actor Female - Surekha Sikri (Badhaai Ho)

Best Song - Hallaa (Manmarziyaan)

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

Best Cinematography - Pankaj Kumar (Tumbbad)

Best Editor - Pooja Ladha Surti (Andhadhun)

Best Background Score - Jesper Kyd (Tumbbad)

Best Production Design: Nitin Zihani Choudhary, Rakesh Yadav (Tumbbad)

Regional best film winners:

Pariyerum Perumal won best film Tamil

Lathe Joshi won best film Marathi

C/o Kancharapalem won best film Telugu

Reva won best film Gujarati

Pupa won best film Bengali

Ondalla Eradalla won best film Kannada

Ee. Ma. Yau. won best film Malayalam

Critics Choice Film Awards stand to be the first awards body, after the National Awards to acknowledge and appreciate films hailing across varied dialects and languages.

Aiming to be the most credible and inclusive awards of the nation, Critics Choice Film Awards determines itself at rising above commercial success and popularity to honour the efforts and results of perseverance, dedication and innovation.

The just and unbiased critics community at the awards, comprises of the most renowned names of the industry like Anupama Chopra and Rajeev Masand, amongst the senior most journalists who wear their experience as pride.

Attended by Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Shabana Azmi, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Jackie Shroff, Boney Kapoor, Zoya Akhtar, Ramesh Sippy, Aditi Rao Hydari etc.the awards night was hosted by Neha Dhupia at Rangmandir Bandra, on the 21st of April, 2019.