In a scintillating evening of glamour and style, the 57th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011 saw almost the entire tinsel town gathered at the Reliance Media Works Studio to honor the best of last year's Bollywood productions.

The rather unusual male duo Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor supported by filmmaker Karan Johar, Pakistani musician and actor Ali Zafar and former Miss India Ankita Shorey charmed the audience with their amusing and witty jokes as they took over to hosting the much acclaimed event.

The evening proved to be enthralling for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as the film bagged seven awards including Best Film, Best Cinematography (Carlos Catalon), Best Choreographer (Bosco-Caesar), Best Actor in a Supporting Role Male (Farhan Akhtar), Best dialogue (Farhan Akhtar), Critics' Award for Best Film, Best Director (Zoya Akhtar). Close behind were Rockstar and Delhi Belly that swept away five and four awards respectively.

At the same time, Vidya Balan and Ranbir Kapoor bagged the awards for Best Actress and Best Actor categories. On the other hand, the Debutant awards went to Parineeti Chopra (Best Debutant Female) for Ladies V/s Rickey Bahl, Vidyut Jamwal (Best Debutant Male) for Force, and Abhinay Deo (Best Debutant Director) for Delhi Belly.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to accomplished actress and dancer Aruna Irani. Known to have acted in over 300 movies, her memorable acting performances include those in movies like ‘Caravan', ‘Pet Pyaar Aur Paap', ‘Beta' among others.

In the music awards category, while Rekha Bharadwaj and Usha Uthup swept away the playback singer female award for ‘Darling', Mohit Chauhan bagged the same for male category. Best Lyrics award went to Irshad Kamil-Nadaan Parindey for Rockstar and Best Music Award to Oscar winner A.R. Rahman.

The RD Burman award for Upcoming talent in field of music was presented to KRSNA for Tanu Weds Manu.

A musical performance by Javed Ali of Coke Studio, Shaan and Leslie Lewis was done as a tribute to legendry actors Dev Anand and Shammi Kapoor who passed away last year. The performance included songs like Dil ka bhanwar, Aise na mujhe tum dekho, Khoya khoya chand, Baar baar dekho, Dil deke dekho and Badan pe sitare.

Apart from this, young female brigade including Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone set the stage on fire by dancing on their popular numbers.

The prenuptials Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza also put up a small act which included a song from their unpcoming flick ‘Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya'.

As far as the red carpet goes, sari remained the dominating attire for ladies and tuxedos for men. Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone, Kapoor sisters – Kareena and Karisma, Sonali Bendre and Dia Mirza looked stunning in beautiful saris.

Madhuri Dixit, clad in a white and purple sari, with husband Shriram Nene left all eyes rolling. However, as usual, Rekha encompassed all with her traditional look complimented by Kanjeevaram.

While some went traditional, gowns were also quite seen at the event with Priyanka Chopra, Shreya Ghoshal, Asin, Parineeti Chopra, Neha Dhupia and Kalki Koechlin dressed in sophisticated designer gowns.

Missed at the event was the Bachchan clan with only Abhishek Bachchan making it to the awards function.