Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi rocked the recently held Filmfare Awards and won awards in 10 categories. The film received 16 nominations, including Best Film (Gangubai Kathiawadi), Best Director (Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actress (Female), (Alia Bhatt), Best Dialogue, (Prakash Kapadia, Utkarshini Vashisht), Best Background Score, (Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara), Best Choreography, (Kriti Mahesh (Dholida-Gangubai Kathiawadi), Best Cinematography, (Sudip Chatterjee), Best Costume Design, (Sheetal Iqbal Sharma), Best Production Design, (Subrata Chakraborty) and Amit Ray ) named after him. Also, the special RD Burman Award for Upcoming Music Talent was given to Janhavi Srimankar (Dholida – Gangubai Kathiawadi).
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