2014 was a another great year for Indian Cinema. Movies of all genres excelled both critically and commercially. The Bollywood Tempest spends the year reviewing films, monitoring Box-office performances. We celebrate Indian Cinema in all its various genres by presenting to you our second annual SABTA – South African Bollywood Tempest Awards 2014. We celebrate the stand-out performers of the year in all fields of Bollywood entertainment!
- Stand-out Costume Design: Manish Malhotra – Happy New Year & 2 States
- Stand-out Cinematography: Bobby Singh (1974 -2012) – Queen
- Stand-out Dialogues: Milap Milan Zaveri – Ek Villain
- Stand-out Writer: Chetan Bhagat – 2 States
- Stand-out Background Score: Raju Singh – Ek Villain
- Stand-out Editing: Rajkumar Hirani– PK
- Stand-out Screenplay: Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani – PK
- Stand-out Art Direction: Happy New Year
- Stand-out choreography: Remo D’Souza– 2 States
- Stand-out Director: Mohit Suri – EK Villain
- Stand-out Item Song: Lovely– Happy New Year
- Stand-out Dancer: Deepika Padukone – Happy New Year
- Stand-out Jodi: Shah Rukh Khan & Deepika Paduone – Happy New Year
- Stand-out Red Carpet Look: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Cannes Film Festival 2014
- Stand-out Fashion Icon [MALE] – Arjun Kapoor
- Stand-out Fashion Icon [FEMALE] – Sonam Kapoor
- Stand-out Editorial of the year: Deepika Padukone (VOGUE INDIA) – June 2014
- Stand-out Music Director: Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari & Soch (Band) – EK Villain
- Stand-out Lyrics of the Year: Manoj Muntashir, Mithoon & members of the Soch (Band)– EK Villain
- Stand-out Song of the Year: Galliyan – Ek Villain
- Stand-out Singing Sensation [MALE]: Ankit Tiwari– Ek Villain
- Stand-out Singing Sensation [FEMALE]: Kanika Kapoor – Happy New Year
Stand-out LIVE Performer of the Year: Benny Dayal (Durban, South Africa)
Top 3 Singers [MALE]:
- Ankit Tiwari – Galliyan (Ek Villain)
- Arijit Singh – Humdard (Ek Villain) | Samjhawan ( Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania)
- Benny Dayal – Besharmi Ki Height (Main Tera Hero)| Locha-E-Ulfat (2 Sates)
Top 3 Singers [Female]:
- Kanika Kapoor– Lovely (Happy New Year) | Baby Doll (Ragini MMS 2)
- Shreya Ghoshal – Manwa Laage (Happy New Year) | Tere Naina (Jai Ho)
- Harshdeep Kaur – Uff (Bang Bang)
Top 5 Soundtracks of 2014:
- Ek Villain
- Happy New Year
- Yaariyan
- Kick
- Humpty Sharma Ki Duhlania
- Stand-out Debut Star [MALE]: Tiger Shroff – Heropanti
- Stand-out Debut Star [FEMALE]: Kirti Sanon – Heropanti
- Stand-out Supporting Star [MALE]: Sanjay Dutt– PK
- Stand-out Supporting Star [FEMALE]: Tabu – Haider
- Stand-out Star (Comedy) [FEMALE]: Deepika Padukone – Happy New Year
- Stand-out Star (Comedy) [MALE]: Abhishek Bachchan – Happy New Year
- Stand-out Star (Romance) [MALE]: Arjun Kapoor – 2 States
- Stand-out Star (Romance) [FEMALE]: Alia Bhatt– 2 States
- Stand-out Star (Thriller/Suspense) [FEMALE]: Shraddha Kapoor– EK Villain
- Stand-out Star (Thriller/Suspense) [MALE]: Sidharth Malhotra – Ek Villain
- Stand-out Villain Star (Thriller/Suspense): Riteish Deshmukh – Ek Villain
- Stand-out Star (Social/Drama) [FEMALE]: Priyanka Chopra – Mary Kom
- Stand-out Star (Social/Drama) [MALE]: Shahid Kapoor – Haider
- Stand-out Star (Action) [FEMALE]: Rani Mukherji– Mardaani
- Stand-out Star (Action) [MALE]: Hrithik Roshan– Bang Bang!
- Stand-out Entertainer of the Year [FEMALE]: Deepika Padukone – Happy New Year
- Stand-out Entertainer of the Year [MALE]: Shah Rukh Khan – Happy New Year
- Stand-out Actress of 2014 [FEMALE]: Kangana Renaut – Queen
- Stand-out Actor of 2014 [MALE]: Aamir Khan– PK
- Stand-out Film of 2014: Ek Villain