SABTA: South African Bollywood Tempest Awards 2016

2016 has been a spectacular year for Hindi Cinema. We spent our year reviewing movies, monitoring the Box-office, following stars on the global red carpets, bringing you the latest news (not gossip), therefore at the end of the year we celebrate Hindi Cinema in its various genres by presenting our fourth annual S.A.B.T.A: South African Bollywood Tempest Awards – Online.

Best Costume Design: Manish Malhotra & Anaita Shroff  – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Production Design: Anna Ipe & Aparna Sud – Neerja

Best Art Direction:  Iain Andrews – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Choreography:  Tushar Kalia – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best VFX Effects: Kunal Biswas (Red Chillies) – Fan

Best Action & Stunt Direction: Allan Amin – Dishoom

Best Cinematography:  Satyajit Pande – Dangal

Best Writer: Shoojit Sircar & Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury  – Pink

Best Dialogues: Karan Johar & Niranjan Iyengar – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Screenplay: Ali Abbas Zafar – Sultan

Best Background Score: Julius Packiam – Sultan

Best Editing: Manik Dawar – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Director:  Shakun Batra

Best Music Director 2016: Pritam – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Lyrics (Song):  Amitabh Bhattacharya – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil  (Channa Mereya)

Best Song of the Year: Channa Mereya

Best Soundtrack: Rustom

Best Music (Soundtrack) : Arko, Raghav Sachar, Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Gannguli  – Rustom

Best Lyrics (Soundtrack): Manoj Muntashir – Rustom

Best Single: Halka Halka – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

Best Singer [MALE]

1. Arijit Singh – Channa Mereya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
2. Atif Aslam – Tere Sang Yaara (Rustom)
3. Arijit Singh – Bolna (Kapoor & Sons)
4. Arko – Dariya (Kapoor & Sons)

Best Singer [FEMALE]

1. Jonita Gandhi – The BreakUp Song (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
2. Kanika Kapoor – Da Da Dase (Udta Punjab)
3. Shreya Ghoshal – Jab Tum Hote Ho (Rustom)
4. Shalmali Kholgade – Baby Ko Bass (Sultan)

Best Red Carpet Look:  Sonam Kapoor – Festival De Cannes 2016

Best Fashion Collection:  Firdaus by Sabyasachi Mukherjee & Kisundas Jewellers

Best Ad-Campaign: Tanishq Jewellers – Shubham Collection ft. Deepika Padukone

Best Editorial: Vogue India | Deepika Padukone ‘the Benares story’ – November 2016

Best Fashion Icon [MALE]:  Sidharth Malhotra

Best Fashion Icon [FEMALE]: Alia Bhatt

International Icon 2016: Deepika Padukone

Best Debut Actor [MALE]: Harshvardhan Kapoor – Mirzya

Best Debut Actor(s) [FEMALE]:  Fatima Sana Shaikh & Sanya Malhotra – Dangal

Best Child Actor(s):  Zaira Wasim  & Suhani Bhatnagar – Dangal

Best Actor (Negative):  Angad Bedi – Pink

Best Actor (Comedy): Varun Dhawan – Dishoom

Best Special Appearance: Lisa Haydon – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Onscreen Couple: Harshvardhan Rane & Mawra Hocane – Sanam Teri Kasam

Best Supporting Actor [MALE]:  Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons

Best Supporting Actor [FEMALE]:  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Actor (Drama / Romance) [FEMALE]: Anushka Sharma – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Actor (Drama / Romance) [MALE]: Ranbir Kapoor – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Actor (Thriller / Suspense) [FEMALE]: Vidya Balan- Kahaani 2

Best Actor (Thriller / Suspense) [MALE]:  Amitabh Bachchan – Pink

Best Actor (Drama / Social) [FEMALE]: Alia Bhatt – Udta Punjab

Best Actor (Drama / Social) [MALE]: Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab

Best Actor (Drama / Family) [FEMALE]: Aishwarya Rai – Sarbjit

Best Actor (Drama / Family) [MALE]: Amir Khan – Dangal

Best Entertainer [FEMALE]:  Anushka Sharma – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil & Sultan

Best Entertainer [MALE]: Akshay Kumar – Airlift, Housefull 3 & Rustom

Best Actor [FEMALE]: Sonam Kapoor – Neerja

Best Actor [MALE]: Sushant Singh Rajput – Ms Dhoni: The Untold Story

Best Story: Kapoor & Sons

Best Film: Dangal