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PIX: Bollywood shines at the Filmfare awards

Last updated on: January 30, 2012 18:40 IST
Chitrangada Singh, Karisma Kapoor
The 57th Filmfare awards were held on Sunday at Film City, Goregaon, north west Mumbai, and saw a generous serving of Bollywood stars.
 
Here's a look at the arrivals.

Chitrangada Singh looked hot in a shocking pink and turquoise blue gown while Karisma Kapoor looked elegant in a white sari with a red border.

Mahie Gill, Neha Dhupia

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Mahie Gill, Neha Dhupia

Mahie Gill and Neha Dhupia looked like fashion disasters on the red carpet.

Shazahn Padamsee, Sonal Chauhan

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Shazahn Padamsee, Sonal Chauhan

Shazahn Padamsee and Sonal Chauhan, on the other hand, made a pretty sight.

Udita Goswami, Raveena Tandon

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Udita Goswami and Raveena Tandon

Udita Goswami and Raveena Tandon wore colourful see-through saris at the awards ceremony.

Parineeti Chopra, Sophie Chaudhary

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Parineeti Chopra, Sophie Chaudhary

Priyanka Chopra's cousin Parineeti Chopra bagged the Best Supporting Actress award for her work in Ladies vs Ricky Bahl.

Sophie Chaudhary arrived in a blue gown.

Anuradha Paudwal, Shreya Ghoshal

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Anuradha Paudwal and Shreya Ghoshal

Veteran singer Anuradha Paudwal made a rare appearance at the awards function.

Singer Shreya Ghoshal looked stunning in a red gown.

Amole Gupte, Deepa Bhatia, Partho

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Amole Gupte, Deepa Bhatia and Partho

Amole Gupte arrived with his wife Deepa Bhatia. Their son Partho got a special Filmfare award for his performance in Stanley Ka Dabba.

Imtiaz Ali with wife Preety

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Imtiaz Ali with wife Preety

Imtiaz Ali arrived with his wife Preety.

His film Rockstar won five Filmfare awards. The Best Actor and Best Actor Critics' Choice awards went to Ranbir Kapoor, Best Music Director went to AR Rahman, Best Lyrics went to Irshad Kamil for the song for Naadaan Parindey and Mohit Chauhan got the Best Playback Singer (Male) for Jo Bhi Mein.

R Madhavan with wife Sarita Birje

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R Madhavan with wife Sarita Birje

Though R Madhavan did not get any award, his film Tanu weds Manu got the R D Burman award for Best Upcoming Talent to music composer Krsna.

Ritesh Sidhwani with wife Dolly

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Ritesh Sidhwani with wife Dolly

Producer Ritesh Sidhwani's film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara bagged seven awards -- Best Film, Best Critics' Choice awards and Best Director (Zoya Akhtar). 

Farhan Akhtar
 got two awards -- Best Supporting Actor and Best Dialogue award. The Best Cinematography award went to Carlos Catalan and the Best Choreography award for the song Senorita went to Bosco-Caesar.

Karan Johar, Aruna Irani

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Karan Johar and Aruna Irani

Aruna Irani got the Lifetime Achievement Award, as she has been in the industry for almost 51 years.

Javed Akhtar arrived with wife Shabana Azmi

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Javed Akhtar arrived with wife Shabana Azmi

Javed Akhtar arrived with wife Shabana Azmi.

Ramesh Sippy, Kiran Juneja

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Ramesh Sippy and Kiran Juneja

Ramesh Sippy arrived with wife Kiran Juneja.

Other actors who were present at the awards function were Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Madhuri Dixit, Sameera Reddy, Onir, Farhan and Zoya Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Madhur Bhandarkar, Abhishek Bachchan, Rekha, Anurag Kashyap, Subhash Ghai, Dia Mirza, Aditi Rao Hydari and Sarah Jane Dias.