In the critics' awards category, Gauri Shinde won the best debut director award for telling a heart-warming tale in "English Vinglish", best actor female critics award went to Deepika Padukone for "Cocktail"; best actor male award was given to Irrfan for playing the steeplechase-runner turning into a dacoit in the ravines of the Chambal in "Paan Singh Tomar".
Anurag Kashyap-directed "Gangs of Wasseypur", a gritty celluloid saga of the coal mafia and blood-thirsty vengeance, won the critics' best film award.
Other winners in the popular award category are:
- Best supporting role female: Dolly Ahluwalia for "Vicky Donor"
- Best supporting actor male: Annu Kapoor for "Vicky Donor"
- Best actor comic role: Abhishek Bachchan for "Bol Bachchan"
- Best playback singer female: Shalmali Kholgade for "Pareshaan" from "Ishaqzaade"
- Best playback singer male: Sonu Nigam: "Abhi mujh mein" from "Agneepath"
- Best lyrics: "Saans" by Gulzaar for "Jab Tak Hai Jaan"
- Best music director: Atul-Ajay for "Agneepath"
