Mumbai: Continuing its golden run at the awards season this year, Eros International films won big at the Zee Cine Awards held in Mumbai with 18 awards for its releases including Bajirao Mastani, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Badlapur and Bengali hit, Bela Seshe.
Eros’ epic historical drama directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali Bajirao Mastani won a grand total of 12 awards at the Zee Cine Awards including Best Director (Jury)– Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Best Actor Male (Jury) – Ranveer Singh, Best Film (Jury), Best Actress (Viewers’ Choice) –Deepika Padukone, Best Cinematography—Sudeep Chatterjee, Best Action – Sham Kaushal, Best Sound Design, Best Product Design, Best VFX—Prasad Sutar, Best Background Score—Sanchit Balhara, Best Playback (Female) – Shreya Goshal for Mohe Rang Do Laal and Best Choreography – Ganesh Acharya for ‘Malhari’.
Salman Khan won the Best Actor (Viewers’ Choice) for Bajrangi Bhaijaan, the highest grosser of 2015, which scooped Best Film (Viewers’ Choice) along with the award for Best Actor in a Comic role – Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Best Debutant (Female) that went to Harshali Malhotra.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui also took the award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for Badlapur and Bela Seshe won the Best Film under the Bengali film category.
With an unparalleled number of critically and commercially successful films this year, Eros International not only dominated the box office charts with the highest number of top-grossing films of 2015 but has also taken the awards season by storm, bagging over 60 awards for their films in various categories at all prestigious award platforms such as Stardust, Sony Guild, Screen, Filmfare, Zee Cine Awards and the 10th Asian Film Awards. 2015 is definitely Eros International’s year of glory as appreciation and awards for its films continue to pour in.
