After setting new records at the box office, Dangal swept away the night's three of four major awards - Best Actor, Film and Director while Alia Bhatt won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Female) for her performance in Udta Punjab.
Attended by most actors of the Bollywood film fraternity, the 62nd Filmfare Awards was a star-studded event hosted by actor Shah Rukh
Khan.
After winning the Best Director award, Nitesh Tiwari said, "This award is the reassurance of how much people loved our film (Dangal). So I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone in India and abroad who loved and supported our film. It means everything."
Alia, who came along with her mother Soni Razdan and sister Shaheen Bhatt, received the Best Actor (Female) award from Sridevi and Boney Kapoor.