Pandolin Technical Awards 2016 | Winners
The Pandolin Technical Awards are an endeavor to recognize and honor the extraordinary individuals involved in the process of filmmaking. In the fourth year of its inception, the awards are completely driven by the public, from film aficionados to stalwarts from the industry, who choose the best in every category through an online poll.
Presenting the Winners and Runners – up of the Pandolin Technical Awards 2016.
Choice – Web Series
Winner: Pitchers – TVF (37%)
Runner-up:
Permanent Roommates S-01 – TVF (18.5%)
Bang Baaja Baarat – Yfilms (18.5%)
Baked – ScoopWhoop (16.7%)
Choice – Documentary
Winner: Closer – Meghna Gulzar (38.2%)
Runner-up:
Algorithms – Ian McDonaldn (27.3%)
In Their Shoes – Atul Sabharwal (20%)
Sound Design
Winner: Nihar Ranjan Samal – Bajirao Mastani (27.9%)
Runner-up:
Shajith Koyeri – Talvar (23.5%)
Dileep Subramaniam – Tamasha (19.1%)
Production Design
Winner: Saloni Dhatrak , Sriram Iyengar , Sujeet Sawant – Bajirao Mastani (37%)
Runner-up:
Sonal Sawant, Shaira Kapoor, Errol Kelly – Bombay Velvet (27.4%)
Meenal Agarwal – Dum Laga Ke Haisha (19.2%)
Debut – Female
Winner: Bhumi Pednekar – Dum Laga Ke Haisha (29.6%)
Runner-up:
Shweta Tripathi – Masaan (28.1%)
Rajshree Deshpande- Angry Indian Goddesses (16.3%)
Debut Male
Winner: Vicky Kaushal – Masaan (69.6%)
Runner-up:
Kapil Sharma – Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (12.7%)
Shashank Arora – Titli (8.9%)
Best Actor – Female
Winner: Deepika Padukone – Piku, Tamasha, Bajirao Mastani (26.6%)
Runner-up:
Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu Returns (25.5%)
Kalki Koechlin – Margarita, With A Straw (14.9%)
Sarah Jane Dias – Angry Indian Goddesses (14.9%)
Best Actor – Male
Winner: Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Badlapur, Manjhi – The Mountain Man, Bajrangi Bhaijaan (23.5%)
Runner-up:
Ranveer Singh – Bajirao Mastani (17.6%)
Amitabh Bachchan – Piku (10.6%)
Ranbir Kapoor – Tamasha (9.4%)
Sanjay Mishra – Masaan, Dum Laga Ke Haisha (7.1%)
Salman Khan – Bajrangi Bhaijaan (7.1%)
Singer Female
Winner: Monali Thakur – Moh Moh Ke Dhaage (Dum Laga Ke Haisha) (31.5%)
Runner-up:
Alka Yagnik – Tum Sath Ho (Tamasha) (22.2%)
Shreya Ghoshal – Deewani Mastani (Bajirao Mastani) (18.5%)
Jyoti Nooran – Ghani Bawri (Tanu Weds Manu Returns) (13%)
Singer Male
Winner: Papon – Moh Moh Ke Dhaage (Dum Laga Ke Haisha) (62.5%)
Runner-up:
Matargashti – Mohit Chauhan (Tamasha) (9.4%)
Ankit Tiwari – Tu Hai Ke Nahin (Roy) (8.3%)
Music Director
Winner: Indian Ocean – Masaan (28.4%)
Runner-up:
Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Bajirao Mastani (14.9%)
A R Rahman – Tamasha (13.5%)
Direction
Winner: Pan Nalin – Angry Indian Goddesses (39.5%)
Runner-up:
Meghna Gulzar – Talvar (13.6%)
Neeraj Ghaywan – Masaan (9.9%)
Film
Winner: Masaan (32.5%)
Runner-up:
Bajrangi Bhaijaan (10.8%)
Angry Indian Godesses (8.4%)
Talvar (8.4%)
Screenplay
Winner: Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku (31.8%)
Runner-up:
Varun Grover – Masaan (18.2%)
Dilip Shankar, Pan Nalin, Arsala Qureishi, Subhadra Mahajan – Angry Indian Goddesses (15.2%)
Vishal Bhardwaj – Talvar (9.1%)
Story
Winner: Varun Grover – Masaan (23.4%)
Runner-up:
Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku (21.9%)
Sharat Katariya – Dum Laga Ke Haisha ( 14.1%)
Dibakar Banerjee and Urmi Juvekar – Detective Byomkesh Bakshi (12.5%)
Dialogues
Winner: Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku (25%)
Runner-up:
Himanshu Sharma – Tanu Weds Manu Returns (21.4%)
Sharat Katariya – Dum Laga Ke Haisha (19.6%)
Cinematography
Winner: Avinash Arun – Masaan (32.3%)
Runner-up:
Sudeep Chatterjee – Bajirao Mastani (26.2%)
S Ravi Varman – Tamasha (12.3%)
Editing
Winner: A. Sreekar Prasad – Talvar (35.7%)
Runner-up:
Namrata Rao – Dum Laga Ke Haisha (23.2%)
Shree Narayan Singh – Baby (16.1%)
Choreography
Winner: Deewani Mastani/Pinga – Bajirao Mastani (33.9%)
Runner-up:
Sun Sathiya – ABCD 2 (26.8%)
Ghani Bawari – Tanu Weds Manu Returns (19.6%)
Matargashti – Tamasha (19.6%)
Costume
Winner: Anju Modi & Maxima Basu – Bajirao Mastani (53.6%)
Runner-up:
Niharika Bhasin Khan – Bombay Velvet (35.7%)
Reza Shariffi – Tanu Weds Manu Returns (5.4%)
Lyrics
Winner: Varun Grover – Masaan/Dum Laga Ke Haisha (50%)
Runner-up:
Irshad Kamil – Tamasha (27.8%)
Siddharth–Garima, A. M. Turaz, Prashant Ingole – Bajirao Mastani (13%)
Casting & Ensemble Cast
Winner: Dilip Shankar – Angry Indian Goddesses (46.4%)
Runner-up:
Nandini Shrikent – Dil Dhadakne Do (18.8%)
Atul Mongia – Titli (18.8%)
Mukesh Chhabra – Badlapur (5.8%)
Action
Winner: Cyril Raffaelli – Baby (50%)
Runner-up:
Sham Kaushal – Bajirao Mastani (36%)
Peter Pedrero – Phantom (8%)
VFX
Winner: Prana Studios – Bombay Velvet (48%)
Runner-up: NY VFXWALA – Bajirao Mastani (44%)