Daily Times

The sixth edition of the Big Zee Entertainment Awards was held on Saturday, in Mumbai. Present at the event were many Bollywood and TV celebrities, such as Salman Khan, Kajol, Sushant Singh Rajput, Divyanka Tripathi and her husband Vivek Dahiya, as well as newcomers Aadar Jain and Anya Singh.

Hosting the event was Karan Johar, who also recently hosted the 2017 edition of the International Indian Film Academy awards.

Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were awarded Best Actor and Best Actress respectively for their performances in ‘Udta Punjab’. The Bachchan family, too, won awards at the event; father Amitabh Bachchan was declared the winner of the Most Entertaining Actor in Drama – Male category for ‘Pink’, while son Abhishek won the Most Entertaining Actor in Comedy – Male award for his performance in ‘Housefull 3’. Aishwarya Rai, too, won an award for her performance in ‘Sarbjit’ in the Most Entertaining Actor in Drama – Female category.

Here’s a glimpse of the winners from the Big Zee Entertainment Awards.

Anupam Kher was given an award in the ‘Hit The, Hit Rahenge’ category.

Tiger Shroff won in two categories — Best Action Hero, for ‘Baaghi’ and Most Entertaining Dancer, for ‘A Flying Jatt’.

Swara Bhaskar received an award for her performance in ‘Nil Battey Sannata’ in the Best Actress in a Comedy Film category.

Published in Daily Times, July 31^st , 2017.