IBN Live Movie Awards Winners

New Delhi: Aamir Khan and Deepika Padukone topped an IBNLive cinema poll to be crowned the Best Actor and Actress of last year, clearly indicating that the veteran actors continue to be Bollywood trusted, main draw despite a host of talented new stars redefining cinema each day.

In response to an IBNLive poll we conducted earlier this year, we asked our audience to vote for Indian cinema's top performers in several categories, including Best Film, Best Director and an entirely new and the increasingly relevant Best Independent Film.

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Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', which got 39.72% votes was adjudged the best film of the year 2013. Mehra brought ace athlete Milkha Singh's life on the big screen in a mega spectacle of patriotism and entertainment. Farhan Akhtar proved his critics wrong by portraying a difficult role with panache. The biopic also won a National Award this year.

Aamir played a negative role in 'Dhoom 3', a racy franchise that made biking cool in India. It was a good year for Deepika and audiences awarded her overwhelmingly for her film 'Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leela' with 67 per cent of the votes polled for her. The Best Supporting Actor votes went to Prithviraj for 'Aurangzeb'. The Best Supporting Actress is Supriya Pathak for 'Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leela'.

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It's not often that the director of a Best Film also wins Best Director. But readers voted Mehra, the director of 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', as the Best Director with 37% of the votes polled. The Hindi film industry was never known for organised filmmaking, but over the years the scenario has changed a lot. Now, the industry has tilted more in favour of people who have big pockets. The process of filmmaking has become less important than its publicity drive and big studios are emerging as the champions of this art. However, every now and then we come across films which showcase fantastic content and get benefited by the word-of-mouth publicity.

In a completely new category rarely recognised at mainstream film awards, our Best Independent Film category got great response from our readers. They who voted 'Maazii' as the Best Independent Film of last year. All categories will be announced over the next two days. Watch this space.