The 25th Star Screen Awards ceremony honoured the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2018. The ceremony was held on 27 December 2018 and broadcast in India on Star Plus on 31 December 2018. Actors Vicky Kaushal, Shahid Kapoor and Karan Johar hosted the event. Additionally, Shah Rukh Khan introduced and concluded the awards ceremony.
Raazi led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by Andhadhun with 9 nominations and Badhaai Ho, Padmaavat and Stree with 7 nominations each.
Raazi won 6 awards, including Best Actress (for Alia Bhatt), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Main awards Best FilmBest DirectorStree – Dinesh Vijan, Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.Andhadhun – Sanjay Routray, Ajit Andhare and Sudhanshu Vats Badhaai Ho – Vineet Jain, Hemant Bhandari and Amit Sharma Mulk – Deepak Mukut and Anubhav Sinha Padmaavat – Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sudhanshu Vats and Ajit Andhare Raazi – Vineet Jain, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta Sanju – Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani | valign="top" |Sriram Raghavan – Andhadhun Amar Kaushik – Stree Amit Sharma – Badhaai Ho Anubhav Sinha – Mulk Meghna Gulzar – Raazi Rajkumar Hirani – Sanju Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Padmaavat Best Actor Best ActressRajkummar Rao – Stree as Vicky Ranveer Singh – Padmaavat as Alauddin Khilji Ayushmann Khurrana – Andhadhun as Akash Ayushmann Khurrana – Badhaai Ho as Nakul Kaushik Gajraj Rao – Badhaai Ho as Jeetender Kaushik Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju as Sanjay Dutt Vicky Kaushal – Manmarziyaan as Vicky SandhuAlia Bhatt – Raazi as Sehmat Khan Deepika Padukone – Padmaavat as Padmavati Rani Mukerji – Hichki as Naina Mathur Taapsee Pannu – Manmarziyaan as Rumi Bagga Tabu – Andhadhun as Simi Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressPankaj Tripathi – Stree as Rudra Abhishek Bachchan – Manmarziyaan as Robbie Bhatia Jaideep Ahlawat – Raazi as Khalid Mir Saurabh Shukla – Raid as Rameshwar Singh Sunny Kaushal – Gold as Himmat Singh Vicky Kaushal – Raazi as Iqbal Syed Vicky Kaushal – Sanju as Kamlesh Kanhaiyalal KapasiSurekha Sikri – Badhaai Ho as Dadi Divya Dutta – Blackmail as Dolly Verma Pushpa Joshi – Raid as Amma Ji Radhika Apte – Andhadhun as Sophie Rasika Dugal – Manto as Safia Swara Bhaskar – Veere Di Wedding as Sakshi Soni Most Promising Newcomer – Male Most Promising Newcomer – FemaleIshaan Khatter – Beyond the Clouds as Amir & Dhadak as Madhukar Bhagla Abhishek Bannerjee – Stree as JaanaRadhika Madan – Pataakha as Champa Kumari Janhvi Kapoor – Dhadak as Parthavi Singh Zoya Hussain – Mukkabaaz as Sunaina Mishra Most Promising Debut Director Best Child ArtisteAmar Kaushik – Stree Adesh Prasad and Rahi Anil Barve – Tumbbad Akarsh Khurana – Karwaan Dipesh Jain – Gali Guleiyan Prosit Roy – PariMohammad Samad – Tumbbad as Pandurang Dhundiraj Prabhakar Jogalekar – Tumbbad as Young Vinayak
Critics' awards Best FilmMulk – Deepak Mukut and Anubhav Sinha October – Shoojit Sircar, Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar Pari – Anushka Sharma and Karnesh Sharma Pataakha – Vishal Bhardwaj, Rekha Bhardwaj, Dheeraj Wadhawan, Ajay Kapoor and Ishan Saksena Tumbbad – Sohum Shah, Aanand L. Rai, Mukesh Shah and Amita ShahBest ActorBest ActressGajraj Rao – Badhaai Ho as Jeetender Kaushik Ishaan Khatter – Beyond the Clouds as Amir Rajkummar Rao – Omerta as Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh Rishi Kapoor – Mulk as Murad Ali Mohammed Varun Dhawan – October as Danish Walia Vineet Kumar Singh – Mukkabaaz as Shravan Kumar SinghNeena Gupta – Badhaai Ho as Priyamvada Kaushik Anushka Sharma – Pari as Rukhsana Malavika Mohanan – Beyond the Clouds as Tara Sanya Malhotra – Pataakha as Genda Kumari Taapsee Pannu – Mulk as Aarti Malhotra
Special awards Lifetime Achievement Award Star Plus Baat Nayi AwardSrideviThugs of Hindostan Best Ethnic Style – Male Best Ethnic Style – Female Shah Rukh Khan Mrunal Thakur Real Star Award – Male Real Star Award – FemaleSushant Singh RajputKatrina Kaif
Technical Awards Best MusicAmit Trivedi – Manmarziyaan Ajay–Atul – Dhadak Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Rochak Kohli, Saurabh–Vaibhav, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Zack Knight – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Qaran, Shashwat Sachdev, Vishal Mishra and White Noise – Veere Di Wedding Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Raazi Vishal–Shekhar – Tiger Zinda Hai Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – FemaleArijit Singh – "Ae Watan" (Raazi) Amit Trivedi – "Naina Da Kya Kasoor" (Andhadhun) Ammy Virk and Shahid Mallya – "Daryaa" (Manmarziyaan) Atif Aslam – "Dil Diyan Gallan" (Tiger Zinda Hai) Diljit Dosanjh – "Ishq Di Baajiyaan" (Soorma)Harshdeep Kaur – "Conch Ladhiyaan" (Manmarziyaan) & "Dilbaro" (Raazi) Sunidhi Chauhan – "Lae Dooba" (Aiyaary) Jonita Gandhi – "Sacchi Mohabbat" (Manmarziyaan) Shreya Ghoshal – "Ghoomar" (Padmaavat) Ronkini Gupta – "Chaav Laaga" (Sui Dhaaga) Neha Kakkar and Dhvani Bhanushali – "Dilbar" (Satyameva Jayate) Best Lyrics Best Sound DesignGulzar – "Ae Watan" (Raazi)Madhu Apsara – Andhadhun Best Film Writing (Story and Screenplay) Best DialogueSriram Raghavan, Pooja Ladha Surti, Hemanth Rao, Arijit Biswas and Yogesh Chandekar – AndhadhunSumit Arora – Stree Best Editing Best CinematographyPooja Ladha Surti – AndhadhunPankaj Kumar – Tumbbad Best Costume Design Best Production DesignAjay Kumar, Chandrakan Sonawane, Harpreet Narula, Pimple Narula and Maxima Basu – PadmaavatAmit Ray and Subrata Chakraborty – Raazi Best Action Best ChoreographyAhmed Khan – Baaghi 2Jyothi D. Tomar and Kruti Mahesh – "Ghoomar" (Padmaavat)
Films with multiple nominations and awards
+ Films that received multiple nominationsNominationsFilm 11 Raazi 9 Andhadhun 7 Badhaai Ho Padmaavat Stree 6 Manmarziyaan 5 Mulk Tumbbad4 Dhadak Sanju 3 Beyond the Clouds Pari Pataakha2 Gold Mukkabaaz October Raid Tiger Zinda Hai Veere Di Wedding
+ Films that received multiple awardsWinsFilm 6 Raazi 5 Stree 4 Andhadhun3 Badhaai Ho Padmaavat Tumbbad2 Dhadak Manmarziyaan
Performers and presenters The following individuals performed musical numbers or presented awards.
Performers Name(s) Performed Nora Fatehi "Dilbar" (Satyameva Jayate) "Manohari" (Baahubali: The Beginning) Shraddha Kapoor "Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe" (Stree)"Kamariya" (Stree)"Milegi Milegi" (Stree) Tiger Shroff "Urvashi" (Yo Yo Honey Singh)"Mundiyan" (Baaghi 2)"O Saathi" (Baaghi 2)"High Rated Gabru" (Nawabzaade) Katrina Kaif "Suraiyya" (Thugs of Hindostan)"Manzoor-e-Khuda" (Thugs of Hindostan)"Husn Parcham" (Zero) Alia Bhatt "Let's Nacho" (Kapoor & Sons) Jacqueline Fernandez "Aa Zara" (Murder 2)"Buzz" (Badshah)"Yaar Na Miley" (Kick)"Heeriye" (Race 3) Aayush SharmaMouni Roy "Rangtaari" (Loveyatri) (Solo)"Chhote Chhote Peg" (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety) (Solo)"Chogada" (Loveyatri)"Akh Lad Jaave" (Loveyatri)
Presenters Name(s) Presented Radhika ChhabriaAshwiny Iyer TiwariSunny Kaushal Screen Award for Most Promising Debut Director Anupriya GoenkaKaran Shroff Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - MaleScreen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female Naveen KapoorDaisy Shah Screen Award for Best Child Artiste Kabir Khan Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor Ambrish JainKabir Khan Real Star Award - Male Sonal ChauhanMalavika Mohanan Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress Shyam BenegalUrmila Matondkar Screen Lifetime Achievement Award Rajkummar Rao Star Plus Baat Nayi Award Kartik AaryanIshita RajNushrratt Bharuccha Screen Award for Best Ethnic Style - MaleScreen Award for Best Ethnic Style - Male Nushrat BaruchaAmbrish JainAayush Sharma Real Star Award - Female Neena GuptaDiana Penty Screen Award for Best Film (Critics)Screen Award for Best Film Ramesh Sippy Screen Award for Best Director Sriram RaghavanMouni Roy Screen Award for Best Actor (Critics)Screen Award for Best Actress (Critics) RekhaBalesh Sharma Screen Award for Best Actor Rekha Screen Award for Best Actress Neetu ChandraMeghna Gulzar Screen Award for Best Sound DesignScreen Award for Best Costume DesignScreen Award for Best Production Design Rasika DuggalRaja Krishna Menon Screen Award for Best EditingScreen Award for Best CinematographyScreen Award for Best Action Jaideep AhlawatAshwini Iyer Tiwari Screen Award for Best Film Writing (Story and Screenplay)Best DialogueScreen Award for Best Choreography Divya DuttaRadhika Madhan Screen Award for Best Lyricist Divya Ghosla KumarBhushan Kumar Screen Award for Best Music Ramesh Taurani Taapsee Pannu Badshah|| Screen Award for Best Male PlaybackScreen Award for Best Female Playback
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