Mumbai, February 28: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan bagged the Best Actor and Actress award for their performances in ‘Paa’ while ‘3Idiots’ scooped six trophies including best film at the 55th Filmfare awards.
The year 2009’s biggest blockbuster ‘3Idiots’ won best director award for Rajkumar Hirani, who also picked up the best story trophy with Abhijat Joshi at the ceremony held here on Saturday.
Hirani also won best Screenplay Award with Vidhu Vinod Chopra for the Aamir Khan starrer. The duo also bagged the Best Dialogue Award for the film.
Bachchan and his family skipped awards function to protest against a news report about Aishwarya Rai’s health in a tabloid owned by the same publication as Filmfare last week.
The Bachchans have sent a legal notice to the paper asking for retraction and apology. In Big B’s absence, Vidya collected Bachchan’s best actor award.
–PTI