From taking a dig at the CBFC, its chief Pahlaj Nihalani to poking fun at the last year's 'National Award returning' controversy, actors Farhan Akhtar and Shahid Kapoor were in their element while hosting the 17th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards here.
During their opening monologue, the duo, who reprised their Pappu and Raju avatars from earlier IIFA editions, touched upon the row that saw many filmmakers returning their National Awards to express solidarity with protesting FTII students.
"There were many controversies last year. The returning of the award was one of them. So, this time, we have decided that at IIFA we will have awards for returning of awards. The nominations are Farhan for 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', Riteish Deshmukh for 'Bangistan', Boman Irani for '3 Idiots'," Shahid said.
To which Farhan quickly added, "Shahid Kapoor for 'Haider'." The point to be noted is none of the above-mentioned got National Awards for these films.
The censor board and controversy go hand-in-hand these days and naturally, Shahid took potshots at the film body, which had major issues with his latest movie "Udta Punjab".
When Farhan said, "Let's talk about censor board'," Shahid corrected him, saying, "It's a certification board, whose work is 'chhatna' (selection) not 'katna' (omission)."
Taking a dig at Nihalani, the "R... Rajkumar" star said, "And according to them (censor board), we from the film industry have no 'Pahlaj and sharam'."
The CBFC has often come down heavily on films overuse of expletives and the "Dil Dhadakne Do" star had a term for it, "beepomania".
He noted that if things go this way then very soon there will be only beeps in films in place of dialogues.
"This is beepomania, and if things continue like this very soon, we will only have beeps in the movies."
The controversies were not the only subject of laughs at the awards as Shahid cracked a few at himself as well.
Talking about his wedding last year that took everyone by surprise, the 35-year-old actor said, "The biggest controversy last year was that I got married!"
The "Kaminey" star broke a million of hearts when the news of his engagement to a young Delhi University student, Mira Rajput, broke last June. Just a month later, Shahid tied the knot with Mira in an intimate ceremony in Delhi.
They are yet to celebrate their first anniversary, and the couple is already expecting their first child.
Joking about Mira's pregnancy, which made headlines, Shahid said, "Biggest tehelka is that main baap banne wala hoon."
Here is the list of IIFA Award winners for 2016:
Best Film: Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Bajirao Mastani
Best Actor (Male): Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani
Best Actor (Female): Deepika Padukone for Piku
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male): Anil Kapoor for Dil Dhadakne Do
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female): Priyanka Chopra for Bajirao Mastani
Best Actor in Negative Role: Darshan Kumar for NH10
Best Performance in Comic Role: Deepak Dobriyal for Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Best Debut Actor (Male): Vicky Kaushal for Masaan
Best Debut Actor (Female): Bhumi Pednekar for Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Best Debut Couple: Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty for Hero
Best Story: Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku
Best Playback Singer (Female): Monali Thakur for Moh Moh Ke Dhaage (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)
Best Playback Singer (Male): Papon for Moh Moh Ke Dhaage
Best Lyrics: Varun Grover for Moh Moh Ke Dhaage
Special Award: Woman of the Year- Priyanka Chopra
Best Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee for Bajirao Mastani
Best Screenplay: Kabir Khan, Parveez Shaikh, V. Vijayendra Prasad for Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Best Dialogue: Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku
Best Editing: A Sreekar Prasad for Talvar
Best Production Design: Saloni Dhatrak, Sriram Iyengar, Sujeet Sawant for Bajirao Mastani
Best Choreography: Remo D'souza for Pinga (Bajirao Mastani)
Best Action: Shyam Kaushal for Bajirao Mastani
Best Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjal Samal for Bajirao Mastani
Best Song Engineer: Tanay Gajjar for Deewani Mastani (Bajirao Mastani)
Best Sound Mixing: Ajay Kumar PB for Badlapur
Best Background Score: Sanchit Balhara for Bajirao Mastani
Best Special Effects: Prasad Sutara for Bajirao Mastani
Best Costume Designing: Anju Modi and Maxima Basu for Bajirao Mastani
Best Make Up: Vikram Gaikwad for Datto (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)
