MUMBAI: The 57th Filmfare awards bestowed AR Rahman with the 2500th black lady (diamond-studded statuette), the maestro recieved the award for best music director - Rockstar.

The talented composer has earlier won 14 Filmfare awards,  13 Filmfare South along with numerous international honours. Rated amongst his finest work, Rahman's compositions in Rockstar managed to sweep the music awards at yet another award ceremony.

Apart from Rahman, Irshad Kamil won the Best Lyrics award for �Naadaan Parindey' while Mohit Chauhan bagged the Best Playback Singer Male award for �Jo Bhi Main'.

Usha Uthup won her first Filmfare award in over 40 years along with Rekha Bharadwaj as Best Playback Singer Female for �Darling' (7 Khoon Maaf). A special honour, the RD Burman award for upcoming music talent was bestowed upon Krsna for Tanu Weds Manu. In the technical category, Ranjit Barot won the Best Background Score for Shaitan while Nakul Kamte won the Best Sound Design for Don 2.

Hosted by Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor, many celebrities including Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza performed at the award function. The 57th Filmfare awards were held at the Reliance MediaWorks Studios in Filmcity, Mumbai.