New Delhi: Bollywood starts its New Year by honouring the best artists of previous year. And once again, the season of awards is here.
Of all the ceremonies that are held every year, the most prestigious one is the Filmfare Awards. It is held every year to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India.
A Filmfare trophy holds tremendous importance as it is considered as one of the highest honours to be given to Bollywood personalities. The Filmfare Awards have been often referred to as the Hindi film industry's equivalent to The Oscars.
The nominations list of 61st Filmfare Awards, which is to be held next month, is out. Let's have a look at it:
Best Film
Badlapur
Bajirao Mastani
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Piku
Talvar
Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Best Director
Aanand L Rai - Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Kabir Khan - Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Meghna Gulzar - Talvar
Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Bajirao Mastani
Shoojit Sircar - Piku
Sriram Raghavan - Badlapur
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan - Piku
Ranbir Kapoor - Tamasha
Ranveer Singh - Bajirao Mastani
Salman Khan - Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Shah Rukh Khan - Dilwale
Varun Dhawan - Badlapur
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)
Anushka Sharma - NH10
Deepika Padukone - Bajirao Mastani
Deepika Padukone - Piku
Kajol - Dilwale
Kangana Ranaut - Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Sonam Kapoor - Dolly Ki Doli
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Anil Kapoor - Dil Dhadakne Do
Deepak Dobriyal - Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Jimmy Sheirgill - Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Badlapur
Sanjay Mishra - Masaan
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Anushka Sharma - Dil Dhadakne Do
Huma Qureshi - Badlapur
Priyanka Chopra - Bajirao Mastani
Shefali Shah - Dil Dhadakne Do
Tabu - Drishyam
Tanvi Azmi - Bajirao Mastani
Best Music
Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros. Anjjan and Amaal Mallik - Roy
Anupam Roy - Piku
AR Rahman - Tamasha
Pritam - Dilwale
Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Bajirao Mastani
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Dil Dhadakne Do
Best Lyrics
Amitabh Bhattacharya - 'Gerua' (Dilwale)
Anvita Dutt - 'Gulabo' (Shaandaar)
Gulzar - 'Zinda' (Talvar)
Irshad Kamil - 'Agar Tum Saath Ho' (Tamasha)
Kumaar - 'Sooraj Dooba' (Roy)
Varun Grover - 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage' (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Ankit Tiwari - 'Tu Hai Ke Nahi' (Roy)
Arijit Singh - 'Gerua' (Dilwale)
Arijit Singh - 'Sooraj Dooba' (Roy)
Atif Aslam - 'Jeena Jeena' (Badlapur)
Papon - 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage' (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)
Vishal Dadlani - 'Gulabo' (Shaandaar)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Alka Yagnik - 'Agar Tum Saath Ho' (Tamasha)
Anusha Mani - 'Gulabo' (Shaandaar)
Monali Thakur - 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage' (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)
Palak Mucchal - 'Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo' (Prem Ratan Dhan Payo)
Priya Saraiya - 'Sunn Sathiya' (ABCD 2)
Shreya Ghoshal - 'Deewani Mastani' (Bajirao Mastani)
