2018 Filmfare Awards nominations announced

The nominations for the 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards were announced today and first-time filmmaker Advait Chandan’s Secret Superstar leads the pack with nine nominations. Produced by Aamir Khan, the film was nominated alongside Badrinath Ki Dulhania, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Hindi Medium and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha for best film.

Dharma Productions’ Badrinath Ki Dulhania and BR Studios’ and Junglee Pictures’ Bareilly Ki Barfi were close behind with eight nominations each. Tumhari Sulu, starring Vidya Balan, picked up seven while Hindi Medium, starring Irrfan Khan, picked up five nominations.

As usual, the list isn’t without surprises. Actor Rajkummar Rao, who had an outstanding 2017 with Trapped and Newton, isn’t nominated in the leading actor category but in supporting actor for Bareilly Ki Barfi.

There were some welcome names with Pankaj Tripathi and Seema Pahwa being recognized in the supporting actor categories. Saba Qamar, who won over audiences in Hindi Medium, became the second Pakistani actress to be nominated for her performance in a lead role.

It was also heartening to see a number of female nominees in the technical categories like cinematography and lyrics.

The awards will be held on 20 January 2018 in Mumbai. Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan and Parineeti Chopra will co-host the event. The full list of the nominations is below:

Best Film

Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Bareilly Ki Barfi
Hindi Medium
Secret Superstar
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha

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Best Director

Advait Chandan – Secret Superstar
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Saket Chaudhary – Hindi Medium
Shashank Khaitan – Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Shree Narayan Singh – Toilet: Ek Prem Katha

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)

Akshay Kumar – Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Ayushmann Khurrana – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Hrithik Roshan – Kaabil
Irrfan Khan – Hindi Medium
Shah Rukh Khan – Raees
Varun Dhawan – Badrinath Ki Dulhania

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Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)

Alia Bhatt – Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Bhumi Pednekar – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Saba Qamar – Hindi Medium
Sridevi – Mom
Vidya Balan – Tumhari Sulu
Zaira Wasim – Secret Superstar

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Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)

Aamir Khan – Secret Superstar
Deepak Dobriyal – Hindi Medium
Manav Kaul – Tumhari Sulu
Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Mom
Pankaj Tripathi – Newton
Rajkummar Rao – Bareilly Ki Barfi

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)

Meher Vij – Secret Superstar
Ratna Pathak Shah – Lipstick Under My Burkha
Seema Pahwa – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Seema Pahwa – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Tillotama Shome – A Death In The Gunj

Best Music Album

Badrinath Ki Dulhania – Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi and Akhil Sachdeva
Bareilly Ki Barfi – Arko, Tanishk Bagchi, Samira Koppikar, Sameer Uddin and Vayu
Half Girlfriend – Mithoon, Tanishk Bagchi, Rishi Rich, Farhan Saeed, Rahul Mishra, Ami Mishra
Jab Harry Met Sejal – Pritam
Jagga Jasoos – Pritam
Secret Superstar – Amit Trivedi

Best Lyrics

Amitabh Bhattacharya – 'Galti Se Mistake' (Jagga Jasoos)
Amitabh Bhattacharya – 'Ullu Ka Pattha' (Jagga Jasoos)
Arko Pravo Mukherjee – 'Nazm Nazm' (Bareilly Ki Barfi)
Kausar Munir – 'Maana Ke Hum' (Meri Pyaari Bindu)
Kausar Munir – 'Nachdi Phira' (Secret Superstar)
Santanu Ghatak – 'Rafu' (Tumhari Sulu)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Akhil Sachdeva – 'Humsafar' (Badrinath Ki Dulhania)
Arijit Singh – 'Roke Na Ruke Naina' (Badrinath Ki Dulhania)
Arijit Singh – 'Zaalima' (Raees)
Arko Pravo Mukherjee – 'Nazm Nazm' (Bareilly Ki Barfi)
Ash King – 'Baarish' (Half Girlfriend)
Sachin Sanghvi – 'Kho Diya' (Bhoomi)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Meghna Mishra – 'Nachdi Phira' (Secret Superstar)
Monali Thakur – 'Khol De Baahein' (Meri Pyaari Bindu)
Nikhita Gandhi – 'Ghar' (Jab Harry Met Sejal)
Ronkini Gupta – 'Rafu' (Tumhari Sulu)
Shashaa Tirupati – 'Kanha' (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan)
Shreya Ghoshal – 'Thodi Der' (Half Girlfriend)

Best Action

Allan Amin – Jagga Jasoos
Franz Spilhaus – Commando 2
Harpal Singh Pali and Ravi Kumar – Rangoon
K Ravi Verma – Raees
Tom Struthers – Tiger Zinda Hai

Best Background Score

Alokananda Dasgupta – Trapped
AR Rahman – Mom
Naren Chandavarkar and Benedict Taylor – Daddy
Pritam – Jagga Jasoos
Sagar Desai – A Death In The Gunj
Tajdar Junaid – Mukti Bhawan

Best Production Design

Anita Rajgopalan Lata, Donal Raegan Gracy – Raees
Parul Sondh – Daddy
Siddharth Sirohi – A Death In The Gunj
Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray – Rangoon

Best Costume

Dolly Ahluwalia – Rangoon
Nidhi and Divya Gambhir – Daddy
Rohit Chaturvedi – A Death In The Gunj

Best Sound Design

Anish John – Trapped
Baylon Fonseca and Dhiman Karmakar – Raees
Nihar Ranjan Samal – Mom
Subhash Sahoo – Tumhari Sulu
Udit Duseja – Daddy

Best Editing

Aarif Sheikh and Manas Mittal – A Death In The Gunj
Monisha R Baldawa – Mom
Nitin Baid – Trapped
Shweta Venkat Mathew – Newton

Best Choreography

Ganesh Acharya – ('Badri Ki Dulhania' in Badrinath Ki Dulhania)
Shiamak Davar ('Ullu Ka Pattha' in Jagga Jasoos)
Sudesh Adhana – ('Bloody Hell' in Rangoon)
Vijay Ganguly – ('Ban Ja Rani' in Tumhari Sulu)
Vijay Ganguly – ('Khaana Khaake' in Jagga Jasoos)
Vijay Ganguly and Ruel Dausan Varindani ('Galti Se Mistake' in Jagga Jasoos)

Best Original Story

Amit Joshi – Trapped
Amit V Masurkar – Newton
Rahul Dahiya – G Kutta Se
Shanker Raman and Sourabh Ratnu – Gurgaon
Shubhashish Bhutiani – Mukti Bhawan
Suresh Triveni – Tumhari Sulu

Best Dialogue

Hitesh Kewaliya – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Mayank Tweari and Amit V Masurkar – Newton
Nitesh Tiwari and Shreyas Jain – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Subhash Kapoor – Jolly LLB 2
Suresh Triveni, Vijay Maurya – Tumhari Sulu

Best Screenplay

Advait Chandan – Secret Superstar
Amit Joshi and Hardik Mehta – Trapped
Mayank Tewari and Amit V Masurkar – Newton
Shubhashish Bhutiani – Mukti Bhawan
Subhash Kapoor – Jolly LLB 2

Best Cinematography

Jessica Lee Gagne and Pankaj Kumar – Daddy
Pankaj Kumar – Rangoon
Ravi Varman – Jagga Jasoos
Sirsha Ray – A Death In The Gunj
Swapnil S Sonawane – Newton