The 69th Filmfare Awards, in collaboration with Gujarat Tourism, is set to take place from January 27 to January 28, 2024. The nominations for the prestigious awards have been announced, setting the stage for a grand celebration of Indian cinema.

Best Film Nominations

The films vying for the ‘Best Film’ award include “12th Fail”, “Jawan”, “OMG 2”, “Pathaan”, and “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”. Each of these films has left a significant impact on audiences and critics alike, making the competition intense.

Best Director Nominations

The ‘Best Director’ category features a stellar lineup of filmmakers, including Amit Rai for “OMG 2”, Atlee for “Jawan”, Karan Johar for “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, Sandeep Reddy Vanga for “Animal”, Siddharth Anand for “Pathaan”, and Vidhu Vinod Chopra for “12th Fail”.

Best Actor and Actress Nominations

The ‘Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)’ category sees Ranbir Kapoor (“Animal”), Ranveer Singh (“Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”), Shah Rukh Khan (“Dunki” and “Jawan”), Sunny Deol (“Gadar 2”), and Vicky Kaushal (“Sam Bahadur”) competing for the coveted award.

In the ‘Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)’ category, Alia Bhatt (“Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”), Bhumi Pednekar (“Thank You For Coming”), Deepika Padukone (“Pathaan”), Kiara Advani (“Satyaprem Ki Katha”), Rani Mukerji (“Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway”), and Taapsee Pannu (“Dunki”) have been nominated.

Best Music Album Nominations

The ‘Best Music Album’ category features “Animal”, “Dunki”, “Jawan”, “Pathaan”, “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, “Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar”, and “Zara Hatke Zara Bachke”, showcasing the diverse musical talent in the Indian film industry.

Best Playback Singer Nominations

In the ‘Best Playback Singer (Male)’ category, Arijit Singh has been nominated for his songs “Lutt Putt Gaya” from “Dunki” and “Satranga” from “Animal”. Bhupinder Babbal for “Arjan Vailly” from “Animal”, Shahid Mallya for “Kudmayi” from “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, Sonu Nigam for “Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se” from “Dunki”, and Varun Jain, Sachin- Jigar, Shadab Faridi, Altamash Faridi for “Tere Waaste Falak” from “Zara Hatke Zara Bachke” are also in the running.

The ‘Best Playback Singer (Female)’ category sees nominations for Deepthi Suresh for “Aararaari Raaro” from “Jawan”, Jonita Gandhi for “Hey Fikar” from “8 AM Metro”, Shilpa Rao for “Besharam Rang” from “Pathaan” and “Chaleya” from “Jawan”, and Shreya Ghoshal for “Tum Kya Mile” and “Ve Kamleya” both from “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”.

Best Story, Screenplay, and Dialogue Nominations

The ‘Best Story’ category features nominations for Amit Rai for “OMG 2”, Anubhav Sinha for “Bheed”, Atlee for “Jawan”, Devashish Makhija for “Joram”, Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan And Sumit Roy for “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, Karan Shrikant Sharma for “Satyaprem Ki Katha”, Parijat Joshi & Tarun Dudeja for “Dhak Dhak”, and Siddharth Anand for “Pathaan”.

The ‘Best Screenplay’ category includes nominations for Amit Rai for “OMG 2”, Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan And Sumit Roy for “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, Omkar Achyut Barve, Arpita Chatterjee And Avinash Arun Dhaware for “Three Of Us”, Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Pranay Reddy Vanga And Suresh Bandaru for “Animal”, Shridhar Raghavan for “Pathaan”, and Vidhu Vinod Chopra for “12th Fail”.

The ‘Best Dialogue’ category sees nominations for Abbas Tyrewala for “Pathaan”, Amit Rai for “OMG 2”, Ishita Moitra for “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, Sumit Arora for “Jawan”, Varun Grover & Shoaib Zulfi Nazeer for “Three Of Us”, and Vidhu Vinod Chopra for “12th Fail”.

Best Background Score Nominations

The ‘Best Background Score’ category sees nominations for Alokananda Dasgupta for “Three Of Us”, Harshavardhan Rameshwar for “Animal”, Karel Antonin for “Afwaah”, Ketan Sodha for “Sam Bahadur”, Sanchit Balhara, Ankit Balhara for “Pathaan”, Shantanu Moitra for “12th Fail”, and Tapas Relia for “Goldfish”.

Best Cinematography Nominations

The ‘Best Cinematography’ category features nominations for Amit Roy for “Animal”, Avinash Arun Dhaware Isc for “Three Of Us”, GK Vishnu for “Jawan”, Manush Nandan Isc for “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, Pratham Mehta for “Faraaz”, Rangarajan Ramabadran for “12th Fail”, and Satchith Paulose for “Pathaan”.

Best Production Design and Costume Design Nominations

The ‘Best Production Design’ category includes nominations for Amrita Mahal Nakai for “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, Nikhil Kovale for “OMG 2”, Prashant Bidkar for “12th Fail”, Rita Ghosh for “Zwigato”, Subrata Chakraborty And Amit Ray for “Sam Bahadur”, Suresh Selvarajan for “Animal”, and T Muthuraj for “Jawan”.

The ‘Best Costume Design’ category sees nominations for Malvika Bajaj for “12th Fail”, Manish Malhotra, Eka Lakhani for “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, Sachin Lovelekar, Divvya Gambhir And Nidhhi Gambhir for “Sam Bahadur”, Shaleena Nathani, Kavitha J, Anirudh Singh And Dipika Lal for “Jawan”, Shaleena Nathani, Mamta Anand, Niharika Jolly for “Pathaan”, and Sheetal Sharma for “Animal”.

Best Sound Design Nominations

The ‘Best Sound Design’ category features nominations for Anita Khushwaha for “Bheed”, Kunal Sharma (Mpse) for “Sam Bahadur”, Manas Choudhury, Ganesh Gangadharan for “Pathaan”, Manav Shrotriya for “12th Fail”, Mandar Kulkarni for “Faraaz”, Sync Cinema for “Animal”, and Vinit D’souza for “Three Of Us”.

Best Editing Nominations

The ‘Best Editing’ category sees nominations for Aarif Sheikh for “Pathaan”, Atanu Mukherjee for “Afwaah”, Jaskunwar Kohil- Vidhu Vinod Chopra for “12th Fail”, Ruben for “Jawan”, Sandeep Reddy Vanga for “Animal”, and Suvir Nath for “OMG 2”.

Best Action Nominations

The ‘Best Action’ category features nominations for Casey O’neill, Craig Macrae, Sunil Rodrigues for “Pathaan”, Franz Spilhaus, Oh Sea Young, Sunil Rodrigues for “Tiger 3”, Parvez Shaikh for “Sam Bahadur”, Ravi Varma, Shaam Kaushal, Abbas Ali Moghul And Tinu Verma for “Gadar 2”, Spiro Razatos, Anl Arasu, Craig Macrae, Yannick Ben, Kecha Khamphakdee And Sunil Rodrigues for “Jawan”, Supreme Sundar for “Animal”, and Tim Man And Vikram Dahiya for “Ganapath”.

Best VFX Nominations

The ‘Best VFX’ category includes nominations for Do It Creative Ltd, Ny Vfxwaala, Visual Birds, Red Chillies Vfx, Famous Studios for “Animal”, Prisca, Pixel Studios for “Gadar 2”, Red Chillies Vfx for “Jawan”, and Yfx for “Pathaan”.

Best Choreography Nominations

The ‘Best Choreography’ category sees nominations for Bosco- Caesar for “Jhoome Jo Pathaan - Pathaan”, Ganesh Acharya for “Lutt Putt Gaya - Dunki”, “Tere Vaaste Falak - Zara Hatke Zara Bachke”, and “What Jhumka? - Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, Shobi Paulraj for “Zinda Banda - Jawan”, and Vaibhavi Merchant for “Dhindhora Baje - Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”.

The 69th Filmfare Awards promises to be a spectacular event, celebrating the best of Indian cinema. As the countdown begins, the anticipation builds for who will take home the prestigious awards.

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