Filmfare Awards 2019 nominations: Andhadhun, Badhaai Ho, Padmaavat, Raazi, Sanju, Stree get maximum nods

The nominations for the 64th Filmfare Awards have been announced and the much-awaited event will take place on 23 March. Easily one of the most prestigious awards, Filmfare is generally considered the benchmark of notable performances and craft, almost like the Oscars of Bollywood, if one can put it that way. The Filmfare jury has nominated worthy names for the Best Film - Critics’ Choice. Gems like Manto , Pataakha and Tumbbad find their way in this category while money-spinners like Andhadhun and Badhaai Ho have two chances at the Black Lady for best film, being nominated in both Best Film — Popular and Critics’ Choice. [caption id=“attachment_6248731” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] (From L) Raazi, Andhadhun and Badhaai Ho have earned nods for the top honours at Filmfare this year. Images from Facebook[/caption] The nomination for Best Actor — Female is a refreshing change as the jury has brought in Neena Gupta for the award in the popular and critics categories. The veteran’s performance was lauded across the board for Badhaai Ho. Ayushmann Khurrana, who managed to woo critics and masses with his intelligent film choices, has been nominated for Best Actor - Male in the Popular and Critics’ Choice categories as well for Sriram Raghavan’s Andhadhun. Tabu also achieves a similar feat with a double nomination for the film. Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh have been nominated in the Best Actor categories for _Padmaavat_ , and Alia Bhatt’s role in Raazi gets her Best Actor — Female nominations in both Popular and Critics’ Choice categories. Katrina Kaif earns a nomination for her supporting role in Zero while Vicky Kaushal’s role in Sanju gets him a nomination for Best Actor in Supporting Role - Male. See the full list of nominations, as mentioned on the official website of Filmfare, below. Best Film Andhadhun Badhaai Ho Padmaavat Raazi Sanju Stree Best Film (Critics) Andhadhun (Sriram Raghavan) Badhaai Ho (Amit Sharma) Manto (Nandita Das) Pataakha (Vishal Bhardwaj) Raazi (Meghna Gulzar) Tumbbad (Anil Rahi Barve) Best Director Amar Kaushik (Stree) Amit Sharma (Badhaai Ho) Meghna Gulzar (Raazi) Rajkumar Hirani (Sanju) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Padmaavat) Sriram Raghavan (Andhadhun)   Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male) - Popular Akshay Kumar (Padman) Ayushmann Khurrana (Andhadhun) Rajkummar Rao (Stree) Ranbir Kapoor (Sanju) Ranveer Singh (Padmaavat) Shah Rukh Khan (Zero)   Critics’ Award For Best Actor (Male) Ayushmann Khurrana (Andhadhun) Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Manto) Ranbir Kapoor (Sanju) Ranveer Singh (Padmaavat) Varun Dhawan (October) Vineet Kumar Singh (Mukkabaaz)   Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female) – Popular  Alia Bhatt (Raazi) Deepika Padukone (Padmaavat) Neena Gupta (Badhaai Ho) Rani Mukerji (Hichki) Tabu (Andhadhun)   Critics’ Award For Best Actor (Female) Anushka Sharma (Sui Dhaaga: Made In India) Alia Bhatt (Raazi) Neena Gupta (Badhaai Ho) Radhika Madan (Pataakha) Tabu (Andhadhun) Taapsee Pannu (Mulk) Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male) Aparshakti Khurana (Stree) Gajraj Rao (Badhaai Ho) Jim Sarbh (Padmaavat) Manoj Pahwa (Mulk) Pankaj Tripathi (Stree) Vicky Kaushal (Sanju)   Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female) Gitanjali Rao (October) Katrina Kaif (Zero) Shikha Talsania (Veere Di Wedding) Swara Bhaskar (Veere Di Wedding) Surekha Sikhri (Badhaai Ho) Yamini Das (Sui Dhaaga: Made In India)   Best Music Album Dhadak – Ajay-Atul Manmarziyaan - Amit Trivedi Raazi - Shankar Ehsaan Loy Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety – Rochak Kohli, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Amaal Malik, Guru Randhawa, Zack Knight, Saurabh-Vaibhav and Rajat Nagpal Padmaavat - Sanjay Leela Bhansali Zero - Ajay-Atul   Best Lyrics Ae Watan - Gulzar (Raazi) Binte Dil - A.M Turaz (Padmaavat) Dilbaro - Gulzar (Raazi) Kar Har Maidaan Fateh - Shekhar Astitva (Sanju) Mera Naam Tu - Irshad Kamil (Zero) Tera Yaar Hoon Main - Kumaar (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety)   Best Playback Singer (Male) Abhay Jodhpurkar - Mera Naam Tu (Zero) Arijit Singh - Tera Yaar Hoon Main (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety) Arijit Singh - Aye Watan (Raazi) Arijit Singh - Binte Dil (Padmaavat) Baadshah - Tareefan (Veere Di Wedding) Shankar Mahadevan - Dilbaro (Raazi)   Best Playback Singer (Female) Harshdeep Kaur, Vibha Saraf - Dilbaro (Raazi) Jonita Gandhi - Ahista (Laila Majnu) Ronkini Gupta - Chaav Laga (Sui Dhaaga: Made In India) Shreya Ghoshal - Ghoomar (Padmaavat) Sunidhi Chauhan - Ae Watan (Raazi) Sunidhi Chauhan - Manwaa (October) Writing and Technical Categories   Best Original Story Badhaai Ho - Akshat Ghildial and Shantanu Srivastava Mukkabaaz - Anudeep Singh Mulk - Anubhav Sinha Stree - Raj and DK Sui Dhaaga: Made In India - Sharat Katariya   Best Screenplay Andhadhun - Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth Rao Badhaai Ho - Akshat Ghildial Manto - Nandita Das Mulk - Anubhav Sinha Raazi - Bhavani Iyer and Meghna Gulzar Stree - Raj and DK   Best Dialogue Badhaai Ho - Akshat Ghildial Manto - Nandita Das Mulk - Anubhav Sinha Pataakha - Vishal Bhardwaj Stree - Sumit Aroraa Sui Dhaaga: Made In India - Sharat Katariya   Best Editing Andhadhun - Pooja Ladha Surti Mulk - Ballu Saluja Raazi - Nitin Baid Stree - Hemanti Sarkar Tumbbad - Sanyukta Kaza   Best Action Baaghi 2 - Ram Chella-Lakshman Chella, Kecha Khampadkee and Shamshir Khan Bhavesh Joshi Superhero - Cyril Raffaelli, Sebastian Seveau and Vikram Dahiya Mukkabaaz - Vikram Dahiya and Sunil Rodriguez Padmaavat - Sham Kaushal Simmba - Sunil Rodrigues   Best Background Score Andhadhun - Daniel B. George Manmarziyan - Amit Trivedi October - Shantanu Moitra Raazi - Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Tubby Tumbbad - Jesper Kyd   Best Choreography Balma (Pataakha) - Shabina Khan Ghoomar (Padmaavat) - Kruti Mahesh Midya Khalibali (Padmaavat) - Ganesh Acharya Mere Naam Tu (Zero) - Remo Main Badhiya tu bhi ( Sanju) – Ganesh Acharya   Best Cinematography Bhavesh Joshi Superhero - Siddharth Diwan Manto - Kartik Vijay October - Avik Mukhopadhyay Padmaavat - Sudeep Chatterjee Pataakha - Ranjan Palit Tumbbad - Pankaj Kumar   Best Costume Gold - Payal Saluja Manto - Sheetal Sharma Padmaavat - Ajay, Maxima Basu, Harpreet Rimple, Chandrakant Sonawane Pataakha - Karishma Sharma Tumbbad - Smriti Chauhan, Sachin Lovalekar   Best Production Design Badhaai Ho – Ratheesh UK Manto - Rita Ghosh Omertà - Neil Chowdhury Padmaavat - Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray Stree - Madhusudan Tumbbad - Nitin Zihani Choudhary, Rakesh Yadav   Best Sound Design Andhadhun - Madhu Apsara Gali Guleiyan - Robert Kellough October - Dipankar Jojo Chaki Padmaavat - Biswdeep Dipak Chatterjee Pari - Anish John Tumbbad - Kunal Sharma   Best VFX Padmavaat - NYVFXWala Pari - Red Chillies VFX Tumbbad - Filmgate Films AB Zero – Red Chillies VFX