The 59th annual Filmfare Awards, also known as the ‘Bollywood Oscars’, are all set to take place in Mumbai on January 24. With actors Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor hosting the show, expectations are high and so is the pressure on them as their predecessors Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan have set the bar high in the humour department in previous shows.
“I will leave the humour to my co-anchor Ranbir Kapoor because he is a boy. But yes, there is huge pressure. Yeah, it’s scary and exciting, but if one does not make an effort, then why are we here?” said Chopra in a recent interview.
As far as the jury selection is concerned, the nominees list has spurred some controversy. According to ibnlive.in.com, while Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ram-Leela has bagged nominations in almost all the categories due to its popularity, Ristesh Batra’s The Lunchbox was only given one nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Surprisingly, actors Sonam Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor have both been included in the nominations for Best Actress.
Here is a list of nominees for some of the popular categories:
BEST FILM
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Chennai Express
Goliyon Ki Raseela Ram-Leela
Raanjhanaa
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
BEST DIRECTOR
Aanand L Rai — Raanjhanaa
Abhishek Kapoor — Kai Po Che
Ayan Mukerji — Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra — Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Rohit Shetty — Chennai Express
Sanjay Leela Bhansali — Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)
Dhanush — Raanjhanaa
Farhan Akhtar — Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Hrithik Roshan — Krrish 3
Ranbir Kapoor — Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Ranveer Singh — Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Shahrukh Khan — Chennai Express
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)
Deepika Padukone — Chennai Express
Deepika Padukone — Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Parineeti Chopra — Shuddh Desi Romance
Shraddha Kapoor — Aashiqui 2
Sonakshi Sinha — Lootera
Sonam Kapoor — Raanjhanaa
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)
Aditya Roy Kapur — Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Anupam Kher — Special 26
Nawazuddin Siddiqui — The Lunchbox
Pankaj Kapur — Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
Rajkumar Rao — Kai Po Che
Vivek Oberoi — Krrish 3
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)
Divya Dutta — Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Kalki Koechlin — Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Konkona Sen Sharma — Ek Thi Daayan
Supriya Pathak Kapur — Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Swara Bhaskar — Raanjhanaa
BEST MUSIC
Amit Trivedi — Lootera
Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon and Jeet Ganguly — Aashiqui 2
AR Rahman — Raanjhanaa
Pritam — Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Sanjay Leela Bhansali — Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Vishal-Shekhar — Chennai Express
Published in The Express Tribune, January 16th, 2014.
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