Filmfare Awards 2010 Nominees

The 55th Filmfare awards event celebrates the hit films, actors, music and more this year on 27th February 2010 at the ceremony to be held at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai, India.

The event is as prestigious in Indian cinema as the Golden Globes or an Academy Awards in Hollywood.

The Organisers, Worldwide Media Pvt Ltd (a joint venture between Times of India group and BBC Worldwide) are confident of making the event a major success. The the awards function will be organised in association with pan-India mobile operator Idea Cellular. CEO, Tarun Rai, said,

“When we started, we had five categories of awards, and now we have 37 categories of awards in total. The growth has been remarkable.”

The hosts for the star studded event will be Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan. Once again these two are back in the hosting seat but they have been told to reduce the amount of naughty content in their script for this years event.

The ceremony will offer power-packed performances and a dose of Bollywood masala, suspense and excitement.

The nominees for the awards were be chosen through audience poll. An equal weight was given to polling results as well as using the opinions of an especially appointed panel of judges.

And the nominees for the 55th Filmfare Awards are as follows…

Best Film
3 Idiots
Dev D
Kaminey
Love Aaj Kal
Paa
Wake Up Sid

Best Director
Anurag Kashyap – Dev D
Ayan Mukerji -Wake Up Sid
Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal
R Balki – Paa
Rajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots
Vishal Bhardwaj – Kaminey

Best Actor (Male)
Aamir Khan – 3 Idiots
Amitabh Bachchan – Paa
Ranbir Kapoor – Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Ranbir Kapoor – Wake Up Sid
Saif Ali Khan – Love Aaj Kal
Shahid Kapoor – Kaminey

Best Actor (Female)
Deepika Padukone – Love Aaj Kal
Kareena Kapoor – 3 Idiots
Kareena Kapoor – Kurbaan
Katrina Kaif – New York
Priyanka Chopra – Kaminey
Vidya Balan – Paa

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Amole Gupte – Kaminey
Boman Irani – 3 Idiots
Neil Nitin Mukesh – New York
R Madhavan – 3 Idiots
Rishi Kapoor – Luck By Chance
Sharman Joshi – 3 Idiots

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Arundhati Nag – Paa
Dimple Kapadia – Luck By Chance
Divya Dutta – Delhi-6
Kalki Koechlin – Dev D
Supriya Pathak – Wake Up Sid
Shahana Goswami – Firaaq

Best Music
AR Rahman – Delhi-6
Amit Trivedi – Dev D
Pritam – Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Pritam – Love Aaj Kal
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Wake Up Sid
Vishal Bhardwaj – Kaminey

Best Lyrics
Gulzar – Kaminey (Kaminey)
Gulzar – Dhan Te Nan (Kaminey)
Irshad Kamil – Aaj Din Chadya (Love Aaj Kal)
Javed Akhtar – Iktara Wake Up Sid)
Prasoon Joshi – Masakali (Delhi-6)
Prasoon Joshi – Rehna Tu (Delhi-6)

Best Playback Singer (Male)
Atif Aslam – Tu Jaane Na (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)
Javed Ali and Kailash Kher – Arziyan (Delhi-6)
Mohit Chauhan – Masakali (Delhi-6)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Aaj Din Chadya (Love Aaj Kal)
Sukhwinder Singh and Vishal Dadlani – Dhan Te Nan(Kaminey)
Sonu Niigaam and Salim Merchant – Shukran Allah (Kurbaan)

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Alisha Chinoy – Tera Hone Laga (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)
Kavita Seth – Iktara (Wake Up Sid)
Rekha Bhardwaj – Genda Phool (Delhi-6)
Shilpa Rao – Mudi Mudi (Paa)
Shreya Ghoshal – Zoobi Doobi (3 Idiots)
Sunidhi Chauhan – Chor Bazaari (Love Aaj Kal)

One of the biggest films of 2009, 3 Idiots, starring Aamir Khan has made it to the list with ease due to its huge success. Aamir is also nominated for Best Actor too. There is a major buzz that the movie will do well at the awards. As to whether Aamir Khan attends, that is another question!

Other films tipped to make a mark at the 55th Filmfare awards are Love Aaj Kal, Kaminey and Paa.

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