Filmfare Awards 2021: Anurag Basu-directed dark comedy Ludo scored as many as 18 nods while Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad fetched 17 nominations
Pankaj Tripathi has a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Anurag Basu’s Ludo
Highlights
- ‘Ludo’ has the highest number of nominations with 18 nods
- ‘Thappad’ is next with 17 nominations
- Sushant and Irrfan have been nominated posthumously for Best Actor
New Delhi:
The nominations for the much awaited Filmfare Awards – Bollywood’s biggest awards night – are here, guys. The pandemic hit 2020 witness a major change in the cinema scene – with theatres shut, filmmakers opted for the digital release route. But big screen or not, 2020 was a year of some great Bollywood films and the Filmfare Awards are all set to honour the best. The Filmfare nominations, majorly categorized into three sections – Popular Awards, Critics’ Award and Technical Awards, were dominated by two movies. Anurag Basu-directed dark comedy Ludo scored as many as 18 nods while Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad fetched 17 nominations.
Actors Irrfan Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput, who died last year, have been posthumously nominated for the Best Actor award – Irrfan for Angrezi Medium and Sushant for Dil Bechara. Ajay Devgn, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao and Amitabh Bachchan are also nominated for Best Actor.
Meanwhile, Janhvi Kapoor holds a Best Actress nomination for Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl – she competes in the category with Deepika Padukone, Taapsee Pannu, Vidya Balan and Kangana Ranaut, who just won a National Award.
The 66th edition of the Filmfare Awards will air on Colors TV on April 11 at noon.
Here’s the complete list of nominations:
Popular Awards:
Best Film
Gulabo Sitabo
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Ludo
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Thappad
Best Director
Anurag Basu (Ludo)
Anubhav Sushila Sinha (Thappad)
Om Raut (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Sharan Sharma (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Shoojit Sircar (Gulabo Sitabo)
Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)
Ajay Devgn (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Amitabh Bachchan (Gulabo Sitabo)
Ayushmann Khurrana (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Irrfan (Angrezi Medium)
Rajkummar Rao (Ludo)
Sushant Singh Rajput (Dil Bechara)
Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)
Deepika Padukone (Chhapaak)
Janhvi Kapoor (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Kangana Ranaut (Panga)
Taapsee Pannu (Thappad)
Vidya Balan (Shakuntala Devi)
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)
Deepak Dobriyal (Angrezi Medium)
Gajraj Rao (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Kumud Mishra (Thappad)
Pankaj Tripathi (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Pankaj Tripathi (Ludo)
Saif Ali Khan (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Best Actor In A Supporting Actor Role (Female)
Farrokh Jaffar (Gulabo Sitabo)
Maanvi Gagroo (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Neena Gupta (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Richa Chadha (Panga)
Tanvi Azmi (Thappad)
Best Music Album
Chhapaak (Shankar Ehsan Loy)
Dil Bechara (A R Rahman)
Love Aaj Kal (Pritam)
Ludo (Pritam)
Malang (Various Artistes)
Best Lyrics
Gulzar- Chhappak (Chhappak)
Irshad Kamil- Mehrama (Love Aaj Kal)
Irshad Kamil- Shayad (Love Aaj Kal )
Sayeed Qadri- Humdum Hardam (Ludo)
Shakeel Azmi- Ek Tukda Dhoop (Thappad)
Vayu- Mere Liye Tum Kaafi Ho (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Arijit Singh- Shayad (Love Aaj Kal)
Arijit Singh- Aabad Barbaad (Ludo)
Ayushmann Khurrana- Mere Liye Tum (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Darshan Raval- Mehrama (Love Aal Kal)
Raghav Chaitanya- Ek Tukda Dhoop (Thappad)
Ved Sharma- Malang (Malang)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Antara Mitra- Mehrama (Love Aaj Kal )
Asees Kaur- Malang (Malang)
Palak Muchhal- Mann Ki Dori (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Shradha Mishra- Mar Jayein Hum (Shikaara)
Sunidhi Chauhan- Paas Nahi To Fail (Shakuntala Devi)
Critics’ Awards:
Best Film (Critics)
Eeb Allay Ooo! (Prateek Vats)
Gulabo Sitabo (Shoojit Sircar)
Kaamyaab (Hardik Mehta)
Lootcase (Rajesh Krishnan)
Sir (Rohena Gera)
Thappad (Anubhav Sushila Sinha)
Best Actor (Critics)
Amitabh Bachchan (Gulabo Sitabo)
Irrfan Khan (Angrezi Medium)
Rajkummar Rao (Ludo)
Sanjay Mishra (Kaamyaab)
Shardul Bhardwaj (Eeb Allay Ooo!)
Best Actress (Critics)
Bhumi Pednekar (Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare)
Sanya Malhotra (Ludo)
Taapsee Pannu (Thappad)
Tillotama Shome (Sir)
Vidya Balan (Shakuntala Devi)
Technical Awards:
Best Production Design
Aditya Kanwar (Gunjan Saxena:The Kargil Girl)
Anurag Basu (Ludo)
Mansi Dhruv Mehta (Gulabo Sitabo)
Sandeep Meher (Panga)
Sriram Kannan Iyengar, Sujeet Sawant (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Best Editing
Ajay Sharma (Ludo)
Anand Subaya (Lootcase)
Chandrashekhar Prajapati (Gulabo Sitabo)
Jacques Comets, Baptiste Ribrault (Sir)
Yasha Pushpa Ramchandani (Thappad)
Best Choreography
Farah Khan – Dil Bechara (Dil Bechara)
Ganesh Acharya – Shankara Re Shankara (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Ganesh Acharya – Bhankas (Baaghi 3)
Kruti Mahesh, Rahul Shetty (Rnp) – Illegal Weapon (Street Dancer 3d)
Kruti Mahesh, Rahul Shetty (Rnp) – Nachi Nachi (Street Dancer 3d)
Best Sound Design
Abhishek Nair, Shijin Melvin Hutton (Ludo)
Ali Merchant (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Diapankar Jojo Chaki, Nihar Ranjan Samal (Gulabo Sitabo)
Kaamod Kharade (Thappad)
Lochan Kanvinde (Lootcase)
Bigyna Bhushan Dahal (Eeb Allay Ooo!)
Best Cinematography
Archit Patel, Jay I. Patel (Panga)
Avik Mukhopadhayay (Gulabo Sitabo)
Keiko Nakahara (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Saumyananda Sahi (Eeb Allay Ooo!)
Soumik Sarmila Mukherjee (Thappad)
Best Action
Ahmed Khan (Baaghi 3)
Harpal Singh (Chhalaang)
Ivanov Victor And Andreas Nguyen (Khuda Haafiz)
Manohar Verma (Lootcase)
Ramazan Bulut, Rp Yadav (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Best Background Score
Ar Rahman (Dil Bechara)
Mangesh Urmila Dhakde (Thappad)
Pritam (Ludo)
Sameer Uddin (Lootcase)
Sandeep Shridokar (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Best Costume Design
Abilasha Sharma (Chhapaak)
Nachiket Barve, Mahesh Sheria (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Ashish Dwyer (Ludo)
Niharika Bhasin (Shakuntala Devi)
Veera Kapur Ee (Gulabo Sitabo)
Best Vfx
Jayesh Vaishnav (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Mahesh Baria (Baaghi 3)
Prasad Sutar (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Best Story
Anubhav Sushila Sinha & Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul (Thappad)
Hardik Mehta (Kaamyaab)
Juhi Chaturvedi (Gulabo Sitabo)
Kapil Sawant And Rajesh Krishnan (Lootcase)
Rohena Gera (Sir)
Shubham (Eeb Allay Ooo!)
Best Screenplay
Anubhav Sushila Sinha & Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul (Thappad)
Anurag Basu (Ludo)
Kapil Sawant And Rajesh Krishnan (Lootcase)
Prakash Kapadia, Om Raut (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Rohena Gera (Sir)
Best Dialogue
Bhavesh Mandalia, Gaurav Shukla, Vinay Chhawal Sara Bodinar (Angrezi Medium)
Juhi Chaturvedi (Gulabo Sitabo)
Kapil Sawant (Lootcase)
Prasad Kapadia (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Samrat Chakraborty (Ludo)