The nominees for the 68th Filmfare Awards 2023 were announced on Monday, 24 April. The nominations were announced in 19 main categories, out of which several awards were announced in the technical and non-technical categories.
This year's award ceremony will be hosted by Salman Khan alongside Ayushmann Khurrana and Maniesh Paul. Actors such as Vicky Kaushal, Govinda, Tiger Shroff, Janhvi Kapoor, and Jacqueline Fernandez will light up the Filmfare stage with their performances.
Here is the complete list of nominations:
Best Film
Badhaai Do
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
Brahmastra Part One: Shiva
Gangubai Kathiawadi
The Kashmir Files
Uunchai
Best Director
Anees Bazmee (Bhool BHulaiyaa 2)
Ayan Mukerji (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Hasrshvardhan Kulkarni (Badhaai Do)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Sooraj R Barjatya (Uunchai)
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (The Kashmir Files)
Best Film Critics'
Badhaai Do (Harshvardhan Kulkarni)
Bhediya (Amar Kaushik)
Jhund (Nagraj Popatrao Manjule)
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (R Madhavan )
Vadh (Jaspal Singh Sandhu And Rajeev Barnwal)
Sanjay Mishra and Neena Gupta in the poster for Vadh.
(Photo Courtesy: Instagram)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Ajay Devgn (Drishyam 2)
Amitabh Bachchan (Uunchai)
Anupam Kher (The Kashmir Files)
Hrithik Roshan (Vikram Vedha)
Kartik Aaryan (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)
Rajkummar Rao (Badhaai Do)
Best Actor Critics’
Amitabh Bachchan (Jhund)
R Madhavan (Rocketry: The Nambi Effect)
Rajkummar Rao (Badhaai Do)
Sanjay Mishra (Vadh)
Shahid Kapoor (Jersey)
Varun Dhawan (Bhediya)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)
Alia Bhatt (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Bhumi Pednekar (Badhaai Do)
Janhvi Kapoor (Mili)
Kareena Kapoor Khan (Laal Singh Chaddha)
Tabu (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)
Best Actress Critics'
Bhumi Pednekar (Badhaai Do)
Kajol (Salaam Venky)
Neena Gupta (Vadh)
Taapsee Pannu (Shabaash Mithu)
Tabu (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)
The film poster of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2.
(Photo Courtesy: Twitter)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Anil Kapoor (Jugjugg Jeeyo)
Anupam Kher (Uunchai)
Darshan Kumar (The Kashmir Files)
Gulshan Devaiah (Badhaai Do)
Jaideep Ahlawat (An Action Hero)
Maniesh Paul (Jugjugg Jeeyo)
Mithun Chakraborty (The Kashmir Files)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Mouni Roy (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Neetu Kapoor (Jugjugg Jeeyo)
Sheeba Chaddha (Badhaai Do)
Sheeba Chaddha (Doctor G)
Shefali Shah (Doctor G)
Simran (Rocketry: The Nambi Effect)
Best Music Album
Amit Trivedi (Uunchai)
Pritam (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Pritam (Laal Singh Chaddha)
Sachin Jigar (Bhediya)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Lyrics
A M Turaz ('Jab Saiyaan' - Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Amitabh Bhattacharya ('Apna Bana Le Piya' - Bhediya)
Amitabh Bhattacharya ('Kesariya' - Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Amitabh Bhattacharya ('Tere Hawaale' - Laal Singh Chaddha)
Shellee ('Maiyya Mainu' - Jersey)
Shahid Kapoor in the poster for Jersey.
(Photo Courtesy: IMDb)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Abhay Jodhpurkar ('Maange Manzooriyan' - Badhaai Do)
Arijit Singh ('Apna Bana Le' - Bhediya)
Arijit Singh ('Deva Deva' - Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Arijit Singh ('Kesariya' - Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Sonu Nigam ('Main Ki Karaan' - Laal Singh Chaddha)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Jahnvi Shrimankar ('Dholida' - Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Jonita Gandhi ('Deva Deva' - Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Kavita Seth ('Rangisari' - Jugjugg Jeeyo)
Shilpa Rao ('Tere Hawaale' - Laal Singh Chaddha)
Shreya Ghoshal ('Jab Saiyaan' - Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Debutants:
Best Debut Director
Anirudh Iyer (An Action Hero)
Anubhuti Kashyap (Doctor G)
Jai Basantu Singh (Janhit Mein Jaari)
Jaspal Singh Sandhu and Rajeev Barnwal (Vadh)
R Madhavan (Rocketry: The Nambi Effect)
Best Debut Male
Abhay Mishr (Doctor G)
Ankush Gedam (Jhund)
Paalin Kabak (Bhediya)
Shantanu Maheshwari (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Debut Female
Andrea Kevichusa (Anek)
Khushali Kumar (Dhokha: Round D Corner)
Manushi Chhillar (Samrat Prithviraj)
Prajakta Koli (Jugjugg Jeeyo)
Technical:
Best Story
Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary (Badhaai Do)
Anirudh Iyer (An Action Hero)
Jaspal Singh Sandhu And Rajeev Barnwal (Vadh)
Niren Bhatt (Bhediya)
Sunil Gandhi (Uunchai)
Best Screenplay
Aakash Kaushik (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)
Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary and Harshavardhan Kulkarni (Badhaai Do)
Jaspal Singh Sandhu and Rajeev Barnwal (Vadh)
Neeraj Yadav (An Action Hero)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Utkarshini Vashishtha (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (The Kashmir Files)
Alia Bhatt in and as Gangubai Kathiawadi.
(Photo Courtesy: YouTube)
Best Dialogue
Abhishek Dixit (Uunchai)
Akshat Ghildial (Badhaai Do)
Manoj Muntashir and Bafida (Vikram Vedha)
Neeraj Yadav (An Action Hero)
Prakash Kapadia, Utkarshini Vashishtha (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Sumit Saxena (Doctor G)
Best Background Score
Mangesh Dhakde (Anek)
Pritam, Jim Satya, Prasad S, Meghdeep Bose, Tanuj Tiku, Ketan Sodha, Sunny MR (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Sachin-jigar (Bhediya)
Sam Cs (Vikram Vedha)
Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Cinematography
Ewan Mulligan (Anek)
Kaushal Shah (An Action Hero)
PS Vinod (Vikram Vedha)
Setu (Laal Singh Chaddha)
Sudeep Chatterjee (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Production Design
Amrita Mahal Nakai (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Durga Prasad Mahapatra (Vikram Vedha)
Mayur Sharma and Apurwa Sondhi (Bhediya)
Mustufa Stationwala (Laal Singh Chaddha)
Rajat Poddar (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)
Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor in a still from Laal Singh Chaddha.
(Image Courtesy: Pinterest)
Best Costume Design
Maxima Basu (Laal Singh Chaddha)
Priyanka Gayatri Dubey, Mahananda Sagare and Veera Kapur EE (Jhund)
Rohit Chaturvedi (Badhaai Do)
Sanjeev Rajsingh Parmar (Samrat Prithviraj)
Sheetal Iqbal Sharma (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Sound Design
Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Kaamod L Kharade (Anek)
Kunal Sharma (Bhediya)
Leslie Fernandes (Vikram Vedha)
Sanal George (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Shajith Koyeri, Lakshmi Naidu Mantini (Laal Singh Chaddha)
Best Editing
Bunty Nagi (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)
Ninad Khanolkar (An Action Hero)
Sandeep Francis (Drishyam 2)
Sanyukta Kaza (Bhediya)
Shankh Rajyadhyaksha (The Kashmir Files)
Best Action
Amin Khatib (Drishyam 2)
Dan Bradley, Diyan Hristov and Parvez Shaikh (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Faruk Kabir, Yannick Ben, Vidyut Jammwal and Amin Khatib (Khuda Haafiz Chapter 2: Agni Pariksha)
Parvez Shaikh (Vikram Vedha)
Ram Chella, Lakshman Chella, Parvez Shaikh, Kecha Khamphakdee (Heropanti 2)
Sea Young Oh, Parvez Shaikh, Hitz International Action Specialists (Dhaakad)
Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor in a still from Brahmastra.
(Photo Courtesy: IMBd)
Best VFX
Assemblage Entertainment Pvt Ltd (Rocketry)
Dneg, Redefine (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
MPC (Bhediya)
Redchillies VFX (Laal Singh Chaddha)
Redchillies VFX, After Studios (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)
Best Choreography
Bosco Caesar ('Rangisari' - Jugjugg Jeeyo)
Bosco Caesar ('Title Track' - Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)
Ganesh Acharya ('Dance Ka Bhoot' - Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Ganesh Acharya ('Thumkeshwari' - Bhediya)
Ganesh Hegde ('Alcoholia' - Vikram Vedha)
Kruti Mahesh ('Dholida' - Gangubai Kathiawadi)
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