Filmfare Awards 2021 nominations are finally revealed and movies buffs are already excited. Considered to be the Bollywood’s biggest awards, the nominations for Filmfare bring massive hope for film industry. Although COVID hit 2020 left Bollywood industry in a complete shutdown, yet we received a number of amazing movies to feed our cinephile souls. The Filmfare nominations witnessed huge domination of two movies. One of them is Anurag Basu directorial dark comedy Ludo while the second movie is Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad.
Ludo and Thappad lead Filmfare Awards 2021 nominations
It is interesting to note that the multistarrer Ludo received as many as 18 nominations while Taapsee Pannu’s Thappad scored 17 nods.
Late actors Irrfan Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput, 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.
On the other hand, Janhvi Kapoor received nod for Best Actress for Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl. Interestingly, the Dhadak girl is competing with Deepika Padukone, Taapsee Pannu, Vidya Balan and 4 times National Award winner Kangana Ranaut.
Filmfare Awards 2021: Full List of Nominations
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)
Filmfare: 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
- A R 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)
