56th Filmfare Awards - Nominations List

Filmfare, an Oscar level parallel in our home industry, Bollywood, is back gearing up for another year of awards and performances. Sponsored third time in a row by Idea Cellular, the awards evening has been scheduled for the 29th January and shall witness the hit boy duo of Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan play comperes at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai. Filmfare has confirmed their telecast rights for Sony Entertainment Television and the same shall be aired on February 6th (Sunday).

The nominees for the popular categories for year 2010 are as follows:

Best Film
Band Baaja Baaraat
Dabangg
My Name Is Khan
Peepli Live
Udaan

Best Director
Abhinav Kashyap (Dabangg)
Karan Johar (My Name Is Khan)
Manish Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat )
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Guzarish)
Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan)

Best Actor In A Leading Role
Ajay Devgn (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Hrithik Roshan (Guzaarish)
Salman Khan (Dabangg)
Shah Rukh Khan (My Name Is Khan)
Ranbir Kapoor (Raajneeti)

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Aishwariya Rai Bachchan (Guzaarish)
Anushka Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat)
Kajol (My Name Is Khan)
Kareena Kapoor (Golmaal 3)
Vidya Balan (Ishqiya)

Best Actor In Supporting Role - Male
Arjun Rampal (Raajneeti)
Arshad Warsi (Golmaal 3)
Emraan Hashmi (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Manoj Bajpai (Raajneeti)
Nana Patekar (Raajneeti)
Ronit Roy (Udaan)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role - Female
Amrita Puri (Aisha)
Kareena Kapoor (We Are Family)
Prachi Desai (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Ratna Patak Shah (Golmaal 3)
Supriya Pathak Kapoor (Khichdi, The Movie)

Best Music
Pritam Chakraborty (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Sajid - Wajid & Lalit Pandit (Dabangg)
Shankar Ehsaan Loy (My Name Is Khan)
Vishal - Shekhar (Anjaana Anjaani)
Vishal - Shekhar (I Hate Luv Storys)
Vishal Bhardwaj (Ishqiya)

Best Lyrics
Faiz Anwar - Tere Mast Mast (Dabangg)
Gulzar - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)
Niranjan Iyenger - Sajda (My Name Is Khan)
Niranjan Iyenger - Noor e Khuda (My Name Is Khan)
Vishal Dadlani - Bin Tere (I Hate Luv Storys)

Best Playback Singer - Male
Adnan Sami, Shankar Mahadevan - Noor e Khuda (My Name Is Khan)
Mohit Chauhan - Pee Loon (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Sajda (My Name Is Khan)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)
Shafqat Amanat Ali - Bin Tere (I Hate Luv Storys)

Best Playback Singer - Female
Mamta Sharma - Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg)
Shreya Ghoshal - Bahara (I Hate Luv Storys)
Shreya Ghoshal - Noor e Khuda (My Name Is Khan)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Udi (Guzaarish)