60th Filmfare Awards 2015

Posted on: May 18, 2015 by: Deshvidesh

The Bollywood comic drama Queen dominated the 60th Filmfare Awards earning awards in six categories. Vikas Bahl received the award for Best Director and Kangana Ranaut for Best Actress.

Vishal Bhardwaj’s tragic Shakespearean drama Haider won awards in five categories including Best Actor for Shahid Kapoor, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Tabu, and Best Actor in Supporting Role for Kay Kay Menon.

Rajat Kapoor’s critically acclaimed film Ankhon Dekhi bagged the Best Film (Critics) prize. The award for the Best Male Actor (Critics) went to Sanjay Mishra for Ankhon Dekhi and the Best Female Actor (Critics) award was given to Alia Bhatt for her performance in Highway.

The complete list of nominations and winners:

Best Film: Queen
Nominees: PK, 2 States, Haider, Mary Kom

Best Director: Vikas Bahl (Queen)
Nominees: Vishal Bhardwaj (Haider), Abhishek Varman (2 States), Anurag Kashyap (Ugly), Rajkumar Hirani (PK)

Best Actor: Shahid Kapoor (Haider)
Nominees: Aamir Khan (PK as PK), Akshay Kumar (Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty as Virat Bakshi), Hrithik Roshan (Bang Bang! as Rajveer/Jai Nanda), Randeep Hooda (Rang Rasiya as Raja Ravi Varma)

Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut (Queen)
Nominees: Alia Bhatt (Highway as Veera Tripathi), Madhuri Dixit (Dedh Ishqiya as Begum Para), Priyanka Chopra (Mary Kom as Mary Kom), Rani Mukerji (Mardaani as Shivani Shivaji Roy), Sonam Kapoor (Khoobsurat as Dr. Mrinalini “Milli” Chakravarty)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Kamini Kaushal

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Tabu (Haider)
Nominees: Amrita Singh (2 States as Kavita Malhotra), Dimple Kapadia (Finding Fanny as Rosalina “Rosie” Eucharistica), Juhi Chawla (Gulaab Gang as Sumitra Devi), Lisa Haydon (Queen as Vijayalakshmi)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Kay Kay Menon (Haider)
Nominees:

Riteish Deshmukh – Ek Villain as Rakesh Mahadkar
Abhishek Bachchan – Happy New Year as Nandu Bhide/Vicky Grover
Ronit Roy – 2 States as Vikram Malhotra
Tahir Raj Bhasin – Mardaani as Walt / Karan Rastogi

Best Music Director: Shankar-Eshaan-Loy (2 States)
Nominees: Amit Trivedi (Queen), Anupam Amod/Arko Pravo Mukherjee/Yo Yo Honey Singh/ Mithoon/Pritam (Yaariyan), Himesh Reshammiya/Meet Bros Anjjan/Yo Yo Honey Singh (Kick), Mithoon/Ankit Tiwari/SOCH (Ek Villain)

Best Lyrics: Rashmi Singh “Muskurane ki wajah” (CityLights)
Nominees: Irshad Kamil “Patakha Guddi” (Highway), Amitabh Bhattacharya “Zehnaseeb” (Hasee Toh Phasee), Gulzar “Bismil”
(Haider), Kausar Munir “Suno Na Sangemarmar” (Youngistaan)

Best Playback Singer (Male): Ankit Tiwari, “Galliyan” (Ek Villain)
Nominees: Arijit Singh”Mast Magan” (2 States), Arijit Singh “Suno Na Sangemarmar” (Youngistaan), Benny Dayal “Locha-E-Ulfat” (2 States), Shekhar Ravjiani “Zehnaseeb” (Hasee Toh Phasee)

Best Playback Singer (Female): Kanika Kapoor, “Baby Doll” (Ragini MMS 2)
Nominees: Kanika Kapoor “Baby Doll” (Ragini MMS 2), Rekha Bhardwaj “Hamari Atariya Pe” (Dedh Ishqiya), Jyoti Nooran/Sultana Nooran “Patakha Guddi” (Highway), Shreya Ghoshal “Manwa Laage” (Happy New Year), Sona Mohapatra “Naina” (Khoobsurat)

Best Story: Rajat Kapoor (Ankhon Dekhi)
Nominees: Anurag Kashyap (Ugly), Imtiaz Ali (Highway), Nitin Kakkar (Filmistaan), Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi (PK)

Best Cinematography Award: Bobby Singh and Siddharth Diwan, Queen
Nominees: Anil Mehta (Finding Fanny), Anil Mehta (Highway), Mohanan (Miss Lovely), Artur Żurawski (Mardaani)

Best Costume: Dolly Ahluwalia, Haider
Nominees:Anaita Shroff Adajania (Finding Fanny), Payal Saluja (Dedh Ishqiya), Rushi Sharma and Manoshi Nath (PK), Rushi Sharma and Manoshi Nath (Queen)

Best Actor (Critics): Sanjay Mishra (Ankhon Dekhi)