2012 is just starting and you know what this means? Awards Season! A really different nomination list for this year with all the popular films leading the nominations’ charts, somehow I would have hoped for good films like ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’ to make it on this list. I was hoping for a mention of Shahid Kapoor’s acting in ‘Mausam’, but bechara the film flopped so bad that no mention of it in this nomination.
For once Katrina Kaif is not nominated, not that she deserves to be, but she has had about 2 hits in 2011 in ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ and ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’. The Best Actor (Male) nominations hold no excitement for this year though its female counterpart is very very exciting with both Rani Mukherji and Vidya Balan nominated for ‘No One Killed Jessica’.
18th Annual Screen Awards 2012 Nominations
Best Film
Delhi Belly
No One Killed Jessica
Shaitan
Shor In The City
The Dirty Picture
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Actor (Male)
Ajay Devgan – Singham
Amitabh Bachchan – Aarakshan
R Madhavan – Tanu Weds Manu
Ranbir Kapoor – Rockstar
Shah Rukh Khan – Don 2
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Arunoday Singh – Yeh Saali Zindagi
Kunal Roy Kapur – Delhi Belly
Neil Nitin Mukesh – Saat Khoon Maaf
Rajesh Sharma – No One Killed Jessica
Saif Ali Khan – Aarakshan
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male)
Abhimanyu Singh – I Am
Amole Gupte – Stanley Ka Dabba
Jimmy Shergill – Sahab Biwi Aur Gangster
Prakash Raj – Singham
Prashant Narayan – Murder 2
Best Actor (Female)
Kalki Koechlin – Shaitan
Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu
Priyanka Chopra – Saat Khoon Maaf
Rani Mukerji – No One Killed Jessica
Vidya Balan – No One Killed Jessica
Vidya Balan – The Dirty Picture
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Aditi Rao Hydari – Yeh Saali Zindagi
Kirti Kulhari – Shaitan
Parineeti Chopra – Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl
Poorna Jagannathan – Delhi Belly
Swara Bhaskara – Tanu Weds Manu
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female)
Kainaz Motiwala – Raagini Mms
Kalki Koechlin – Shaitan
Mahie Gill – Sahab Biwi Aur Gangster
Priyanka Chopra – Saat Khoon Maaf
Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female)
Divyendu – Pyar Ka Panchnama
Kunal Roy Kapur – Delhi Belly
Pitobash – Shor In The City
Vijay Raaz – Delhi Belly
Vinay Pathak – Chalo Dilli
Best Child Artist
Aman Verma – Ra.One
Naman Jain – Chillar Party
Harsh Mayer – I Am Kalam
Irfan Khan – Chillar Party
Partho Gupte – Stanley Ka Dabba
Most Promising Newcomer (Female)
Kirti Kulhari – Shaitan
Parineeti Chopra – Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl
Poorna Jagannath – Delhi Belly
Saba Azad – Mujhse Fraandship Karoge
Best Background Score
Ram Sampat – Delhi Belly
Amit Trivedi – No One Killed Jessica
Vishal – Shekhar – Ra.One
Ranjit Barot – Shaitan
Roshan Machado – Shor In The City
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Bappi Lahiri – Ooh La La, The Dirty Picture
Kamal Khan – Ishq Sufiana, The Dirty Picture
Lehmber Husainpuri – Sadi Gali, Tanu Weds Manu
Mohit Chauhan – Phir Se Ud Chala, Rockstar
Ram Sampat – Bhaag Dk Bose, Delhi Belly
Best Lyrics
Irshad Kamil – Nadaan Parindey, Rockstar
Irshad Kamil – Sadda Haq, Rockstar
Javed Akhtar – Khwabon Ke Parindey, Znmd
Prasoon Joshi – Achcha Lagta Hai, Aarakshan
Priya Panchal – Man Ye Sahibji, Shor In The City
Best Screenplay
Akshat Verma – Delhi Belly
Bejoy Nambiar And Megha Ramaswamy – Shaitan
Rajkumar Gupta – No One Killed Jessica
Raj Nidimoru, Krishna D.K. And Sita Menon – Shor In The City
Sudhir Mishra – Yeh Saali Zindagi
Reema Kagti And Zoya Akhtar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Editing
Hufeza Lokhandwala – Delhi Belly
Aarati Bajaj – No One Killed Jessica
Sreekar Prasad – Shaitan
Archit Rastogi – Yeh Saali Zindagi
Anand Subaya – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Cinematography
Jason West – Delhi Belly
Amit Roy – Dum Maaro Dum
Anil Mehta – Rockstar
R Madhi – Shaitan
Carlos Catalon – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Production Design
Shashank Tere – Delhi Belly
Samir Chanda – Mausam
Arcopolis And Sumit Basu – Rockstar
Priya Suhas – The Dirty Picture
Cine Raas Entertainment Pvt.Ltd – Yeh Saali Zindagi
Best Action
Vijayan Master – Bodyguard
Matthias Barsch – Don 2
Spiro R, N.D.Gill, Parvez, Feroze – Ra.One
Javed-Ejaaz – Shaitan
Rohit Shetty And Jaisingh Nijjar – Singham
Best Costume
Anamika Khanna – Mausam
Jaimal Odedra – Patiala House
Anahita Shroff Adjania, Manish Malhotra – Ra.One
Niharika Khan And Moiz Kapadia – The Dirty Picture
Aarti Patkar – Yeh Saali Zindagi
Best Director
Abhinay Deo – Delhi Belly
Bejoy Nambiar – Shaitan
Krishna D.K, And Raj Nidimoru – Shor In The City
Milan Luthria – The Dirty Picture
Rajkumar Gupta – No One Killed Jessica
Zoya Akhtar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Ensemble Cast
Chillar Party – Naman Jain, Divij Handa, Rohan Grover, Irfan Khan, Vedant Desai, Sanath Menon, Aarav Khanna, Chinmay Chandranshuh, Visshesh Tiwari
Delhi Belly – Imran Khan, Kunal Roy Kapoor, Poorna Jagannathan, Vijay Raaz, Shernaz Treasuryvala And Vir Das
Shaitan – Rajeev Khandelwal, Kalki Koechlin, Kirti Kulhari, Gulshan Deviah, Shiv Pandit, Neil Bhoopalam
Yeh Saali Zindagi – Arunoday Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari, Chitrangda Singh, Irrfan Khan
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif And Kalki Koechlin
Most Promising Newcomer (Male)
Divyendu – Pyar Ka Panchnama
Pitobash – Shor In The City
Rana Daggubati – Dum Maaro Dum
Saqib Salim – Mujhse Fraandship Karoge
Senthil Ramamurthy – Shor In The City
Most Promising Debut Director
Amole Gupte – Stanley Ka Dabba
Bejoy Nambiar – Shaitan
Kiran Rao – Dhobi Ghat
Nila Madhab Pandya – I Am Kalam
Nupur Asthana – Mujhse Fraandship Karoge
Best Music
Ram Sampat – Delhi Belly
Vishal Shekhar – Ra.One
A.R. Rahman – Rockstar
Sachin Jigar – Shor In The City
Krsna – Tanu Weds Manu
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Alyssa Mendonca – Ude Khwaboein Ke Parindey, Zindagi Na Miley Dobara
Neha Bhasin – Dhunki, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Shreya Ghoshal – Ooh La La, The Dirty Picture
Usha Uthup – Darling Ankhoein Se, Saat Khoon Maaf
Suman Sridhar – Khoya Khoya Chand, Shaitan
Best Story
Prawal Raman – 404
Akshat Verma – Delhi Belly
Sanjay Chouhan – I Am Kalam
Pooja Desai And Ashish Patil – Mujhse Fraandship Karoge
Amole Gupte – Stanley Ka Dabba
Sudhir Mishra – Yeh Saali Zindagi
Best Dialogue
Akshat Verma – Delhi Belly
Farhan Akhtar And Javed Akhtar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Himanshu Sharma – Tanu Weds Manu
Rajat Arora – The Dirty Picture
Sudhir Mishra And Manu Rishi – Yeh Saali Zindagi
Best Sound Design
Vinod Subramaniam And Dwarak Warrier – Delhi Belly
Sanjay Maurya And Allwyn Rego – No One Killed Jessica
Resul Pookutty – Ra.One
Dilip Subramanium – Rockstar
Kunal Sharma – Shaitan
Baylon Fonseca – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Special Effects
Sai Prasad, Prasad Efx – Dam 999
Viral Thakkar And Prasad Sutar – Don 2
Sai Prasad, Prasad Efx – Haunted
Keitan Yadav And Haresh Hingorani, Red Chillies – Ra.One
Best Choreography
Farah Khan – Disco Fighter (Delhi Belly)
Ganesh Hegde – Chammak Challo (Ra.One)
Sandip Soparrkar – Darling (Saat Khoon Maaf)
Pony Prakash Raj – Ooh La La (The Dirty Picture)
Bosco-Caesar – Senorita (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)