Gujarat is set to host the 69th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2024, a two-night spectacle that promises to captivate audiences with its unprecedented scale and dazzling extravaganza. The event, in association with Gujarat Tourism, will commence on January 27 at the Mahatma Mandir Convention & Exhibition Centre with a Curtain Raiser. This evening will honour technical award winners and feature a fashion show showcasing Shantanu & Nikhil’s sustainable collection, concluding with a mesmerising music concert by the renowned Parthiv Gohil.
The main event will take place on January 28 at GIFT City in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The star-studded affair will see the best in Indian cinema honoured and celebrated. The dynamic trio of Karan Johar, Ayushmann Khurrana, and Maniesh Paul will host the event, with captivating performances by Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Janhvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan and Kartik Aaryan.
The Mumbai press conference, attended by distinguished guests and notable figures from the Indian film industry such as Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan, and Janhvi Kapoor, unveiled key details about the event.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel expressed his anticipation for the event, stating, “As Gujarat prepares to welcome filmmakers for the prestigious 69th edition of Filmfare Awards, we look forward to a surge in tourism and a positive impact on our local economy. This grand event will provide a unique platform for our talented artists and filmmakers to engage with the Indian Film Industry, fostering an exchange of ideas, technology, and trends.”
Filmfare editor Jitesh Pillaai also shared his excitement, stating, “The year 2023 stands as an indelible chapter marked by blockbuster bonanzas and critically acclaimed masterpieces. The 69th edition of Filmfare Awards promises to be an unparalleled spectacle.”
Karan Johar, one of the hosts for the event, expressed his gratitude to Gujarat for being a pillar of support to Bollywood and the esteemed Filmfare brand. He said, “The excitement is palpable as I take on the role of hosting this edition. Celebrating amidst the rich tapestry of Gujarat’s culture, tradition, economic and technological growth makes it an unparalleled location for this event.”
Adding to the excitement, Varun Dhawan said, “Filmfare Awards are like the heartbeat of Indian cinema, pushing many artists to new heights. When I look back at my first performance, I can see things have changed, the movie scene is different, and people now see films in a more open-minded way. Thinking about the big event coming up, I can picture a full house in Gujarat, showing how much people love this cinematic celebration.”
Janhvi Kapoor also expressed her gratitude, saying, “I’m truly grateful to be part of this celebration, marking a milestone year for Indian cinema. Gujarat, an incredible state, has enriched us culturally and significantly contributed to cinema. Reflecting on my earliest memories with Filmfare, watching the awards with my mom was a special experience.”
Here is the Nomination list for the 69th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2024:
Popular Best Film:
- 12th Fail
- Animal
- Jawan
- OMG 2
- Pathaan
- Rocky aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani
Best Director:
- Amit Rai (OMG 2)
- Atlee (Jawan)
- Karan Johar (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Sandeep Reddy Vanga (Animal)
- Siddharth Anand (Pathaan)
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
Best Film Critics:
- 12th Fail (Vidhu Vinod Chopra)
- Bheed (Anubhav Sinha)
- Faraaz (Hansal Mehta)
- Joram (Devashish Makhija)
- Sam Bahadur (Meghna Gulzar)
- Three of Us (Avinash Arun Dhaware)
- Zwigato (Nandita Das)
Best Actor in Leading Role (Male):
- Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)
- Ranveer Singh (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Shah Rukh Khan (Dunki)
- Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan)
- Sunny Deol (Gadar 2)
- Vicky Kaushal (Sam Bahadur)
Best Actor Critics:
- Abhishek Bachchan (Ghoomer)
- Jaideep Ahlawat (Three of Us)
- Manoj Bajpayee (Joram)
- Pankaj Tripathi (OMG 2)
- Rajkummar Rao (Bheed)
- Vicky Kaushal (Sam Bahadur)
- Vikrant Massey (12th Fail)
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female):
- Alia Bhatt (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Bhumi Pednekar (Thank You for Coming)
- Deepika Padukone (Pathaan)
- Kiara Advani (Satyaprem Ki Katha)
- Rani Mukerji (Mrs. Chatterjee v/s Norway)
- Taapsee Pannu (Dunki)
Best Actress Critics:
- Deepti Naval (Goldfish)
- Fatima Sana Shaikh (Dhak Dhak)
- Rani Mukerji (Mrs. Chatterjee v/s Norway)
- Saiyami Kher (Ghoomer)
- Shahana Goswami (Zwigato)
- Shefali Shah (Three of Us)
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male):
- Aditya Rawal (Faraaz)
- Anil Kapoor (Animal)
- Bobby Deol (Animal)
- Emraan Hashmi (Tiger 3)
- Tota Roy Chowdhury (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Vicky Kaushal (Dunki)
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female):
- Jaya Bachchan (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Ratna Pathak Shah (Dhak Dhak)
- Shabana Azmi (Ghoomer)
- Shabana Azmi (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Triptii Dimri (Animal)
- Yami Gautam (OMG 2)
Best Lyrics:
- Amitabh Bhattacharya (Tere Vaaste – Zara Hatke Zara Bachke)
- Amitabh Bhattacharya (Tum Kya Mile – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Gulzar (Itni Si Baat – Sam Bahadur)
- Javed Akhtar (Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se – Dunki)
- Kumaar (Chaleya – Jawan)
- Siddharth-Garima (Satranga – Animal)
- Swanand Kirkire and IP Singh (Lutt Putt Gaya – Dunki)
Best Music Album:
- Animal (Pritam, Vishal Mishra, Manan Bhardwaj, Shreyas Puranik, Jaani, Bhupinder Babbal, Ashim Kemson, Harshwardhan Rameshwar, Gurinder Seagal)
- Dunki (Pritam)
- Jawan (Anirudh Ravichander)
- Pathaan (Vishal and Shekhar)
- Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani (Pritam)
- Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar (Pritam)
- Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (Sachin-Jigar)
Best Playback Singer (Male):
- Arijit Singh (Lutt Putt Gaya – Dunki)
- Arijit Singh (Satranga – Animal)
- Bhupinder Babbal (Arjan Vally – Animal)
- Shahid Mallya (Kudmayi – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Sonu Nigam (Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se – Dunki)
- Varun Jain, Sachin-Jigar, Shadab Faridi, Altamash Faridi (Tere Vaaste Falak – Zara Hatke Zara Bachke)
Best Playback Singer (Female):
- Deepthi Suresh (Aararaari Raaro – Jawan)
- Jonita Gandhi (Hey Fikar – 8 A.M. Metro)
- Shilpa Rao (Besharam Rang – Pathaan)
- Shilpa Rao (Chaleya – Jawan)
- Shreya Ghoshal (Tum Kya Mile – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Shreya Ghoshal (Ve Kamleya – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
Technical Best Story:
- Amit Rai (OMG 2)
- Anubhav Sinha (Bheed)
- Atlee (Jawan)
- Devashish Makhija (Joram)
- Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan, and Sumit Roy (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Karan Shrikant Sharma (Satyaprem Ki Katha)
- Parijat Joshi & Tarun Dudeja (Dhak Dhak)
- Siddharth Anand (Pathaan)
Best Screenplay:
- Amit Rai (OMG 2)
- Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan, and Sumit Roy (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Omkar Achyut Barve, Arpita Chatterjee, and Avinash Arun Dhaware (Three of Us)
- Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Pranay Reddy Vanga, and Suresh Bandaru (Animal)
- Shridhar Raghavan (Pathaan)
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
Best Dialogue:
- Abbas Tyrewala (Pathaan)
- Amit Rai (OMG 2)
- Ishita Moitra (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Sumit Arora (Jawan)
- Varun Grover & Shoaib Zulfi Nazeer (Three of Us)
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
Best Background Score:
- Alok Ananda Dasgupta (Three of Us)
- Harshavardhan Rameshwar (Animal)
- Karel Antonin (Afwaah)
- Ketan Sodha (Sam Bahadur)
- Sanchit Balhara, Ankit Balhara (Pathaan)
- Shantanu Moitra (12th Fail)
- Tapas Relia (Goldfish)
Best Cinematography:
- Amit Roy (Animal)
- Avinash Arun Dhaware ISC (Three of Us)
- G.K. Vishnu (Jawan)
- Manush Nandan ISC (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Pratham Mehta (Faraaz)
- Rangarajan Ramabadran (12th Fail)
- Satchith Paulose (Pathaan)
Best Production Design:
- Amrita Mahal Nakai (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Nikhil Kovale (OMG 2)
- Prashant Bidkar (12th Fail)
- Rita Ghosh (Zwigato)
- Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray (Sam Bahadur)
- Suresh Selvarajan (Animal)
- T Muthuraj (Jawan)
Best Costume Design:
- Malvika Bajaj (12th Fail)
- Manish Malhotra, Eka Lakhani (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Sachin Lovelekar, Divvya Gambhir, and Nidhhi Gambhir (Sam Bahadur)
- Shaleena Nathani, Kavitha J, Anirudh Singh, and Dipika Lal (Jawan)
- Shaleena Nathani, Mamta Anand, Niharika Jolly (Pathaan)
- Sheetal Sharma (Animal)
Best Sound Design:
- Anita Khushwaha (Bheed)
- Kunal Sharma (MPSE) (Sam Bahadur)
- Manas Choudhury, Ganesh Gangadharan (Pathaan)
- Manav Shrotriya (12th Fail)
- Mandar Kulkarni (Faraaz)
- Sync Cinema (Animal)
- Vinit D’Souza (Three of Us)
Best Design:
- Aarif Sheikh (Pathaan)
- Atanu Mukherjee (Afwaah)
- Jaskunwar Kohil-Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
- Ruben (Jawan)
- Sandeep Reddy Vanga (Animal)
- Suvir Nath (OMG 2)
Best Action:
- Casey O’Neill, Craig MacRae, Sunil Rodrigues [Rod] (Pathan)
- Franz Spilhaus, Oh Sea Young, Sunil Rodrigues [Rod] (Tiger 3)
- Parvez Shaikh (Sam Bahadur)
- Ravi Varma, Shaam Kaushal, Abbas Ali Moghul, and Tinu Verma (Gadar 2)
- Spiro Razatos, Anl Arasu, Craig MacRae, Yannick Ben, Kecha Khamphakdee, and Sunil Rodrigues (Jawan)
- Supreme Sundar (Animal)
- Tim Man and Vikram Dahiya (Ganpath)
Best VFX:
- Do It Creative Ltd, NY VFXwaala, Visual Birds, Red Chillies VFX, Famous Studios (Animal)
- Prisca, Pixel Studios (Gadar 2)
- Red Chillies VFX (Jawan)
- YFX (Pathaan)
Best Choreography:
- Bosco-Caesar (Jhoome Jo Pathaan – Pathaan)
- Ganesh Acharya (Lutt Putt Gaya – Dunki)
- Ganesh Acharya (Tere Vaaste Falak – Zara Hatke Zara Bachke)
- Ganesh Acharya (What Jhumka? – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
- Shobi Paulraj (Zinda Banda – Jawan)
- Vaibhavi Merchant (Dhindhora Baje – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani)
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