Filmfare Awards, the much awaited award ceremony of Bollywood, are about to enthrall you once again. Scheduled to be held somewhere around the end of February, the awards are being looked forward to, since the start of 2008. Recently, the nominations for Filmfare Awards 2007-2008, the 53rd edition, were announced. Though there were not many surprises, the nomination of Darsheel Safary (Taare Zameen Par) in the ‘Best Actor in a Leading Role’ category was nothing short of a bombshell. Given below is the complete list of the nominees of the 53rd Filmfare Awards.
Best Film
- Chak De India
- Guru
- Jab We Met
- Om Shanti Om
- Taare Zameen Par
Best Director
- Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
- Anurag Basu (Life…In A Metro)
- Farah Khan (Om Shanti Om)
- Imtiaz Ali (Jab We Met)
- Mani Ratnam (Guru)
- Shimit Amin (Chak De India)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Abhishek Bachchan (Guru)
- Akshay Kumar (Namastey London)
- Darsheel Safary (Taare Zameen Par)
- Shahid Kapoor (Jab We Met)
- Shahrukh Khan (Chak De India)
- Shahrukh Khan (Om Shanti Om)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Guru)
- Deepika Padukone (Om Shanti Om)
- Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
- Madhuri Dixit (Aaja Nachle)
- Rani Mukerji (Laaga Chunari Mein Daag)
- Vidya Balan (Bhool Bhulaiyaa)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
- Anil Kapoor (Welcome)
- Irrfan Khan (Life in a… Metro)
- Mithun Chakraborty (Guru)
- Shreyas Talpade (Om Shanti Om)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Konkona Sen Sharma (Laaga Chunari Mein Daag)
- Konkona Sen Sharma (Life in a… Metro)
- Rani Mukerji (Saawariya)
- Shilpa Shukla (Chak De India)
- Tisca Chopra (Taare Zameen Par)
Best Music
- A.R. Rahman (Guru)
- Monty Sharma (Saawariya)
- Pritam (Jab We Met)
- Pritam (Life in a… Metro)
- Vishal-Shekhar (Om Shanti Om)
Best Lyrics
- Gulzar (Tere Bina - Guru)
- Javed Akhtar (Main Agar Kahoon - Om Shanti Om)
- Prasoon Joshi (Maa - Taare Zameen Par)
- Sameer (Jab Se Tere Naina - Saawariya)
- Vishal Dadlani (Aankhon Mein Teri - Om Shanti Om)
Best Male Playback Singer
- A R Rahman (Tere Bina - Guru)
- K K (Aankhon Mein Teri - Om Shanti Om)
- Shaan (Jab Se Tere Naina - Saawariya)
- Sonu Nigam (Main Agar Kahoon - Om Shanti Om)
- Sukhawinder Singh (Chak De - Chak De India)
Best Female Playback Singer
- Alisha Chinai (It’s Rocking - Kya Love Story Hai)
- Shreya Ghosal (Barso Re - Guru)
- Shreya Ghosal (Yeh Ishq Hai - Jab We Met)
- Sunidhi Chauhan (Aaja Nachle - Aaja Nachle)
- Sunidhi Chauhan (Sajnaji Vari Vari - Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd.)
