Filmfare Awards 2017: Nominations List And Expected Winners

The most prestigious Bollywood awards are back. Yes, we are talking about Filmfare awards. The 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards will take place on 14 Jan 2017 in Mumbai. The nominations are out and it is your chance to make sone wild guesses. Three big films of 2017 lead the nominations list. Ranbir Kapoor’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Shahid Kapoor’s Udta Punjab gets 9 nominations each. Salman Khan’s Sultan is nominated in 7 categories. Let’s have a look at Filmfare awards 2017 nominations list and expected winners.

Best Film
Dangal
Kapoor & Sons
Neerja
Pink (Expected Winner)
Sultan
Udta Punjab

Best Director
Abhishek Chaubey – Udta Punjab
Ali Abbas Zafar – Sultan
Karan Johar – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Nitesh Tiwari – Dangal
Ram Madhvani – Neerja (Expected Winner)
Shakun Batra – Kapoor & Sons

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)
Aamir Khan – Dangal
Amitabh Bachchan – Pink  (Expected Winner)
Ranbir Kapoor – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Salman Khan – Sultan
Shah Rukh Khan – Fan
Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab
Sushant Singh Rajput – MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Sarbjit
Alia Bhatt – Dear Zindagi
Alia Bhatt – Udta Punjab (Expected Winner)
Anushka Sharma – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Sonam Kapoor – Neerja (Expected Winner)
Vidya Balan – Kahaani 2

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)
Diljit Dosanjh – Udta Punjab
Fawad Khan – Kapoor & Sons
Jim Sarbh – Neerja
Rajat Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons
Rajkummar Rao – Aligarh
Rishi Kapoor – Kapoor & Sons (Expected Winner)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Kareena Kapoor Khan – Udta Punjab (Expected Winner)
Kirti Kulhari – Pink
Ratna Pathak Shah – Kapoor & Sons
Richa Chadda – Sarbjit
Shabana Azmi – Neerja (Expected Winner)

Best Music Album
Amaal Mallik, Badshah, Arko, Tanishk Bagchi, Benny Dayal and Nucleya – Kapoor & Sons
Amit Trivedi – Udta Punjab
Meet Bros, Amaal Mallik, Ankit Tiwari & Manj Musik – Baaghi
Pritam – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Expected Winner)
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Mirzya
Vishal-Shekhar – Sultan

Best Lyrics
Amitabh Bhattacharya – Channa mereya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil) (Expected Winner)
Gulzar – Aave re hitchki (Mirzya)
Gulzar – Mirzya (Mirzya)
Irshad Kamil – Jag ghoomeya (Sultan)
Kausar Munir – Love You Zindagi (Dear Zindagi)
Late Shiv Kumar Batalvi – Ikk kudi (Udta Punjab)

Best Playback Singer (Male)
Amit Mishra – Bulleya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Arijit Singh – Ae dil hai mushkil (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Arijit Singh – Channa mereya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil) (Expected Winner)
Atif Aslam – Tere sang yara (Rustom)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Jag ghoomeya (Sultan)

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Kanika Kapoor – Da da dasse (Udta Punjab)
Jonita Gandhi – Break up song (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Neeti Mohan – Sau aasman (Baar Baar Dekho)
Neha Bhasin – Jag ghoomeya (Sultan)
Palak Mucchal – Kaun Tujhe (MS Dhoni: The Untold Story) (Expected Winner)
Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch – Kari kari (Pink)

It is difficult to digest that some great movie have been neglected. Akshay Kumar’s Airift, Manoi Bajpayee’s Aligarh should have been nominated for best film and best actor categories.