65th Filmfare Awards 2020 Nominations & Expected Winners [Predictions]

The nominations for the 65th Filmfare Awards 2020 are out. Check the complete list of nominations and expected winners.

65th Filmfare Awards 2020 will be held on 15 February 2020 in Guwahati. This is the first time that it’s going to be held outside Mumbai. Shah Rukh Khan is going to host the award ceremony. The nominations are out and the competition is tough this time. Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully Boy’ and ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ lead the nomination race. Here is a look at Filmfare Awards 2020 nominations and expected winners (marked bold):

65th Filmfare Awards 2020 Best Film Nominations

Gully Boy
Mission Mangal
URI: The Surgical Strike
Chhichhore
War

65th Filmfare Awards 2020 Best Director Nominations

Aditya Dhar – URI: The Surgical Strike
Jagan Shakti – Mission Mangal
Nitesh Tiwari – Chhichhore
Siddharth Anand – War
Zoya Akhtar – Gully Boy

Best Actor in a leading role

Akshay Kumar – Kesari
Ayushmann Khurrana – Bala
Hrithik Roshan – Super 30
Shahid Kapoor – Kabir Singh
Ranveer Singh – Gully Boy
Vicky Kaushal – URI: The Surgical Strike

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Alia Bhatt – Gully Boy
Kangana Ranaut – Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
Kareena Kapoor Khan – Good Newwz
Priyanka Chopra – The Sky Is Pink
Rani Mukerji – Mardaani 2
Vidya Balan – Mission Mangal

Best Film Critics

Article 15 – Anubhav Sinha
Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota – Vasan Bala
Photograph – Ritesh Batra
Sonchiriya – Abhishek Chaubey
The Sky Is Pink – Shonali Bose

Best Actor Critics

Akshaye Khanna – Section 375
Ayushmann Khurrana – Article 15
Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Photograph
Rajkummar Rao – Judgementall Hai Kya

Best Actress critics

Bhumi Pednekar – Sonchiriya
Bhumi Pednekar – Saand Ki Aankh
Kangana Ranaut – Judgementall Hai Kya
Radhika Madan – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
Sanya Malhotra – Photograph
Taapsee Pannu – Saand Ki Aankh

Best Debut (Female)

Ananya Pandey –Student of the Year 2
Pranutan Bahl – Notebook
Tara Sutaria – Student of the Year 2
Saiee Manjrekar – Dabangg 3
Sharmin Sehgal – Malaal
Shivaleeka Oberoi – Yeh Saali Aashiqui

Best Debut (Male)

Abhimanyu Dassani – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
Meezaan Jaffrey – Malaal
Siddhant Chaturvedi – Gully Boy
Vardhan Puri – Yeh Saali Aashiqui
Vishal Jethwa – Mardaani 2
Zaheer Iqbal – Notebook

Best Debut Director

Aditya Dhar – URI: The Surgical Strike
Jagan Shakti – Mission Mangal
Raaj Shaandilyaa – Dream Girl
Raj Mehta – Good Newwz
Gopi Puthran – Mardaani 2
Tushar Hiranandani – Saand Ki Aankh

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Amrita Singh – Badla
Amruta Subhash – Gully Boy
Kamini Kaushal – Kabir Singh
Madhuri Dixit – Kalank
Seema Pahwa – Bala
Zaira Wasim – The Sky Is Pink

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Diljit Dosanjh – Good Newwz
Gulshan Devaiah – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
Manoj Pahwa – Article 15
Ranveer Shorey – Sonchiriya
Siddhant Chaturvedi – Gully Boy
Vijay Verma – Gully Boy

Best Original Story

Article 15 – Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki
Chhichhore – Nitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta and Nikhil Mehrotra
Gully Boy – Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti
Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota – Vasan Bala
Mission Mangal – Jagan Shakti
Sonchiriya – Abhishek Chaubey and Sudip Sharma

Best Music Album

Bharat – Vishal Shekhar
Gully Boy – Ankur Tewari and Zoya Akhtar
Kabir Singh – Mithoon, Amaal Malik, Vishal Mishra, Sachet-Parampara, Akhil Sachdeva
Kalank – Pritam
Kesari – Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Chirantan Bhatt, Jasbir Jassi, Gurmoh, Jasleen Royal

Best Lyrics

Amitabh Bhattacharya –  Kalank Nahi (Kalank)
Divine and Ankur Tewari  – Apna Time Aayega (Gully Boy)
Irshad Kamil –  Bekhayali  (Kabir Singh)
Manoj Muntashir  – Teri Mitti (Kesari)
Mithoon  – Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage (Kabir Singh)
Tanishk Bagchi – Ve Mahi (Kesari)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Neha Bhasin – Chashni (Bharat)
Parampara Thakur – Mere Sohneya (Kabir Singh)
Shilpa Rao – Ghungroo (War)
Shreya Ghoshal – Yeh Aaina (Kabir Singh)
Shreya Ghoshal and Vaishali Mhade – Ghar More Pardesiya (Kalank)
Sona Mohapatra and Jyotica Tangri – Baby Gold (Saand Ki Aankh)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Arijit Singh – Kalank’s title (Kalank)
Arijit Singh – Ve Mahi (Kesari)
Nakash Aziz – Slow Motion (Bharat)
B Praak – Teri Mitti (Kesari)
Sachet Tandon – Bekhayali (Kabir Singh)

Best Screenplay

Article 15 – Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki
Gully Boy – Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar
Mission Mangal – R Balki, Jagan Shakti, Nidhi Singh, Dharma, Saket Kondiparthi
Saand Ki Aankh – Balwinder Singh Janjua
Section 375 – Manish Gupta, Ajay Bahl
Sonchiriya – Sudip Sharma

Best Dialogue

Article 15 – Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki
Bala – Niren Bhatt
Chhichhore – Nitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta and Nikhil Mehrotra
Gully Boy – Vijay Maurya
Sonchiriya – Sudip Sharma
Super 30 – Sanjeev Dutta

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