Rajkummar Rao in Newton. (Image courtesy: YouTube )
Highlights
- Newton didn't earn a nomination in the main categories at Filmfare 2018
- Rajkummar Rao's Newton opened to positive reviews
- The complete nomination list was released by Filmfare on Thursday
New Delhi:
The nominations for the Filmfare Awards 2018 were announced on Thursday and, just like last year, the Best Actor list contains a giant hole.
Rajkummar Rao, critically acclaimed for his performances in Newtonand
Trapped, is conspicuous by his absence, just as Akshay Kumar was overlooked last year. The ignoring of Akshay prompted particular indignation from fans in 2017 because of the the inclusion of Salman Khan in the Best Actor category for
Sultan - a nomination that has not been repeated this year despite the stupendous success of
Tiger Zinda Hai.
But its not the absence of Salman - and indeed
Tiger Zinda Hai from the major categories - that social media is focusing on. It is that of Rajkummar whose Best Supporting Actor nomination for
Bareilly Ki Barfi is being seen as a consolation prize. Also shockingly overlooked for Best Film is Rajkummar's
Newton, which was picked to be India's Oscar entry. The acknowledgement of Varun Dhawan and
Badrinath Ki Dulhania is raising a few eyebrows too.
Other inexplicable omissions from the Filmfare list - Konkona Sen Sharma's name does not feature among the Best Director nominees for
Death In The Gunj, and actor Vikrant Massey, who had a pretty great year, also received no nominations.
Twitter can't believe it.
Akshay Kumar has been nominated this time, for
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, as has Shah Rukh Khan for Raees. Pakistani actress Saba Qamar gets a look in for her work in Hindi Medium and, satisfyingly, so does Pankaj Tripathi, whom NDTV rated as last year's outstanding actor.
Here is a complete list of nominations, released by
Filmfare.
Best FilmBadrinath Ki DulhaniaBareilly Ki BarfiHindi MediumSecret SuperstarToilet: Ek Prem KathaBest DirectorAdvait Chandan -
Secret SuperstarAshwini Iyer Tiwari -
Bareilly Ki BarfiSaket Chaudhary -
Hindi MediumShashank Khaitan - Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Shree Narayan Singh -
Toilet: Ek Prem KathaBest Actor In A Leading Role (Male)Akshay Kumar -
Toilet: Ek Prem KathaAyushmaan Khurrana - Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Hrithik Roshan -
KaabilIrrfan Khan -
Hindi MediumShah Rukh Khan -
RaeesVarun Dhawan -
Badrinath Ki DulhaniaBest Actor In A Leading Role (Female)Alia Bhatt -
Badrinath Ki DulhaniaBhumi Pednekar -
Shubh Mangal SaavdhanSaba Qamar -
Hindi MediumSridevi -
MomVidya Balan -
Tumhari SuluZaira Wasim -
Secret SuperstarBest Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)Aamir Khan -
Secret SuperstarDeepak Dobriyal -
Hindi MediumManav Kaul -
Tumhari SuluNawazuddin Siddiqui -
MomPankaj Tripathi -
NewtonRajkummar Rao -
Bareilly Ki BarfiBest Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)Meher Vij -
Secret SuperstarRatna Pathak Shah -
Lipstick Under My BurkhaSeema Pahwa -
Bareilly Ki BarfiSeema Pahwa -
Shubh Mangal SaavdhanTillotama Shome -
A Death In The GunjBest Music AlbumBadrinath Ki Dulhania - Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi And Akhil Sachdeva
Bareilly Ki Barfi - Arko, Tanishk Bagchi, Samira Koppikar, Sameer Uddin And Vayu
Half Girlfriend - Mithoon, Tanishk Bagchi, Rishi Rich, Farhan Saeed, Rahul Mishra, Ami Mishra
Jab Harry Met Sejal - Pritam
Jagga Jasoos - Pritam
Secret Superstar - Amit Trivedi
Best LyricsAmitabh Bhattacharya -
Galti Se Mistake (Jagga Jasoos)Amitabh Bhattacharya -
Ullu Ka Pattha (Jagga Jasoos)Arko Pravo Mukherjee - Nazm Nazm (Bareilly Ki Barfi)
Kausar Munir -
Maana Ke Hum (Meri Pyaari Bindu)Kausar Munir -
Nachdi Phira (Secret Superstar)Santanu Ghatak-
Rafu (Tumhari Sulu)Best Playback Singer (Male)Akhil Sachdeva -
Humsafar (Badrinath Ki Dulhania)Arijit Singh -
Roke Na Ruke Naina (Badrinath Ki Dulhania)Arijit Singh -
Zaalima (Raees)Arko Pravo Mukherjee -
Nazm Nazm (Bareilly Ki Barfi)Ash King -
Baarish (Half Girlfriend)Sachin Sanghvi -
Kho Diya (Bhoomi)Best Playback Singer (Female)Meghna Mishra -
Nachdi Phira (Secret Superstar)Monali Thakur -
Khol De Baahein (Meri Pyaari Bindu)Nikhita Gandhi -
Ghar (Jab Harry Met Sejal)Ronkini Gupta -
Rafu (Tumhari Sulu)Shashaa Tirupati -
Kanha (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan)Shreya Ghoshal -
Thodi Der (Half Girlfriend)Best ActionAllan Amin -
Jagga JasoosFranz Spilhaus -
Commando 2Harpal Singh Pali And Ravi Kumar -
RangoonK Ravi Verma -
RaeesTom Struthers -
Tiger Zinda HaiBest Background ScoreAlokananda Dasgupta -
TrappedAr Rahman -
MomPritam -
Jagga JasoosSagar Desai -
A Death In The GunjSajid-Wajid -
DaddyTajdar Junaid -
Mukti BhawanBest Production DesignAnita Rajgopalan Lata, Donal Raegan Gracy -
RaeesParul Sondh -
DaddySiddharth Sirohi -
A Death In The GunjSubrata Chakraborty And Amit Ray -
RangoonBest CostumeDolly Ahluwalia -
RangoonNidhi And Divya Gambhir -
DaddyRohit Chaturvedi -
A Death In The GunjBest Sound DesignAnish John - Trapped
Baylon Fonseca And Dhiman Karmakar -
RaeesNihar Ranjan Samal -
MomSubhash Sahoo -
Tumhari SuluUdit Duseja -
DaddyBest EditingAarif Sheikh And Manas Mittal -
A Death In The GunjMonisha R Baldawa -
MomNitin Baid -
TrappedShweta Venkat Mathew -
NewtonBest ChoreographyGanesh Acharya - (Badri Ki Dulhania - Badrinath Ki Dulhania)
Shiamak Davar (Ullu Ka Pattha - Jagga Jasoos)
Sudesh Adhana - (Bloody Hell - Rangoon)
Vijay Ganguly - (Ban Ja Rani - Tumhari Sulu)
Vijay Ganguly - (Khaana Khaake - Jagga Jasoos)
Vijay Ganguly And Ruel Dausan Varindani (Galti Se Mistake - Jagga Jasoos)
Best Original StoryAmit Joshi -
TrappedAmit V Masurkar -
NewtonRahul Dahiya -
G Kutta SeShanker Raman And Sourabh Ratnu -
GurgaonShubhashish Bhutiani -
Mukti BhawanSuresh Triveni -
Tumhari SuluBest DialogueHitesh Kewalya -
Shubh Mangal SaavdhanMayank Tewari And Amit V Masurkar -
NewtonNitesh Tiwari And Shreyas Jain -
Bareilly Ki BarfiSubhash Kapoor -
Jolly Llb 2Suresh Triveni, Vijay Maurya -
Tumhari SuluBest ScreenplayAdvait Chandan -
Secret SuperstarAmit Joshi And Hardik Mehta -
TrappedMayank Tewari And Amit V Masurkar -
NewtonShubhashish Bhutiani -
Mukti BhawanSubhash Kapoor -
Jolly Llb 2Best CinematographyJessica Lee Gagne And Pankaj Kumar -
DaddyPankaj Kumar -
RangoonRavi Varman - J
agga JasoosSirsha Ray -
A Death In The GunjSwapnil S Sonawane -
Newton