The nominations for the Filmfare Awards 2018 were announced on Thursday and, same as the last year, the Best Actor list contains a giant hole. Rajkummar Rao, critically acclaimed for his performances in Newton and 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.
And here they are!
Presenting the nominations for the 63rd #JioFilmfareAwards.https://t.co/kQrZXWhpaH
— Filmfare (@filmfare) January 18, 2018
.#FilmfareAwards Give yourselves a few claps on your faces for snubbing Rajkummar Rao & Newton from all your major categories. Have a face d next time you call yourselves the Indian versions of the Oscars. Also is it a mandate 2 nominate SRK everytime in the Best Actor category?
— Vijayalakshmi N (@tweetfromvj) January 18, 2018
@filmfare I think you guys should organize award ceremony in ur houses.The hosts film get nominated just because they are hosting it and talents like @RajkummarRao @konkonas @masseysahib don’t even get nominations. #FilmfareAwards
— Ankit Khadgi (@ankitkhadgi) January 18, 2018
Here is a list of the nominations –
Best Film
Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Bareilly Ki Barfi
Hindi Medium
Secret Superstar
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Best Director
Advait Chandan – Secret Superstar
Ashwini Iyer Tiwari – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Saket Chaudhary – Hindi Medium
Shashank Khaitan – Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Shree Narayan Singh – Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)
Akshay Kumar – Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Ayushmaan Khurrana – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Hrithik Roshan – Kaabil
Irrfan Khan – Hindi Medium
Shah Rukh Khan – Raees
Varun Dhawan – Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)
Alia Bhatt – Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Bhumi Pednekar – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Saba Qamar – Hindi Medium
Sridevi – Mom
Vidya Balan – Tumhari Sulu
Zaira Wasim – Secret Superstar
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)
Aamir Khan – Secret Superstar
Deepak Dobriyal – Hindi Medium
Manav Kaul – Tumhari Sulu
Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Mom
Pankaj Tripathi – Newton
Rajkummar Rao – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Meher Vij – Secret Superstar
Ratna Pathak Shah – Lipstick Under My Burkha
Seema Pahwa – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Seema Pahwa – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Tillotama Shome – A Death In The Gunj
Best Music Album
Badrinath 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 Lyrics
Amitabh 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 Action
Allan Amin – Jagga Jasoos
Franz Spilhaus – Commando 2
Harpal Singh Pali And Ravi Kumar – Rangoon
K Ravi Verma – Raees
Tom Struthers – Tiger Zinda Hai
Best Background Score
Alokananda Dasgupta – Trapped
Ar Rahman – Mom
Pritam – Jagga Jasoos
Sagar Desai – A Death In The Gunj
Sajid-Wajid – Daddy
Tajdar Junaid – Mukti Bhawan
Best Production Design
Anita Rajgopalan Lata, Donal Raegan Gracy – Raees
Parul Sondh – Daddy
Siddharth Sirohi – A Death In The Gunj
Subrata Chakraborty And Amit Ray – Rangoon
Best Costume
Dolly Ahluwalia – Rangoon
Nidhi And Divya Gambhir – Daddy
Rohit Chaturvedi – A Death In The Gunj
Best Sound Design
Anish John – Trapped
Baylon Fonseca And Dhiman Karmakar – Raees
Nihar Ranjan Samal – Mom
Subhash Sahoo – Tumhari Sulu
Udit Duseja – Daddy
Best Editing
Aarif Sheikh And Manas Mittal – A Death In The Gunj
Monisha R Baldawa – Mom
Nitin Baid – Trapped
Shweta Venkat Mathew – Newton
Best Choreography
Ganesh 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 Story
Amit Joshi – Trapped
Amit V Masurkar – Newton
Rahul Dahiya – G Kutta Se
Shanker Raman And Sourabh Ratnu – Gurgaon
Shubhashish Bhutiani – Mukti Bhawan
Suresh Triveni – Tumhari Sulu
Best Dialogue
Hitesh Kewalya – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Mayank Tewari And Amit V Masurkar – Newton
Nitesh Tiwari And Shreyas Jain – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Subhash Kapoor – Jolly Llb 2
Suresh Triveni, Vijay Maurya – Tumhari Sulu
Best Screenplay
Advait Chandan – Secret Superstar
Amit Joshi And Hardik Mehta – Trapped
Mayank Tewari And Amit V Masurkar – Newton
Shubhashish Bhutiani – Mukti Bhawan
Subhash Kapoor – Jolly Llb 2
Best Cinematography
Jessica Lee Gagne And Pankaj Kumar – Daddy
Pankaj Kumar – Rangoon
Ravi Varman – Jagga Jasoos
Sirsha Ray – A Death In The Gunj
Swapnil S Sonawane – Newton