Filmfare Awards 2021: Here's the complete nominations list

Ludo and Thappad poster (Photo/PR)

Filmfare Awards is back with its 66th edition this year, thus, raising the anticipation levels by announcing the nominees of the much-adored awards.

Ruling the roost with the most nominations are the black comedy, Ludo, and the family drama, Thappad, which bagged a resounding sixteen and fifteen nominations, respectively. While all eyes shall be on these two films to see who takes home the most accolades, the nominees for the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) promises to be a neck-to-neck competition.

Winning hearts aplenty with their power-packed performances, superstars such as Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Ayushmann Khurrana, Irrfan, Rajkummar Rao and Sushant Singh Rajput make the cut for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male). Similarly, there is no clear favourite as Deepika Padukone, Janhvi Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Taapsee Pannu and Vidya Balan completed the list of nominees in the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) category.

Here's the complete list of nominations:

Best Film

Gulabo Sitabo
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Ludo
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Thappad

Best Director

Anurag Basu (Ludo)
Anubhav Sinha (Thappad)
Om Raut (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Sharan Sharma (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Shoojit Sircar (Gulabo Sitabo)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)

Ajay Devgn (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Amitabh Bachchan (Gulabo Sitabo)
Ayushmann Khurrana (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Irrfan (Angrezi Medium)
Rajkummar Rao (Ludo)
Sushant Singh Rajput (Dil Bechara)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)

Deepika Padukone (Chhapaak)
Janhvi Kapoor (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Kangana Ranaut (Panga)
Taapsee Pannu (Thappad)
Vidya Balan (Shakuntala Devi)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)

Deepak Dobriyal (Angrezi Medium)
Gajraj Rao (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Kumud Mishra (Thappad)
Pankaj Tripathi (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Pankaj Tripathi (Ludo)
Saif Ali Khan (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)

Best Actor In A Supporting Actor Role (Female)

Farrokh Jaffar (Gulabo Sitabo)
Maanvi Gagroo (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Neena Gupta (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Richa Chadha (Panga)
Tanvi Azmi (Thappad)

Best Music Album

Chhapaak (Shankar Ehsan Loy)
Dil Bechara (A R Rahman)
Love Aaj Kal (Pritam)
Ludo (Pritam)
Malang (Various Artistes)

Best Lyrics

Gulzar- Chhappak (Chhappak)
Irshad Kamil- Mehrama (Love Aaj Kal)
Irshad Kamil- Shayad (Love Aaj Kal )
Sayeed Qadri- Humdum Hardam (Ludo)
Shakeel Azmi- Ek Tukda Dhoop (Thappad)
Vayu- Mere Liye Tum Kaafi Ho (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Arijit Singh- Shayad (Love Aaj Kal)
Arijit Singh- Aabad Barbaad (Ludo)
Ayushmann Khurrana- Mere Liye Tum (Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan)
Darshan Raval- Mehrama (Love Aal Kal)
Raghav Chaitanya- Ek Tukda Dhoop (Thappad)
Ved Sharma- Malang (Malang)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Antara Mitra- Mehrama (Love Aaj Kal )
Asees Kaur- Malang (Malang)
Palak Muchhal- Mann Ki Dori (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Shradha Mishra- Mar Jayein Hum (Shikaara)
Sunidhi Chauhan- Paas Nahi To Fail (Shakuntala Devi)

Critics' Award For Best Film

Eeb Allay Ooo! (Prateek Vats)
Gulabo Sitabo (Shoojit Sircar)
Kaamyaab (Hardik Mehta)
Lootcase (Rajesh Krishnan)
Sir (Rohena Gera)
Thappad (Anubhav Sushila Sinha)

Critics' Award For Best Actor (Female)

Bhumi Pednekar (Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare)
Sanya Malhotra (Ludo)
Taapsee Pannu (Thappad)
Tillotama Shome (Sir)
Vidya Balan (Shakuntala Devi)

Critics' Award For Best Actor (Male)

Amitabh Bachchan (Gulabo Sitabo)
Irrfan Khan (Angrezi Medium)
Rajkummar Rao (Ludo)
Sanjay Mishra (Kaamyaab)
Shardul Bhardwaj (Eeb Allay Ooo!)

Best Production Design

Aditya Kanwar (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Anurag Basu (Ludo)
Manasi Dhruv Mehta (Gulabo Sitabo)
Sandeep Meher (Panga)
Sriram Kannan Iyengar, Sujeet Sawant (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)

Best Editing

Ajay Sharma (Ludo)
Anand Subaya (Lootcase)
Chandrashekhar Prajapati (Gulabo Sitabo)
Jacques Comets, Baptiste Ribrault (Sir)
Yasha Pushpa Ramchandani (Thappad)

Best Choreography

Farah Khan -- Dil Bechara (Dil Bechara)
Ganesh Acharya -- Shankara Re Shankara (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Ganesh Acharya -- Bhankas (Baaghi 3)
Kruti Mahesh, Rahul Shetty (Rnp) -- Illegal Weapon (Street Dancer 3d)
Kruti Mahesh, Rahul Shetty (Rnp) -- Nachi Nachi (Street Dancer 3d)

Best Sound Design

Abhishek Nair, Shijin Melvin Hutton (Ludo)
Ali Merchant (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Diapankar Jojo Chaki, Nihar Ranjan Samal (Gulabo Sitabo)
Kaamod Kharade (Thappad)
Lochan Kanvinde (Lootcase)
Shubham (Eeb Allay Ooo!)

Best Cinematography

Archit Patel, Jay I. Patel (Panga)
Avik Mukhopadhayay (Gulabo Sitabo)
Keiko Nakahara (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Saumyananda Sahi (Eeb Allay Ooo!)
Soumik Sarmila Mukherjee (Thappad)

Best Action

Ahmed Khan (Baaghi 3)
Harpal Singh (Chhalaang)
Ivanov Victor And Andreas Nguyen (Khuda Haafiz)
Manohar Verma (Lootcase)
Ramazan Bulut, Rp Yadav (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)

Best Background Score

AR Rahman (Dil Bechara)
Mangesh Urmila Dhakde (Thappad)
Pritam (Ludo)
Sameer Uddin (Lootcase)
Sandeep Shridokar (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)

Best Costume Design

Abilasha Sharma (Chhapaak)
Nachiket Barve, Mahesh Sheria (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Niddhi And Divvya Gambhir (Ludo)
Niharika Bhasin (Shakuntala Devi)
Veera Kapur Ee (Gulabo Sitabo)

Best VFX

Jayesh Vaishnav (Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl)
Mahesh Baria (Baaghi 3)
Prasad Sutar (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)

Best Story

Anubhav Sushila Sinha & Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul (Thappad)
Hardik Mehta (Kaamyaab)
Juhi Chaturvedi (Gulabo Sitabo)
Kapil Sawant And Rajesh Krishnan (Lootcase)
Rohena Gera (Sir)
Shubham (Eeb Allay Ooo!)

Best Screenplay

Anubhav Sushila Sinha & Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul (Thappad)
Anurag Basu (Ludo)
Kapil Sawant And Rajesh Krishnan (Lootcase)
Prakash Kapadia, Om Raut (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Rohena Gera (Sir)

Best Dialogue

Bhavesh Mandalia, Gaurav Shukla, Vinay Chhawal Sara Bodinar (Angrezi Medium)
Juhi Chaturvedi (Gulabo Sitabo)
Kapil Sawant (Lootcase)
Prasad Kapadia (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior)
Samrat Chakraborty (Ludo)

The award function is slated to be telecast on April 11, 2021 on Colors TV.