The 55th Filmfare Awards were held on 27 February 2010 at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai, India. The awards were given in 30 categories, out of which there were 3 special awards, 3 critics awards and 24 main awards for Hindi films released in 2009. There were 60 nominations for the top 10 categories, which were based on votes via web and newspaper forms.55th Idea Filmfare Awards Nominations The award ceremony was hosted by Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan.
Love Aaj Kal led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by 3 Idiots with 11 nominations and Kaminey with 10 nominations.
3 Idiots and Dev.D won 6 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film, Best Director (for Rajkumar Hirani) and Best Supporting Actor (for Boman Irani), and the latter winning Best Actress (Critics) (for Mahie Gill) and Best Supporting Actress (for Kalki Koechlin).
Paa fetched Amitabh Bachchan his fifth Best Actor award, and Vidya Balan her first ever Best Actress award, for their performance as the son-mother duo of Auro and Vidya.
Kareena Kapoor received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in 3 Idiots and Kurbaan, but lost to Vidya Balan who won the award for Paa.
Awards and nominees
Main awards Best FilmBest Director3 Idiots Dev.D Kaminey Love Aaj Kal Paa Wake Up SidRajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots Anurag Kashyap – Dev.D Ayan Mukerji – Wake Up Sid Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal R. Balki – Paa Vishal Bhardwaj – Kaminey Best Actor Best ActressAmitabh Bachchan – Paa as Auro Aamir Khan – 3 Idiots as Rancho Ranbir Kapoor – Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani as Prem Shankar Sharma / Statue Ranbir Kapoor – Wake Up Sid as Siddharth Mehra Saif Ali Khan – Love Aaj Kal as Jaivardhan Singh Shahid Kapoor – Kaminey as Charlie / Guddu SharmaVidya Balan – Paa as Vidya Deepika Padukone – Love Aaj Kal as Meera Pandit Kareena Kapoor – 3 Idiots as Pia Sahastrabuddhe Kareena Kapoor – Kurbaan as Avantika Ahuja Katrina Kaif – New York as Maya Shaikh Priyanka Chopra – Kaminey as Sweety Shekhar Bhope Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressBoman Irani – 3 Idiots as Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhe Amole Gupte – Kaminey as Sunil Shekhar Bhope 'Bhope Bhau' Neil Nitin Mukesh – New York as Omar Aijaz R. Madhavan – 3 Idiots as Farhan Qureshi Rishi Kapoor – Luck by Chance as Rommy Rolly Sharman Joshi – 3 Idiots as Raju RastogiKalki Koechlin – Dev.D as Leni / Chandramukhi 'Chanda' Arundhati Nag – Paa as Pallavi Dimple Kapadia – Luck By Chance as Neena Walia Divya Dutta – Delhi-6 as Jalebi Shahana Goswami – Firaaq as Muneera Supriya Pathak – Wake Up Sid as Sarita Mehra Best Music Director Best Lyricist A. R. Rahman – Delhi-6 Amit Trivedi – Dev.D Pritam – Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Pritam – Love Aaj Kal Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Wake Up Sid Vishal Bhardwaj – KamineyIrshad Kamil – "Aaj Din Chadheya" from Love Aaj Kal Gulzar – "Dhan Te Nan" from Kaminey Gulzar – "Kaminey" from Kaminey Javed Akhtar – "Iktara" from Wake Up Sid Prasoon Joshi – "Masakali" from Delhi-6 Prasoon Joshi – "Rehna Tu" from Delhi-6 Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – FemaleMohit Chauhan – "Masakali" from Delhi-6 Atif Aslam – "Tu Jaane Na" from Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Javed Ali and Kailash Kher – "Arziyan" from Delhi-6 Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Aaj Din Chadheya" from Love Aaj Kal Sonu Nigam and Salim Merchant – "Shukran Allah" from Kurbaan Sukhwinder Singh and Vishal Dadlani – "Dhan Te Nan" from KamineyRekha Bhardwaj – "Genda Phool" from Delhi-6 (tie) Kavita Seth – "Iktara" from Wake Up Sid Alisha Chinai – "Tera Hone Laga" from Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Shilpa Rao – "Mudi Mudi" from Paa Shreya Ghoshal – "Zoobi Doobi" from 3 Idiots Sunidhi Chauhan – "Chor Bazaari" from Love Aaj Kal
Critics' awards Best Film Firaaq (Nandita Das)Best ActorBest Actress Ranbir Kapoor – Wake Up Sid, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Rocket Singh: Salesman of the YearMahi Gill – Dev.D
Technical awards Best StoryBest ScreenplayAbhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Malhotra, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Sanjay Maurya – Gulaal Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal Jaideep Sahni – Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year Zoya Akhtar – Luck By ChanceRajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi – 3 Idiots Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal Pankaj Advani – Sankat City R. Balki – Paa Zoya Akhtar – Luck By ChanceBest DialogueBest EditingAbhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots Anurag Kashyap – Gulaal Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal Jaideep Sahni – Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year Nandita Das, Shuchi Kothari – FiraaqSreekar Prasad – FiraaqBest ChoreographyBest CinematographyBosco-Caesar – "Chor Bazaari" from Love Aaj KalRajeev Ravi – Dev.DBest Production DesignBest Sound DesignHelen Jones, Sukanta Panigrahi – Dev.DManas Choudhary – FiraaqBest Costume DesignBest Background ScoreVaishali Menon – FiraaqAmit Trivedi – Dev.DBest Special EffectsBest ActionGovardhan Vigharan, Vinay Singh Chuphal – KamineyVijayan Master – Wanted
Special awards
Lifetime AchievementShashi KapoorMohammed Zahur Khayyam Best Debut DirectorMaleFemaleAyan Mukerji – Wake Up SidZoya Akhtar – Luck By Chance RD Burman AwardAmit Trivedi – Dev.D Special AwardNandita Das – Firaaq
See also
Bollywood
References
External links Filmfare awards