Filmfare Awards: Deepika Padukone's films lead nominees list

New Delhi: Nominations for the 59th Filmfare Awards have been announced and, predictably, the list veers towards popular choices. Critically acclaimed films like Lootera and The Lunchbox are conspicuous by their absence from the Best Film and Best Director categories, and scoop just one acting nomination each. Oscar entry The Good Road is missing entirely.

Actress Deepika Padukone, a recent winner at the Screen Awards, scores two nominations in the Best Actress category. Her film Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani leads the list with nine nominations, Goliyon Ka Rasleela Ram-Leela, also starring Deepika, manages seven while Chennai Express, starring Deepika again, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Raanjhanaa and Aashiqui 2 have six each.

The event will take place in Mumbai on January 24 and will be hosted by Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor.

Here is the full list of nominations:

BEST FILM
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Chennai Express
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela
Raanjhanaa
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

BEST DIRECTOR
Aanand L Rai - Raanjhanaa
Abhishek Kapoor - Kai Po Che
Ayan Mukerji - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Rohit Shetty - Chennai Express
Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)
Dhanush - Raanjhanaa
Farhan Akhtar - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Hrithik Roshan - Krrish 3
Ranbir Kapoor - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Ranveer Singh - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela
Shah Rukh Khan - Chennai Express

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)
Deepika Padukone - Chennai Express
Deepika Padukone - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela
Parineeti Chopra - Shuddh Desi Romance
Shraddha Kapoor - Aashiqui 2
Sonakshi Sinha - Lootera
Sonam Kapoor - Raanjhanaa

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE )
Aditya Roy Kapur - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Anupam Kher - Special 26
Nawazuddin Siddiqui - The Lunchbox
Pankaj Kapur - Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
Rajkumar Rao - Kai Po Che
Vivek Oberoi - Krrish 3

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE )
Divya Dutta - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Kalki Koechlin - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Konkona Sen Sharma - Ek Thi Daayan
Supriya Pathak Kapur - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela
Swara Bhaskar - Raanjhanaa

BEST MUSIC
Amit Trivedi - Lootera
Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon and Jeet Ganguly - Aashiqui 2
AR Rahman - Raanjhanaa
Pritam - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela
Vishal-Shekhar - Chennai Express

BEST LYRICS
Amitabh Bhattacharya - Shikayatein, Lootera
Amitabh Bhattacharya - Kabira, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Mithoon - Tum hi ho, Aashiqui 2
Prasoon Joshi - Zinda, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Swanand Kirkire - Manja, Kai Po Che

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)
Amit Trivedi - Manja, Kai Po Che
Ankit Tiwari - Sunn raha hai na tu, Aashiqui 2
Arijit Singh - Tum hi ho, Aashiqui 2
Benny Dayal - Badtameez dil, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Siddharth Mahadevan - Zinda, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)
Chinmayi - Titli, Chennai Express
Monali Thakur - Sawar loon, Lootera
Shalmali Kholgade - Balam pichkari, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Shreya Ghoshal - Sunn raha hai, Aashiqui 2
Shreya Ghoshal - Nagada, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela