Filmfare Awards Nominations: Akshay Kumar has been overlooked for a Best Actor nod
Highlights
- SRK, Salman and Aamir are nominated in Best Actor category
- Akshay's Airlift and Rustom were ignored
- 'Filmfare Awards On Sale' is trending furiously
New Delhi:
The nominations for this year's
Filmfare Awards have been announced and Twitter seems to have been instantly enraged by a notable omission. Actor Akshay Kumar has been overlooked for a Best Actor nod, despite acclaimed performances in
Airlift and
Rustom. 'Filmfare Awards On Sale' is trending furiously, buoyed by indignant tweets from Akshay's fan clubs. "No one nominated from
Dangal," huffed at least one angry post - this is not entirely true: both Aamir's film and Aamir himself have scored nominations although somewhat unfairly
Dangal's supporting cast has been ignored. No nominations for either the actresses who played the daughters of Aamir's character in the film nor one for TV star Sakshi Tanwar who was cast as his wife. The Filmfare nominations were revealed last night in Mumbai at a party
attended by the likes of Shah Rukh Khan and Sridevi.
The full list of nominations below but first, here are some outraged tweets on behalf of the slighted Akshay:
Neither the well-reviewed
Airlift nor
Rustom, considered a lesser film by critics but perhaps not by Akshay's fans, feature on the list of nominees anywhere. Those up for Best Actor include all three Khans - Aamir for
Dangal, Salman for
Sultan and Shah Rukh for
Fan - Amitabh Bachchan for
Pink, Ranbir Kapoor for
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Shahid Kapoor for
Udta Punjab and Sushant Singh Rajput for
M S Dhoni: The Untold Story. The movies competing for Best Film are
Dangal,
Neerja,
Pink,
Udta Punjab,
Kapoor And Sons and
Sultan - the inclusion of the last has also annoyed Twitter greatly.
The Filmfare Awards will be held in Mumbai this weekend and will be co-hosted by Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar. Here is the full list of nominations:
Best FilmDangalKapoor And SonsNeerjaPinkSultanUdta PunjabBest DirectorAbhishek Chaubey -
Udta PunjabAli Abbas Zafar -
SultanKaran Johar -
Ae Dil Hai MushkilNitesh Tiwari -
DangalRam Madhvani -
NeerjaShakun Batra -
Kapoor & SonsBest Actor In A Leading Role (Male) Aamir Khan -
DangalAmitabh Bachchan -
PinkRanbir Kapoor -
Ae Dil Hai MushkilSalman Khan -
SultanShah Rukh Khan -
FanShahid Kapoor -
Udta PunjabSushant Singh Rajput -
MS Dhoni: The Untold StoryBest Actor In A Leading Role (Female) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan -
SarbjitAlia Bhatt -
Dear ZindagiAlia Bhatt -
Udta PunjabAnushka Sharma -
Ae Dil Hai MushkilSonam Kapoor -
NeerjaVidya Balan -
Kahaani 2Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male) Diljit Dosanjh -
Udta PunjabFawad Khan -
Kapoor And SonsJim Sarbh -
NeerjaRajat Kapoor -
Kapoor & Sons Rajkummar Rao -
Aligarh Rishi Kapoor -
Kapoor And SonsBest Actor In A Supporting Role (Female) Kareena Kapoor Khan -
Udta PunjabKirti Kulhari -
PinkRatna Pathak Shah -
Kapoor And SonsRicha Chadda -
SarbjitShabana Azmi -
NeerjaBest Music AlbumAmaal Mallik, Badshah, Arko, Tanishk Bagchi, Benny Dayal and Nucleya -
Kapoor & SonsAmit Trivedi -
Udta PunjabMeet Bros, Amaal Mallik, Ankit Tiwari & Manj Musik -
BaaghiPritam -
Ae Dil Hai MushkilShankar-Ehsaan-Loy -
MirzyaVishal-Shekhar -
SultanBest LyricsAmitabh Bhattacharya -
Channa mereya,
Ae Dil Hai MushkilGulzar -
Aave re hitchki,
MirzyaGulzar -
Mirzya,
MirzyaIrshad Kamil -
Jag ghoomeya,
SultanKausar Munir -
Love you zindagi,
Dear ZindagiLate Shiv Kumar Batalvi -
Ikk kudi,
Udta PunjabBest Playback Singer (Male) Amit Mishra -
Bulleya,
Ae Dil Hai MushkilArijit Singh -
Ae dil hai mushkil,
Ae Dil Hai MushkilArijit Singh -
Channa mereya,
Ae Dil Hai MushkilAtif Aslam -
Tere sang yara,
RustomRahat Fateh Ali Khan -
Jag ghoomeya,
SultanBest Playback Singer (Female) Kanika Kapoor -
Da da dasse,
Udta PunjabJonita Gandhi -
Break up song,
Ae Dil Hai MushkilNeeti Mohan -
Sau aasman,
Baar Baar DekhoNeha Bhasin -
Jag ghoomeya,
SultanPalak Mucchal -
Kaun Tujhe,
MS Dhoni: The Untold StoryQurat-ul-Ain Balouch -
Kari kari,
Pink