RANI OR KANGANA? RAP OR NIYAM
HO? AYUSHMANN OR RANVEER? A PICK OF THE YEAR’S BEST WORK
As a sequel to my list of Best Bollywood
Films 2019, here is what I like to call my Bollywood Awards 2019 (insert
smiling emoji here). Meaning: this is my personal pick of the best actors,
directors, songs and technicians – nominees and winners – in categories
generally recognised at most film awards worldwide.
Every list has parameters, here are mine.
India as a whole is the largest producer of films worldwide, and Bollywood is a
popular nickname for one of the country’s largest film industries, that is, the
Mumbai-based industry that makes films almost entirely in the
Hindi language. This article features selections from Bollywood, which
means they have all been backed by a Bollywood producer. I will shortly
be publishing a selection from the Kerala-based industry a.k.a. Mollywood that
makes films primarily in the Malayalam language. For practical
reasons, I have made my choices from among films released in mainstream
theatres, not festivals alone, and for the moment not direct-to-online releases
either although next year I will probably include the latter too.
There are anywhere from four to seven
nominees in each category, all arranged in alphabetical order.
In terms of quality of films released,
Bollywood has performed terribly in 2019. Where I could not find even four
films to nominate in any particular category, I have dropped that category
entirely. This is why you will not find a Best Music section here.
Lists such as this one tend to
be contentious. I hope mine will spawn debates, but not acrimony. More
important, I hope it introduces readers to some lesser-known gems you missed
during the year and prompts you to seek them out.
BEST FILM
Nominees (all
nominee lists are in alphabetical order):
And the award goes to…
Article 15
BEST DIRECTOR
Nominees:
Abhishek Chaubey (Sonchiriya)
Anubhav Sinha (Article 15)
Gopi Puthran (Mardaani 2)
Shonali Bose (The Sky Is Pink)
Zoya Akhtar (Gully Boy)
And the award goes to…
Anubhav Sinha (Article 15)
BEST WRITING
Nominees:
Article 15: Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki
Gully Boy: Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar
Mardaani 2: Gopi Puthran
Sonchiriya: Abhishek
Chaubey, Sudip Sharma
The Sky
Is Pink: Shonali Bose, Nilesh Maniyar
And the award goes to…
Article 15: Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki
BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)
Nominees:
Alia Bhatt (Kalank)
Kangana Ranaut (Judgementall Hai Kya)
Priyanka Chopra Jonas (The Sky Is Pink)
Rani Mukerji (Mardaani 2)
Vidya Balan (Mission Mangal)
And the award goes to…
Rani Mukerji (Mardaani 2)
BEST ACTOR (MALE)
Nominees:
Ayushmann Khurrana (Article 15)
Rajkummar Rao (Judgementall Hai Kya)
Ranveer Singh (Gully Boy)
Sushant Singh Rajput (Sonchiriya)
And the award goes to…
Ranveer Singh (Gully Boy)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)
Nominees:
Alia Bhatt (Gully Boy)
Amrita Singh (Badla)
Bhumi Pednekar (Sonchiriya)
Sayani Gupta (Article 15)
And the award goes to…
Alia Bhatt (Gully Boy)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)
Nominees:
Aparshakti Khurana
(Pati Patni Aur Woh)
Manoj Pahwa (Article 15)
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub (Article 15)
Siddhanth Chaturvedi (Gully Boy)
Tony Luke Kocherry
(Badla)
And the award goes to…
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub (Article 15)
BEST CAST
Nominees:
Article 15:
Ayushmann Khurrana,
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Sayani Gupta, Kumud Mishra, Manoj Pahwa, Sushil Pandey,
Ronjini Chakraborty, Isha Talwar, Sumbul Touqeer, Ashish Verma, Nasser
Gully Boy:
Ranveer Singh, Alia
Bhatt, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Kalki Koechlin, Vijay Varma, Amruta Subhash, Vijay
Raaz, Sheeba Chaddha, Nakul Roshan Sahdev
Pranutan
Bahl, Zaheer Iqbal, Mir Mohammed Mehroos, Mir Sarwar, Mozim Bhat, Mir
Mohammed Zayan, Soliha Maqbool, Baba Hatim, Adiba Bhat, Hafsa Ashraf Katoo,
Madikha Parvez Ratta, Bareen Faheem, Ahmed Rigoo, Neelofer, Hemant Kher
Sonchiriya:
Sushant Singh Rajput,
Bhumi Pednekar, Manoj Bajpayee, Ashutosh Rana, Ranvir Shorey,
Sampa Mandal, V.K. Sharma, Khushiya
And the award goes to…
Article 15
Ayushmann Khurrana,
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Sayani Gupta, Kumud Mishra, Manoj Pahwa, Sushil Pandey,
Ronjini Chakraborty, Isha Talwar, Sumbul Touqeer, Ashish Verma, Nasser
BEST SONG
Nominees:
Apna time aayega (from Gully Boy):
Composition: Dub Sharma,
Divine
Lyrics: Divine,
Ankur Tewari
Singing: Ranveer
Singh
Bakaiti (from Milan Talkies):
Composition: Rana Mazumder
Lyrics: Amitabh
Bhattacharya
Singing: Sukhwinder
Singh, Benny Dayal
Control (from Chhichhore):
Composition: Pritam
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Singing: Nakash
Aziz, Manish J. Tipu, Geet Sagar, Sreerama Chandra, Amitabh Bhattacharya
Dil ka telephone (from
Dream Girl):
Composition: Meet Bros
Lyrics: Kumaar
Singing: Meet
Bros Featuring Jonita Gandhi and Nakash Aziz
Jingostan beatbox (from Gully Boy):
Composition: Dub Sharma
Lyrics: Dub
Sharma
Singing: Dub
Sharma
Niyam Ho (from Super 30):
Composition: Ajay Atul
Lyrics: Amitabh
Bhattacharya
Singing: Arohi
Mhatre, Aditi Prabhudesai, Pragati Joshi, Maithili Panse, Sonal Naik, Rucha
Soman, Deepti Rege, Deepanshi Nagar, Ann Fernandes, Dr Pallavi Shyam Sundar,
Shivika Rajesh, Riddhi Sampat, Kinjal Shah, Umesh Joshi, Vijay Dhuri, Mandar
Pilvalkar, Vivek Naik, Rahul Chitnis, Saurabh Wakhare, Janardan Dhatrak, Gaurav
Medatwal, Chaitanya Shinde, Abhishek Jhawar, Nimish Shah, Yash Kapoor, Mayukh
Pareek
And the award goes to…
Apna time aayega (from Gully Boy)
Composition: Dub Sharma,
Divine
Lyrics: Divine,
Ankur Tewari
Singing: Ranveer
Singh
BEST EDITING
Nominees:
Chandan Arora (Mission Mangal)
Devendra Murdeshwar
(Saand Ki Aankh)
Monisha R. Baldawa (Badla)
Nitin Baid (Gully Boy)
Shivkumar V.
Panicker (Uri: The Surgical Strike)
And the award goes to…
Nitin Baid (Gully Boy)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nominees:
Anuj Rakesh Dhawan (Sonchiriya)
Hari Vedantam (Milan Talkies)
Jay Oza (Gully Boy)
Jishnu Bhatacharya (Mardaani 2)
Manoj Kumar Khatoi (Notebook)
Mitesh Mirchandani (Uri: The Surgical Strike)
Sudhakar Reddy
Yakkanti (Saand Ki Aankh)
And the award goes to…
Jay Oza (Gully Boy)
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Nominees:
Ayush Ahuja (Gully Boy)
Bishwadeep Dipak
Chatterjee (Uri: The Surgical Strike)
Ganesh Gangadharan,
Nihar Ranjan Samal
(Mardaani 2)
Kunal
Sharma (Sonchiriya)
Subash Sahoo (Made In China)
And the award goes to…
Ganesh Gangadharan,
Nihar Ranjan Samal
(Mardaani 2)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Nominees:
Aditya Kanwar (Uri: The Surgical Strike)
Dhananjay Mondal (Milan Talkies)
Mayur Sharma (Made In China)
Nikhil
Kovale (Article 15)
Rita Ghosh (Sonchiriya)
Sukant
Panigrahy (Mardaani 2)
Suzanne
Caplan Merwanji
(Gully Boy)
And the award goes to…
Suzanne
Caplan Merwanji
(Gully Boy)
MOST INTERESTING DEBUTANT IN A LEAD OR
SUPPORTING ROLE
Nominees:
Mir Mohammed
Mehroos (Notebook)
Pranutan Bahl (Notebook)
Shraddha Srinath (Milan
Talkies)
Siddhant Chaturvedi (Gully Boy)
Vishal Jethwa (Mardaani 2)
Notes:
*
Shraddha Srinath has acted in films outside Bollywood but I have included her
here for two reasons: one, Milan Talkies
is her Bollywood debut, and two, she is comparatively new in the profession
anyway.
*
Vishal Jethwa is a known TV actor, but he made his big screen debut with Mardaani 2.
And the award goes to…
Mir Mohammed
Mehroos (Notebook)
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