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Filmfare Awards 2016: who takes the Black Lady home?

It is that time of the year again when everyone from B-town will be seen competing for the  most coveted 'Black Lady'.

Renowned comedian Kapil Sharma and filmmaker, Karan Johar, will be co-hosting the show for the second time, with superstar Shah Rukh Khan making a comeback to the stage.

Talking about the nominations, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's, Bajirao Mastani, which graced the movie theatres towards the absolute end of the year 2015, has been nominated in eight categories.

 Varun Dhavan-starrer Badlapur has been nominated in six categories and Bajrangi Bhaijan has received three nominations.

 Bajirao Mastani's lead actor Ranveer Singh shared the Best Actor award (Male) with Amitabh Bachchan at the Screen Awards 2016 in Mumbai, last week.

Other fabulous and extremely entertaining stars such Salman Khan, Alia Bhatt, Jacqueline Fernandez, Kriti Sanon, and of course Ranveer Singh are expected to enthrall the audiences with their performances.

Shahid Kapoor won the Filmfare award for Best Actor (Male) for his performance in the film "Haider", while Kangna Ranaut received the Best Actor (Female) award for "Queen", at the Britannia Filmfare Awards ceremony, last year.

 

Here are this year’s nominations:

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(Photo: Bajirao Mastani)

 

Best Film

Badlapur

Bajirao Mastani

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Piku

Talvar

Tanu Weds Manu Returns

 

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(Photo: Bajrangi Bhaijaan)

 

Best Director

Aanand L Rai - Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Kabir Khan - Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Meghna Gulzar - Talvar

Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Bajirao Mastani

Shoojit Sircar - Piku

Sriram Raghavan - Badlapur

 

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(Photo: Tamasha)

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)

Amitabh Bachchan - Piku

Ranbir Kapoor - Tamasha

Ranveer Singh - Bajirao Mastani

Salman Khan - Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Shah Rukh Khan - Dilwale

Varun Dhawan - Badlapur

 

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(Photo: Piku)

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)

Anushka Sharma - NH10

Deepika Padukone - Bajirao Mastani

Deepika Padukone - Piku

Kajol - Dilwale

Kangana Ranaut - Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Sonam Kapoor - Dolly Ki Doli

 

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(Photo: Dil Dhadakne Do)

 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)

Anil Kapoor - Dil Dhadakne Do

Deepak Dobriyal - Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Jimmy Sheirgill - Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Badlapur

Sanjay Mishra - Masaan

 

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(Photo: Badlapur)

 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)

Anushka Sharma - Dil Dhadakne Do

Huma Qureshi - Badlapur

Priyanka Chopra - Bajirao Mastani

Shefali Shah - Dil Dhadakne Do

Tabu - Drishyam

Tanvi Azmi - Bajirao Mastani

 

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(Photo: A still from the song 'Gerua' from Dilwale)

 

Best Music

Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros. Anjjan and Amaal Mallik - Roy

Anupam Roy - Piku

AR Rahman - Tamasha

Pritam - Dilwale

Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Bajirao Mastani

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Dil Dhadakne Do

 

Best Lyrics

Amitabh Bhattacharya - 'Gerua' (Dilwale)

Anvita Dutt - 'Gulabo' (Shaandaar)

Gulzar - 'Zinda' (Talvar)

Irshad Kamil - 'Agar Tum Saath Ho' (Tamasha)

Kumaar - 'Sooraj Dooba' (Roy)

Varun Grover - 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage' (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)

  

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Ankit Tiwari - 'Tu Hai Ke Nahi' (Roy)

Arijit Singh - 'Gerua' (Dilwale)

Arijit Singh - 'Sooraj Dooba' (Roy)

Atif Aslam - 'Jeena Jeena' (Badlapur)

Papon - 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage' (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)