MUMBAI: As the Indian film industry enters its 100th year, Filmfare is all set to give away its 2500th award. The Filmfare awards announced their nominations in the popular category. In the music category AR Rahman’s Rockstar has gained six nominations following closely with RaOne bagging four nominations.
Rockstar leads the nominations in the music category with a total of six nominations -AR Rahman (Best Music Director), Irshad Kamil with two nominations for Best Lyricist (Naadan Parindey and Sadda Haq), Mohit Chauhan as Best Playback Singer Male (Jo Bhi Mein and Sadda Haq) and Harshdeep Kaur as Best Playback Singer Female for Katiya Karu.
Flowing closely on their heels is the Shah Rukh Khan film RaOne with four nominations –Vishal-Shekhar as Best Music Director, Vishal Dadlani and Niranjan Iyer as Best Lyricist for Chammak Challo. International singer Akon too finds a mention here as he is nominated with Vishal Dadlani for Best Playback Singer Male for Chammak Challo along with Shafqat Amanat Ali who is nominated for Dildaara.
Complete list of nominations in Music-
Best Music Director –
AR Rahman – Rockstar
Vishal-Shekhar – RaOne
Ram Sampat – Delhi Belly
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Sohail Sen – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Best Lyricist –
Irshad Kamil – Naadan Parindey – Rockstar
Irshad Kamil – Sadda Haq – Rockstar
Vishal Dadlani and Niranjan Iyer – Chammak Challo – RaOne
Gulzar – Darling – Saat Khoon Maaf
Javed Akhtar – Senorita – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Playback Singer Male –
Mohit Chauhan – Jo Bhi Mein – Rockstar
Mohit Chauhan – Sadda Haq – Rockstar
Rahet Fateh Ali Khan – Teri Meri – Bodyguard
Akon and Vishal Dadlani – Chammak Challo – RaOne
Best Playback Singer Female –
Shreya Goshal -Teri Meri – Bodyguard
Shreya Goshal – Saibo – Shor in the City
Rekha Bharadwaj and Usha Uthup – Darling – Saat Khoon Maaf
Harshdeep Kaur – Katiya Karu – Rockstar
Alyssa Mendonsa – Khwabon Ke Parindey – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
With this being a special year for Filmfare its going to be a tough fight as around 114 films will be vying for top honours. World Wide Media CEO Tarun Rai said, The Filmfare Awards 2011 will be very special for us as we will be giving out the 2500th Black Lady at the award show on January 29. The 2500th Black Lady is testament of Filmfare’s long association with the Indian Cinema and its commitment to recognize and celebrate the immense talent of our film industry over the last 57 years….
57th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011 is scheduled to be held on 29 January 2012 at the Reliance MediaWorks Studios in Film City, Goregoan.