The Filmfare awards are Bollywood’s biggest awards show and the one that many consider the Bollywood Oscars. The award show will be hosted this year once again by the hysterical team of Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan, with Vidya Balan stepping in to do hosting duties as well. It is a night full of glamorous stars, wonderful music, spectacular production numbers and of course the answer to the “and the winner is…” We thought that we would ask some of our esteemed journalists to try and guess who the winners will be and here are Aly, Sandy, Aditi, Stacey, Prathna, and Raz’s predictions for the 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards.
Best Film
Aly:Taare Zameen Par
Sandy: Chak De! India
Aditi: Chak De! India
Stacey: Taare Zameen Par
Raz: Taare Zameen Par
Prathna: Om Shanti Om
Best Director
Aly: Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Sandy: Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Aditi: Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)and Shimit Amin (Chak De! India)
Stacey: Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par) and Shimit Amin (Chak De! India)
Raz: Shimit Amin (Chak De! India)
Prathna: Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par) and Imtiaz Ali (Jab We Met).
Best Actor in Leading Role (Male)
Aly: Darsheel Safary (Taare Zameen Par)
Sandy: Shahrukh Khan (Chak De! India)
Aditi: Shahrukh Khan (Chak De! India)
Stacey: Shahrukh Khan (Chak De! India)
Raz: Shahrukh Khan (Chak De! India)
Prathna: Shahrukh Khan (Chak De! India) or Akshay Kumar (Namastey London)
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female)
Aly: Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Sandy: Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Aditi: Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Stacey: Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Raz: Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Prathna: Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male)
Aly: Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Sandy: Shreyas Talpade (Om Shanti Om)
Aditi: Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Stacey: Shreyas Talpade (Om Shanti Om)
Raz: Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Prathna: Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female)
Aly: Shilpa Shukla (Chak De! India)
Sandy: Shilpa Shukla (Chak De! India)
Aditi: Konkona Sen Sharma (Life in a… Metro)
Stacey: Konkona Sen Sharma (Life in a… Metro)
Raz: Konkona Sen Sharma (Life in a… Metro)
Prathna: Tisca Chopra (Taare Zameen Par)
Best Music
Aly: Vishal-Shekhar (Om Shanti Om)
Sandy: Vishal-Shekhar (Om Shanti Om)
Aditi: Monty Sharma (Saawariya)
Stacey: Monty Sharma (Saawariya)
Raz: AR Rehman (Guru)
Prathna: Monty Sharma (Saawariya) and Vishal-Shekhar (Om Shanti Om)
Best Lyrics
Aly: Prasoon Joshi ‘Maa’ (Taare Zameen Par)
Sandy: Javed Akhtar ‘Main Agar Kahoon’ (Om Shanti Om)
Aditi: Javed Akhtar ’Main Agar Kahoon’ (Om Shanti Om)
Stacey: Prasoon Joshi ‘Maa’ (Taare Zameen Par)
Raz: Prasoon Joshi ‘Maa’ (Taare Zameen Par)
Prathna: Prasoon Joshi ‘Maa’ (Taare Zameen Par)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Aly: Shaan ‘Jab Se Tere Naina’ (Saawariya)
Sandy: A R Rahman ‘Tere Bina’ (Guru)
Aditi: Sonu Nigam ‘Main Agar Kahoon’ (Om Shanti Om)
Stacey: Sonu Nigam ‘Main Agar Kahoon’ (Om Shanti Om)
Raz: KK ‘Aankhon Mein Teri’ (Om Shanti Om)
Prathna: KK ‘Aankhon Mein Teri’ (Om Shanti Om)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Aly: Shreya Ghosal ‘Barso Re’ (Guru)
Sandy: Shreya Ghosal ‘Yeh Ishq Hai’ (Jab We Met)
Aditi: Sunidhi Chauhan ‘Aaja Nachle’ (Aaja Nachle)
Stacey: Sunidhi Chauhan ‘Aaja Nachle’ (Aaja Nachle)
Raz: Shreya Ghosal ‘Barso Re’ (Guru)
Prathna: Sunidhi Chauhan ‘Aaja Nachle’ (Aaja Nachle)
So there you have it, it might be fun if you write down at home who you predict to win as well so you can see how you do compared to our journalists. We will of course have a full story on the glittering awards show, who was there and who won. We will also report how we good or bad we did did so be sure to check back here soon!
