Critics’ Choice Film Awards nominations out: Ranveer Singh, Vijay Sethupathi among nominees

The nominations for the Critics' Choice Film Awards are out. After hosting its inaugural edition last year, the Critics’ Choice Film Awards are back with a new set of nominations spread across eight Indian languages. 

While the first edition of the Critics' Choice Film Awards witnessed Best Film category for varied languages, the second season has introduced Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Film as well as Best Writing awards across Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Gujarati and Kannada films. 

This year’s highlights include Best Actor nominations for Manoj Bajpayee for Sonchiriya and Gulshan Devaiah for Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan for Soni, and Hamid bagging a nomination for Best Writing. The second edition of the Critics’ Choice Film Awards will be held in Mumbai on March 14, 2020. 

Check out the full list of nominations here:

Hindi:

Best Actor (Male) 

Ranveer Singh- Gully Boy
Manoj Bajpayee- SonChiriya 
Gulshan Devaiah- Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
Ayushmann Khurrana- Article 15
Nawazuddin Siddiqui- Photograph

Best Actor (Female):

Kangana Ranaut- Judgementall Hai Kya
Geetika Vidya Ohlyan- Soni
Sanya Malhotra- Photograph
Bhumi Pednekar- Saand Ki Aankh
Yami Gautam- Bala 

Best Director:

Vasan Bala- Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
Zoya Akhtar- Gully Boy
Abhishek Chaubey- SonChiriya
Anubhav Sinha- Article 15
Ivan Ayr- Soni

Best Film:

Gully Boy
SonChiriya
Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
Soni 
Article 15

Best Writing:

Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti- Gully Boy
Vasan Bala- Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
Ivan Ayr, Kislay- Soni
Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki- Article 15
Ravinder Randhawa, Aijaz Khan, Sumit Saxena- Hamid

Gujarati:

Best Actor (Male):

Jimit Trivedi- Cheel Zadap
Maulik Nayak- Montu Ni Bittu
Malhar Thakar- Saheb
Siddharth Randeria- Chaal Jeevi Laiye 
Jayesh More- Hellaro

Best Actor (Female):

Aarohi Patel- Chaal Jeevi Laiye
Diksha Joshi- Dhunki
Shraddha Dangar- Hellaro 

Best Director:

Abhinn-Manthan- Chasani: Mithash Zindagi Ni
Abhishek Shah- Hellaro
Vijaygiri Bava- Montu Ni Bittu
Vipul Mehta- Chaal Jeevi Laiye

Best Film:

Chasani: Mithash Zindagi Ni 
Hellaro
Chaal Jeevi Laiye

Best Writing:

Vipul Mehta, Jainish Ejardar- Chaal Jeevi Laiye
Veer Vashisht, Abhinn - Manthan, Manthan Joshi- Chasani: Mithash Zindagi Ni
Abhishek Shah, Prateek Gupta, Saumya Joshi- Hellaro

Bengali:

Best Actor (Male):

Kaushik Ganguly- Kedara 
Riddhi Sen- Nagarkirtan
Prosenjit Chatterjee- Robibaar 
Ritwick Chakraborty- Jyesthoputro

Best Actor (Female):

Swastika Mukherjee- Kia and Cosmos
Jaya Ahsan- Robibaar 
Koneenica Banerjee- Mukherjee Dar Bou
Jaya Ahsan- Bijaya

Best Director:

Atanu Ghosh- Robibaar
Indraadip Dasgupta- Kedara
Buddhadep Dasgupta- Urojahaj

Best Film:

Kedara 
Robibaar
Urojahaj

Best Writing:

Churni Ganguly- Tarikh
Indraadip Dasgupta- Kedara
Atanu Ghosh- Robibaar

Malayalam:

Best Actor (Male):

Suraj Venjaramoodu- Vikrithi
Nivin Pauly- Moothon
Mammootty- Unda
Soubin Shahir- Kumbalangi Nights
Asif Ali- Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha

Best Actor (Female):

Parvathy- Uyare
Anna Ben- Helen 
Rajisha Vijayan- June
Nimisha Sajayan- Chola
Manju Warrier- Prathi Poovankozhi

Best Director:

Madhu C Narayan- Kumbalangi Nights
Aashiq Abu- Virus 
Lijo Jose Pellissery- Jallikattu
Khalid Rahman- Unda
Mathukutty Xavier- Helen

Best Film:

Virus 
Unda
Helen
Jallikattu
Kumbalangi Nights 

Best Writing

Syam Pushkaran- Kumbalangi Nights
Khalid Rahman, Harshad PK- Unda
Muhsin Parari, Sharfu, Suhas- Virus
Alfred Kurian Joseph, Noble Babu Thomas, Mathukutty Xavier- Helen
Girish AD, Dinoy Poulose- Thanneer Mathan Dinangal

Kannada:

Best Actor (Male):

Rishi- Kavaludaari
Rishabh Shetty- Bell Bottom
Raghavendra Rajkumar- Ammana Mane
Raj B Shetty- Katha Sangama
Darshan- Yajamana

Best Actor (Female):

B Jayashree- Mookajjiya Kanasugalu
Teju Belawadi- Gantumoote
Haripriya- Bell Bottom 
Ananya Kashyap- Mundina Nildana
Radhika Chetan- Mundina Nildana

Best Director:

Jayathirtha- Bell Bottom
Hemanth M Rao- Kavaludaari
P Sheshadri- Mookajjiya Kanasugalu
Roopa Rao- Gantumoote
Kiranraj K, Chandrajith Belliappa, Shashi Kumar P, Rahul PK, Jamadagni Manoj, Karan Ananth, Jayshankar A.- Katha Sangama 

Best Film:

Bell Bottom
Kavaludaari (Crossroads)
Mookajjiya Kanasugalu
Gantumoote 
Katha Sangama (Collection of Stories)

Best Writing:

Dayananda T K- Bell Bottom
Hemath M Rao- Kavaludaari
Roopa Rao- Gantumoote
Screenplay: P Sheshadri, based on a novel by Shivaram Karanth- Mookajjiya Kanasugalu 
Kiranraj K, Chandrajith Belliappa, Shashi Kumar P, Rahul PK, Jamadagni Manoj, Karan Ananth, Jayshankar A- Katha Sangama

Telugu

Best Actor (Male):

Nani- Jersey
Priyadarshi- Mallesham
Chiranjeevi- Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy
Rao Ramesh- Prati Roju Pandage
Rajendra Prasad- Oh! Baby

Best Actor (Female):

Samantha Akkineni- Oh! Baby
Lakshmi- Oh! Baby and Gang Leader
Jhansi- Mallesham 
Shraddha Srinath- Jersey
Regina Cassandra- Evaru

Best Director

Gowtam Tinnanuri- Jersey
Vivek Athreya- Brochevarevarura
Raj Rachakonda- Mallesham 
Swaroop RSJ- Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya
Nandini Reddy- Oh! Baby

Best Film

Mallesham
Jersey
Brochevarevarura
Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy

Best Writing

Vivek Athreya- Brochevarevarura
Gowtam Tinnanuri- Jersey
Ritesh Rana, Teja R- Mathu Vadalara 
Swaroop RSJ , Naveen Polishetty- Agent Sai Srinavasa Athreya
Nandini Reddy- Oh! Baby

Marathi:

Best Actor (Male):

Sandeep Kulkarni- Dombivali Return
Nawazuddin Siddiqui- Thackeray
Sagar Deshmukh- Bhai- Vyakti ki Valli - Part 1

Best Actor (Female):

Mrinal Kulkarni- Welcome Home
Neha Joshi- Nashibvaan
Bhagyashree Milind- Anandi Gopal

Best Director

Nipun Dharmadhikari- Dhappa
Sameer Vidwans- Anandi Gopal
Mahendra Teredesai- Dombivali Return 

Best Film

Dhappa
Anandi Gopal
Welcome Home

Best Writing

Girish Kulkarni, Nipun Dharmadhikari- Dhappa
Sumitra Bhave- Welcome Home
Upendra Sidhaye- Girlfriend

Tamil:

Best Actor (Male):

Dhanush- Asuran 
Karthi- Kaithi
Vijay Sethupathi- Super Deluxe 
Mammootty- Peranbu
SJ Suryah- Monster

Best Actor (Female):

Amala Paul- Aadai
Taapsee Pannu- Game Over 
Sriranjani- House Owner
Samantha Akkineni- Super Deluxe
Shraddha Srinath- Nerkonda Paarvai

Best Director

Ram- Peranbu
Thiagarajan Kumararaja- Super Deluxe
R. Parthiban- Oththa Seruppu Size 7
Chezhiyan- ToLet
Vetri Maaran- Asuran 

Best Film

Super Deluxe
Peranbu
Game Over
Oththa Seruppu Size 7

Best Writing

Thiagarajan Kumararaja, Nalan Kumarasamy, Mysskin, Neelan K Sekar- Super Deluxe
Ram- Peranbu
Ashwin Saravanan, Kaavya Ramkumar   - Game Over
K Madumita & Sabarivasan Shanmugam- KD
Nelson Venkatesan, Sankar Dass- Monster