Nominations

BEST FILM
Apaharan - Prakash Jha
Black - Anshuman Swami, Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Iqbal - Subhash Ghai (Mukta Arts)
Parineeta - Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Sarkar - Ram Gopal Varma and Parag Sanghvi
Yahaan - Gary S, Shoojit Sircar, Robby Grewal

BEST DIRECTOR
Nagesh Kukunoor - Iqbal
Prakash Jha - Apaharan
Ram Gopal Verma - Sarkar
Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Black
Sudhir Mishra - Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

BEST ACTOR (MALE)
Ajay Devgan - Apaharan
Amitabh Bachchan - Black
Saif Ali Khan - Parineeta
Shah Rukh Khan - Paheli
Shahid Kapur - Shikhar

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)
Juhi Chawla - My Brother Nikhil
Konkona Sen-Sharma - Page 3
Priety Zinta - Salaam Namaste
Rani Mukerjee - Black
Sharmila Tagore - Viruddh

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)
Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar
Amitabh Bachchan - Bunty Aur Babli
Kay Kay Menon - Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
Naseeruddin Shah - Iqbal
Toby Stephens - Mangal Pandey - The Rising

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)
Lilette Dubey - My Brother Nikhil
Shefali Shah - Waqt
Shernaz Patel - Black
Shweta Prasad - Iqbal
Prateeksha Lonkar - Iqbal

BEST ACTOR IN A NEGATIVE ROLE (MALE/FEMALE)
Ajay Devgan - Shikhar
Kay Kay Menon - Sarkar
Nana Patekar - Apaharan
Pooja Batra - Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story
Yashpal Sharma - Apaharan

BEST ACTOR IN A COMIC ROLE (MALE/FEMALE)
Abhishek Bachchan - Bunty Aur Babli
Akshay Kumar - Garam Masala
Anil Kapoor - No Entry
Ishaa Koppikar - Kya Kool Hain Hum
Rajpal Yadav - Main Meri Patni Aur Woh

BEST BACKGROUND MUSIC
Amar Mohile - Sarkar
A R Rahman - Bose - The Forgotten Hero
A R Rahman - Mangal Pandey - The Rising
Monty Sharma - Black
Salim-Suleiman - Iqbal

BEST MUSIC
M M Kreem - Paheli
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Bunty Aur Babli
Shantanu Moitra - Parineeta
Shantanu Moitra - Yahaan
Vishal-Shekhar - Dus

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)
Atif - 'Woh lamhe...' , Zeher
K K & Shaan - 'Dus bahane...', Dus
Sonu Nigam - 'Dheere jalna...', Paheli
Sukhwinder - 'Woh kisna hai...', Kisna
Udit Narayan - 'Hum hain is pal yahaan...', Kisna

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)
Alisha Chinoy - 'Kajra Re...', Bunty Aur Babli
Kavita Krishnamoorthy - 'Main vaari jaoon...', Mangal Pandey - The Rising
Shreya Ghoshal - 'Piyu bole...', Parineeta
Shubha Mudgal - 'Bawra mann...', Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
Sunidhi Chauhan - 'Kaisi paheli...', Parineeta

BEST LYRICS
Gulzar - 'Dheere jalna..., Paheli
Gulzar - 'Naam ada likhna ....', Yahaan
Javed Akhtar - 'Hum hain iss pal yahaan...', Kisna
Swanand Kirkire - 'Bawra mann...', Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
Swanand Kirkire - 'Piyu bole...', Parineeta

BEST STORY
Prakash Jha - Apaharan
Nagesh Kukunoor - Iqbal
Rajpal Yadav & Gunjan Joshi - Main Meri Patni Aur Woh
Sabapati Mahesh - Yahaan
Sudhir Mishra, Shiv Kumar Subramaniam & Ruchi Narain - Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

BEST SCREENPLAY
Nagesh Kukunoor - Iqbal
Piyush Mishra, Somnath De, Shoojit Sircar & Sameer Kohli - Yahaan
Prakash Jha, Shridhar Raghavan & Manoj Tyagi - Apaharan
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Prakash Kapadia & Bhavani Iyer - Black
Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Pradeep Sarkar - Parineeta

BEST DIALOGUE
Gulrez Syed, Mohafiz Hyder & Rajeev Mirza - Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story
Nagesh Kukunoor - Iqbal
Prakash Jha - Apaharan
Prakash Kapadia (Hindi) & Bhavani Iyer (English) - Black
Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Rekha Nigam - Parineeta

BEST EDITING
Catherine D'hoir - Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
Bela Segal - Black
Nipun Gupta & Amit Parmar - Sarkar
Santosh Mandal - Apaharan
Shekhar - Yahaan

BEST SOUND
Ajay Kumar P B - Yahaan
Biswadeep Chatterjee - Parineeta
Kunal Mehta & Parikshit Lalwani - Sarkar
Resool Pookutty - Black
Robert Taylor - Mangal Pandey - The Rising

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jakob Ihre - Yahaan
N Natraja Subramanian - Parineeta
Ravi K Chandran - Black
Ravi K Chandran - Paheli
Sudeep Chatterjee - Iqbal

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Biju D - Naina
Eagle Videofilms - Paheli
Merzin Tavaria - Waah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!
Stargate Company, LA - Dus

BEST ART DIRECTION
Chandravadhan B More - Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story
Keshto Mondal, Tanushree Sarkar & Pradeep Sarkar - Parineeta
Muneesh Sappel - Paheli
Omung Kumar - Black
Samir Chanda - Bose - The Forgotten Hero

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Bosco-Ceasar - 'Dus bahane ...', Dus
Farah Khan - 'Kaal dhamaal ...', Kaal
Farah Khan - 'Kangana re...', Paheli
Saroj Khan - 'Vaari vaari ...', Mangal Pandey - The Rising
Vaibhavi Merchant - 'Kajra Re ...', Bunty Aur Babli

BEST ACTION
Allan Amin - Dus
Jai Singh Nijjar - Apaharan
Seng (Thailand) - Ek Ajnabee
Sham Kaushal - Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story
Shoojit Sircar - Yahaan

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER (MALE)
Abhay Deol - Socha Na Tha
Karan Sharma - Dil Jo Bhi Kahey
Kunal Khemmu - Kalyug
Shiny Ahuja - Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER (FEMALE)
Chitrangada Singh - Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
Minissha Lamba - Yahaan
Sonya Jehan - Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story
Vidya Balan - Parineeta

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Jahnu Barua - Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara
Mohit Suri - Zeher
Onir - My Brother Nikhil
Pradeep Sarkar - Parineeta
Shoojit Sircar - Yahaan