Nominations for IIFA Awards( for 2013)

Best Film
Aditya Chopra - Dhoom 3
Karan Johar - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Kishore Lulla & Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Goliyon Ki Rasleela-Ramleela
Rakesh Roshan - Krrish 3
Ronnie Screwvala & Siddharth Roy Kapoor - Kai Po Che
Ronnie Screwvala,Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Gauri Khan & Karim Morani - Chennai Express
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Director
Abhishek Kapoor - Kai Po Che
Rakesh Roshan - Krrish 3
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Rohit Shetty - Chennai Express
Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Goliyon Ki Rasleela- Ramleela

Performance in a Leading Role (Male) 
Farhan Akhtar - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Hrithik Roshan - Krrish 3
Ranbir Kapoor - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Ranveer Singh - Goliyon Ki Rasleela-Ramleela
Shahrukh Khan - Chennai Express
Sushant Singh Rajput - Kai Po Che

Perfomance in a Leading Role (Female) 
Deepika Padukone - Chennai Express
Deepika Padukone - Goliyon Ki Rasleela- Ramleela
Deepika Padukone - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Nimrat Kaur - The Lunchbox
Shraddha Kapoor - Aashiqui 2
Sonakshi Sinha – Lootera

Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) 
Aditya Roy Kapoor - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Anupam Kher - Special 26
Nawazuddin Siddiqui - The Lunchbox
Pawan Malhotra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Saurabh Shukla - Jolly LLB

Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) 
Divya Dutta - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Kalki Koechlin - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Kangana Ranaut - Krrish 3
Richa Chadda - Goliyon Ki Rasleela-Ramleela
Shruti Hassan - D Day
Swara Bhaskar – Raanjhanaa

Performance in a Comic Role
Arshad Warsi - Jolly LLB
Riteish Deshmukh - Grand Masti
Varun Sharma – Fukrey

Performance in a Negative Role
Rishi Kapoor - D-Day
Rishi Kapoor – Aurangzeb
Supriya Pathak - Goliyon Ki Rasleela- Ramleela
Vivek Oberoi - Krrish 3

Music Direction
Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari,Jeet Ganguly - Aashiqui 2
Pritam - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Shankaar - Ehsaan – Loy - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Story
Prasoon Joshi - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Pubali Chaudhuri, Abhishek Kapoor & Chetan Bhagat - Kai Po Che
Ritesh Batra - The Lunchbox

Lyrics
Mithoon - Tum Hi Ho - Aashiqui 2
Prasoon Joshi - O Rangrez - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Sandeep Nath - Sunn Raha Hai - Aashiqui 2

Playback Singer (Male) 
Ankit Tiwari - Sunn Rahai Hai - Aashiqui 2
Arijit Singh - Tum Hi Ho - Aashiqui 2
Siddharth Mahadevan – Zinda - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Playback Singer (Female) 
Bhoomi Trivedi - Ram Chahe Leela - Goliyon Ki Rasleela – Ramleela
Monali Thakur - Sawaar Loon – Lootera
Shreya Ghoshal - Sunn Raha Hai - Aashiqui 2
Shreya Ghoshal - O Rangrez - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

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Review of Gunday

"Gunday" is a movie which celebrates the nostalgia of old 70's and 80's movies where there were childhood buddies , friendship , betrayal , love , song, dance, action, emotion, drama dialoguebaazi all these packed in one movie. It never tries to make mockery of the old 70's formula rather it showcased the trademark 70's story telling style with confidence.

The story is about two friends Bikram ( Ranveer Singh) and Bala (Arjun Kapoor) , the two friends  united by fate at a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Their fight for survival forced them to move to Calcutta where they started their life as small time coal thieves and later became the coal mafia and uncrowned king of Calcutta's black market industry. Then enters a sexy cabaret dancer Nandita (Priyanka Chopra) with whom both of them fall in love. At the same time another person makes entry to their life to make it more complicated and he is ACP Satyajit Sarkar (Irrfan Khan) who has been assigned the responsibility to nab them and clean up Calcutta. Stayajit knows the strategy to control Bikram and Bala by attacking on their biggest strength,their friendship.But the two are not bothered about the strategy of Satyajit rather they are more interested about the response from Nandita about their romantic proposal to her. But all of a sudden something unwanted happened with their life which makes them each other's biggest enemies. Will they reunite again ? Who will get the love of Nandita? Will Satyajit become successful to make them surrender? that questions have been answered through the rest of story.

The screenplay never tries to be too smart rather it blindly follows the tested and tried old formulas to proceed with the almost predictable story.  There are so many visible references from 70's blockbusters like "Deewar" and "Kaala Patthar". But still it is engaging for the masala movie viewers. The romantic track between the three leads has been handled too well with appropriate fun. The gent's toilet sequence where Bikram and Bala watch Nandita for the first time is very humorous. There is a twist in the tale towards the climax but it is very much predictable from much earlier. The only problem with the screenplay is its pace. Its true that the movies used to be much longer in the 70's but considering the fact that the film has been made for the audiences in 2014 its length could have been reduced specially when after a point nothing much is happening in the story in the second half. There is one song "Jiya" featuring Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra which could have been easily edited out.

As a director Ali Abbas Zafar has made a good movie for his target audiences. After making a rom-com in his directorial debut Ali Abbas has taken complete 360 degree turn and made a truly masala movie on a really large scale. He should be given credit for the realistic presentation of the refugee camps and the aftermath of Indo-Pak war in the opening few minutes of the movie. Ali Abbas is good at masala movies but he has the potential to make realistic movie too.

The leading pair of Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor have shown perfect bromance as the childhood buddies who can die for each other. Their real life chemistry has been translated on screen very well. The way both of them have portrayed their characters it shows how much they have enjoyed the 70's and 80's movies through their growing up age. Both of them have done the action sequences with ease but when it comes to emote Ranveer Singh leads by an edge over Arjun Kapoor. Arjun does well in the serious sequences but he needs to be more comfortable with comedy. On the other hand Ranveer shines well to show all his emotions whether it is comedy or romance or emotion. 

Priyanka Chopra has played the character of a dancer and she has managed to dance really well in her cabaret number. As per the demand of her character she looks sexy and glamorous in her low back blouses. She has to show more skin in the first half and in the second half she has more opportunity to do some serious acting and she never disapoints. She does really well in the scene where she has to confront Arjun Kapoor, in the second half.


Irrfan Khan's role has been mentioned as special appearance in the opening credits. Truly his appearance is always special no matter how much screen time he has. It may not be considered as one of his career best performance but he is good as usual. His dialogues will surely get applaud.

Saurabh Shukla is a very fine actor but he has been wasted in  a non significant role. Pankaj Tripathi and Manu Rishi makes there presence felt with their superb performances in their two scene appearances as Lateef and Usmaan who appears in the beginning sequence where Bikram and Bala were kids.

The technical team has done a commendable job to give the film a periodic look and feel. But here it needs to be mentioned the periodic aura has been created considering it as a commercial film only don't try to look for 100% perfection like a realistic periodic film. The sets have been created by Rajat Poddar and it looks authentic. The costumes designed by Subarna Roy Choudhury may not have perfect detailing but it will grab attention and looks nice. The action sequences are very well choreographed by Sham Kaushal and the hand to hand combats have a mass appeal. The action sequences which truly stands out are the introductory sequence of the two leading men where they rob a train loaded with coal, the chase sequence during a Durga Puja festival just after the interval and of course the final shootout sequence at a coal mine.The choreography done by Bosco-Ceaser is excellent in two songs "Assalaam E Ishqum" and "Tune Maari Entriyaan". The dialogues written by Ali Abbas Zafar and Sanjay Masoom could have been better as there are not much punchlines which will be with you even after the movie ends ,like the 70's movies. Cinematographer Aseem Mishra has given us visual treat with colors. His camerawork is very eye catching. The blackness of the coal mines and the multi colored Durga puja festivals have been shot very well. Only the problem with his cinematography is too much use of slow motion sequences which looks repetitive after a point.The editing by Rameshwar S Bhagat is good. The background score by Julius Packiam is very effective and creates the dramatic mood for the film.

Music director Sohail Sen has composed very nice songs which goes well with the mood of the film. Surely "Tune Maari Entriyaan" is the winner among all the songs. It has already became a major hit and surely have an impact on the pre-release buzz created for the movie. Among the rest of the songs "Assalaam - E - Ishqum", "Jashn - E - Ishka" and "Saiyaan" have been used appropriately. The rest of the songs are okay.

Overall "Gunday" is a kind of movie which provides nothing new in terms of story and screenplay. It has tried to recreate the 70's formula and almost succeeded too in this task. If you are a fan of those old 70's formula films then you will definitely like it. When maximum of the film makers are trying to make money at box office making dumb south Indian remakes, Director  Ali Abbas Zafar and producer Aditya Chopra has reminded that masala films were much better and more intelligent in the 70's so its better to remake them than the current south Indian films.

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Review of Hasee Toh Phasee

Yes it is another rom-com from Dharma production  but what makes it different from other romantic comedies is the fresh approach to tell the story and its solid lead pair.

The story is about a guy Nikhil (Siddharth Malhotra) and a girl Meeta (Parineeti Chopra), both of them are the misfits in their family from their childhood.
Nikhil and Meeta meet first time in a marriage ceremony where Nikhil helps Meeta to run away from her house without knowing that she is running from her house robbing a huge amount of money to peruse her dreams to become a scientist. After seven years Meeta comes back to India to meet her father when her elder sister Karishma (Adah Sharma) is about to marry Nikhil. Karishma do not want Meeta to meet her family members during the marriage so she gives the responsibility to Nikhil to take care of Meeta and hide her from her family members. During this period Nikhil and Meeta develops fondness for each other and finally it creates complications for Nikhil that whom he should choose as his life partner among the two sisters Karishma and Meeta.

The story is really cliche and we have seen such story in films like "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan" and "Sorry Bhai", but the factor which works in favor of this gheesa peeta story is its fresh approach to proceed with the story using some really refreshing moments and very innovative characters. All credit goes to the screenplay writer Harshavardhan Kulkarni. The story could have been easily turned into a typical love triangle happening in the backdrop of a big fat wedding but the screenplay writer has chosen to walk in a different path by giving more preference to the fresh humor than the typical sentimental emotions. There are some really engaging moments which will make you lough out loud such as the trip to Bhulaswer for saree shopping where a solid confusion is created for the twin grandmothers or the situation where a funny investigation takes place about a missing necklace making satirical references to popular TV show CID or the situation where Nikhil goes to meet his would be father in law to discuss his wedding plans in the middle of night. There is a solid emotional content too in the form of a father daughter relationship between Meeta and her father but thankfully the track never goes too much over dramatic. The emotional scene between Meeta and her father when they meet after seven years will surely bring tears to the audiences eyes. With all this good qualities there are some flaws too in the script top of that is the too much cliched climax involving a running away groom going to meet her girlfriend at the airport. Then there are some unnecessary songs forced in the second half like the "Punjabi Wedding Song" which serves no purpose to move the story forward , the other song "Ishq Bhulava" could also been avoided because after 20-30 minutes another song "Zahenaseeb" also does the same thing which is to show the growing closeness of Nikhil and Meeta. But this flaws can be overlooked comparison to fun it provides.

As a debutante director ad film maker Vinil Mathew has done a commendable job. He has handled all the complex characters very well in the movie. There is no doubt that he is a good story teller. 

In the acting department Parineeti Chopra has given a solid performance once again. It is really tough to believe that she is giving such brilliant performance only in her fourth movie. Her performance in the movie can be described very well with one of the songs of the film "Chhodi Badi Drama Queen Hai". Whether it is her emotional scenes or her dramabaazi as the side effect of her anti-depression pills (which is referred as her version 2.2 in the movie) she wins the heart of everybody. Just like her earlier movies , here too she is the hero.

The other hero of the film Siddharth Malhotra has also matured a lot from his first film "Student Of The Year". He looks good , acts well , dance well too in the "Shake It Like Shammi" track. Together Siddhart and Parineeti looks very well and refreshing as couple.

There is a lot more other interesting characters which are portrayed by very well cast talented actors. Here the credit goes to the casting director Mukesh Chhabra for selecting the actors. Sharat Saxena has done a good job as Nikhil's father. Manoj Joshi stands out with his solid performance as Meeta's father. His comedy as well as emotion both will touch the audiences. He seldom gets chance to act in emotional roles but after this he should get such chances more. Adah Sharma has very limited scope , she has nothing much to do apart from looking good in traditional wedding wears and she manages that quite well. Anil Mange who played Abhinandan , Nikhil's cousin who is a big Anu Malik fan and a wannabe Indian idol will surely caught everyone's attention for his good comic timing.

Among the technical team it can be said the dialogues written by Anurag Kashyap, Harshavardhan Kulkarni, Purva Naresh and Vinil Mathew are very funny and situational. The cinematography by Sanu Varughese is good. The editing by Shweta Venkat could have been tighter. Choreography by Remo D'souza is very good in the song "Shake It Like Shammi" , the rest of the songs choreography is just okay. 

The music is by Vishal-Shekhar and some of the songs are popular too like "Drama Queen", "Zahenaseeb", "Punjabi Wedding Song" but still the songs are not that much hit that it will have any impact on this film's business. Also considering it is a romantic film the songs could have been better. The only song which is really good is "Zahenaseeb" which has been sung very well by Chinmayee Sripada and Shekhar Ravjiani . It has some really nice lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

On a whole it is a very nice feel good movie which will give you total entertainment , so in this season of love go and watch it , you will surely loose your heart to the lovely leading pair.

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Review of Bengali movie "Chhaya Manush - The Pact"

The first thing that can be said that this movie has been promoted very badly the only saving grace for its publicity is the face of four powerhouse performers on its posters.Thanks to its lesser publicity before watching the movie the audience is totally clueless about what to expect from the movie and at the end of the movie the audiences will surely understand one thing that one should be ready to expect the unexpected.

This is a thriller with some supernatural elements thrown into it but it can not be categorized as a supernatural thriller rather it can be termed as a psychological thriller.

This is the story of an author Rahul Majumdar(Parambrato Chatterjee), who was a renowned author once but currently his books are not working anymore. His wife has left him along with his child. His publisher Baidyanath Agarwal (Soumitra Chatterjee) is pressurizing him to write a hit book or send his advance money back. In such a situation he accidentally meets his one time friend Arka (Debdut Ghosh) who tells him a story about a pact. As per the pact a mysterious person Pranotosh Doyal Dinabandhu(Kaushik Ganguly) helps a person to fulfill all his wishes just like a genie in return he will ask for only one favor in future. The only condition is one can not go against the pact otherwise he have to die in three months.In spite of initial hesitation Rahul signs the pact and his life starts changing towards a bright future. He gets an opportunity to write a film script for that he goes to Darjeeling where he gets to meet Gauri (Raima Sen), who is the niece of the publisher Baidyanath. He falls in love with her but destiny has planned something else for him. 

A good suspense thriller needs two qualities one while creating the mystery it needs to engage its audiences with it and the other is when the mystery is solved it needs to look convincing and shocking. For this movie both the qualities are present but partially. Once the mystery is created in the first half it is engaging but it took too much time to develop the main story. Some unnecessary plots involving Arka and his wife could have been shortened using smart narration.Also it looks very much unconvincing the way Arka involves Rahul in this mystery. Then in the second half while the story shifted to Darjeeling a fresh mystery starts developing while the audiences are still involved with the first one, which makes the story too complicated. Also in the second half there are some unnecessary forced songs and romantic track between Rahul and Gauri which could have been easily avoided and it would have made it a pacy thriller. In the second half after a certain point of time the story becomes too much complex that the audiences also seems trapped and they are desperately trying to be out of it  just like the leading man Rahul. Finally when the mystery is revealed it is really shocking and unexpected. It is partially predictable but not totally.

As a director Arindam Mamdo Dey has made a really unexpected thriller but he could have work more on the screenplay and editing table so that the movie could have been little fast paced. 

As an actor Parambrato has done full justice to his character but the role is so much tailor made for him that there is nothing challenging for him. Same goes for Raima Sen. She is good as the mysterious woman but she has done similar type of role in a movie "C/O Sir" last year. There is Paoli Dam too as Rahul's friend and her scope is limited and she has done a okay job.But it is Kaushik Ganguly as Doyal who steals the show with his brilliant acting. The way he has played his character never going over the top is too good.

The technical team has done a good job except for the editing.The editing should have been much tighter and the film's length could have been shortened by 10-15 minutes. the cinematography by Shirsha Ray is very nice. The background score and sound design are very appropriate for a suspense thriller.The Visual effects could have been done better specially in a particular sequence where Paoli Dam is getting scared of ghosts in a train compartment the computer graphics looks ridiculous.

There are some songs composed by Anupam Ray which are good but not situational so the songs do not work for the movie.

overall it is a good try for making an unconventional thriller but it could have been made better. 

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Review of Bengali movie "The Royal Bengal Tiger"

Now a days the subject and treatment of Bengali movies are changing very much, corporate houses are coming to invest their money in Bengali movies and "The Royal Bengal Tiger" is one such movie.
From the beginning its main attraction is that the story has been written by famous director and story writer Neeraj Pandey, the man behind the successful Hindi movies like "A Wedenesday" and "Special Chhabbees". 
The reference of these two movies is there in this movie too, like "A Wednesday" this is also about a common  man's story who takes stand to fight against his own problems and like "Special Chhabbees" it also continues with the idea "asli power dil me hoti hai"  here the same idea has been twisted a bit to "fear is just a state of mind".

This is a story of a common middle class government employee Abhirup Banerjee, who has a happy family , a beautiful wife, a lovely son. He has good reputation in his office , he is about to be promoted.Apart from that he has life insurance policies, gratuity, his own house of around 10 crore, in a word his life is totally secure. But gradually when the story proceeds we come to know he is a man scared to his bone with his own insecurities, his fear and his problems. His sly office colleague wants to sabotage his job, his tenant is not ready to pay the rent rather the tenant misbehaves with him even in front of his wife, some roadside guys tease and molest his office colleague cum friend in their way to office. But he never says a word against all this injustice out of fear. Suddenly one day his childhood friend Anjan (Jeet) comes back to his life and makes him understood that fear is nothing but just a state of mind and he gives Abhirup the courage to be a tiger to fight his own battle. With the motivation from Anjan, Abhirup gets the courage and start fighting against the odds of his life which leads him to something unwanted with a shocking revelation.

The screenplay looks very interesting in the first half when the audience is introduced with Abhirup and his day to day life.But at the moment Anjan enters in his life the screenplay starts loosing its grip. The way Abhirup tries to solve his problems looks very unrealistic which arises too many questions in the audiences mind. Although the questions are answered in the final revelation but till that time its little late. Another weak point is that the suspense can be easily guessed long ago before the climax.

In spite of this shortcomings in the second half the movie is quite engaging because of its fine actors lead by Abir Chatterjee. After a long time Abir Chatterjee is doing a lead character and he has utilized this opportunity totally to showcase his talent. Throughout the whole film he looks and behaves like Abhirup(his screen character). His body language, mannerism, costumes, dialogue delivery everything looks perfect for his character. Its high time that Abir gets more such opportunities not the small friendly appearances in multi starrers.

But the bad thing is that to make it commercially successful the movie is promoted as a Jeet starring film more. Yes Jeet is there as Anjan but his screen time is very less. He is not doing his favorite activities on screen for which he is more popular, like fighting the goons or dancing to the hit tunes or mouthing heavyweight dialogues. But still he behaves and acts larger than life the way he use to do in his kind of commercial cinema. Still his over the top acting is justified as his character is larger than life as per the script, so he looks okay on screen. But in comparison to Abir Chatterjee he looks very weak performer.

There are two ladies in Abhirup's life first one is his wife Aparna (Priyanka Sarkar) and second one is his office colleague cum friend Nandini (Shraddha Das). Priyanka Sarkar has acted well in the limited scope of her character. While Shraddha Das looks very nice and glamorous in her sarees. Shraddha has acted in so many south Indian and Hindi movies earlier but it is her first Bengali movie and she has acted well. If she continues to choose good roles in different type of Bengali movies then she can shape up her career well in Bengali movies.
Apart from that Shantilal has done good job in the negative role Dipankar, the office colleague of Abhirup. Kharaj Mukherjee is brilliant in his three four scene role as Abhirup's tenant.

As a director Rajesh Ganguly has made a good movie but he needs to know its not necessary to show Howrah Bridge ,Ganga ghat , Victoria maidan to show Kolkata.
The technical team has done an okay job. The cinematography is nice. The stunts are just okay. The background score is good. 
There is no scope for songs still two songs have been forced in the story but the good thing is that the songs are in background. Although the songs are not the highlight of the movie and not even popular so it does not adds any value to the movie.

Overall it is a well made movie with good intention and the treatment is very refreshing for any Bengali movie. But the climax is a bit predictable and for some audiences it might not work well, but you will be able to relate with the daily life and fears of a common man. It can be watched once and for Abir Chatterjee's fans it is a must watch.

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Nominations for Zee Cine Awards (For 2013)

Best Film
Aashiqui 2 

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag  

Chennai Express 

Dhoom 3 

Goliyon Ki Rasleela: RamLeela 

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Best Director
Ayan Mukerji -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani 

Mohit Suri -Aashiqui 2 

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra -Bhaag Milkha Bhaag  

Rohit Shetty -Chennai Express 

Sanjay Leela Bhanshali -Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leela 

Anand Rai -Raanjhanaa 

Best Actor (Male)
Aamir Khan -Dhoom 3 

Aditya Roy Kapoor -Aashiqui 2

Farhan Akhtar -Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Ranbir Kapoor -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani 

Ranveer Singh -Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela 

Shah Rukh Khan -Chennai Express 

Best Actor - (Female)
Deepika Padukone -Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela
Deepika Padukone -Chennai Express
Deepika Padukone -Yeh Jawaani Hai Dewaani
Parineeti Chopra -Shuddh Desi Romance
Shraddha Kapoor -Aashiqui 2
Sonam Kapoor -Raanjhanaa

Best Actor Debut (Male) 
Dhanush -Raanjhanaa

Girish Kumar -Ramaiya Vastavaiya

Ram Charan -Zanjeer

Sushant Singh Rajput -Kai Po Che

Varun Sharma -Fukrey

Manish Paul -Mickey Virus

Best Actor Debut (Female) 
Amyra -Issaq
Elli Avram -Mickey Virus
Rhea Chakraborty -Mere Dad Ki Maruti
Tamanah -Himmatwala
Sasha Agha -Aurangzeb
Vaani Kapoor -Shudh Desi Romance

Best Debut Director 
Anand Gandhi -Ship Of Theseus
Ashima Chibber -Mere Dad Ki Maruti
Atul Sabharwal -Aurangzeb
Dilip Ghosh -Commando
Kannan Iyer -Ek Thi Daayan
Ritesh Batra -The Lunchbox

Song Of The Year 
1234 -Chennai Express
Balam Pichkari -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Batameez Dil -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Jeene Laga Hun -Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Lungi Dance -Chennai Express
Tum Hi Ho -Aashiqui 2

Best Actor In A Negative Role 
Akshay Kumar -Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara
Jaideep Ahlawat -Commando
Nikitin Dheer -Chennai Express
Rishi Kapoor -D Day
Supriya Pathak -Goliyon Ki Rasleela: RamLeela
Vivek Oberoi -Krrish 3

Best Actor In A Comic Role 
Ali Zafar -Chashme Baddoor
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub -Raanjhanaa
Rishi Kapoor -Shuddh Desi Romance
Riteish Deshmukh -Grand Masti
Varun Sharma -Fukrey
Vivek Oberoi -Grand Masti

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male) 
Abhishek Bachchan -Dhoom 3
Aditya Roy Kapoor -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Arjun Rampal -D Day
Irrfan Khan -D Day
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -The Lunchbox
Raj Kummar Rao -Kai Po Che

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) 
Huma Qureshi -D Day
Divya Dutta -Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Kangna Ranaut -Krrish 3
Shraddha Kapoor -Gori Tere Pyaar Main
Swara Bhaskar -Raanjhanaa
Vaani Kapoor -Shuddh Desi Romance

Best Playback Singer (Male) 
Amitabh Bhattacharya -Tera Rasta -(Chennai Express)
Arijit Singh -Tum Hi Ho -(Aashiqui 2)
Atif Aslam -Jeene Laga Hoon -(Ramaiya Vastavaiya)
Honey Singh -Lungi Dance -(Chennai Express)
Javed Bashir -Mere Yaar -(Bhaag Milkha Bhaag )
Mika Singh -Gandi Baat -(R... Rajkumar)

Best Playback Singer -(Female)
Bhoomi Trivedi -Ram Chahe Leela -(Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela)
Chinmayi Sripada -Titli -(Chennai Express)
Monali Thakur -Sawaar Loon -(Lootera)
Palak Munchal -Meri Aashiqui -(Aashiqui 2)
Shalmali Kholgade -Balam Pichkari -(Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
Sunn Raha Hai -Shreya Ghoshal -(Aashiqui 2)

Best Music 
Amit Trivedi -Lootera
AR Rahman -Raanjhanaa
Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari -Aashiqui 2
Pritam -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Shankar Ehshaan Loy -Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Vishal Shekhar -Chennai Express

Best Lyrics 
Swanand Kirkire -Manjha -(Kai Po Che)
Amitabh Bhattacharya -Kabira -(Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
Amitabh Bhattacharya -Shikayatein -(Lootera)
Mithoon -Tum Hi Ho -(Aashiqui 2)
Prasoon Joshi -Zinda -(Bhaag Milkha Bhaag )
Sandeep Nath -Sunn Raha Hai -(Aashiqui 2)

Best Screenplay 
Ayan Mukerji -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewaani
Himanshu Sharma -Ranjhaana
Ritesh Shah, Suresh Nair, Nikhil Advani -D Day
Shoojit Sircar -Madras Cafe
Vijay Krishnakant Acharya -Dhoom 3
Yunus Saijawal, Robin Bhatt -Chennai Express

Best Dialogue 
Ayan Mukerji -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Hemant Sharma -Raanjhanaa
Jaideep Sahni -Shuddh Desi Romance
Milap Zaveri -Shootout At Wadala
Sajid Farhad -Chennai Express
Vipul Vig & Mrigdeep Lamba -Fukrey

Best Story 
Anand Rai -Raanjhanaa
Ayan Mukherjee -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Chetan Bhagat -Kai Po Che
Jaideep Sahni -Shuddh Desi Romance
Ritesh Batra, Rutvik Oza -The Lunchbox
Shagufta Rafique -Aashiqui 2

Best Visual Effects 
D Day
Dhoom 3
Krrish 3
Madras Cafe
Race 2
Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela

Best Background Score 
Amit Trivedi -Lootera
Julius Packiam -Dhoom 3
Monty Sharma -Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela
Pritam -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Shankar Ehsaan Loy -Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Vishal Shekhar -Chennai Express

Best Sound Design 
Baylon Fonseca -Krrish 3
Bishwadeep Chatterjee -Madras Cafe
Ganesh Gangadharan -Dhoom 3
Nakul Kamte -Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Nakul Kamte -Yeh Jawaani Hai Dewaani
Parikshit, Kunal -Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela

Best Production Design
Acropolis ,Sumit Basu -Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Aditya Kanwar -Lootera
Snigdha Basu, Sumit Basu, Rajnish Hedao -Dhoom 3
Sonal Sawant -Kai Po Che
Wasiq Khan -Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela
Wasiq Khan -Raanjhanaa

Best Action 
Franz Spilhaus -Commando...A One Man Army
Sham Kaushal, Conrad Palmisano -Dhoom 3
Ravi Varma -R... Rajkumar
Rohit Shetty, Jai Singh Nijjar -Chennai Express
Sham Kaushal -Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela
Siu Tung Ching , Sham Kaushal -Krrish 3

Best Cinematography 
Anay Goswami -Kai Po Che
Binod Pradhan -Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Dudley -Chennai Express
Mahendra Shetty -Lootera
S Ravi Varman -Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela
Sudeep Chatterjee -Dhoom 3

Best Editing 
Aarif Shiekh -D Day
Akiv Ali -Yeh Jawaani Hai Diwani
Chandan Arora -Krrish 3
Chandrashekhar Prajapati -Madras Cafe
Dipika Kalra -Lootera
Ritesh Soni -Dhoom 3 

Best Choreography
Bosco Caesar -Dhating Naach in Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
Ganesh Acharya -Ramji Ki Chaal in Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela
Raju Sundaram -1234 in Chennai Express
Remo D Souza for Batameez Dil -Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Vaibhavi Merchant -Kamli -Dhoom 3
Vishnu Devaa -Gandi Baat -R... Rajkumar

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Review of Bengali Movie Jaatishwar

Probably this is the least promoted and marketed film of Srijit Mukherjee at the same time this is best written story and screenplay by Srijit Mukherjee.

This is truly a musical film where music plays almost a character and connects the stories of two different generations. Its about two non Bengali men who are from different time and culture but still they are connected as they both learn the Bengali language, loved the Bengali language and music and finally gave their own contribution to the Bengali music world. One is Heynsman Antony aka Antony Firingee (Prosenjeet Chatterjee), a Portuguese man born in colonial Bengal who had written Bengali songs another is Rohit Mehta (Jishu Sengupta) a Gujrati boy who is trying hard to learn Bengali and compose a Bengali song to woo his lady love Mahamaya (Swastika Mukherjee).

There is another person who is the connection between Antony and Rohit and he is Kushal Hazra (Prosenjeet Chatterjee) , who is a librarian in Chandan Nagar. Kushal is a reincarnate who was Antony in his past life and he narrates the story of Antony to Rohit to help him complete his dissertation on Antony Firingee. Kushal is person who is trapped in the memories of his past and present life. 

The story goes back and forward in past and present and the well written screenplay brilliantly shows the similarity between the journey of Antony and Rohit. For both of them it was not easy to make their own music in Bengali but both of them overcomes these difficulties for their love for the language and music. The story is very much unique, its not just about Antony Firingee rather it takes reference from the very less information present about him and develops an interesting fictional story around it giving a fresh twist to the theme of reincarnation.
The screenplay is also very well written it never looks too much dragged and always keeps the interest of the audiences. Its mainly an emotional journey but the comic relief provied by the supporting cast is just appropriate. the songs have been used very well in the story and it never looks forced in the screenplay. The revelation at the end of the movie will surely come as a surprise and have an impact on the mind of the audiences for sometime even after coming out of the theater. It will provide some of the answers of the questions too which comes in the mind of the audiences while watching the movie.

As a director Srijit has matured a lot , he has told urban stories which deals around the city of Kolkata earlier too but this time the way he has depicted the rural Bengal the Kabi ladai (Fight between the poets with their poetry) is very nice. He has chosen his cast and technical team smartly. 

Acting wise it is Prosenjeet Chatterjees one of the best acting of his career. He is just brilliant in both of his roles as Antony and Kushal. Especially with his act as Kushal he will win everybody's heart. One can feel the pain of Kushal while watching Prosenjeet,s acting on screen.
Jishu Sengupta has done a good job. His accented Bengali dialogues sounds good and goes very well with his character. Swastika Mukherjee shines in her role though she has not much to do on screen.
A lot of well known faces have been seen doing cameos or extended cameos. Among them Abir Chatterjee , Rahul and Riya Sen has done fair job. But the actors who steal the show in their extended cameos are Mamata Shankar as Mahamaya's mother, a bindaas widow as she has been defined in the movie and Srijit Mukherjee(the directpor himself) as the boss of Mahamaya at the radio station. Every time he appears on screen you will surely laugh with his funny dialogues.
Then there are some actors who have just appeared in song sequences as the opponent poet to Antony in the Kabi Ladai. Among them you will surely like Ananya Chatterjee, Bishwajit Chatterjee and Kharaj Mukherjee. 

The technical team of the film has done very well job. The cinematography by Soumik halder is wonderful. the dialouges written by Srijit Mukherjee shows the wider variety as the characters belongs to different time and social status. Same goes with the costumes and sets 0f the film which goes well with the mood of the film. Special mention is deserved for Vikram Gaikwad for doing the fabulous make up of Prosenjit Chatterjee for both of his roles. He has made the two characters look totally poles apart.

The film is incomplete without its music, unlike other films here music is like a character of the film. All credit goes to Kabir Suman for giving life to the songs. The kabigaan lyrics written by him are very authentic, it is tough to believe that he has completed the lyrics for the songs from the one or two lines poems available for reference. the movie starts with his song , ends with his song and in the middle of this the songs remains the soul of the film.

Overall it is very much engaging film with good story and convincing acting by a list of well known actors. if you are looking for a Bengali musical and you like Kabir Suman's music then it is a must watch for you.

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