Barfi! recieved nominations for best film, best male and female actor and best director among others. PHOTO: FILE
Anurag Basu’s Barfi! has won maximum nominations — best film, best male and female actor and best director — for the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2012; Yash Chopra’s last directorial Jab Tak Hai Jaan follows close behind.
A heart-warming love story of a deaf-and-mute man, Barfi (essayed by Ranbir Kapoor), with an autistic girl (Priyanka Chopra) has received nine nods. Shahrukh Khan-starrer Jab Tak Hai Jaan stands a chance to win across seven categories.
Apart from Ranbir and Shahrukh, those vying in the “best actor in a leading role” (male) are Hrithik Roshan (Agneepath), Irrfan (Paan Singh Tomar), Manoj Bajpayee (Gangs Of Wasseypur) and Salman Khan (Dabangg 2).
Apart from Priyanka, those nominated in the “best actor in a leading role” (female) category are Deepika Padukone (Cocktail), Kareena Kapoor (Heroine), Parineeti Chopra (Ishaqzaade), Sridevi (English Vinglish) and Vidya Balan (Kahaani).
In the best director section came Anurag Kashyap (Gangs Of Wasseypur), Gauri Shinde (English Vinglish), Shoojit Sircar (Vicky Donor) and Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani) along with Basu (Barfi!).
For the best film trophy, the nominations are: Barfi!, English Vinglish, Gangs Of Wasseypur, Kahaani and Vicky Donor.
Crime thriller Gangs of Wasseypur has clinched a total of six nominations, Karan Johar’s action-packed Agneepath remake has five nods, and Vicky Donor, about sperm donation, has secured four.
English Vinglish, Kahaani and Talaash have been nominated across three categories each.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 16th, 2013.
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