Laapataa Ladies, Stree 2, Kill lead the list; ceremony to be held in Ahmedabad on this date

Filmfare Awards 2025 nomination was announced. The 70th edition of the ceremony will take place on October 11 at Ekin Arena in Ahmedabad. Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies nominated the most – 24. With Nikhil Bhat’s Kill and Amar Kaushik’s Stree 2, respectively 15 and 14, respectively.

Here are the full list of the 70th Filmfare Awards 2025

Best movie
ARTICLE 370
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Kill
Laapataa ladies
Stree 2

Best director
Aditya Suhas Jambhale (Article 370)
Amar Kaushik (Stree 2)
Anees Bazmee (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)
Kiran Rao (Laapataa Ladies)
Nikhil Nagesh Bhat (Kill)

The best film award of critics
I want to talk (shoojit sircar)
Laapataa Ladies (Kiran Rao)
Maidaan (Amit Ravinernath Sharma)
Happy Christmas (Sriram Raghavan)
Buckingham Murders (Hansal Mehta)

The best actor in the leading role (male)
Abhishhek Bachchan (I want to talk)
AJAY DEVGN (Maidaan)
Akshay Kumar (Sarfira)
HRithik Roshan (Warrior)
KARTIC AARYAN (Chandu Champion)
Rajkummar RAO (Stree 2)

Critics’ Best Actor Award (Male)
Abhishhek Bachchan (I want to talk)
Practical Gandhi (Madgaon Express)
Rajkummar RAO (Srikanth)
RANDEEP HOODA (Swntrya Veer Savarkar)
Sparsh Shrivastava (Laapataa Ladies)

The best actor in the leading role (woman)
Alia Bhatt (Jigra)
Kareena Kapoor Khan (crew)
CRITICAL SANON (Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya)
Shraddha Kapoor (Stree 2)
Taboo (crew)
Yami Gautam (Article 370)

Critics’ Best Actor Award (Woman)
Alia Bhatt (Jigra)
Kareena Kapoor Khan (Buckingham murders)
Nitanshi Goel (Laapataa Ladies)
Pratibha Ranta (Laapataa Ladies)
Vidya Balan (Do Aur Do Pyaar)

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male)
Pancaj Tripathi (Stree 2)
Pareh Rawal (Sarfira)
R Madhavan (Shaitaan)
Raghav Juyy (Kill)
Ravi Kishan (Laapataa Ladies)

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Woman)
Ahilya Bamroo (I want to talk)
Chhaya kadam (laapataa ladies)
Janki Bodwala (Shaitaan)
Madhuri Dixit (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)
Priyamani (Article 370)

Best music album
Bad Newz (Prem & Harteep, Rocak Kohli, Vishal Mishra, Lojo George-Dj Chetas, Karan Aujla and Abhijeet Srivastava)
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (Pritam, Tanishk Bagchi, AROAL MALİK, POOUTY – PARAMPARA, ADITYA RICHARI, LOJO George – DJ CETAS)
Laapataa Ladies (Ram Sampath)
Maidaan (Ar Rahman)
Stree 2 (Sachin – Jigar)
Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (Tanishk Bagchi, Sachin -jigar, Mit Grass)

Best Lyrics
Kausar Munir (Sarphira – Chandu Champion)
Prashant Pandey (Sajni – Laapataa Ladies)
Siddhant Kaushal (Nikat – Kill)
Swanand Kirkire (Dheme Dheme – Laapataa Ladies)
Varun Grover (Raat Akeli Thi – Happy Christmas)

Best Playing Singer (Male)
ARİJİT Singh (Sajni – Laapataa Ladies)
Javed Ali (Mirza – Maidaan)
Karan Aujla (Tauba Tauba – Bad Newz)
Pawan Singh (Aayi Nai – Stree 2)
End Nigam (only Dholna – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)

Best Player Singer (Woman)
Anumita Nadesan (Tenu Sang Rakhna – Jigra)
Madhubart Bagchi (Aaj Ki Rat – Stree 2)
Rekha Bhardwaj (Nicket – Kill)
Shilpa Rao (ISHQ Jaisa Kuch – Fighter)
Shreya Ghoshal (Dheme Dheme – Laapataa Ladies)

Best story
Aakash Kaushik (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)
Aditya Dhar and Monal Thaakar (Article 370)
Nikhil Nagesh Bhat (Kill)
Niren Bhatt (Stree 2)
Prateek Vats, Shubham and Dibakar Bannerjee (Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2)

Best scenario
Aditya Dhar, Aditya Suhas Jambhale, Monal Thaakar and Arjun Dhawan (Article 370)
Niren Bhatt (Stree 2)
Sneha Desai (Laapataa Ladies)
Nikhil Nagesh Bhat (Kill)
Kunal Kemmu (Madgaon Express)

Best dialogue
Niren Bhatt (Stree 2)
Ritesh Shah (Maidaan)
Sneha Desai (Laapataa Ladies)
Ritesh shah (I want to talk)
Kunal Kemmu (Madgaon Express)

Best adapted scenario
Ritesh shah (I want to talk)
Saiwyn Quadras, Amit Ravindranath Sharma, Aman Rai, Atul Shahi (Maidaan)
Sriram Raghavan, Arjit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Anukriti Pandey (Happy Christmas)
Aamil Keeyan Khan (Shaitaan)
Jagdeep Siddhu, Sumit Purohit (Sricant)

Best background score
Ar Rahman (Maidaan)
Daniel B. George (Happy Christmas)
Ketan Sodha (Buckingham murders)
Ketan Sodha (Kill)
Ram Sampath (Laapataa Ladies)

Best cinematography
Avik Mukhopadhayay (I want to talk)
Emma Dalesman (Buckingham murders)
Rafay Mehmood (Kill)
Tushar Kanti Ray (Maidaan)
Vikash Nowlakha (Laapataa Ladies)

Best production design
Mayur Sharma (Kill)
Mayur Sharma (Happy Christmas)
Rajnish Hedao (Chandu Champion)
Tiya Tejpal (Love Sex Aur Dhoka 2)
Vikram Singh (Laapataa Ladies)

Best costume
Darshan Jalan (Laapataa Ladies)
Kirti Kolwankar and Maria Thalakan (Maidaan)
Manisha Melwani, Chandini Whabi, Meagan Consessio and Abhilasha Devnani Baweja (crew)
Rohit Chaturvedi (Chandu Champion)
Veera Kapur EE (Article 370)

Best sound design
Ayush Ahuja (Laapataa Ladies)
Mandar Kulkarni (Buckingham Murders)
Nihar Ranjan Samal (Maidaan)
Subash Sahoo (Kill)
KNOW BATTACHERJEPE (LOVE SEX AUR DHOKA 2)

Best editing
Hemanti hangs (Stree 2)
Jabeen Trader (Laapataa Ladies)
Paramita Ghosh (Love Sex Aur Dhoka 2)
Shivkumar V. Panicker (Kill)
Dev Rao Jadhav (Maidaan)

Best action
Craig Macrae and Parvez Shaikh (Bade Miyan Chote Miyan)
RP YADAV and Robert Miller (Maidaan)
Seayoung Oh and Parvez Shaikh (Kill)
Seayoung Oh, Parvez Shaikh and Sunil Rodrigues (Fighter)
Vikram Dahiya (Jigra)

Best VFX
Digital Area (Stree 2)
Lavan and Kushan (Digital Turbo Media) and Ashutosh Pandey (Reflections Pictures) (Kill)
Redefine (Munjya)
Redefine (Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya
Redefine (Maidaan)

Best choreography
BOSCO – Caesar (Tauba Tauba -Bad Newz)
Shaik Jani Basha (Teri Baaton Meın AISA ULJHA JIZER BAATON MEIN AISA ULJHA JIYA)
Vijay Ganguly (Aaj Ki Rat-Stree 2)
BOSCO – Caesar (Sher Khul Gay -fighter)
Chinni Prakash (Ami Je Tomar- Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)

Best first director
Aditya Suhas Jambhale (Article 370)
Amit Joshi and Aradhana Sah (Teri Baaton Mein Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya)
Kunal Kemmu (Madgaon Express)
RANDEEP HOODA (Swntrya Veer Savarkar)
Shirsha Guha Thakurta (Aur Do Pyaar)
Varun Grover (All India Ranking)

Best first man
Abhinav Singh (Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2)
Guru Randhawa (Kuch Khattaa Ho Jaay)
Jibraan Khan (Ishq Vishk rebound)
Kshitij Chauhan (Vedaa)
Lakshya (Kill)
Sparsh Shrivastava (Laapataa Ladies)

Best first woman
Ahilya Bamroo (I want to talk)
Angina Dhawan (binny and family)
Dhvani Bhanushali (Kahan Shuru Kahan Khatam)
Nitanshi Goel (Laapataa Ladies)
Pashmina Roshan (Ishq Vishk Ribund)
Pratibha Ranta (Laapataa Ladies)

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