# 68th Filmfare Awards

The 68th Filmfare Awards is a ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2022.
Gangubai Kathiawadi led the ceremony with 17 nominations, and won a leading 11 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali) and Best Actress (for Alia Bhatt).
Badhaai Do won 6 awards, including Best Film (Critics), Best Actor (for Rajkummar Rao), Best Actress (Critics) (for Bhumi Pednekar) and Best Supporting Actress (for Sheeba Chaddha), and Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva won 5 awards, including Best Music Director (for Pritam), Best Lyricist (for Amitabh Bhattacharya) and Best Male Playback Singer (for Arijit Singh), the latter two for the song "Kesariya".
Sheeba Chaddha received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Badhaai Do and Doctor G, winning the award for the former.

## Ceremony

Held at Jio World Centre, the 68th Filmfare Awards honored the films released in 2022. At a press conference helmed by editor of Filmfare magazine, Jitesh Pillai revealed Hyundai as the title sponsor. Actors Salman Khan and Ayushmann Khurana and Manish Paul were announced as the co-hosts, while actors Tiger Shroff, Vicky Kaushal, Kartik Aaryan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Janhvi Kapoor, Varun Dhawan and Govinda were announced to be performing during the event. It took place on 27 April 2023, and was broadcast on 28 April 2023 on Colors TV.

## Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced by Filmfare on 24 April 2023.

### Popular awards

| Best Film | Best Film | Best Film | Best Director | Best Director | Best Director |
| Gangubai Kathiawadi – Bhansali Productions, Pen India Limited Badhaai Do – Junglee Pictures, Zee Studios Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 – T-Series Films, Cine1 Studios Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva – Dharma Productions, Star Studios, Prime Focus, Starlight Pictures The Kashmir Files – Zee Studios, Abhishek Agarwal Arts Uunchai – Rajshri Productions, Mahaveer Jain Films, Boundless Media | Gangubai Kathiawadi – Bhansali Productions, Pen India Limited Badhaai Do – Junglee Pictures, Zee Studios Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 – T-Series Films, Cine1 Studios Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva – Dharma Productions, Star Studios, Prime Focus, Starlight Pictures The Kashmir Files – Zee Studios, Abhishek Agarwal Arts Uunchai – Rajshri Productions, Mahaveer Jain Films, Boundless Media | Gangubai Kathiawadi – Bhansali Productions, Pen India Limited Badhaai Do – Junglee Pictures, Zee Studios Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 – T-Series Films, Cine1 Studios Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva – Dharma Productions, Star Studios, Prime Focus, Starlight Pictures The Kashmir Files – Zee Studios, Abhishek Agarwal Arts Uunchai – Rajshri Productions, Mahaveer Jain Films, Boundless Media | Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Gangubai Kathiawadi Anees Bazmee – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Ayan Mukerji – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Harshavardhan Kulkarni – Badhaai Do Sooraj Barjatya – Uunchai Vivek Agnihotri – The Kashmir Files |
| Best Actor | Best Actor | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Actress | Best Actress |
| Rajkummar Rao – Badhaai Do as Shardul Thakur Ajay Devgn – Drishyam 2 as Vijay Salgaonkar Amitabh Bachchan – Uunchai as Amit Srivastava Anupam Kher – The Kashmir Files as Pushkar Nath Pandit Hrithik Roshan – Vikram Vedha as Vedha Betal Kartik Aaryan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 as Ruhaan Randhawa a.k.a. Rooh Baba | Alia Bhatt – Gangubai Kathiawadi as Gangubai Bhumi Pednekar – Badhaai Do as Suman 'Sumi' Singh Janhvi Kapoor – Mili as Mili Naudiyal Kareena Kapoor Khan – Laal Singh Chaddha as Rupa D'Souza Chaddha Tabu – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 as Anjulika Chatterjee and Manjulika Chatterjee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actress |
| Anil Kapoor – Jugjugg Jeeyo as Bheem Saini Anupam Kher – Uunchai as Om Sharma Darshan Kumar – The Kashmir Files as Krishna Pandit Gulshan Devaiah – Badhaai Do as Guru Narayan Jaideep Ahlawat – An Action Hero as Bhoora Singh Solanki Manish Paul – Jugjugg Jeeyo as Gurpreet Sharma Mithun Chakraborty – The Kashmir Files as IAS Brahma Dutt | Sheeba Chaddha – Badhaai Do as Mrs. Thakur Mouni Roy – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva as Junoon Neetu Kapoor – Jugjugg Jeeyo as Geeta Saini Sheeba Chaddha – Doctor G as Shobha Gupta, Shefali Shah – Doctor G as Dr. Nandini Srivastav Simran – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect as Meena Narayanan |
| Debut Awards ||||||
| Best Male Debut | Best Male Debut | Best Female Debut | Best Female Debut | Best Debut Director | Best Debut Director |
| Ankush Gedam – Jhund as Ankush Masram Abhay Mishr – Doctor G as Abhishek Chandel Paalin Kabak – Bhediya as Jomin Shantanu Maheshwari – Gangubai Kathiawadi as Afsaan Badr-ur-Razzaq | Andrea Kevichüsa – Anek as Aido Khushali Kumar – Dhokha: Round D Corner as Saanchi Sinha Manushi Chhillar – Samrat Prithviraj as Sanyogita Prajakta Koli – Jugjugg Jeeyo as Ginny Saini | Jaspal Singh Sandhu And Rajeev Barnwal – Vadh Anirudh Iyer – An Action Hero Anubhuti Kashyap – Doctor G Jai Basantu Singh – Janhit Mein Jaari R. Madhavan – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect |
| Writing Awards ||||||
| Best Story | Best Story | Best Screenplay | Best Screenplay | Best Dialogue | Best Dialogue |
| Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary – Badhaai Do Anirudh Iyer – An Action Hero Jaspal Singh Sandhu And Rajeev Barnwal – Vadh Niren Bhatt – Bhediya Sunil Gandhi – Uunchai | Harshavardhan Kulkarni, Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary – Badhaai Do Aakash Kaushik – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Jaspal Singh Sandhu And Rajeev Barnwal – Vadh Neeraj Yadav – An Action Hero Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Utkarshini Vashishtha – Gangubai Kathiawadi Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri – The Kashmir Files | Prakash Kapadia and Utkarshini Vashishtha – Gangubai Kathiawadi Abhishek Dixit – Uunchai Akshat Ghildial – Badhaai Do Manoj Muntashir and B. S. Fida – Vikram Vedha Neeraj Yadav – An Action Hero Sumit Saxena – Doctor G |
| Music Awards ||||||
| Best Music Director | Best Music Director | Best Music Director | Best Lyricist | Best Lyricist | Best Lyricist |
| Pritam – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Amit Trivedi – Uunchai Pritam – Laal Singh Chaddha Sachin–Jigar – Bhediya Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Gangubai Kathiawadi | Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Kesariya" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva A. M. Turaz – "Jab Saiyaan" – Gangubai Kathiawadi Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Apna Bana Le" – Bhediya Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Tere Hawaale" – Laal Singh Chaddha Shellee – "Maiyya Mainu" – Jersey |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female | Best Playback Singer – Female | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Arijit Singh – "Kesariya" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Abhay Jodhpurkar – "Maange Manzooriyan" – Badhaai Do Arijit Singh – "Apna Bana Le" – Bhediya Arijit Singh – "Deva Deva" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Sonu Nigam – "Main Ki Karaan?" – Laal Singh Chaddha | Kavita Seth – "Rangisari" – Jugjugg Jeeyo Janhvi Shrimankar – "Dholida" – Gangubai Kathiawadi Jonita Gandhi – "Deva Deva" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Shilpa Rao – "Tere Hawaale" – Laal Singh Chaddha Shreya Ghoshal – "Jab Saiyaan" – Gangubai Kathiawadi |

### Critics' awards

Best Film :
| Harshavardhan Kulkarni – Badhaai Do Amar Kaushik – Bhediya Jaspal Singh Sandhu and Rajeev Barnwal – Vadh Nagraj Manjule – Jhund R. Madhavan – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Sanjay Mishra – Vadh as Shambhunath Mishra Amitabh Bachchan – Jhund as Vijay Borade R. Madhavan – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect as Nambi Narayanan Rajkummar Rao – Badhaai Do as Shradul Thakur Shahid Kapoor – Jersey as Arjun Talwar Varun Dhawan – Bhediya as Bhaskar Sharma | Bhumi Pednekar – Badhaai Do as Suman 'Sumi' Singh Tabu – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 as Anjulika Chatterjee and Manjulika Chatterjee Kajol – Salaam Venky as Kolavennu Sujata Krishnan Neena Gupta – Vadh as Manju Mishra Taapsee Pannu – Shabaash Mithu as Mithali Raj |

### Special awards

Filmfare Special Award :
* Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
* Prem Chopra
* Filmfare R. D. Burman Award
* Janhvi Shrimankar for "Dholida" from Gangubai Kathiawadi

### Technical awards

Nominations for the Technical awards were announced on 24 April 2023.
| Best Editing | Best Production Design | Best Choreography |
| Ninad Khanolkar – An Action Hero Amin Khatib – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Sandeep Francis – Drishyam 2 Sankh Rajyadhyaksha – The Kashmir Files Sanyukta Kaza – Bhediya | Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray – Gangubai Kathiawadi Amrita Mahal Nakai – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Durga Prasad Mahapatra – Vikram Vedha Mayur Sharma and Apurva Sondhi – Bhediya Mustufa Satitionwala – Laal Singh Chaddha Rajat Poddar – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 | Kruti Mahesh – "Dholida" – Gangubai Kathiawadi Bosco–Caesar – "Rangisari" – Jugjugg Jeeyo Bosco–Caesar – "Title Track" – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Ganesh Acharya – "Dance Ka Bhoot" – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Ganesh Acharya – "Thukeshwari" – Bhediya Ganesh Hegde – "Alcoholia" – Vikram Vedha |
| Best Cinematography | Best Sound Design | Best Background Score |
| Sudeep Chatterjee – Gangubai Kathiawadi Ewan Mulligan – Anek Kaushal Shah – An Action Hero P. S. Vinod – Vikram Vedha Setu – Laal Singh Chaddha | Bishwadeep Deepak Chatterjee – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Kaamod L Kharde – Anek Kunal Sharma – Bhediya Leslie Fernandes – Vikram Vedha Sanal George – Gangubai Kathiawadi | Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara – Gangubai Kathiawadi Mangesh Dhakde – Anek Pritam, Jim Satya, Prasad S, Meghdeep Bose, Tanuj Tiku, Ketan Sodha, Sunny M.R. – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Sachin-Jigar – Bhediya Sam CS – Vikram Vedha |
| Best Costume Design | Best Action | Best Special Effects |
| Sheetal Iqbal Sharma – Gangubai Kathiawadi Maxima Basu – Laal Singh Chaddha Pritanka Gayatri Dubey, Mahananda Sagaare and Veera Kapoor EE – Jhund Rohit Chaturvedi – Badhaai Do Sanjeev Rajsingh Parmar – Samrat Prithviraj | Parvez Shaikh – Vikram Vedha Amin Khatib – Drishyam 2 Dan Bradley, Diyan Hristov and Parvez Shaikh – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Faruk Kabir and Yannick Ben – Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha Ram Chella, Lakshman Chella, Parvez Shaikh and Kecha Khamphakdee – Heropanti 2 Sea Young Oh, Parvez Shaikh, Hitz International Action Specialists – Dhaakad | Dneg, ReDefine – Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Assemblage Entertainment PVT. – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Red Chillies VFX – Laal Singh Chaddha Red Chillies VFX, After Studios – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 |

### Short film awards

Best Short Film :
| Fiction | Fiction | Non-fiction | Non-fiction | People's Choice | People's Choice |
| Best Actor – Male (Short Film) | Best Actor – Male (Short Film) | Best Actor – Male (Short Film) | Best Actor – Female (Short Film) | Best Actor – Female (Short Film) | Best Actor – Female (Short Film) |

## Superlatives

Multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 16 | Gangubai Kathiawadi |
| 14 | Badhaai Do |
| 14 | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva |
| 12 | Bhediya |
| 10 | Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 |
| 9 | Laal Singh Chaddha |
| 8 | Vikram Vedha |
| 7 | The Kashmir Files |
| 7 | Uunchai |
| 7 | An Action Hero |
| 6 | Vadh |
| 6 | Jugjugg Jeeyo |
| 6 | Doctor G |
| 5 | Rocketry: The Nambi Effect |
| 4 | Jhund |
| 4 | Anek |
| 3 | Drishyam 2 |
| 2 | Jersey |
Multiple wins :
| Awards | Film |
| 11 | Gangubai Kathiawadi |
| 6 | Badhaai Do |
| 5 | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva |
| 2 | Jugjugg Jeeyo |
| 2 | Vadh |