# 59th Filmfare Awards

The 59th Filmfare Awards were held to honor the best films of 2013 from the Hindi-language film industry (commonly known as Bollywood). The nominations were announced on 13 January 2014. The ceremony that was held on 24 January 2014 (telecasted on 26 January 2014) was hosted by Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani led the ceremony with 10 nominations, followed by Aashiqui 2, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela and Raanjhanaa with 8 nominations each.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag won 6 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra) and Best Actor (for Farhan Akhtar), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Deepika Padukone received triple nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Chennai Express, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, winning for Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela.
Real-life couple Pankaj Kapur and Supriya Pathak were both nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively, for their performances in Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, with Pathak winning her category.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 59th Filmfare Awards were announced on 13 January 2014.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Rajiv Tandon and P.S. Barathi Chennai Express – Gauri Khan Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela – Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Kishore Lulla Raanjhanaa – Krishika Lulla Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – Karan Johar | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Abhishek Kapoor – Kai Po Che! Anand L. Rai – Raanjhanaa Ayan Mukerji – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Rohit Shetty – Chennai Express Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Farhan Akhtar – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Milkha Singh Dhanush – Raanjhanaa as Kundan Shankar Hrithik Roshan – Krrish 3 as Rohit Mehra/Krishna Mehra Ranbir Kapoor – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Kabir "Bunny" Thapar Ranveer Singh – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Ram Rajari Shah Rukh Khan – Chennai Express as Rahul Mithaiwala | Deepika Padukone – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Leela Sanera Deepika Padukone – Chennai Express as Meenalochini Azhagu Sundaram Parineeti Chopra – Shuddh Desi Romance as Gayatri Shraddha Kapoor – Aashiqui 2 as Aarohi Keshav Shirke Sonakshi Sinha – Lootera as Pakhi Roy Chaudhary Sonam Kapoor – Raanjhanaa as Zoya Haider |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Nawazuddin Siddiqui – The Lunchbox as Shaikh Aditya Roy Kapur – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Avinash "Avi" Arora Anupam Kher – Special 26 as P.K. Sharma Pankaj Kapur – Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola as Harphool "Harry" Singh Mandola Rajkummar Rao – Kai Po Che! as Govind Patel Vivek Oberoi – Krrish 3 as Kaal | Supriya Pathak Kapur – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Dhankor "Baa" Sanera Divya Dutta – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Ishri Kaur Kalki Koechlin – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Aditi Mehra Kangana Ranaut – Krrish 3 as Kaya Konkona Sen Sharma – Ek Thi Daayan as Diana Swara Bhaskar – Raanjhanaa as Bindiya |
| Best Male Debut | Best Female Debut |
| Dhanush – Raanjhanaa as Kundan Shankar | Vaani Kapoor – Shuddh Desi Romance as Tara |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon and Jeet Ganguly – Aashiqui 2 Amit Trivedi – Lootera A. R. Rahman – Raanjhanaa Pritam – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela Vishal–Shekhar – Chennai Express | Prasoon Joshi – "Zinda" – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Shikayatein" – Lootera Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Kabira" – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Mithoon – "Tum Hi Ho" – Aashiqui 2 Swanand Kirkire – "Manja" – Kai Po Che! |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Arijit Singh – "Tum Hi Ho" – Aashiqui 2 Amit Trivedi – "Manja" – Kai Po Che! Ankit Tiwari – "Sunn Raha Hai" – Aashiqui 2 Benny Dayal – "Badtameez Dil" – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Siddharth Mahadevan – "Zinda" – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Monali Thakur – "Sawaar Loon" – Lootera Chinmayi – "Titli" – Chennai Express Shalmali Kholgade – "Balam Pichkari" – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Shreya Ghoshal – "Sunn Raha Hai" – Aashiqui 2 Shreya Ghoshal – "Nagada Sang Dhol" – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela |

### Critics' awards

Best Film (Best Director) :
| The Lunchbox (Ritesh Batra) ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Rajkummar Rao – Shahid | Shilpa Shukla – B.A. Pass |

### Technical awards

| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| Subhash Kapoor – Jolly LLB Anand Gandhi, Pankaj Kumar & Kushboo Ranka - Ship of Thesues Jaideep Sahni - Shuddh Desi Romance Ritesh Batra - The Lunchbox Ritesh Shah - B.A. Pass | Chetan Bhagat, Abhishek Kapoor, Supratik Sen & Pubali Chaudhari – Kai Po Che! Nikkhil Advani, Ritesh Shah, Suresh Nair & Niranjan Iyengar – D-Day Somnath Dey & Subhendu Bhattacharya – Madras Cafe Neeraj Pandey – Special 26 Subhash Kapoor – Jolly LLB |
| Best Dialogue | Best Editing |
| Subhash Kapoor – Jolly LLB Farhad-Sajid – Chennai Express Jaideep Sahni – Shuddh Desi Romance Neeraj Pandey – Special 26 Sameer Gautam Singh-Shahid | Aarif Sheikh – D-Day Chandrashekhar Prajapati – Madras Cafe Deepa Bhatia – Kai Po Che! John F Lyons – The Lunchbox Shree Narayan Singh – Special 26 |
| Best Choreography | Best Cinematography |
| Samir & Arsh Tanna – "Lahu Muh Lag Gaya" from Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela | Kamaljeet Negi – Madras Cafe |
| Best Production Design | Best Sound Design |
| Acropolis Design – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjan Samal – Madras Cafe |
| Best Costume Design | Best Background Score |
| Dolly Ahluwalia – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Hitesh Sonik – Kai Po Che! |
| Best Special Effects | Best Action |
| Tata Elxsi – Dhoom 3 | Thomas Struthers & Guru Bachchan – D-Day |

### Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award :
* Tanuja |
* R. D. Burman Award |
* Siddharth Mahadevan |
* Sony Trendsetter of the Year Award |
* Chennai Express |

## Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations.
* 10 nominations: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
* 8 nominations: Aashiqui 2, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, Raanjhanaa
* 7 nominations: Chennai Express
* 6 nominations: Kai Po Che!
* 4 nominations: Lootera
* 3 nominations: Krrish 3
The following films received multiple awards.
* 6 wins: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
* 3 wins: Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
* 2 wins: Aashiqui 2, D-Day, Jolly LLB, Kai Po Che!, Madras Cafe, The Lunchbox