# 64th Filmfare Awards

The 64th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2018. The ceremony was held on 23 March 2019 in Mumbai.
Padmaavat led the ceremony with 18 nominations, followed by Raazi with 15 nominations, Andhadhun with 11 nominations, and Badhaai Ho and Stree with 10 nominations each.
Andhadhun and Raazi won 5 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film (Critics) and Best Actor (Critics) (for Ayushmann Khurrana), and the latter winning Best Film, Best Director (for Meghna Gulzar), and Best Actress (for Alia Bhatt).
Badhaai Ho and Padmaavat won 4 awards each; Tumbbad and Sanju baba won 3 and 2 awards respectively, with the latter winning Best Actor (for Ranbir Kapoor).
For the first time in the history of the Filmfare Awards, there was a tie for Best Supporting Actor – when Gajraj Rao for Badhaai Ho tied with Vicky Kaushal for Sanju for the award.

## Winners and nominees

Public voting for nominations on the Filmfare website opened on the end of December 2018 and closed at the end of January 2019. Nominees were announced on 12 March 2019 and the winners were announced on 23 March 2019.

### Popular awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Raazi – Dharma Productions, Junglee Pictures – Karan Johar, Vineet Jain, Hiroo Yash Johar, Apoorva Mehta Andhadhun – Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Matchbox Pictures Badhaai Ho – Junglee Pictures, Chrome Pictures – Vineet Jain, Aleya Sen, Hemant Bhandari, Amit Ravindernath Sharma, Sushil Choudhary, Priti Sahani Padmaavat – Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Bhansali Productions – Sudhanshu Vats, Ajit Andhare, Sanjay Leela Bhansali Sanju – Vinod Chopra Films, Rajkumar Hirani Films, Fox Star Studios – Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani Stree – Maddock Films, D2R Films, Jio Studios – Dinesh Vijan, Raj and DK | Meghna Gulzar – Raazi Amar Kaushik – Stree Amit Sharma – Badhaai Ho Rajkumar Hirani – Sanju Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Padmaavat Sriram Raghavan – Andhadhun |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju as Sanjay Dutt Akshay Kumar – Pad Man as Laxmikant Chauhan Ayushmann Khurrana – Andhadhun as Akash Rajkummar Rao – Stree as Vicky Ranveer Singh – Padmaavat as Alauddin Khilji Shah Rukh Khan – Zero as Bauua Singh | Alia Bhatt – Raazi as Sehmat Khan Deepika Padukone – Padmaavat as Rani Padmavati Neena Gupta – Badhaai Ho as Priyamvada Kaushik Rani Mukerji – Hichki as Ms. Naina Mathur Tabu – Andhadhun as Simi |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Gajraj Rao – Badhaai Ho as Jeetendra Kaushik Vicky Kaushal – Sanju as Kamlesh "Kamli" Kanhaiyalal Kapasi (tie) Aparshakti Khurana – Stree as Bittu Jim Sarbh – Padmaavat as Malik Kafur Manoj Pahwa – Mulk as Bilal Ali Mohammed Pankaj Tripathi – Stree as Rudra | Surekha Sikri – Badhaai Ho as Dadi Gitanjali Rao – October as Prof. Vidya Iyer Katrina Kaif – Zero as Babita Kumari Shikha Talsania – Veere Di Wedding as Meera Kaur Stinson Swara Bhaskar – Veere Di Wedding as Sakshi Soni Yamini Dass – Sui Dhaaga as Nimmo Sharma |
| Best Male Debut | Best Female Debut |
| Ishaan Khatter – Beyond the Clouds as Amir and Dhadak as Madhukar Bagla | Sara Ali Khan – Kedarnath as Mandakani "Mukku" Mishra Banita Sandhu – October as Shiuli Iyer Janhvi Kapoor – Dhadak as Parthavi Singh Rathore Mouni Roy – Gold as Monobina Radhika Madan – Pataakha as Chamki Kumari |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Padmaavat Ajay–Atul – Dhadak Ajay–Atul – Zero Amaal Mallik, Rochak Kohli, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Guru Randhawa, Zack Knight, Saurabh-Vaibhav and Rajat Nagpal – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Amit Trivedi – Manmarziyaan Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Raazi | Gulzar – "Ae Watan" – Raazi A. M. Turaz – "Binte Dil" – Padmaavat Gulzar – "Dilbaro" – Raazi Irshad Kamil – "Mere Naam Tu" – Zero Kumaar – "Tera Yaar Hoon Main" – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Shekhar Astitva – "Kar Har Maidaan Fateh" – Sanju |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Arijit Singh – "Ae Watan (Male)" – Raazi Abhay Jodhpurkar – "Mere Naam Tu" – Zero Arijit Singh – "Binte Dil" – Padmaavat Arijit Singh – "Tera Yaar Hoon Main" – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Badshah – "Tareefan" – Veere Di Wedding Shankar Mahadevan – "Dilbaro" – Raazi | Shreya Ghoshal – "Ghoomar" – Padmaavat Harshdeep Kaur and Vibha Saraf – "Dilbaro" – Raazi Jonita Gandhi – "Ahista" – Laila Majnu Ronkini Gupta – "Chaav Laga" – Sui Dhaaga Sunidhi Chauhan – "Manwaa" – October Sunidhi Chauhan – "Ae Watan (Female)" – Raazi |

### Critics' awards

Nominations for the critics award was announced on 12 March 2019.
Best Film (Best Director) :
| Andhadhun – Sriram Raghavan Badhaai Ho – Amit Sharma Manto – Nandita Das Pataakha – Vishal Bhardwaj Raazi – Meghna Gulzar Tumbbad – Rahi Anil Barve ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Ayushmann Khurrana – Andhadhun as Akash Ranveer Singh – Padmaavat as Alauddin Khilji (tie) Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Manto as Saadat Hasan Manto Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju as Sanjay Dutt Varun Dhawan – October as Danish Walia Vineet Kumar Singh – Mukkabaaz as Sharavan Kumar Singh | Neena Gupta – Badhaai Ho as Priyamvada Kaushik Alia Bhatt – Raazi as Sehmat Khan Anushka Sharma – Sui Dhaaga as Mamta Radhika Madan – Pataakha as Champa 'Badki' Kumari Taapsee Pannu – Mulk as Aarti Mohammad Tabu – Andhadhun as Simi |
| Best Short Film (Non-Fiction) | Best Short Film (Fiction) |
| Sachin Balasaheb Suryavanshi – The Soccer City | Rogan Josh |
| Best Short Film (People's Choice) ||
| Plus Minus First Period Gandh Kahanibaaz Malota Prawns Rogan Josh Udne Do ||
| Best Actor – Male (Short Film) | Best Actor – Female (Short Film) |
| Hussain Dalal – Shameless | Kirti Kulhari – Maya |

### Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award :
* Sridevi (awarded posthumously) |
* 50 Years of Outstanding Contribution to Cinema
* Hema Malini
* RD Burman Award |
* Niladri Kumar for Laila Majnu |
* Best Debut Director |
* Amar Kaushik – Stree |

### Technical awards

The winners were announced on 23 March 2019.
| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| Anubhav Sinha – Mulk Anudeep Singh – Mukkabaaz Raj and DK – Stree Sharat Katariya – Sui Dhaaga Akshat Ghildial, Shantanu Srivastava – Badhaai Ho (Withdrawn) | Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth Rao – Andhadhun Anubhav Sinha – Mulk Bhavani Iyer and Meghna Gulzar – Raazi Nandita Das – Manto Raj and DK – Stree |
| Best Dialogue | Best Editing |
| Akshat Ghildial – Badhaai Ho Anubhav Sinha – Mulk Nandita Das – Manto Sharat Katariya – Sui Dhaaga Sumit Aroraa – Stree Vishal Bhardwaj – Pataakha | Pooja Ladha Surti – Andhadhun Ballu Saluja – Mulk Hemanti Sarkar – Stree Nitin Baid – Raazi Sanyukta Kaza – Tumbbad |
| Best Choreography | Best Cinematography |
| Kruti Mahesh and Jyothi D Tomar – "Ghoomar" – Padmaavat Ganesh Acharya – "Khalibali" – Padmaavat Ganesh Acharya – "Main Badhiya Tu Bhi Badhiya" – Sanju Remo D'Souza – "Mere Naam Tu" – Zero Shabina Khan – "Balma" – Pataakha | Pankaj Kumar – Tumbbad Avik Mukhopadhyay – October Kartik Vijay – Manto Ranjan Palit – Pataakha Siddharth Diwan – Bhavesh Joshi Superhero Sudeep Chatterjee – Padmaavat |
| Best Production Design | Best Sound Design |
| Nitin Zihani Choudhary and Rakesh Yadav – Tumbbad Madhusudan – Stree Neil Chowdhury – Omertà Ratheesh UK – Badhaai Ho Rita Ghosh – Manto Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray – Padmaavat | Kunal Sharma – Tumbbad Anish John – Pari Biswdeep Chatterjee – Padmaavat Dipankar Jojo Chaki – October Madhu Apsara – Andhadhun Robert Kellough – Gali Guleiyan |
| Best Costume Design | Best Background Score |
| Sheetal Sharma – Manto Ajay, Maxima Basu, Harpreet Rimple and Chandrakant Sonawane – Padmaavat Karishma Sharma – Pataakha Payal Saluja – Gold Smriti Chauhan and Sachin Lovalekar – Tumbbad | Daniel B. George – Andhadhun Amit Trivedi – Manmarziyaan Jesper Kyd – Tumbbad Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and Tubby – Raazi Shantanu Moitra – October |
| Best Special Effects | Best Action |
| Red Chillies VFX – Zero Filmgate Films AB – Tumbbad NYVFXWala – Padmaavat Red Chillies VFX – Pari | Vikram Dahiya and Sunil Rodrigues – Mukkabaaz Ahmed Khan, Kecha Khampadkee, Ram Chella, Lakshman Chella and Shamshir Khan – Baaghi 2 Cyril Raffaelli, Sebastian Seveau and Vikram Dahiya – Bhavesh Joshi Superhero Sham Kaushal – Padmaavat Sunil Rodrigues – Simmba |