FIlmfare Awards 2011: nominations

Best Film
Band Baaja Baaraat
Dabangg
My Name Is Khan
Peepli Live
Udaan

Best Director
Abhinav Kashyap (Dabangg)
Karan Johar (My Name Is Khan)
Manish Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat )
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Guzarish)
Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan)

Best Actor In A Leading Role
Ajay Devgn (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Hrithik Roshan (Guzaarish)
Salman Khan(Dabangg)
Shah Rukh Khan (My Name Is Khan)
Ranbir Kapoor (Raajneeti)

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Aishwariya Rai Bachchan (Guzaarish)
Anushka Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat )
Kajol (My Name Is Khan)
Kareena Kapoor (Golmaal 3)
Vidya Balan (Ishqiya)

Best Actor In Supporting Role - Male
Arjun Rampal (Raajneeti)
Arshad Warsi (Golmaal 3)
Emraan Hashmi (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Manoj Bajpai (Raajneeti)
Nana Patekar (Raajneeti)
Ronit Roy (Udaan)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role - Female
Amrita Puri (Aisha)
Kareena Kapoor (We Are Family)
Prachi Desai (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Ratna Patak Shah (Golmaal 3)
Supriya Pathak Kapoor (Khichdi, The Movie)

Best Music
Pritam Chakraborty (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Sajid - Wajid & Lalit Pandit (Dabangg)
Shankar Ehsaan Loy (My Name Is Khan)
Vishal - Shekhar (Anjaana Anjaani)
Vishal - Shekhar (I Hate Luv Storys)
Vishal Bhardwaj (Ishqiya)

Best Lyrics
Faiz Anwar - Tere Mast Mast (Dabangg)
Gulzar - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)
Niranjan Iyenger - Sajda (My Name Is Khan)
Niranjan Iyenger - Noor e Khuda (My Name Is Khan)
Vishal Dadlani - Bin Tere (I Hate Luv Storys)

Best Playback Singer - Male
Adnan Sami, Shankar Mahadevan - Noor e Khuda (My Name Is Khan)
Mohit Chauhan - Pee Loon (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Sajda (My Name Is Khan)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)
Shafqat Amanat Ali - Bin Tere (I Hate Luv Storys)

Best Playback Singer - Female
Mamta Sharma - Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg)
Shreya Ghoshal - Bahara (I Hate Luv Storys)
Shreya Ghoshal - Noor e Khuda (My Name Is Khan)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Udi (Guzaarish)

Who's going to win?
I'm talking about the Best Actress Award of course.
Kajol and Aishwarya have won it multiple times.
Vidya and Kareena won the trophy once each.
Anushka is the only won in the list that hasn't won, she was also nominated 2 years ago for her debut in 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'. She has a great record: 3 films, 2 nominations.
Poor Priyanka - her magnificent performance in 'Anjaana Anjaani' was sadly overlooked this year. Not to worry, I'm sure she'll be back next year with 'Saat Khoon Maaf'.

Now to the Best Female Playback Singer and it's a tough one.

Sunidhi deserves it for her consistency throughout the year with lots of mega hits from "Dhanno" [Housefull] to "Sheila" [Tees Maar Khan] and from "Udi" [Guzaarish] to "Bin Tere" [I Hate Luv Storys]. However Shreya seems to be a Filmfare favourite, or will it be newcomer Mamta with her massive hit?