Critic's Choice Awards 2025: Who Will Be the Most Deserving Winners This Year?

Critic's Choice Awards 2025: The Film Critics Guild, the leading organization of film critics in India, is all set to host the annual Critic’s Choice Awards. As every year, this year too, the awards will recognize the best performances and films from 2024. These films, released in theaters and on various OTT platforms in multiple Indian languages, were scrutinized by a dedicated team of critics. After several rounds of selection, a few films and their associated talents, including actors, actresses, co-stars, writers, and directors, have made it to the final round.

Now, the members of the Film Critics Guild are assigning their rankings to these films, and the best of them, along with the talented individuals involved, will be honored at a grand ceremony in Mumbai on March 25th.

Some of you may have watched these films or appreciated the work of these artists. So, let's put on our thinking caps and share your thoughts! Which artist or film do you think truly deserves an award?

If you can correctly guess the winners, you stand a chance to win a fantastic prize from Mayapuri Magazine. To participate, simply send your answers to [email protected]. We eagerly await your responses, and if you answer correctly, you could be one of the lucky winners. Please remember to send us your responses before March 20th.

Feature Films Nominations

Category: Best Film, Ten films are competing for this prestigious award:

1. All We Imagine As Light
2. Amar Singh Chamkila
3. Family
4. Girls Will Be Girls
5. Kottukkaali (The Adamant Girl)
6. Laapataa Ladies
7. Manjummel Boys
8. Padatik
9. Paradise
10. Rimdoggittanga (Rapture)

Category: Best Director, Five directors have been nominated for this title:

1. Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine As Light
2. Imtiaz Ali for Amar Singh Chamkila
3. Shuchi Talati for Girls Will Be Girls
4. Chidambaram for Manjummel Boys
5. Dominic Sangma for Rimdoggittanga (Rapture)

Category: Best Actor, Five actors are vying for the Best Actor award:

1. Prithviraj Sukumaran for Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life)
2. Diljit Dosanjh for Amar Singh Chamkila
3. Abhishek Bachchan for I Want To Talk
4. Soori for Kottukkaali (The Adamant Girl)
5. Chandan Sen for Manikbabur Megh (The Cloud and the Man)

Category: Best Actress, The nominees for Best Actress this year are:

1. Kani Kusruti for All We Imagine As Light
2. Preeti Panigrahi for Girls Will Be Girls
3. Anna Ben for Kottukkaali (The Adamant Girl)
4. Darshana Rajendran for Paradise
5. Urvashi for Ullozhukku (Undercurrent)

Category: Best Supporting Actor, These five actors are nominated for Best Supporting Actor:

1. Anjan Dutt for Chaalchitra Ekhon
2. Raghav Juyal for Kill
3. Vijayaraghavan for Kishkindha Kaandam
4. Ravi Kishan for Laapataa Ladies
5. Mahendra Perera for Paradise

Category: Best Supporting Actress, Five actresses are competing for this award:

1. Divya Prabha for All We Imagine As Light
2. Kani Kusruti for Girls Will Be Girls
3. Sai Abhinaya for Kottukkaali (The Adamant Girl)
4. Chhaya Kadam for Laapataa Ladies
5. Parvathy Thiruvothu for Ullozhukku (Undercurrent)

Category: Best Writing, The nominees for Best Writing are:

1. Anand Ekarshi for Aattam
2. Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine As Light
3. Biplab Goswami, Sneha Desai, Divy Nidhi Sharma for Laapataa Ladies
4. Chidambaram for Manjummel Boys
5. Dominic Sangma for Rimdoggittanga (Rapture)

Category: Best Cinematography, These films are nominated for Best Cinematography:

1. Sunil K. S. for Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life)
2. Ranabir Das for All We Imagine As Light
3. Rafey Mehmood for Kill
4. Shyju Khalid for Manjummel Boys
5. Tojo Xavier for Rimdoggittanga (Rapture)

Category: Best Editing, The nominees for Best Editing are:

1. Aarti Bajaj for Amar Singh Chamkila
2. Shivkumar V. Panicker for Kill
3. Vivek Harshan for Manjummel Boys
4. Srijit Mukherjee for Padatik
5. A. Sreekar Prasad for Paradise
6. Short Films Nominations

Short Films Nominations

Category: Best Short Film, These short films are nominated for Best Short Film:

1. IYKYK (If You Know You Know)
2. Jal Tu Jalaal Tu
3. Obur
4. Taak (Tracker)
5. Virundhu (The Feast)

Category: Best Director, These directors have been nominated for Best Director:

1. Bonita Rajpurohit for IYKYK (If You Know You Know)
2. Prateek Vats for Jal Tu Jalaal Tu
3. Faraz Ali for Obur
4. Ajai Vishwanath for Starch
5. Udit Khurana for Taak (Tracker)

Category: Best Actor, These actors are competing for Best Actor:

1. Kayan Dadyburjor for Halfway
2. Kumar Chheda for Halfway
3. Harish Khanna for Jal Tu Jalaal Tu
4. Aaqib Nazir Dinda for Obur
5. George Vijay for Virundhu (The Feast)

Category: Best Actress, The nominees for Best Actress are:

1. Menuka Pradhan for Crossing Borders
2. Sheeba Chaddha for Night Queen
3. Indu Sharma for Riha (Unlocked)
4. Gayatri Patel Bahl for Starch
5. Jyoti Dogra for Taak (Tracker)

Category: Best Writing, These writers are nominated for Best Writing:

1. Bonita Rajpurohit for IYKYK (If You Know You Know)
2. Vindhya Gupta for Jooyein (Lice)
3. Faraz Ali for Obur
4. Akhil Lotlikar, Tanmay Gemini for The Slow Train
5. Rishi Chandna, Rahul Srivastava for Virundhu (The Feast)

Category: Best Cinematography, The nominees for Best Cinematography are:

1. Kartik Parmar for Bhed Bakri Bhoot (Gote Goat Ghost)
2. Appu Prabhakar for Crossing Borders
3. Avinash Arun Dhaware for Monsoon Walk
4. Anand Bansal for Obur
5. Tarkash Mehta for Taak (Tracker)

Web Series Nominations

Category: Best Web Series, These web series are competing for Best Web Series:

1. Brinda
2. Freedom at Midnight
3. Killer Soup
4. Poacher
5. Raat Jawaan Hai

Category: Best Director, These directors are nominated for Best Director:

1. Surya Manoj Vangala for Brinda
2. Nikkhil Advani for Freedom at Midnight
3. Abhishek Chaubey for Killer Soup
4. Richie Mehta for Poacher
5. Sumeet Vyas for Raat Jawaan Hai

Category: Best Actor, The actors nominated for Best Actor are:

1. Mihir Godbole for Lampan
2. Ravi Kishan for Maamla Legal Hai
3. Barun Sobti for Raat Jawaan Hai
4. Kay Kay Menon for Shekhar Home
5. Tahir Raj Bhasin for Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein S2

Category: Best Actress, The nominees for Best Actress are:

1. Swastika Mukherjee for Bijoya
2. Trisha Krishnan for Brinda
3. Konkona Sen Sharma for Killer Soup
4. Nimisha Sajayan for Poacher
5. Anjali Anand for Raat Jawaan Hai

Category: Best Supporting Actor, These actors are nominated for Best Supporting Actor:

1. Rajesh Tailang for Bandish Bandits S2
2. Rajendra Chawla for Freedom at Midnight
3. Rajesh Khattar for Murder in Mahim
4. Faisal Malik for Panchayat S3
5. Dibyendu Bhattacharya for Poacher

Category: Best Supporting Actress, The nominees for Best Supporting Actress are:

1. Divya Dutta for Bandish Bandits S2
2. Nidhi Bisht for Maamla Legal Hai
3. Sai Tamhankar for Manvat Murders
4. Kani Kusruti for Poacher
5. Priya Bapat for Raat Jawaan Hai

Category: Best Writing, The nominees for Best Writing are:

1. Anand Tiwari, Atmika Didwania, Karan Singh Tyagi for Bandish Bandits S2
2. Surya Manoj Vangala, Padmavathi Malladi, Jay Krishna for Brinda
3. Abhinandan Gupta, Gundeep Kaur, Adwitiya Kareng Das, Divy Nidhi Sharma, Revanta Sarabhai, Ethan Taylor for Freedom at Midnight
4. Richie Mehta, Gopan Chidambaran for Poacher
5. Khyati Anand Puthran for Raat Jawaan Hai

Documentary Nominations

This year, the following documentaries have earned a place among the nominations:

1. Against the Tide
2. And, Towards Happy Alleys
3. Nocturnes
4. Rhythm of a Flower (Phool Ka Chand)
5. The Midwife’s  Confession

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