Nominees for 3rd Apsara Film And Television Award

The list of nominees for the 3rd Apsara Film&Television Producers Guild Awards are out and usual it is Chak De India and Shahrukh Khan leading the way. King Khan has been nominated for the best actor along with Shahid Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan. Kareena Kapoor is leading in the actresses category.

The following are the list of nomination for the awards:

Best Actor in Leading Role
Shahrukh Khan (Chak De India)
Shahid Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Abhishek Bachchan (Guru)
Amitabh Bachchan (Cheeni Kum)
Akshaye Khanna (Gandhi My Father)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Rajat Kapoor (Bheja Fry)
Mithun Chakraborty (Guru)
Darshan Jariwala (Gandhi My Father)
Irrfan Khan (Life in A… Metro)

Best Film
Aditya Chopra (Chak De India)
Dhillin Mehta (Jab We Met)
Mani Ratnam (Guru)
Ronnie Screwvala (Life in A… Metro)
Sunil Manchanda (Cheeni Kum)

Best Director
Imtiaz Ali (Jab We Met)
Shimit Amin - (Chak De India)
Mani Ratnam (Guru)
Anurag Basu (Life in A… Metro)
Sagar Bellary (Bheja Fry)

Best Actress in Leading Role
Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Aishwarya Bachchan (Guru)
Tabu (Cheeni Kum)
Shilpa Shetty (Life in A… Metro)
Rani Mukherjee (Laaga Chunari Mein Daag)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Chak De Girls (Chak De India)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Life in A… Metro)
Raima Sen (Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd)
Shefali Shah (Gandhi My Father)
Ashwini Kalsekar (Johnny Gaddaar)

Best Actor in a Negative Role
Neil Nitin Mukesh (Johnny Gaddaar)
Vivek Oberoi (Shootout At Lokhandwala)
Kay Kay Menon (Life in A… Metro)
Arjun Rampal (Om Shanti Om)
Shilpa Shukla (Chak De India)

Best Actor in a Comic Role
Govinda (Partner)
Vinay Pathak (Bheja Fry)
Irrfan Khan (Life in A… Metro)
Javed Jaffrey (Dhamaal)
Akshay Kumar (Bhool Bhulaiyaa)

Best Playback Singer (Male)
KK - Aankhon Mein Teri (Om Shanti Om)
Sonu Nigam - Tainu Leke (Salaam-e-Ishq)
Soham - In Dino (Life in A… Metro)
Shaan - Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
Sukhvinder - Chak De (Chak De India)

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal - Barso Re Megha (Guru)
Shreya Ghoshal - Yeh Ishq Hai (Jab We Met)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Sajnaji Vaari (Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd)
Alisha Chinai - Its Rocking (Kya Love Story Hai)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Aaja Nachle (Aaja Nachle)

Best Music
Pritam (Jab We Met)
A R Rahman (Guru)
Vishal Shekhar (Om Shanti Om)
Pritam (Life in A… Metro)
Monty Sharma (Saawariya)

Best Lyrics
Gulzar - Tere Bina (Guru)
Sayeed Quadri - Maula Mere (Anwar)
Sandeep Nath - Yoon Shabnami (Saawariya)
Sameer - Jab Se Tere Naina - Saawariya
Vishal Dadlani - Ankhon Mein Teri (Om Shanti Om)

Best Story
Jaideep Sahni (Chak De India)
Vibha Singh (Dharm)
R. Balakrishnan (Cheeni Kum)
Abhijat Joshi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Eklavya - The Royal Guard)

Best Re-Recording
Kuldeep Sood (Om Shanti Om)
Arjun Mathur (Chak De India)
H. Sridhar (Guru)
Anup Dev (Shootout At Lokhandwala)
Deepen Chatterjee (Darling)

Best Choreography
Farah Khan - Dhoom Tana (Om Shanti Om)
Vaibhavi Merchant - Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (Jhoom Barabar Jhoom)
Ganesh Hegde /Pappu/ Mallu - Yun Shabnami (Saawariya)
Brinda - Mayya Mayya (Guru)
Bosco Caesar - Mauja Hi Mauja (Jab We Met)

Best Dialogue
Imtiaz Ali (Jab We Met)
R. Balakrishnan (Cheeni Kum)
Vijay Krishna Acharya (Guru)
Sanjeev Dutta (Life in A… Metro)
Jaideep Sahni (Chak De India)

Best Screenplay
Sriram Raghavan (Johnny Gaddaar)
Anurag Basu (Life in A… Metro)
Imtiaz Ali (Jab We Met)
Jaideep Sahni (Chak De India)
Mani Ratnam (Guru)

Best Cinematography
Rajiv Menon (Guru)
Binod Pradhan (Ta Ra Rum Pum)
N. Nataraja Subramanian (Eklavya - The Royal Guard)
Bobby Singh (Life in A… Metro)
Sachin Krishn (Blue Umbrella)

Best Costume Design
Sujata Sharma (Gandhi My Father)
Sai (Guru)
Raghavendra Rathore (Eklavya - The Royal Guard)
Sabyasachi Mukherjee (Laaga Chunari Mein Daag)
Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, Sanjeev Mulchandani (Om Shanti Om)

Best Editing
Amitabh Shukla (Chak De India)
Sreekar Prasad (Guru)
Akiv Ali (Life in A… Metro)
Shirish Kunder (Om Shanti Om)
Bunty Nagi -(Shootout At Lokhandwala)

Best Art Director
Nitin Chandrakant Desai (Gandhi My Father)
Samir Chanda (Guru)
Kesto Mondol (Baabul)
Sabu Cyril (Om Shanti Om)
Omung Kumar Bhandula, Vanita Omung Kumar (Saawariya)

Best Sound Recording
Ali Merchant, Manas Choudhary (Chak De India)
Resul Pookutty (Saawariya)
H. Sridhar, Rakesh Ranjan, Jagmohan Anand (Guru)
Hitendra Ghosh (Life in A… Metro)
Bishwadeep Chatterjee (Eklavya - The Royal Guard)

Best Special Effects
Red Chillies VFX (Chak De India)
Red Chillies VFX (Om Shanti Om)
Avitel Post Studioz Ltd. (Cash)
Tata Elxsi- VCL (Ta Ra Rum Pum)
Prime Focus, Prasad EFX (Guru)