Hello guys, the much anticipated Film Critics Guild announced the nominees for the Film Critics Choice Awards 2025 across various categories like Shortt Film Documentary, Web Series, and Feature Film today at noon.
This year the event marks the 7th edition of the Critics Choice Awards 2025. The prestigious awards ceremony annually celebrates the finest talent across Indian Cinema from various categories.
Among others, Diljit Dosanjh has been nominated for the Best Actor category for his exceptional performance in the Amar Singh Chamkila movie. In a similar category Abhishek Bachchan has also been nominated for his best performance in the I Want to Talk film.
Meanwhile, Konkona Sen Sharma has been nominated for Best Actress for her acting in Killer Soup. Whereas Kani Kusruti, was nominated across three categories for her performances in Girls Will Be Girls, Poacher, and All We Imagine as Light.
However, the winners of the Critics Choice Awards 2025 will be announced in March 2025.
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Critics Choice Awards 2025 nominations
Below we have compiled a list of Critics Choice Awards 2025 nominations:
Short Films Nominations
Best Short Film
1. IYKYK (If You Know You Know)
2. Jal Tu Jalaal Tu
3. Obur
4. Taak (Tracker)
5. Virundhu (The Feast)
Best Director
1. Bonita Rajpurohit for “IYKYK (If You Know You Know”
2. Prateek Vats for “Jal Tu Jalaal Tu”
3. Faraz Ali “Obur”
4. Ajai Vishwanath “Starch”
5. Udit Khurana “Taak (Tracker)”
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)”
Best Actress
1. Menuka Pradhan for “Crossing Borders”
2. Sheeba Chaddha for “Night Queen”
3. Indu Sharma for “Riha (Unlocked)”
4. Gayatri Patel Bahl for “Strach”
5. Jyoti Dogra for “Taak (Tracker)”
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)”
Best Cinematography
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)”
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Documentary 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
Web Series Nominations
Best Web Series
1. Brinda
2. Freedom at Midnight
3. Killer Soup
4. Poacher
5. Raat Jawaan Hai
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”
Best Actor
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″
Best Actress
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”
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”
Best Supporting Actress
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”
Best Writing
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”
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Feature Films Nomination
Best Film
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)
Best Director
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)”
Best Actor
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)”
Best Actress
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)”
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”
Best Supporting Actress
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)”
Best Writing
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)”
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)”
Best Editing
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”
Critics Choice Awards 2025 Winners List
The winners of the Critics choice Awards 2025 are yet to be announced, please stays with us and if there is any update related to Winners it will updated soon.
However, as media reports, it will be said that the winners of CCA 2025 will be announced in March 2025.
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Critics Choice Awards 2024 Winners List
| Category | Award | Winner | Film/Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Film | Best Short Film | Nocturnal Burger | – |
| Best Director | Reema Maya | Nocturnal Burger | |
| Best Actor | Sanjay Mishra | Giddh (The Scavenger) | |
| Best Actress | Millo Sunka | Nocturnal Burger | |
| Best Writing | Ashok Sankhla, Manish Saini | Giddh | |
| Best Cinematography | Jigmet Wangchuk | Last Days of Summer | |
| Series | Best Series | Kohrra | – |
| Best Direction | Vikramaditya Motwane | Jubilee | |
| Best Writing | Gunjit Chopra, Diggi Sisodia, Sudip Sharma | Kohrra | |
| Best Actor | Savinderpal Vicky | Kohrra | |
| Best Actress | Rajshri Deshpande | Trial by Fire | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sidhant Gupta | Jubilee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Amruta Subhash | Lust Stories season 2: The Mirror | |
| Features | Best Film | 12th Fail | – |
| Best Direction | PS Vinothraj | Koozhangal (Pebbles) | |
| Best Writing | Devashish Makhija | Joram | |
| Best Editing | Abhro Banerjee | Joram | |
| Best Cinematography | Avinash Arun | Three of Us | |
| Best Actor | Vikrant Massey | 12th Fail | |
| Best Actress | Shefali Shah | Three of Us | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jaideep Ahlawat | Jaane Jaan | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Deepti Naval | Goldfish | |
| Gender Sensitivity Award | Fire in the Mountains | – |
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