The list of nominations for Life Ok Screen Awards 2015 is out. The nominations for the Best Actor award are Aamir Khan (PK), Hrithik Roshan (Bang Bang), Varun Dhawan (Humpty Sharma), Shahrukh Khan (Happy New Year), Shahid Kapoor (Haider), Sanjay Mishra (Ankhon Dekhi) and Randeep Hooda (Highway). The popular actors to miss out are Salman Khan (Kick) and Akshay Kumar (Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty).
Moving on to the Best Actress Screen Award nominations, Parineeti Chopra (a highly underrated performance of 2014) gets her well-deserved nomination. Deepika Padukone has been nominated for Finding Fanny, Kangana Ranaut for Queen, Rani for Mardaani, Priyanka for Mary Kom and Alia for Highway.
The leading contenders for the Best Director will be Rajkumar Hirani (PK), Vishal Bhardwaj (Haider) and Vikas Bahl (Queen).
Queen has received 10 nominations, Haider – Mardaani – Highway all get 8 nominations each, Kick has 7, PK has just 3 (surprisingly the film hasn’t been nominated for Best Screenplay, supporting roles, lyrics or background score – we thought the background music lifted several scenes in the film). Happy New Year gets 5 nominations, Mary Kom gets 7, Ugly (a film that not many watched) has 8 nominations and 7 for Ankhon Dekhi.
Screen Awards 2015 Best Actor (Male)
- Aamir Khan – PK
- Randeep Hooda – Highway
- Hrithik Roshan – Bang Bang
- Varun Dhawan – Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya
- Sanjay Mishra – Ankhon Dekhi
- Shah Rukh Khan – Happy New Year
- Shahid Kapoor – Haider
Screen Awards 2015 Best Actor (Female)
- Alia Bhatt – Highway
- Deepika Padukone – Finding Fanny
- Parineeti Chopra – Hasee Toh Phasee
- Priyanka Chopra – Mary Kom
- Kangana Ranaut – Queen
- Rani Mukerji – Mardaani
Screen Awards 2015 Best Director
- Rajkumar Hirani – PK
- Anurag Kashyap – Ugly
- Imtiaz Ali – Highway
- Vishal Bhardwaj – Haider
- Vikas Bahl – Queen
- Rajat Kapoor – Ankhon Dekhi
Screen Awards 2015 Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
- Darshan Kumar – Mary Kom
- Girish Kulkarni – Ugly
- Inaamulhaq – Filmistaan
- Rajkummar Rao – Queen
- Vineet Kumar Singh – Ugly
Screen Awards 2015 Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
- Dimple Kapadia – Finding Fanny
- Lisa Haydon – Queen
- Seema Pahwa – Ankhon Dekhi
- Tabu – Haider
- Tejaswini Kolhapure – Ugly
Screen Awards 2015 Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male)
- Kay Kay Menon – Haider
- Manav Kaul – CityLights
- Riteish Deshmukh – Ek Villain
- Tahir Raj Bhasin – Mardaani
- Vijay Raaz – Dedh Ishqiya
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female)
- Huma Qureshi – Dedh Ishqiya
- Juhi Chawla – Gulaab Gang
- Madhuri Dixit Nene – Dedh Ishqiya
- Mona Ambegaonkar – Mardaani
Most Promising Newcomer (Male)
- Armaan Jain – Lekar Hum Deewana Dil
- Darshan Kumar – Mary Kom
- Freddy Daruwala – Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
- Sasho Satiiysh Saarathy – Manjunath
- Tahir Raj Bhasin – Mardaani
- Tiger Shroff – Heropanti
Most Promising Newcomer (Female)
- Kiara Advani – Fugly
- Kriti Sanon – Heropanti
- Niharika Singh – Miss Lovely
- Patralekha – CityLights
Most Promising Debut Director
- Abhishek Varman (2 States)
- Nitin Kakkar – Filmistaan
- Omung Kumar – Mary Kom
- Sajid Nadiadwala – Kick
- Sandeep A Varma – Manjunath
Best Ensemble cast
- Ankhon Dekhi
- Dedh Ishqiya
- Finding Fanny
- Haider
- Mardaani
Best Music
- A R Rahman – Highway
- Amit Trivedi – Queen
- Himesh Reshammiya, Meet Bros Anjjan, Yo Yo Honey Singh – Kick
- Mithoon & Ankit Tiwari – Ek Villain
- Pritam Chakraborty, Mithoon, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Arko Pravo Mukherjee – Yaariyan
- Vishal-Shekhar – Happy New Year
Best Playback Singer (Male)
- Ankit Tiwari – “Galliyan” (Ek Villain)
- Arijit Singh – “Main tenu samjhawan” (Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania) and “Muskurane ki wajah” (CityLights)
- Labh Janjua – “London thumakda” (Queen)
- Mika Singh – “Jumme ki raat” (Kick)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
- Jasmine Sandlas – “Mar jawaan” (Kick)
- Jyoti and Sultana Nooran – “Patakha guddi” (Highway)
- Kanika Kapoor – “Baby doll” (Raagini MMS 2) and “Lovely” (Happy New Year)
- Rekha Bhardwaj – “Hamari atariya” (Dedh Ishqiya)
Best Screenplay
- Sandeep A Varma – Manjunath
- Gopi Puthran, S Hussain Zaidi, Vibha Singh – Mardaani
- Saiwyn Quadras – Mary Kom
- Vikas Bahl, Chaitali Parmar, Parvez Shaikh – Queen
- Anurag Kashyap – Ugly
Best Actor (Male / Female) in a Comic Role
- Abhishek Bachchan – Happy New Year
- Boman Irani – Bhoothnath Returns
- Govinda – Happy Ending
- Sandhya Mridul – Ragini MMS 2
- Sharib Hashmi – Filmistaan
Best Child Artiste
- Anshika Shrivastava – Ugly
- Chinmaya Agrawal – Queen
- Parth Bhalerao – Bhoothnath Returns
- Partho Gupte, Ashfaque Bismillah Khan, Salman Chhote Khan, Maaman Memon,Tirupathi Krishnapelli
- Hawaa Hawaai
Best Background Score
- A. R. Rahman – Highway
- Julius Packiam – Kick and Mardaani
- Raju Singh – Ek Villain
- Rohit Kulkarni – Mary Kom
Best Lyrics
- Amitabh Bhattacharya – “Zehnaseeb” (Hasee Toh Phasee)
- Irshad Kamil – “Pataka guddi” (Highway)
- Kausar Munir – “Suno na sangmarmar” (Youngistaan)
- Kumaar – “Main tenu samjhawan” (Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania)
- Mithoon – “Banjara” (Ek Villain)
- Rashmi Singh – “Muskurane ki wajah” (CityLights)
Best Story
- Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani – PK
- Ashim Ahluwalia – Miss Lovely
- Nitin Kakkar – Filmistaan
- Rajat Kapoor – Ankhon Dekhi
- Ram Kumar Singh & Chandraprakash Dwivedi – Zed Plus
Best Editing
- Abhijit Kokate and Anurag Kashyap – Queen
- Aarti Bajaj – Highway, Ugly
- Sanjib Datta – Mardaani
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Rajesh G Pandey – Mary Kom
Best Cinematography
- Anil Mehta – Finding Fanny
- K U Mohanan – Miss Lovely
- Rafey Mahmood – Ankhon Dekhi
- Bobby Singh – Queen
- Pankaj Kumar – Haider
Best Production design
- Nitin Desai (Rang Rasiya)
- Acropolis – Kick
- Vivek Jadhav & Sukant Panigrahy – Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
- Subrata Chakraborty & Amit Ray – Haider
- Tabasheer Zutshi – Miss Lovely
Best Choreography
- Ahmed Khan – “Jumme ki raat” (Kick)
- Bosco-Caesar – “Tu meri” (Bang Bang) and “Tu ne maari entriyaan” (Gunday)
- Farah Khan and Geeta Kapoor – “Manwa lage” (Happy New Year)
- Sudesh Adhana – “Bismil” (Haider)
- Ganesh Acharya – “Whistle baja” (Heropanti)