The prestigious awards ceremony annually celebrates the finest talent across short films, web series, and films.
The winners of the CCA will be announced on March 25, 2025.
The nominations for the highly anticipated 7th edition of the Critics’ Choice Awards have been released. The prestigious awards ceremony annually celebrates the finest talent across short films, web series, and films.
Among others, Diljit Dosanjh has been nominated for the Best Actor category for his performance in the movie, Amar Singh Chamkila. Abhishek Bachchan has also been nominated in the same category for the film, I Want To Talk. The winners of the CCA will be announced on March 25, 2025.
Check out the full list of nominations here:
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)”
Documentary Nominations
1. Against the Tide
2. And, Towards Happy Alleys
3. Nocturnes
4. Rhythm of a Flower (Phool Ka Channd)
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”
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”
