Mumbai: Motion Content Group of Group M, in collaboration with the Film Critics Guild and Vistas Media Capital announced the 4th edition of Critics Choice Awards to honor the talent in web series, short films, and feature films.
Critics’ Choice Awards is a platform that felicitates credible talent from the vast entertainment industry of the country. The upcoming award ceremony releases its most awaited list of nominees across feature films of all languages.
Motion Content Group, Film Critics Guild, and Vistas Media Capital’s endeavor is to bring to the audience, a credible awards show that celebrates premium content across genres. The awards are curated by some of India’s best critics ensuring to give the audience a credible Awards show.
Anupama Chopra, Chairperson of Film Critics Guild said, “We are thrilled to announce the feature film nominees for the fourth edition of the Indian Critics’ Choice Awards. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, the level of artistry and storytelling has not faltered. These awards are a celebration of that indomitable spirit of Indian cinema.”
Prasanth Kumar, CEO – GroupM South Asia said, “Despite the pandemic, 2021 witnessed incredible output with breakthrough performances. We at Critics’ Choice Awards believe that we truly are at the forefront in identifying and felicitating creators and their craft for the fabulous work put in. It is important to recognize talent and award them for their best efforts. We are delighted to present the nominations for the outstanding work done in 2021. We would like to thank filmmakers, directors, writers, and artists, who have worked extremely hard to give us compelling movies amid unprecedented competition.”
Abhayanand Singh – Group CEO and Co-Founder of Vistas Media Capital, “We take great pride that our entertainment industry has been working throughout the year and the outcome has given us colorful and varied cinema. We are happy to honour artists, technicians, and filmmakers across all Indian languages this year.”
Here is the list of nominations of features under the following categories:
BEST FILM
- Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
- Amazon Presents Jai Bhim
- Meel Patthar
- Nayattu
- Amazon Original Movie Sardar Udham
- Amazon Presents Sarpatta Parambarai
- Amazon Original Movie Sherni
- Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
- The Disciple
- The Great Indian Kitchen
BEST DIRECTOR
- Chaitanya Tamhane for The Disciple
- Jeo Baby for The Great Indian Kitchen
- Pa. Ranjith for Amazon Presents Sarpatta Parambarai
- Raj B. Shetty for Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
- Shoojit Sircar for Amazon Original Movie Sardar Udham
BEST ACTOR
- Adarsh Gourav for The White Tiger
- Raj B. Shetty for Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
- Ranveer Singh for 83
- Suvinder Vicky for Meel Patthar
- Vicky Kaushal for Amazon Original Movie Sardar Udham
BEST ACTRESS
- Geetanjali Kulkarni for Karkhanisanchi Waari
- Konkona Sen Sharma for Ajeeb Daastaans
- Lijomol Jose for Amazon Presents Jai Bhim
- Nimisha Sajayan for The Great Indian Kitchen
- Vidya Balan for Amazon Original Movie Sherni
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Arun Dravid for The Disciple
- Lakshvir Saran for Meel Patthar
- Pasupathy for Amazon Presents Sarpatta Parambarai
- Rishabh Shetty for Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
- Vijay Raaz for Amazon Original Movie Sherni
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Anagha Narayanan for Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam
- Konkona Sen Sharma for Ramprasad ki Tehrvi
- Neena Gupta for Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
- Parvathy Thiruvothu for Aarkkariyam
- Sampa Mandal for Amazon Original Movie Sherni
BEST WRITING
- Chaitanya Tamhane for The Disciple
- Ivan Ayr, Neel Mani Kant for Meel Patthar
- Pa. Ranjith, Tamizh Prabha for Amazon Presents Sarpatta Parambarai
- Raj B. Shetty for Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
- Shubhendu Bhattacharya, Ritesh Shah for Amazon Original Movie Sardar Udham
BEST EDITING
- Chaitanya Tamhane for The Disciple
- Chandrashekhar Prajapati for Amazon Original Movie Sardar Udham
- Francies Louis for The Great Indian Kitchen
- Praveen Shriyan for Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
- Selva RK for Amazon Presents Sarpatta Parambarai
BEST CINEMATOGRAPY
- Avik Mukhopadhyay for Amazon Original Movie Sardar Udham
- Michal Sobocinski for The Disciple
- Murali.G for Amazon Presents Sarpatta Parambarai
- P B Shreeyas Krishna for Rocky
- Praveen Shriyan for Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
