TOIFA 2016: Complete list of nominations

It's that time of the year when the Times Of India honours the best of Bollywood from the past year (2015). The grand event will take place on March 18 in Dubai at the Dubai International Stadium at Dubai Sports City.

Best Film

Bajirao Mastani
Ranveer Singh played Peshwa Bajirao while Deepika Padukone very well pulled off Mastani in this Sanjay Leela Bhansali film which was praised by the critics for its wonderful performances. Priyanka Chopra, too, did her best for the film.

Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Kangana Ranaut's double role was to watch out for in this sequel. Being the biggest blockbuster of 2015, the movie received many accolades.

Bajrangi Bhaijaan
The movie claimed popularity for its emotional story of a deaf-and-mute Pakistani girl stranded in India

Piku
The film, starring Amitabh Bachchan as a super-obsessed, constipated father of a working woman, Deepika Padukone, was an instant favourite with moviegoers.

Dil Dhadakne Do
The power-packed casting and their performance was why the film did as well as it did.

Best Actor - Female

Anushka Sharma - NH10
n her first production venture, Anushka Sharma played a strong character who fights all odds while being stuck in a do-or-die situation.

Deepika Padukone - Bajirao Mastani Deepika Padukone is one of the very few celebs nominated twice in the same category at the 61st Filmfare Awards. Her portrayal of Mastani was par excellence.

Deepika Padukone – Piku
Deepika played the caring but frustrated daughter of the constipated Amitabh Bachchan in ‘Piku’ and inspired many to name their newborn daughters after her character’s name.

Kangana Ranaut - Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Kangana Ranaut returned in her carefree Tanu avatar and stunned fans yet again with her amazing Haryanvi accent as she played a double role in the film.

Best Actor - Male

Ranveer Singh - Bajirao Mastani
Ranveer Singh garnered immense acclaim for playing Bajirao with excellence in the film. Be it his dialogue delivery, his ‘Malhari’ dance moves or his sword fighting, Ranveer was bang on!

Salman Khan - Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Salman Khan mesmerised his fans yet again with his emotional avatar as he fought all odds to make a deaf-and-mute girl reach her home safely in Pakistan.

Varun Dhawan – Badlapur
Varun Dhawan broke free of his happy-go-lucky charm to play a tragedy-struck man in ‘Badlapur’ and proved that he is more than just a lover boy.

Amitabh Bachchan – Piku
It was a welcomE change to watch Big B in a never-seen-before avatar - that of a constipated man whose life revolves around nothing but the shades of his feaces.

Best Director

Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Bajirao Mastani
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is the master of grand films and didn’t disappoint with ‘Bajirao Mastani.’ The film was appreciated for its grandeur, battle scenes and wonderful performances.

Kabir Khan - Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Kabir Khan went to on to deliver the biggest hit of the year, ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan' which featured Salman Khan as a soft-hearted man who goes all out to help the deaf-and-mute girl, Harshaali Malhotra reach her home in Pakistan.

Shoojit Sircar – Piku
Shoojit Sircar created a unique film which was based on the subject of a father-daughter relationship revolving around constipation.

Aanand L Rai - Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Aanand L Rai delivered ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ fans more than they could have asked for, courtesy, Kangana Ranaut's power-packed performance.

Zoya Akhtar - Dil Dhadakne Do Director Zoya Akhtar returned after giving a hit, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobaara.

Best Supporting Actor- Male

Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Irrfan Khan - Piku

Deepak Dobriyal - Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Anil Kapoor - Dil Dhadakne Do

Best Supporting Actor - Female


Priyanka Chopra - Bajirao Mastani

Shefali Shah - Dil Dhadakne Do

Tabu - Drishyam

Tanvi Azmi - Bajirao Mastani