In no particular order:
MALE:
Manoj Bajpai in Special 26,
Sushant Singh in Kai Po Che,
Saurabh Shukla in Phata Poster Nikhla Hero,
Amitabh Bachchan in Satyagraha,
Nana Patekar in The attacks of 26/11,
Kunal Khemu in Go Goa Gone.
FEMALE:
Konkana Sen Sharama in Ek Thi Daayan,
Deepika Padukone in Yeh Jawaani hai Deewani,
Deepika Padukone in Ram-Leela,
Sonakshi SInha in Lootera.
Richa Chadda in Fukrey.
terrible choices. dont agree with even manoj in s26. he was not as good as akshay and anupam. the scene where he had to laugh in the end , he did a pretty poor job
I liked the performance of these actors and actresses this year
Deepika – Chennai Express
swara Bhaskar – Ranjhanna
Shraddha Kapoor – Aashiqui 2
Bharati – The Lunchbox
Chitrangada – Inkaar
Mahi Gill – Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster
Sonakshi – Lootera
Emran – Ghanchakkar
Zeeshan – Ranjhanna
Vikram – David
Varun Sharma – Fukrey
Aditya Roy Kapoor – Aashiqui 2
Arjun – Inkaar
Akshay – S26
Sushant – Kai Po Che
Nawazuddin – Lunchbox
I don’t think any of the above mentioned male performances are worthy to be called as performance of the year. But I agree with many of the female performances you mentioned. Anyway these are my choices in all the categories from the movies I watched.
Best Film
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Ghanchakkar
Kai Po Che
Lunchbox
Madras Cafe
Raanjhanaa
Shahid
Special 26
Best Director
Abhishek Kapoor (Kai Po Che)
Aditya Datt (Table No. 21)
Ritesh Batra (Lunchbox)
Shoojit Sircar (Madras Cafe)
Vikramaditya Motwane (Lootera)
Best Actor
Akshay Kumar (Special 26)
Anupam Kher (Special 26)
Dhanush (Raanjhanaa)
Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Irfan Khan (Lunchbox)
Paresh Rawal (Table No. 21)
Saurabh Shukla (Jolly L.L.B.)
Best Actress
Konkona Sen Sharma (Ek Thi Daayan)
Nimrat Kaur (Lunchbox)
Rani Mukherjee (Bombay Talkies)
Richa Chadda (Fukrey)
Shradhha Kapoor (Aashiqui 2)
Sonakshi Sinha (Lootera)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Ankit Tiwari – Sunn Raha Hai (Aashiqui 2)
Arijit Singh – Kabira (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
Javed Ali – Tum Tak (Raanjhanaa)
Javed Bashir – Mera Yaar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Shafqat Amanat Ali – Raske Bhare Tore Naina (Satyagraha)
Shiraz Uppal – Raanjhanaa (Raanjhanaa)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Alisha Chinai – Dil Tu Hi Bata (Krrish 3)
Chinmayi Sripaada – Titli (Chennai Express)
Monali Thakur – Sawaar Loon (Lootera)
Shalmali Kholgade – Lat Lag Gayi (Race 2)
Shreya Ghoshal – O Rangrez (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Sona Mohapatra – Ambarsariya (Fukrey)
Most Popular Song
Badtameez Dil (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
Jeene Laga Hoon (Ramaiya Vastavaiya)
Lat Lag Gayi (Race 2)
Lungi Dance (Chennai Express)
Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2)
Tu Mere Agal Bagal (Phata Poster Nikhla Hero)
Best Lyrics
Amitabh Bhattacharya – Kabira (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
Gulzar – Yaaram (Ek Thi Daayan)
Irshad Kamal – Main Rang Sharbaton Ka (Phata Poster Nikla Hero)
Irshad Kamal – Raanjhanaa (Raanjhanaa)
Prasoon Joshi – Zinda Hai Toh (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Best Music Director
Amit Trivedi (Lootera)
A.R.Rahman (Raanjhanaa)
Pritam (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
Sachin-Jigar (Shuddh Desi Romance)
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Choocha-Fukrey
Saurabh Shukla- Jolly LLB
Dhanush-Ranjhaana
Emran-Ghanchakkar
Deepika-CE
Zeeshan-Ranjhaana
The politician guy- KPC
Nawazuddin-Lunchbox/BT
Agree with many choices expecially Emraan and Saurabh from JollyLLB.
I would also add Aamir to the list. (he does ham in few scenes but carries the film and drama so well)
I am not fit to jot down my fav list here as my viewing sample size is very small. Still what I have seen and finding what I saw was ‘Brilliant Jugalbandi’ of last few years, Danush and Zeeshan of Ranjhanaa stands like Lighthouse. Even Swar bhaskara was terrific.
Rest was subjected to Ham Ham And Ham 😀
@mate though hvnt thought much abt ur list except for kbira song. I dnt think arjit singh kabira is better version than tochi nd rekha’s version. I personally love kbira of tochi nd rekha version.. Nd same is more popular too..
Wait a min,
where is Kangana?? Her performance in Krrish3 is the best of the year – along with Deepika’s CE and YJHD.
In fact Kangana was the most brilliant thing in the whole Krrish3 ( was a good movie ).
Full marks to her performance and the direction of Rakesh Roshan.