12th Fail & RRKPK are all set to take home the honours for the year 2023 at the 8th Bollywood Film Journalists’ Awards to be held in Mumbai later this month. While 12th Fail has won for Best Film, Best Director & Best Actor Male & two more categories; RRKPK has won for Best Actor Female and in five more categories. This year the BFJA ceremony is also being held for films released in 2022 and Gangubai Kathiawadi will be taking home 11 Roaring Lions, including Best Film, Best Director & Best Actor Female. While Animal & Jawaan have won in three categories each for this year, Bramhastra has won in four categories for last year. Hritik Roshan has won the Best Actor Male for 2022 for his performance in Vikram Vedha.
The 19 member exhaustive jury this year included noted film critics and journalists like Faridoon Shahryar, Anuraag Pandey, Chaitanya Padukone , Dr. Rajiv Vijayakar, Ronak Kotecha, Shama Bhagat, Divya Solgama, Joginder Tuteja, Jyothi Venkatesh, Vishal Verma, Ram Kamal Mukherjee, Hemant Sanganee, Johnson Thomas, Kunal Mandekar, Narendra Gupta , Ashameera Aiyappan & Balaji Vittal amongst others; Making BFJA definitely the MOST NON-MANIPULATABLE UNBIASED and HONEST FILM AWARDS IN INDIA TODAY— all in a span of just 7 years!
BFJA is the only OPEN BALLOT, No Frills absolutely transparent awards in Bollywood where more than a dozen reputed Film Journalists vote & decide the winners— with their individual votes visible online. BFJA also happens to be the only Bollywood Award where winners are declared 15 days before —on our website and media (unlike other awards where those who are present are first decided and then awards are given only to those present).
List of all winners for 2023:
BEST FILM: 12TH FAIL, VIDHU VINOD CHOPRA
BEST DIRECTOR: VIDHU VINOD CHOPRA FOR 12TH FAIL
BEST ACTOR MALE: VIKRANT MASSEY (12th Fail)
BEST ACTOR FEMALE: ALIA BHATT – Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MALE: VICKY KAUSHAL – DUNKI
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEMALE: Shabana Azmi - Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani
BEST DIRECTOR: SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI – GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI
BEST ACTOR MALE: HRITHIK ROSHAN – VIKRAM VEDHA
BEST ACTOR FEMALE: ALIA BHATT – GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MALE: ANIL KAPOOR – JUGJUGG JEEYO
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEMALE: SHEFALI SHAH – DARLINGS – (4 VOTES / JALSA – 2 VOTES)
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR: Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva – PRITAM
BEST BACKGROUND SCORE: QALA – SAGAR DESAI
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: SUDEEP CHATTERJEE, ISC – GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI
BEST STORY ADAPTED: Gangubai Kathiawadi - adapted from Mafia Queens of Mumbai by Hussain Zaidi
BEST STORY ORIGINAL: Darlings (Parveez Sheikh, Jasmeet K Reen, Vijay Maurya) 12 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Subrata Chakraborty, Amit Ray - FOR GANGUBAI KATHAIWADI
BEST SINGER MALE: ARIJIT SINGH - 11 VOTES KESARIYA, Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva– 7 VOTES, Phir na aisi raat ayegi (Laal Singh Chadha) – 1 VOTE,, Apna Bana Le (Bhediya) - 1 VOTE, MUSHKURAHAT (GANGUBAI KATHIAYADI) – 1 VOTE, AMI JE TOMAR TANDAV, MERE DHOLNA (BHOOL BHULAIYAA 2) – 1 VOTE
BEST SINGER FRMALE: JAB SAIYAAN --Shreya Ghoshal - Gangubai Kathiawadi
BEST COSTUME DESIGN : Sheetal Sharma – GANGUBAI KATHAIWADI
BEST EDITING: Sandeep Francis (Drishyam 2)
BEST SOUND DESIGN: Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee - Bramhastra Part 1 Shiva
BEST MAKE UP & HAIR: Preetisheel G. Singh / Preetisheel Singh D'souza – 6 VOTES GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI – 5 VOTES, BACHCHAN PAANDEY – 1 VOTE
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: DNEG Redefine - Bramhastra Part 1 Shiva
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Chhota Bheem Aur Registhan Ka Shahensha
BEST SHORT FILM: MASTERJI
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Shaunak Sen's 'All That Breathes'
BEST DEBUTANTE (MALE): Shantanu Maheshwari - Gangubai Kathiawadi
BEST DEBUTANTE (FEMALE): Manushi Chhillar - Samrat Prithiviraj
BEST SCREENPLAY: Parveez Sheikh & Jasmeet K Reen (Darlings)
BEST CHILD ARTISTE: Ahmad Ibn Umar - Laal Singh Chadhha
BEST WEB SERIES: ROCKET BOYS / DIR. - ABHAY PANNU
BEST ACTION: Parvez Shaikh Vikram Vedha
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER: KRUTI MAHESH-- song Dholida- Gangubai Kathiawadi
2022 BEST DEBUTANTE DIRECTOR: JASMEET K REEN FOR DARLINGS
“There are some BFJA Editor’s Choice Awards that will be given away for Standout Performances for 2022 & 2023”. summed up Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri, Founder of Planman Motion Pictures —the group behind BFJA.
