Filmfare awards 2012 Nominations and Winners

 Best Actor Popular – Ranbir Kapoor – Rockstar
 Best Actress Popular – Vidya Balan – The Dirty Picture

Best Film Popular – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Director Popular – Zoya Akhtar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Film Critics – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Actor Critics (Male) – Ranbir Kapoor – Rockstar

Best Actor Critics (Female) – Priyanka Chopra – 7 Khoon Maaf

Best Supporting Actor (Male) – Farhan Akthar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Supporting Actor (Female) – Rani Mukherjee – No One Killed Jessica

Best Music Director – AR Rahman – Rockstar

Best Lyrics - Irshad Kamil – Nadaan Parindey – Rockstar

Best Playback Singer (Male) – Mohit Chuhan – Jo Bhi Main – Rockstar

Best Playback Singer(Female) - Usha Uthap and Rekha Bharadwaj – Darling

RD Burman Award for upcoming talent in field of music – Krsna – Tanu Weds Manu

Partho Gupte – Special Filmfare Jury Certificate – Stanley Ka Dabba

Lifetime Achievement Award – Aruna Irani

Best Dialogue - Farhan Akthar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Screenplay - Akshat Verma – Delhi Belly

Best Story - Sanjay Chauhan – I Am Kalam

Best Debut Director – Abhinay Deo – Delhi Belly

Best Debut Male – Vidyut Jhamwal – Force

Best Debut Female – Parineeti Chopra – Ladies vs Rickie Bahl

Best Choreography – Bosco-Caesar – Senorita – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best VFX – Red Chillies VFX – Ra.One

Best Background Score – Ranjit Barot – Shaitan

Best Action – Action Concepts – Don 2

Best Cinematography – Carlos Catalan – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Editing – Huzefa Lokhandwala – Delhi Belly

Best Production Design – Shashank Tere – Delhi Belly

Best Sound Design – Nakul Kamte – Don 2

Best Costume – Niharika Khan – The Dirty Picture

Dirty Picture beats Desi Boyz

Vidya Balan

Dirty Picture continues a record breaking spree. It has collected approximately 9.54 cr on Friday-December 2,

10.78 cr on Saturday-December 3, 12.38 cr on Sunday-December 4, 5.72 cr on Monday-December 5, 6.21 cr on Tuesday December 6...totalling upto 44.63. This is the Net box office.

According to trade guru Taran Adarsh, TheDirty Picture has made a clean sweep at the box office.''

In sharp contrast the other big recent releaseDesi Boyz collected approximately 40 cr in the first week.

Says another trade analyst, The big difference is Desi Boyz had two big actors Akshay Kumarand John Abraham, one big heroine

Deepika Padukone. Akki reportedly got 20 cr for Desi Boyz and John allegedly took 9 cr. Vidya Balan is rumoured

to have got around 1.25 cr for Dirty Picture. In fact the entire cost of Dirty Picture is said to be 11 cr that is less than Akki's fee. Clearly one can see that Vidya is the real hero and actors need to do some serious rethinking on their price and scripts.''

John Abraham 

Akshay  desi boyz

Ekta calls 'Dirty Picture' India's version of 'Boogie Nights'

Vidya Balan

New Delhi: Relating her upcoming flick ‘Dirty Picture’ to international film ‘Boogie Nights’, producer Ekta Kapoor said this is her most special project.

Terming her movie as the Indian version of 'Boogie Nights' she said that it is based on the story of a young man's adventures in the Californian porn industry of the 1970s and 80s.

'Boogie Nights' was a film that shocked the sensibilities of people.

The difference, perhaps, is the inspiration of 'Dirty Picture' - late south Indian actress Silk Smitha, whose rise and fall as a sex siren and ultimately her death made for a moving story, according to Ekta.

'I would be surprised if I don't get unbelievable critical acclaim for 'Dirty Picture' and a national award for my actress, Vidya Balan. The movie has one of the most well-written scripts I have come across and a lot of youngsters in my office have looked at it with great admiration,' she added.

Silk Smitha was born as Vijayalakshmi, but she found her new name following the success of her Tamil film 'Vandi Chakkram' in which she had stunned audiences with her oomph quotient. Her character in the film was named Silk, following which she became Silk Smitha.

She went on to become a symbol of sensuality after doing bold and semi-nude roles and she even tried her hand at producing movies. But gradually, after getting sidelined by younger actresses, financial crisis and personal problems took a toll on her life.

Ekta, who is riding high as a successful film producer with unique and experimental projects like 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai', 'Love Sex Aur Dhokha', 'Shor In The City' and now 'Ragini MMS', says the film is 'closest to my heart'.

'At no point have we tried to justify her (Smitha) or criticise her. We will just let the audience live her life... after that, it is up to the audience to walk out of the theatre with tears or a smile,' she said.

The movie, directed by Milan Luthria, will be an insight into the life of Smitha, who titillated the audience with her sensual roles throughout her career, but had a tragic end at the age of 35.

Choosing Vidya for the role has been the best decision ever, says Ekta.

'She has such a range of acting... her expressions are well controlled... We couldn't have found anyone better than Vidya for this role. It's a casting that very few would think is viable because it is going to be nothing like Vidya has done before. But I am confident she will push the envelope as far as she can,' she said.

Ekta, daughter of veteran actor Jeetendra, agrees her movies are a little experimental for the Indian audience, but she doesn't mince words when she says 'I can't be a slave to appreciation'.