Critics' Choice Awards 2025 Full List Of Nominees: Abhishek Bachchan, Diljit Dosanjh Bag Best Actor Nods

On Thursday, March 6, Film Critics Guild revealed the nominees for the upcoming Critics' Choice Awards 2025 across several categories like Web Series, Feature Film, Short Film, and Documentary, among others, as per a report in HT. The winners of the 7th edition of the CCA, will be announced on March 25, 2025.

Diljit Dosanjh, Abhishek Bachchan bagged Best Actor nods for their roles in Amar Singh Chamkila and I Want To Talk, while Kani Kusruti received nominations across three categories for her performances in Girls Will Be Girls, Poacher, and All We Imagine as Light. Konkona Sen Sharma got a nomination for Best Actress for Killer Soup.  

Check out full list of nominees of Critics' Choice Awards (India) 2025

Short Film Nominations

Category: Best Short Film

IYKYK (If You Know You Know)

Jal Tu Jalaal Tu

Obur

Taak (Tracker)

Virundhu (The Feast)

Category: Best Director

Bonita Rajpurohit for IYKYK

Prateek Vats for Jal Tu Jalaal Tu

Faraz Ali for Obur

Ajai Vishwanath Starch

Udit Khurana for Taak (Tracker)

Category: Best Actor

Kayan Dadyburjor for Halfway

Kumar Chheda for Halfway

Harish Khanna for Jal Tu Jalaal Tu

Aaqib Nazir Dinda for Obur

George Vijay for Virundhu (The Feast)

Category: Best Actress

Menuka Pradhan for Crossing Borders

Sheeba Chaddha for Night Queen

Indu Sharma for Riha (Unlocked)

Gayatri Patel Bahl for Strach

Jyoti Dogra for Taak (Tracker)

Category: Best Writing

Bonita Rajpurohit for IYKYK (If You Know You Know)

Vindhya Gupta for Jooyein (Lice)

Faraz Ali for Obur

Akhil Lotlikar, Tanmay Gemini for The Slow Train

Rishi Chandna, Rahul Srivastava for Virundhu (The Feast)

Category: Best Cinematography

Kartik Parmar for Bhed Bakri Bhoot (Gote Goat Ghost)

Appu Prabhakar for Crossing Borders

Avinash Arun Dhaware for Monsoon Walk

Anand Bansal for Obur

Tarkash Mehta for Taak (Tracker)

Documentary Nominations

Against the Tide

And, Towards Happy Alleys

Nocturnes

Rhythm of a Flower (Phool Ka Channd)

The Midwife's Confession

Web Series Nominations

Category: Best Web Series

Brinda

Freedom at Midnight

Killer Soup

Poacher

Raat Jawaan Hai

Category: Best Director

Surya Manoj Vangala for Brinda

Nikkhil Advani for Freedom at Midnight

Abhishek Chaubey for Killer Soup

Richie Mehta for Poacher

Sumeet Vyas for Raat Jawaan Hai

Category: Best Actor

Mihir Godbole for Lampan

Ravi Kishan for Maamla Legal Hai

Barun Sobti for Raat Jawaan Hai

Kay Kay Menon for Shekhar Home

Tahir Raj Bhasin for Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein S2

Category: Best Actress

Swastika Mukherjee for Bijoya

Trisha Krishnan for Brinda

Konkona Sen Sharma for Killer Soup

Nimisha Sajayan for Poacher

Anjali Anand for Raat Jawaan Hai

Category: Best Supporting Actor

Rajesh Tailang for Bandish Bandits S2

Rajendra Chawla for Freedom at Midnight

Rajesh Khattar for Murder in Mahim

Faisal Malik for Panchayat S3

Dibyendu Bhattacharya for Poacher

Category: Best Supporting Actress

Divya Dutta for Bandish Bandits S2

Nidhi Bisht for Maamla Legal Hai

Sai Tamhankar for Manvat Murders

Kani Kusruti for Poacher

Priya Bapat for Raat Jawaan Hai

Category: Best Writing

Anand Tiwari, Atmika Didwania, Karan Singh Tyagi for Bandish Bandits S2

Surya Manoj Vangala, Padmavathi Malladi, Jay Krishna for Brinda

Abhinandan Gupta, Gundeep Kaur, Adwitiya Kareng Das, Divy Nidhi Sharma, Revanta Sarabhai, Ethan Taylor for Freedom at Midnight

Richie Mehta, Gopan Chidambaran for Poacher

Khyati Anand Puthran for Raat Jawaan Hai

Feature Films Nominations

Category: Best Film

All We Imagine As Light

Amar Singh Chamkila

Family

Girls Will Be Girls

Kottukkaali (The Adamant Girl)

Laapataa Ladies

Manjummel Boys

Padatik

Paradise

Rimdoggittanga (Rapture)

Category: Best Director

Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine As Light

Imtiaz Ali for Amar Singh Chamkila

Shuchi Talati for Girls Will Be Girls

Chidambaram for Manjummel Boys

Dominic Sangma for Rimdoggittanga (Rapture)

Category: Best Actor

Prithviraj Sukumaran for Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life)

Diljit Dosanjh for Amar Singh Chamkila

Abhishek Bachchan for I Want To Talk

Soori for Kottukkaali (The Adamant Girl)

Chandan Sen for Manikbabur Megh (The Cloud and the Man)

Category: Best Actress

Kani Kusruti for All We Imagine As Light

Preeti Panigrahi for Girls Will Be Girls

Anna Ben for Kottukkaali (The Adamant Girl)

Darshana Rajendran for Paradise

Urvashi for Ullozhukku (Undercurrent)

Category: Best Supporting Actor

Anjan Dutt for Chaalchitra Ekhon

Raghav Juyal for Kill

Vijayaraghavan for Kishkindha Kaandam

Ravi Kishan for Laapataa Ladies

Mahendra Perera for Paradise

Category: Best Supporting Actress

Divya Prabha for All We Imagine As Light

Kani Kusruti for Girls Will Be Girls

Sai Abhinaya for Kottukkaali (The Adamant Girl)

Chhaya Kadam for Laapataa Ladies

Parvathy Thiruvothu for Ullozhukku (Undercurrent)

Category: Best Writing

Anand Ekarshi for Aattam

Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine As Light

Biplab Goswami, Sneha Desai, Divy Nidhi Sharma for Laapataa Ladies

Chidambaram for Manjummel Boys

Dominic Sangma for Rimdoggittanga (Rapture)

Category: Best Cinematography

Sunil K. S. for Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life)

Ranabir Das for All We Imagine As Light

Rafey Mehmood for Kill

Shyju Khalid for Manjummel Boys

Tojo Xavier for Rimdoggittanga (Rapture)

Category: Best Editing

Aarti Bajaj for Amar Singh Chamkila

Shivkumar V. Panicker for Kill

Vivek Harshan for Manjummel Boys

Srijit Mukherjee for Padatik

A. Sreekar Prasad for Paradise