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
