Critics Choice Awards 2025: Nominations Announced!
The 7th Critics` Choice Awards (CCA), presented by GroupM Motion Entertainment and the Film Critics Guild, has unveiled its nominations, celebrating outstanding talent in short films, web series, feature films, and the newly introduced documentaries category.
The CCA jury, comprising 59 esteemed critics, is led by Anupama Chopra (Chairperson), with members from print, radio, broadcast, and digital media. The awards continue to honor exceptional storytelling across India’s diverse cinematic landscape.
Feature Films Nomination
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”
Stay tuned for the much-awaited Critics’ Choice Awards 2025, scheduled to take place on 25th March 2025.
