Recap 2018 : Performances

Presenting the winners along with the list of nominees in various categories. Just a reminder, its entirely my personal opinion based list.



Best Actor Male : Ranveer Singh (Padmaavat)

• Vineet Kumar Singh (Mukkabaaz)
• Gajraj Rao (Badhaai Ho)
• Ayushmann Khurrana (Andhadhun)
• Varun Dhawan (October)

Special mention to Avinash Tiwari's powerful performance, especially in 2nd half of Laila Majnu.. just about misses out in my top5.


Best Actor Female : Taapsee Pannu (Manmarziyaan)

• Alia Bhatt (Raazi)
• Neena Gupta (Badhaai Ho)
• Tabu (Andhadhun)
• Anushka Sharma (Pari)

Zoya Hussain in Mukkabaaz and Sanya-Radhika in Pataakha were the notable omissions here.


Best Director : Meghna Gulzar (Raazi)

• Shoojit Sircar (October)
• Sriram Raghavan (Andhadhun)
• Anubhav Sinha (Mulk)
• Vishal Bhardwaj (Pataakha)


Best Film : Raazi

• October
• Mulk
• Andhadhun
• Laila Majnu


Best Supporting Actor Male : Manoj Pahwa (Mulk)

• Saurabh Shukla (Raid)
• Angad Bedi (Soorma)
• Pankaj Tripathi (Stree)
• Vicky Kaushal (Sanju)

Sunil Grover in Pataakha and Sunny Kaushal in Gold were some of other brilliant performances.


Best Supporting Actor Female : Gitanjali Rao (October)

• Katrina Kaif (Zero)
• Surekha Sikri (Badhaai Ho)
• Renuka Shahane (3 Storeys)
• Yamini Das (Sui Dhaaga)


Best Music : Niladri Kumar, Joi Barua, Alif (Laila Majnu)

• Ajay-Atul, Tanishk Bagchi, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Zero)
• Amit Trivedi (Manmarziyaan)
• Vikram Montrose, Rohan Rohan, A R Rahman (Sanju)
• Amit Trivedi (Andhadhun)


Best Lyricist : Irshad Kamil, hafiz hafiz (Laila Majnu)

• Irshad Kamil, aahista aahista (Laila Majnu)
• Shellee, grey waala shade (Manmarziyaan)
• Irshad Kamil, mere naam tu (Zero)
• Shekhar Astitwa, kar har maidaan fateh (Sanju)


Best Playback Singer Male : Shahid Mallya, daryaa (Manmarziyaan)

• Sukhvinder Singh, kar har maidaan fateh (Sanju)
• Mohit Chauhan, hafiz hafiz (Laila Majnu)
• Arijit Singh, aahista aahista (Laila Majnu)
• Abhay Jodhpurkar, mere naam tu (Zero)


Best Playback Singer Female : Jyoti Nooran, tanha hua (Zero)

• Harshdeep Kaur-Vibha Saraf, dilbaro (Raazi)
• Nikhita Gandhi, mujhe chaand pe le chalo (Sanju)
• Jonita Gandhi, aahista aahista (Laila Majnu)
• Rekha Bhardwaj, so ja so ja (Pari)


Best Debut Male : Dulquer Salmaan (Karwaan)

• Zain Khan Durrani (Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz)
• Ishaan Khatter (Beyond the Clouds & Dhadak)
• Jassie Gill (Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi)
• Varun Mitra (Jalebi)


Best Debut Female : Zoya Hussain (Mukkabaaz)

• Radhika Madan (Pataakha)
• Gitanjali Rao (October)
• Sara Ali Khan (Kedarnath & Simmba)
• Banita Sandhu (October)

I did like Jhanvi Kapoor in Dhadak, but the competition too strong in this category, so she misses out.


Best Debut Director : Amar Kaushik (Stree)

• Sajid Ali (Laila Majnu)
• Prosit Roy (Pari)
• Arjun Mukerjee (3 Storeys)
• Akshat Verma (Kaalakaandi)


Best Story : Akshat Ghildial, Jyoti Kapoor, Shantanu Srivastava (Badhaai Ho)

• Mitesh Shah, Adesh Prasad, Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi, Narayan Dharap (Tumbbad)
• Anudeep Singh (Mukkabaaz)
• Raj-Dk (Stree)
• Juhi Chaturvedi (October)


Best Scene : Qais questioning the people who pelt stones at him, asking if he didn't notice them while lost in his love for Laila, how did they notice him when lost in their love for God (Laila Majnu)

• Vinayak's son suggests idea that can earn them lots of money in one go, not knowing the greed is going to put them both in danger (Tumbbad)
• The helplessness Bilal feels when he is mentally tortured with questions and being made to say things by Danish and his team at Police Station (Mulk)
• Akash gets out of lift and watches Simi commit a murder right in front of him, as he quickly adjusts and goes in his blind act, with the Beethoven background score (Andhadhun)
• Sanjay heavy on drugs uses toilet commode as mangalsutra for Ruby (Sanju)

Pataakha's climax fake death scene, Avinash's emotional speech on his father in Karwaan and Pari's scene where Rukhsana uses earphones to fool were also among my favs!


Best Jodi : Varun-Banita (October)

• Sanya-Radhika (Pataakha)
• Avinash-Tripti (Laila Majnu)
• Ranbir-Vicky (Sanju)
• Rajkumar-Shraddha (Stree)


Best Trailer : October

• Omerta
• Pataakha
• Sanju
• Mulk

Laila Majnu, Stree and Gold had pretty good trailers too, many of these films however didn't turn out to be good.


Best Screenplay : Bhavani Iyer, Meghna Gulzar (Raazi)

• Anubhav Sinha (Mulk)
• Juhi Chaturvedi (October)
• Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, Pooja Ladha Surti (Andhadhun)
• Raj Nidimoru, Krishna Dk (Stree)


Best Dialogue : Vishal Bhardwaj (Pataakha)

• Anubhav Sinha (Mulk)
• Sumit Aroraa (Stree)
• Nandita Das (Manto)
• Akshat Ghildial (Badhaai Ho)


Best Editing : Pooja Ladha Surti (Andhadhun)

• Nitin Baid (Raazi)
• Sanyukta Kaza (Tumbbad)
• Ballu Saluja (Mulk)
• Aarti Bajaj (Manmarziyaan)


Best Choreography : Kruti Mahesh Midya-Jyoti D Tommaar, ghoomar (Padmavati)

• Rajeev Surti, hafiz hafiz (Laila Majnu)
• Poonam-Priyanka, grey waala shade (Manmarziyaan)
• Shabina Khan, balma (Pataakha)
• Bosco, dil chori (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety)


Best Background Score : Daniel B George (Andhadhun)

• Shantanu Moitra (October)
• Jesper Kyd (Tumbbad)
• Hitesh Sonik (Laila Majnu)
• Amit Trivedi (Manmarziyaan)


Best Cinematography : Pankaj Kumar (Tumbbad)

• Aveek Mukhopadhyay (October)
• Sayak Bhattacharya (Laila Majnu)
• Tushar Kanti Ray (Kedarnath)
• Sudeep Chatterjee (Padmaavat)


Best Action : Sham Kaushal (Padmaavat)

• Cyril Raffaelli, Sebastian Seveau, Vikram Dahiya (Bhavesh Joshi)
• Vikram Dahiya, Sunil Rodriguez (Mukkabaaz)
• Sunil Rodriguez (Simmba)
• Ram Chella, Lakshman Chella, Kecha Khamphakdee (Baaghi 2)


Best Art Direction : Nitin Zihani Choudhary, Rakesh Yadav (Tumbbad)

• Amit Ray, Subrata Chakraborty (Padmaavat)
• Madhusudan (Stree)
• Rita Ghosh (Manto)
• Debashis Debnath (Pari)


Best Costume : Ajay, Maxima Basu, Harpreet Rimple, Chandrakant Sonawane (Padmaavat)

• Manish Malhotra, Natascha Charak, Nikita Mohanty (Dhadak)
• Aki Narula, Anaita Shroff Adajania, Ankita Jha (Zero)
• Karishma Sharma (Pataakha)
• Smriti Chauhan, Sachin Lovalekar (Tumbbad)



Special Mention to Child Actors - Mohammad Samad in Tumbbad and Harsh Mayar in Hichki, both of them were outstanding in their acts.

Recap 2018 : Best Hindi Albums and Top100 Songs

Slightly below par year in terms of music if compared to 2017, we did have few outstanding albums but the albums having only 1-2 good songs were way too many.

Here's my list of Top10 Hindi Albums of 2018 :

1. Laila Majnu
2. Zero
3. Manmarziyaan
4. Sanju
5. Andhadhun
6. Raazi
7. October
8. Jalebi
9. Dhadak
10. Padmaavat

Raid, Soorma and Kedarnath just about miss out my list, did love some of the songs but as a whole those albums were underwhelming.


Now presenting the best songs, as always a reminder, the order is based on songs that I love to hear repeatedly, and not in terms of quality! I know many will differ but I strongly believe quality doesn't matter if it wont make me wanna hear the song again.

Nooran sister's song was at no.1 last year, and every year they are in my top10 list, this time they are at no.2.. while Mohit Chauhan takes the top spot with a song that can be labelled yet another angst but lighter version of Saadda Haq!


My List of Top100 Songs of 2018 :

1. Haafiz haafiz (Laila Majnu)
2. Tanha hua (Zero)
3. Daryaa (Manmarziyaan)
4. Aahista (Laila Majnu)
5. Mere naam tu (Zero)
6. Kar har maidaan fateh (Sanju)
7. Raazi (Raazi)
8. Mujhe chaand pe le chalo (Sanju)
9. Woh ladki (Andhadhun)
10. Theher ja (October)
11. Dilbaro (Raazi)
12. Ann bann (Zero)
13. O meri laila - radio version (Laila Majnu)
14. Sacchi mohabbat (Manmarziyaan)
15. Ruby ruby (Sanju)
16. Grey walaa shade (Manmarziyaan)
17. Husn parcham (Zero)
18. So ja so ja (Pari)
19. Dekhte dekhte - atif version (Batti Gul Meter Chalu)
20. Halla (Manmarziyaan)
21. Qaafirana (Kedarnath)
22. Aapse milkar - reprise (Andhadhun)
23. Dil chori (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety)
24. Heeriye (Race3)
25. Kudiye ni tere (Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi)


26. Ghoomar (Padmaavat)
27. Nain na jodeen (Badhaai Ho)
28. Tum se (Jalebi)
29. Chalte chalte (Mitron)
30. Dilbar (Satyameva Jayate)
31. Pehle ke jaisa (Jalebi)
32. Dhadak (Dhadak)
33. F for fyar (Manmarziyaan)
34. Lae dooba - sunidhi version (Aiyaary)
35. Gazab ka hai din (Dil Juunglee)
36. Zingaat (Dhadak)
37. Naina da kya kasoor - unplugged (Andhadhun)
38. Nainowale ne (Padmaavat)
39. Heer badnaam (Zero)
40. Ae watan - female version (Raazi)
41. Balma (Pataakha)
42. Soorma anthem (Soorma)
43. Ae watan - male version (Raazi)
44. Tum (Laila Majnu)
45. Mera pyar tera pyar (Jalebi)
46. Ek dil ek jaan (Padmaavat)
47. Lo safar (Baaghi 2)
48. Kadam (Karwaan)
49. Laaj sharam (Veere Di Wedding)
50. Sanu ek pal chain (Raid)


51. Nazar na lag jaaye (Stree)
52. Dekhte dekhte - rahat version (Batti Gul Meter Chalu)
53. Pappi le loon (Veere Di Wedding)
54. Kamariya (Stree)
55. Kundali (Manmarziyaan)
56. Monobina (Gold)
57. Good man di laaltain (Soorma)
58. Pehli baar (Dhadak)
59. Rangdaari (Daas Dev)
60. Aapse milkar (Andhadhun)
61. Chota sa fasana (Karwaan)
62. Namo namo (Kedarnath)
63. Chal (October)
64. Pal (Jalebi)
65. Selfish - atif version (Race 3)
66. Tum - javed ali version (Laila Majnu)
67. Mujhmein (Jalebi)
68. Mundiyan (Baaghi 2)
69. Badan pe sitare (Fanney Khan)
70. Nit khair manga (Raid)
71. O meri laila (Laila Majnu)
72. Jaan nisaar - asees version (Kedarnath)
73. Pehla nasha (Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz)
74. Bijlee giregi (Manmarziyaan)
75. Little little (Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se)


76. Dholida (Loveyatri)
77. Tajdar-e-haram (Satyameva Jayate)
78. Pataakha (Pataakha)
79. Tere jaisa tu hai (Fanney Khan)
80. Morni banke (Badhaai Ho)
81. Duma dum mast kalandar (Zero)
82. Koi gal nai (Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi)
83. Bas tu hai (3 Storeys)
84. Chhote chhote peg (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety)
85. Saansein hui dhuan dhuan (Race 3)
86. Phir kya hai gham (Hichki)
87. Meri khamoshi hai (Pari)
88. Chavanprash (Bhavesh Joshi)
89. Yaadon ki almari (Helicopter Eela)
90. Saansein (Karwaan)
91. Jaisi teri marzi (Manmarziyaan)
92. Allah duhai hai (Race 3)
93. Ishq di baajiyaan (Soorma)
94. High rated gabru (Nawabzaade)
95. Tujhe dekhti hai nazar (Nanu Ki Jaanu)
96. Qasam kha li (Bhavesh Joshi)
97. Lag ja gale (Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3)
98. Sehmi hai dhadkan (Daas Dev)
99. Achche din (Fanney Khan)
100. Lae dooba - asees version (Aiyaary)


Andhadhun's 2nd theme was my most favourite instrumental of the year, Also liked its 1st theme and the lovely October theme!

Recap 2018 : Best, Disappointing and Worst of Hollywood

Quite a eventful year, when it came to English movies, saw 36 in theatre, 8 on lappy and 2 Netflix movies (Hold the Dark and Mowgli, both were disappointing). Also, saw 15 old movies and 8 netflix/prime series, with Bates Motel (best I have seen so far), Sharp Objects, The Haunting of Hill House, Mindhunter, Sherlock (first 2 seasons) and Narcos really turning to be impressive.

Talking of 2018 movies, it was kind of a letdown year, mainly because most of the Nov/Dec i.e Oscar nominated movies turned out to be pretty disappointing, atleast I felt majority of them didnt deserve nominations as they got. One of rare occasions when Hindi films outdid Hollywood!

Here's my list of Top10 Hollywood Movies of 2018 : 

1. A Quiet Place
2. Mission Impossible 6 : Fallout
3. Avengers : Infinity War
4. Spiderman into the Spider Verse
5. Black Panther
6. Green Book
7. Shoplifters
8. Paddington 2
9. Ready Player One
10. Searching

Halloween, If Beale Street Could Talk and BlackKklansman just missed out in my list. Special mention to everyone's favourite Roma, didnt like it at all.


My list of Top5 Worst Hollywood Movies of 2018 : 

1. The Nun
2. Hold the Dark
3. First Reformed
4. At Eternity's Gate
5. Crazy Rich Asians

And two of these movies were nominated for Oscars (thankfully not in Movies category).


My list of Top5 Most Disappointing Movies of 2018 : 

1. Deadpool 2
2. A Star is Born
3. Venom
4. First Man
5. Insidious : The Last Key

Many of these movies were keenly anticipated ones for me, which made it even worse to see them not turn out to be on the level I wanted them. Except for Insidious, they all are still pretty likeable!

Recap 2018 : Best Hindi Films, Dissappointing and Worst!

In comparison to last 10 years, this was probably my least no of seen movies in theatre (if counting only Hindi) which ended at 45 movies. But, I also saw 10 movies on Netflix/Prime, and also RajmaChawal (was good in parts) along with 3 series, Ghoul, Lust Stories and Sacred Games, all of which didn't fully work out for me.

Turned out to be a pretty good year, unlike whats been the case for past 2 years, still you can say we have got lots of improvement to do, specially the big stars who had a very off year.

Well, time to give out my list for 2018, and sorry once again that it will not be detailed, again busy with personal life. Not promising but hoping 2020 changes and brings back the old me that was always blogging, Cheers!


Here's my list of Top10 Hindi Movies of 2018 : 

1. Raazi
2. October
3. Mulk
4. Andhadhun
5. Laila Majnu
6. Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz
7. Padman
8. Pataakha
9. Karwaan
10. Mukkabaaz

Also, liked Badhaai Ho, Stree and Pari that miss out.


My list of Top5 Worst Hindi Movies of 2018 :

1. Race3
2. Paltan
3. Thugs of Hindostan
4. Sanju
5. Zero

One of those years where all the big guns misfired, and very badly! Satyamev Jayate and Baaghi2 were very close to being in that list too.


My list of Top5 Disappointing Hindi Movies of 2018 : 

1. Omerta
2. Gold
3. Sonu ke Titu ki Sweety
4. Blackmail
5. Aiyaary

While, Kedarnath, Love Sonia and 2 Point 0 were some of the other movies that didn't live upto my expectations.

Monthly Songs Challenge - Part1

Day 1 : A song you like with a color in the title 
• Kaala rey (Gangs of Wasseypur 2)

Day 2 : A song you like with a number in the title 
• Do pal (Veer Zaara)

Day 3 : A song that reminds you of sunshine
• Tum hi ho bandhu (Cocktail)
• Another day of sun (La La Land)

Day 4 : A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget 
• All izz well (3 Idiots)

Day 5 : A song that needs to be played loud 
• Dum maaro dum (Hare Krishna Hare Ram)
• Love the way you lie (Eminem) and We will rock you (Queen)

Day 6 : A song that makes you want to dance
• Khalbali (Rang de Basanti) and Chaiyya Chaiyya (Dil Se)
• I ran (A Flock of Seagulls)

Day 7 : A song to drive to 
• Der na ho jaaye (Henna)

Day 8 : A song about drugs or alcohol
• O pardesi (Dev.D), Hungama ho gaya (Queen) and Chitta ve (Udta Punjab)

Day 9 : A song that makes you happy
• Masakalli (Delhi6) and Tu hai wahi (Yeh Vaada Raha)

Day 10 : A song that makes you sad
• Kya main zinda hoon (Zinda), Haan judai se darta hai dil (Kareeb), Awarapan banjaarapan - kay kay (Jism), Jaa sanam (Na Tum Jaano Na Hum), Dil kehta hai (Akele Hum Akele Tum) and Tadap tadap (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)
• Hanging tree (Hunger Games : The Mockingjay Part2), Someday we will know (A Walk To Remember)

Day 11 : A song you never get tired of 
• Ek pal ka jeena (Kaho na Pyaar hai) and Tumse hi (Jab We Met)
• City of Stars (La La Land)

Day 12 : A song from your preteen years
• Tu cheez badi hai mast mast (Mohra), Buddha mil gaya (Sangam), Ek ladki bheegi bhaagi si (Chalti ka Naam Gaadi), Aadhi raat (Parampara) and Tu pyar hai kisi aur ka (Dil Hai Ke Maanta Nahin)

Day 13 : A song you like from the 70's
• Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa (Aandhi), Dum maaro dum (Hare Krishna Hare Rama), Ruk jaana nahin (Imtihan), Chalte Chalte (Chalte Chalte), Haaye re haaye tera ghunghta (Dhongee), Yeh duniya yeh mehfil (Heer Raanjha) and Kya khoob lagti ho (Dharmatma)

Day 14 : A song you would love to be played at your wedding
• Emosanal atyachaar (Dev.D) and Bharo maang meri bharo (Sabse Bada Khiladi)

Day 15 : A song you like that's a cover by another artist
• Tu tu hai wahi (Jonita Gandhi), Pehla Nasha (Alaa Wardi) and Dua Saware Mixtape (Salim-Neeti)

Day 16 : A song that's a classic favorite 
• Ek ladki bheegi bhaagi si (Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi), Roop tera mastaana (Aradhana), Dum maaro dum (Hare Krishna Hare Rama), Tujhse naraaz nahi zindagi (Masoom), Urvashi urvashi (Humse Hai Muqabla), Dhoom machale (Dhoom) and Saadda Haq (Rockstar)

Day 17 : A song you would sing a duet with someone on karaoke 
• Mere haath mein (Fanaa)

Day 18 : A song from the year you were born 
• Chithi aayi hai (Naam)

Day 19: A song that makes you think about life 
• Aankh micholi (Dev.D) and Sapno se bhare naina (Luck by Chance)

Day 20 : A song that has many meanings to you 
• Rehna tu (Delhi6), Ae bhai zara dekh ke chalo (Mera Naam Joker)
• Visions of Gideon (Call Me By Your Name)

Day 21 : A song you like with a person's name in the title 
• Saali khushi (Dev.D), Ae shivani (Khoobsurat), O meri chandni (Chandni)

Day 22 : A song that moves you forward 
• Chak lein de (Chandni Chowk To China), Ruk jaana nahi (Imtihaan), Dangal dangal (Dangal)
• Not Afraid (Eminem)

Day 23 : A song you think everybody should listen to 
• Aawarapan banjaarapan (MM Kreem), Ghum huye (David), Humnava (Hamari Adhuri Kahaani), Barbaadi (Aurangzeb),  Kaala rey (Gangs of Wasseypur 2), Ka kha gha (Bombay Velvet)

Day 24 : A song by a band you wish were still together 
• Dooba Dooba (Silk Route), Sayonee (Junoon) and Yaar bina dil nahi lagda (Junoon)
• Words (Boyzone), Immigrant (Led Zeppelin)

Day 25 : A song you like by an artist no longer living 
• Rote huye aate hai sab, muqaddar ka sikandar (Kishore Kumar), Awara hoon, awaara (Mukesh), Yeh duniya yeh mehfil, heer raanjha (Mohammad Rafi), Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam, kaagaz ke phool (Geeta Dutt), Ae bhai zara dekh ke chalo,  mera naam joker (Manna Dey), Mere rashke qamar (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
• Billie jean (Micheal Jackson), Can't help falling in love (Elvis Presley), Always on my mind (Elvis Presley), Hurt (Johnny Cash), Numb (Chester Bennington)

Day 26 : A song that makes you want to fall in love 
• Tumhe apna banane ki kasam (Sadak), Tum mile (Criminal), Dil mein sanam ki soorat (Phir teri kahaani yaad aayi),  Na tum jaano na hum (Kaho na Pyaar Hai), Tu hai wahi (Yeh Vaada Raha),  Tere liye (Fitoor)
• Mystery of love (Call me by your Name)

Day 27 : A song that breaks your heart 
• Kahin toh hogi (Jaane Tu Jaane Naa),  Awaarapan banjaarapan - mm kreem (Jism), Tu jo nahin hai (Woh Lamhe), Baad muddat ke (Kaash), Beetein lamhe - lounge (The Train) and Koi fariyaa (Tum Bin)
• Hurt (Johnny Cash), Visions of Gideon (Call me by your Name), Epilogue (La La Land)

Day 28 : A song by an artist whose voice you love 
• O mere dil ke chain, Kishore Kumar (Mere Jeevan Saathi), Ae ajnabi, Udit Narayan (Dil Se), Tu hi meri shab hai, Kay Kay (Gangster), Tumse hi, Mohit Chauhan (Jab We Met), Manmarziyaan, Shilpa Rao (Lootera), Tum hi ho, Arijit (Aashiqui2) and Muskaane, Suman Sridhar (Talaash)

Day 29 : A song you remember from your teenage (late childhood)
• Tum paas aaye (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai), Baahon ke darmiyaan (Khamoshi), Aa bhi jaa (Sur), Mehbooba (Ajnabee), Pardesi pardesi (Raja Hindustani), Its the time to disco (Kal Ho Na Ho), Rote huye aate hai sab (Muqaddar ka Sikandar), Roop tera mastana (Aradhana), Goli maaro bheje mein (Satya)
• We will rock you (Queen), Its my life (Dr Alban), Brazil la la la (Vengaboys)

Day 30 : A song that reminds you of yourself
• Tere liye (Fitoor), Ghum huye (David), Dum maaro dum (Hare Krishna Hare Rama), Baat muddat (Kaash), Emosanal atyachar (rock version, DevD), Jaa sanam (Na Tum Jaano Na Hum), Awaarapan banjaarapan (mm kreem, Jism), O meri jaan (Tum Mile), Aetbaar (No One Killed Jessica), Saadda Haq (Rockstar), Jo bhi main (Rockstar), Aur ho (Rockstar), Tu jo nahi hai (Woh Lamhe), Tu meri zindagi hai (Aashiqui) and Ae dil hai mushkil (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
• Someday we will know (A Walk To Remember), City of Stars (La La Land), Epilogue (La La Land) and Visions of Gideon (Call Me By Your Name)

Recap 2017 : Top100 Songs

Here's my list of top 100 hindi songs, with priority given in order of the repetitive hearings.

(Sorry, no detailed posts for most of the lists this time, was busy.. will try to do perfectly 2019 onwards.. Thanks)

Before that, the albums that made to my Top10 are :

Top 10 Hindi Albums : 

1. Jab Harry Met Sejal
2. Half Girfriend
3. Jagga Jasoos
4. Meri Pyaari Bindu
5. Qarib Qarib Single
6. Hindi Medium
7. Mukkabaaz
8. Tiger Zinda Hai
9. Simran
10. Golmaal Again

Mom, A Secret Superstar, Tumhari Sulu and A Gentleman just about misses out. 

Top 100 Hindi Songs : 

1. Jee ve sohneya - jab harry met sejal
2. Phir bhi tumko chaahunga - half girlfriend
3. Lost without you - half girlfriend
4. Paintra (extended) - mukkabaaz
5. Main kaun hoon - secret superstar
6. Parinda (search) - jab harry met sejal
7. Haareya - meri pyaari bindu
8. Jaane de - qarib qarib single
9. Galti se mistake - jagga jasoos
10. Phurr (film) - jab harry met sejal
11. Chandralekha - a gentleman
12. Raakh baaki - mom
13. Rozana - naam shabana
14. Nazm nazm (arko) - bareilly ki barfi
15. Safar - jab harry met sejal
16. Mushkil hai apna meil priye - mukkabaaz
17. Mere rashke qamar - baadshaho
18. Khaana khaake - jagga jasoos
19. Ban jaa rani - tumhari sulu
20. Single rehne de - simran
21. Le li jaan - lipstick under my burkha
22. Kaavaan kaavaan - lucknow central
23. Phir bhi tumko chaahunga (reprise) - half girlfriend
24. Tera noor - tiger zinda hai
25. Tanha begum - qarib qarib single



26. Nachdi phira - secret superstar
27. O sona tere liye - mom
28. Oh ho ho ho - hindi medium
29. Parinda - jab harry met sejal
30. Ullu ka pattha - jagga jasoos
31. Ghar - jab harry met sejal
32. Baat ban jaaye - a gentleman
33. Adhura main - mukkabaaz
34. Hawayein (film) - jab harry met sejal
35. Dil diyan gallan - tiger zinda hai
36. Hai zaroori - noor
37. Laila - raees
38. Tu hi hai - half girlfriend
39. Tere mere - chef
40. Meet (arijit) - simran
41. Maana ke hum yaar nahin - meri pyaari bindu
42. Bahut hua samman - mukkabaaz
43. Aaj se teri - padman
44. Chal kahin door - mom
45. Iss tarah - meri pyaari bindu
46. Aaj zidd - aksar 2
47. Abhagi piya ki (kanika) - tera intezaar
48. Paintra - mukkabaaz
49. Ik vaari aa (arijit) - raabta
50. Musafir - jagga jasoos


51. Raat baaki - ittefaq
52. Tukka - jagga jasoos
53. Stay a little longer - half girlfriend
54. Yeh jawaani teri - meri pyaari bindu
55. Ek jindari - hindi medium
56. Meri pyaari ammi - secret superstar
57. Ok jaanu - ok jaanu
58. Beparwah - munna michael
59. Farrata - tumhari sulu
60. Golmaal title - golmaal again
61. Phir bhi tumko chaahungi - half girlfriend
62. Kaala doreya - kaalakaandi
63. Bohot dukha mann - mukkabaaz
64. Beech beech mein - jab harry met sejal
65. Hawa hawai 2.0 - tumhari sulu
66. Khatam kahani - qarib qarib single
67. Hoor - hindi medium
68. Kanha - shubh mangal saavdhan
69. Bahut hua samman (edm) - mukkabaaz
70. Will you marry me - bhoomi
71. Maine tujhko dekha - golmaal again
72. Ji ne meriye - shaadi abhi baaki hai
73. O mere sanam - the house next door
74. Mere dil mein (dialogue version) - half girlfriend
75. Hawaon mein woh aag hai - raag desh


76. Ek haseena thi ek deewana tha - ek haseena thi ek deewana tha
77. Pinjra todh ke - simran
78. Zinda hai - tiger zinda hai
79. Sapne re - secret superstar
80. Radha - jab harry met sejal
81. Hum nahi sudhrenge - golmaal again
82. Rafu - tumhari sulu
83. Dil diyan gallan (unplugged) - tiger zinda hai
84. Main hoon - munna michael
85. Tera intezaar - tera intezaar
86. Khol de baahein - meri pyaari bindu
87. Mehbooba - fukrey returns
88. Swag se swagat - tiger zinda hai
89. Rap knockout mumbai vs delhi - bank chor
90. Pyar ho - munna michael
91. Meer e kaarwan - lucknow central
92. Chal tu apna kaam kar (raghubir) - newton
93. Tere bina (duet) - haseena parkar
94. Kudiya sheher diyan - poster boys
95. Simran - simran
96. Billo hai - parchi
97. Shugal laga le - chef
98. Yaadon mein - jab harry met sejal
99. Humsafar - badrinath ki dulhania
100. Kidre jaawan - haraamkhor


In the instrumentals, I am trapped (Trapped) and Love theme (Half Girlfriend) were my favourites.

Recap 2017 : Performances

Here's a look at all the performances of last year in various categories, who took the top honors and who missed out.

Presenting the winners along with the list of nominees in each category. Just a reminder, its entirely my personal opinion based list.



Best Actor Male : Rajkumar Rao (Trapped)

• Vikrant Massey (A Death in the Gunj)
• Irrfan Khan (Hindi Medium)
• Ranbir Kapoor (Jagga Jasoos)
• Ayushmann Khurrana (Meri Pyaari Bindu)


Best Actor Female : Swara Bhaskar (Anaarkali of Aarah)

• Sridevi (Mom)
• Vidya Balan (Tumhari Sulu)
• Kangana Ranaut (Simran)
• Zaira Wasim (Secret Superstar)


Best Director : Konkana Sen Sharma (A Death in the Gunj)

• Avinash Das (Anaarkali of Aarah)
• Saket Chaudhary (Hindi Medium)
• R S Prasanna (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan)
• Advait Chandan (Secret Superstar)


Best Film : Hindi Medium

• Jagga Jasoos
• Trapped
• A Death in the Gunj
• Shubh Mangal Saavdhan


Best Supporting Actor Male : Rajkumar Rao (Bareilly Ki Barfi)

• Pankaj Tripathi (Newton)
• Akshay Khanna (Ittefaq)
• Deepak Dobriyal (Hindi Medium)
• Annu Kapoor (Jolly LLB2)


Best Supporting Actor Female : Meher Vij (Secret Superstar)

• Seema Pahwa (Bareilly ki Barfi)
• S Mariya (Poorna)
• Aahana Kumra (Lipstick Under My Burkha)
• Tillotama Shome (A Death in the Gunj)


Best Actor in a Comic Role : Varun Sharma (Fukrey Returns)

• Saurabh Shukla (Jolly LLB2)
• Seema Pahwa (Shubh Mangal Saavdhaan)
• Aamir Khan (Secret Superstar)
• Varun Dhawan (Judwaa 2)


Best Actor in a Negative Role : Raj Arjun (Secret Superstar)

• Sajjad Delafrooz (Tiger Zinda Hai)
• Sanjay Mishra (Anaarkali of Aarah)
• Siddharth Malhotra (Ittefaq)
• Ronit Roy (Lucknow Central)


Best Music : Pritam Chakraborty (Jab Harry Met Sejal)

• Mithoon, Rishi Rich, Farhan Saeed, Ami Mishra, Rahul Mishra, Raju Singh, Tanishk Bagchi (Half Girlfriend)
• Pritam Chakraborty (Jagga Jasoos)
• Sachin-Jigar (Meri Pyaari Bindu)
• Vishal Mishra, Rochak Kohli, Ali Merchant (Qarib Qarib Single)


Best Lyricist : Dr Sunil Jog, mushkil hai apna meil priye (Mukkabaaz)

• Raj Shekhar, jaane de (Qarib Qarib Single)
• Kausar Munir, main kaun hoon (Secret Superstar)
• Kausar Munir, maana ke hum yaar nahin (Meri Pyaari Bindu)
• Irshad Kamil, ghar (Jab Harry Met Sejal)


Best Playback Singer Male : Arko Mukherjee, nazm nazm (Bareilly ki Barfi)

• Deepak Thakur, adhura main (Mukkabaaz)
• Arijit Singh, phir bhi tumko chaahunga (Half Girlfriend)
• Siddharth Basrur, baat ban jaaye (A Gentleman)
• Guru Randhawa, ban jaa rani (Tumhari Sulu)


Best Playback Singer Female : Nooran sisters, jee ve sohaneya (Jab Harry Met Sejal)

• Meghna Mishra, main kaun hoon (Secret Superstar)
• Shashaa Tirupati, kanha (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan)
• Neha Bhasin, kaala doreya (Kaalakaandi)
• Shalmali Kholgade, single rehne de (Simran)


Best Debut Male : Matin Rey Tangu (Tubelight)

• Paresh Pahuja (Tiger Zinda Hai)
• Arsh Bajwa (Running Shaadi)


Best Debut Female : S Mariya (Poorna)

• Parvathy (Qarib Qarib Single)
• Sajal Ali (Mom)
• Nidhhi Agerwal (Munna Michael)
• Saba Qamar (Hindi Medium)


Best Debut Director : Konkana Sen Sharma (A Death in the Gunj)

• Avinash Das (Anaarkali of Aarah)
• R S Prasanna (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan)
• Advait Chandan (Secret Superstar)
• Suresh Triveni (Tumhari Sulu)


Best Story : Amit Joshi, Hardik Mehta (Trapped)

• R S Prasanna (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan)
• Konkana Sen Sharma (A Death in the Gunj)
• Amit Masurkar (Newton)
• Shubhashish Bhutiani (Mukti Bhawan)


Best Scene : Shaurya using toothpaste and later his blood to make a sign board that he throws to a terrace of nearby house for help (Trapped)

• Anaarkali's conversation with Dharmender when she goes to meet him at his house, ending with the 'dog' dialogue (Anaarkali of Aarah)
• Jagga tricks officer Sinha into a comical conversational song while trying to think of escaping (Jagga Jasoos)
• 'Mai ka laal' scene of Raees in full anger as he approaches the minister (Raees)
• Watching Sugandha unhappy with his behavior, Mudit decides to re-do the entry of baraat bus (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan)


Best Jodi : Meher - Zaira (Secret Superstar)

• Ayushmann - Bhumi (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan)
• Ranbir - Katrina (Jagga Jasoos)
• Irrfan - Parvathy (Qarib Qarib Single)
• Ayushmann - Parineeti (Meri Pyaari Bindu)


Best Trailer : Trapped

• Mukkabaaz
• Mom
• Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
• Newton


Best Screenplay : Disha Rindani (A Death in the Gunj)

• Vikramaditya Motwane (Trapped)
• Avinash Das (Anaarkali of Aarah)
• Amit Masurkar, Mayank Tewari (Newton)
• Zeenat Lakhani, Saket Chaudhary (Hindi Medium)


Best Dialogue : Suprotim Sengupta, Soumik Sen (Meri Pyaari Bindu)

• Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB2)
• Girish Kohli (Mom)
• Shreyas Jain, Nitesh Tiwari (Bareilly ki Barfi)
• Rahul Dholakia, Harit Mehta, Niraj Shukla, Ashish Vashi (Raees)


Best Editing : Shweta Venkat Matthew (Newton)

• Monisha R Baldawa (Mom)
• Nitin Baid (Ittefaq)
• Jabeen Merchant (Anaarkali of Aarah)
• Nitin Baid (Trapped)


Best Choreography : Vijay Ganguly-Ruel Dausan Varindani, galti se mistake (Jagga Jasoos)

• Dondarico Johnson-Paresh Shirodkar, beparwah (Munna Michael)
• Adil Shaikh, chandralekha (A Gentleman)
• Ahmed Khan-Adil Shaikh-Rajiv Surti, jindari (Hindi Medium)
• Shiamak Davar, ullu ka pattha (Jagga Jasoos)


Best Background Score : Sagar Desai (A Death in the Gunj)

• Pritam Chakraborty (Jagga Jasoos)
• Alokananda Dasgupta (Trapped)
• Julius Packiam (Tiger Zinda Hai)
• A R Rahman (Mom)


Best Cinematography : S Ravi Varman (Jagga Jasoos)

• Sirsha Ray (A Death in the Gunj)
• Roman Jakobi (A Gentleman)
• K U Mohanan (Jab Harry Met Sejal)
• Swapnil Sonawane (Newton)


Best Action : Tom Struther (Tiger Zinda Hai)

• Cyril Raffaelli, Parvez Shaikh, George Aguilar (A Gentleman)
• Ravi Verma, Suniel Rodrigues (Raees)
• Sham Kaushal (Daddy)
• Sham Kaushal (Kaabil)


Best Art Direction : Nitin Gaikwad, Devji Sakpal, Parul Sondh (Daddy)

• Kazvin Dangor (Trapped)
• Amrit Ray, Subrata Chakraborty (Meri Pyaari Bindu)
• Laxmi Keluskar, Sandeep Meher (Bareilly ki Barfi)
• Vikram Singh (Lipstick under my Burkha)


Best Costume : Rohit Chaturvedi (A Death in the Gunj)

• Manoshi Nath, Rushi Sharma (A Gentleman)
• Dolly Ahluwalia (Rangoon)
• Ankita Jha (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan)
• Rohit Chaturvedi (Lipstick under my Burkha)



Special Mention ---


Best Child Actor : Aditi Inamdar (Poorna)

• S Mariya (Poorna)
• Mohd Samad (Haraamkhor)
• Saravajeet Tiwari (Jagga Jasoos)
• Kabir Sajid (Secret Superstar)