The Republic Day 2016 release, Airlift starring Akshay Kumar won lot of accolades from critics and went on to emerge a clean super-hit at the Box-Office.
Many labelled it as Akshay Kumar's career best performance as the superstar dropped down heroism to slip into the character of Ranjit Katyal. However Filmfare 2017 has surprised us since the nomination list of the award show that will be held on 14 January 2017, has completely ignored Airlift.
This isn't the first time when Akshay Kumar has been ignored by the organisers as Khiladi's Baby also failed to get any recognition at the award show.
Here's the complete nomination list of Filmfare 2017:
BEST FILM:
• Dangal
• Kapoor And Sons
• Neerja
• PINK
• Sultan
• Udta Punjab
BEST DIRECTOR:
• Abhishek Chaubey - Udta Punjab
• Ali Abbas Zafar - Sultan
• Karan Johar - Ae Dil Hai Mushki
• Nitesh Tiwari - Dangal
• Ram Madhvani - Neerja
• Shakun Batra - Kapoor & Sons
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)
• Aamir Khan - Dangal
• Amitabh Bachchan - PINK
• Ranbir Kapoor - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• Salman Khan - Sultan
• Shah Rukh Khan - Fan
• Shahid Kapoor - Udta Punjab
• Sushant Singh Rajput - MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)
• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Sarbjit
• Alia Bhatt - Dear Zindagi
• Alia Bhatt - Udta Punjab
• Anushka Sharma - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• Sonam Kapoor - Neerja
• Vidya Balan - Kahaani 2
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)
• Diljit Dosanjh - Udta Punjab
• Fawad Khan - Kapoor & Sons
• Jim Sarbh - Neerja
• Rajat Kapoor - Kapoor & Sons
• Rajkummar Rao - Aligarh
• Rishi Kapoor - Kapoor & Sons
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)
• Kareena Kapoor Khan - Udta Punjab
• Kirti Kulhari - PINK
• Ratna Pathak Shah - Kapoor & Sons
• Richa Chadda - Sarbjit
• Shabana Azmi - Neerja
BEST MUSIC ALBUM
• Amaal Mallik, Badshah, Arko, Tanishk Bagchi, Benny Dayal and Nucleya - Kapoor & Sons
• Amit Trivedi - Udta Punjab
• Meet Bros, Amaal Mallik, Ankit Tiwari and Manj Musik - Baaghi
• Pritam - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Mirzya
• Vishal-Shekhar - Sultan
BEST LYRICS
• Amitabh Bhattacharya - Channa mereya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
• Gulzar - Aave re hitchki (Mirzya)
• Gulzar - Mirzya (Mirzya)
• Irshad Kamil - Jag ghoomeya (Sultan)
• Kausar Munir - Love you zindagi (Dear Zindagi)
• Late Shiv Kumar Batalvi - Ikk kudi (Udta Punjab)
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)
• Amit Mishra - Bulleya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
• Arijit Singh - Ae dil hai mushkil (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)Arijit Singh - Channa mereya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
• Atif Aslam - Tere sang yara (Rustom)
• Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Jag ghoomeya (Sultan)
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)
• Kanika Kapoor - Da da dasse (Udta Punjab)Jonita Gandhi - Break up song (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
• Neeti Mohan - Sau aasman (Baar Baar Dekho)
• Neha Bhasin - Jag ghoomeya (Sultan)
• Palak Mucchal - Kaun Tujhe (MS Dhoni: The Untold Story)
• Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch - Kari kari (PINK).