MUMBAI: Filmfare and Idea have announced the nominees for the best talent in Hindi Cinema for the year 2009. The Filmfare Awards’ 55th edition is presented for the second consecutive year by Idea Cellular. 

The nominees for the 55th Idea Filmfare Awards 2009 are:

BEST FILM

1. 3 Idiots

2. Dev D

3. Kaminey

4. Love Aaj Kal

5. Paa

6. Wake Up Sid

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Anurag Kashyap     Dev D

2. Ayan Mukherjee     Wake up Sid

3. Imtiaz Ali               Love Aaj Kal

4. R Balki                   Paa

5. Rajkumar Hirani      3 Idiots

6. Vishal Bhardwaj      Kaminey

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)

1. Aamir Khan               3 Idiots

2. Amitabh Bachchan     Paa

3. Ranbir Kapoor           Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

4. Ranbir Kapoor           Wake up Sid

5. Saif Ali Khan             Love Aaj Kal

6. Shahid Kapoor           Kaminey

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)

1. Deepika Padukone     Love Aaj Kal

2. Katrina Kaif               New York

3. Kareena Kapoor         3 Idiots

4. Kareena Kapoor         Kurbaan

5. Priyanka Chopra        Kaminey

6. Vidya Balan               Paa

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)

1. Amol Gupte               Kaminey

2. Boman Irani              3 Idiots

3. Neil Nitin Mukesh       New York

4. R Madhavan               3 Idiots

5. Rishi Kapoor              Luck by Chance

6. Sharman Joshi           3 Idiots

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)

1. Arundhati Nag           Paa

2. Divya Dutta              Delhi 6

3. Dimple Kapadia         Luck By Chance

4. Kalki Koechlin            Dev D

5. Supriya Pathak          Wake Up Sid

6. Shahana Goswami     Firaaq

BEST MUSIC

1. AR Rahman               Delhi 6

2. Amit Trivedi               Dev D

3. Pritam                       Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

4. Pritam                       Love Aaj Kal

5. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy  Wake Up Sid

6. Vishal Bhardwaj         Kaminey

BEST LYRICS 

1. Gulzar                Kaminey                  Kaminey

2. Gulzar                Dhan te nan             Kaminey

3. Irshad Kamil      Aaj din chadya          Love Aaj Kal

4. Javed Akhtar      Iktara                      Wake Up Sid

5. Prasoon Joshi     Masakali                   Delhi 6

6. Prasoon Joshi     Rehna tu                  Delhi 6

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)  

1. Atif Aslam                       Tu jaane na      Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

2. Javed Ali – Kailash Kher                   Arziyan                Delhi 6

3. Mohit Chauhan                               Masakali               Delhi 6

4. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan                       Aaj din chadya      Love Aaj Kal

5. Sukhwinder Singh-Vishal Dadlani     Dhan te nan          Kaminey

6. Sonu Niigaam – Salim Merchant       Shukran allah        Kurbaan

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)

1.  Alisha Chinoy            Tera hone laga    Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

2   Kavita Seth                Iktara               Wake Up Sid

3.  Rekha Bhardwaj         Genda phool      Delhi 6

4.  Shilpa Rao                 Mudi mudi         Paa

5.  Shreya Ghoshal          Zoobi doobi       3 idiots

6.  Sunidhi Chauhan        Chor bazaari      Love Aaj Kal