After receiving severe backlash on social media for giving Rajkummar Rao's Newton a miss in the final nominations list, the 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards revealed the official list of Critics' Award nominations the next day.
Amit V Masurkar's directorial Newton, which was also nominated in the Best Film category and finally the Oscar-nominated film was bestowed with the pretigious award at the star-studded event.
The award for Best Film (Critics) goes to #Newton. #JioFilmfareAwards pic.twitter.com/l9OzkK4MwU
— Filmfare (@filmfare) January 20, 2018
Other movies which were nominated in the Critics' Award for Best Film category were - A Death In The Gunj (Director Konkona Sen Sharma), Lipstick Under My Burkha (Director Alankrita Srivastava), Trapped (Director Vikramaditya Motwane) and Mukti Bhawan (Director Shubhashish Bhutiani).
Rajkummar Rao bagged the Critics' Best Actor Award in the male category for Trapped among other nominations like Irrfan Khan - Hindi Medium, Rajkummar Rao - Newton, Ranbir Kapoor - Jagga Jasoos and Vikrant Massey - A Death in the Gunj.
The award for Best Actor (Critics) goes to @RajkummarRao for #Trapped. #JioFilmfareAwards pic.twitter.com/KaoqHRUtU1
— Filmfare (@filmfare) January 20, 2018
Zaira Wasim, who impressed everyone with her performance in Dangal, bagged the Critic's Best Actress Award for Secret Superstar beating the likes of Kangana Ranaut - Rangoon, Sridevi - Mom, Swara Bhaskar - Anaarkali Of Arah and Vidya Balan - Tumhari Sulu.
The award for Best Actress (Critics) goes to #ZahiraWasim for #SecretSuperstar. #JioFilmfareAwards pic.twitter.com/8daFpiCFnS
— Filmfare (@filmfare) January 20, 2018
Congratulations to the deserving winners.
