The awards functions are only a few weeks away, so just wanted to know who you guys think is going to win. Dont post any nominees, just post the name of the possible winners in each category. I have yet to see Hulchul, Maqbool & Swades but here are my choices so far...

Best Film - Khakee
Best Actor - AB ( Khakee )
Best Director - Raj Kumar Santoshi ( Khakee ) / Farhan Aktar ( Lakshya )
Best Actress - Urmila ( Ek Hasina Thi )
Best Sup Actor - Akshay Kumar ( Khakee )
Best Sup Actress - Rani Mukerji ( Veer-Zaara)
Best Actor in Comedian Role - Akshay Kumar ( Mujse Shaadi Karogi )
Best Actor in Negative Role - Abhishek Bachchan ( Yuva ) Urmila (EHT) Priyanka Chopra ( Aitraaz )
Best Music - Hum Tum

Best Debut - ?

I will write here who I THINK WILL WIN, not who I want to win:

Best Film - Veer Zaara
Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan (Veer Zaara)
Critics - Shahrukh (Swades) or Amitabh (Khakee/Dev)
Best Director - Yash Chopra (Veer Zaara)
Best Actress - Preity Zinta (Veer Zaara)
Best Sup Actor - Abhishek Bachchan (Yuva)
Best Sup Actress - Rani Mukerji ( Veer Zaara)
Best Actor in Comedian Role - Paresh Rawal/Arshad Warsi (Hulchul)
Best Actor in Negative Role - John Abraham/Abhishek Bachchan (Yuva)
Best Music: Veer Zaara

Who I want to win:

Best Film: Swades/Yuva
Best Actor (Popular/Critics): Shahrukh Khan (Swades) or Amitabh Bachahan (Dev/Khakee)
Best Director: Mani Ratnam (Yuva)
Best Actress (Popular/Critics): Urmila Matondhkar (Ek Hasina Thi) / Tabu (Maqbool)
Best Sup Actor - Abhishek Bachchan (Yuva)
Best Sup Actress - Rani Mukherjee (Veer Zaara/Yuva)
Best Actor in Comedian Role: Paresh Rawal/Arshad Warsi (Hulchul)
Best Actor in Negative Role: Abhishek Bachchan (Yuva)
Best Music (order of preference): Kisna/Swades/Yuva/Veer Zaara

mostly everything will go to veer zaara and best actor srk

I thought 2004 was a great year in terms of variety - despite the trend to say that every year is more terrible than the last.

Best Film: Yuva (Mani Ratnam) / Ab Tak 56 (Shimit Amin) / Swades (Gowariker)

Best Director: Mani Ratnam (Yuva) / Shimit Amin (Ab Tak 56) / Sriram Raghavan (Ek Hasina Thi - not sure if this falls in this year's category) / Gowariker (Swades)

Best Screenplay: Mani Ratnam (Yuva) / Owais Husain (Meenaxi)

Best Music: Rahman (Meenaxi)

Best Editing: Shimit Amin (Ab Tak 56) / Anand Subaya (Lakshya)

Best Cinematography: P.S. Vinod (Musafir) / Santosh Sivan (Meenaxi) / K.V. Anand (Khakee) / Christopher Popp (Lakshya) / Ravi K. Chandran (Yuva)

Best Digital Grading: EFX (Khakee) / Prime Focus (Musafir, Ek Hasina Thi)

Best Sound: Nakul Kamte (Lakshya)

Best Background Score: Shankar Ehsan Loy (Lakshya) / Sandeep Chowta (Musafir)

Best Stunt Coordinator: Chris Anderson (Lakshya) / Tinu Verma (Musafir, Khakee)

Best Art Direction: Sabu Cyril (Yuva) / Nitin Desai (Khakee) / Sunil Babu, Suzzanne Merwanji, Sonal Sawant (Lakshya)

Best Actor: Shahrukh Khan (Swades) / Nana Patekar (Ab Tak 56)

Best Actress: Rani Mukerji (Yuva), Tabu (Meenaxi)

Haven't seen Vaastu Shastra, Chameli, Naach, Raincoat, Choker Bali

50th FILMFARE AWARDS NOMINATIONS (2004)

BEST FILM
Dhoom
Hum Tum
Main Hoon Na
Swades
Veer Zaara

BEST DIRECTOR
Ashutosh Gowarikar (Swades)
Farah Khan (Main Hoon Na)
Farhan Akhtar (Lakshya)
Kunal Kohli (Hum Tum)
Raj Kumar Santoshi (Khakee)
Yash Chopra (Veer Zaara)

BEST ACTOR
Amitabh Bachchan (Khakee)
Hrithik Roshan (Lakshya)
Shahrukh Khan (Main Hoon Na)
Shahrukh Khan (Swades)
Shahrukh Khan (Veer Zaara)

BEST ACTRESS
Aishwarya Rai (Raincoat)
Preity Zinta (Veer Zaara)
Rani Mukherjee (Hum Tum)
Shilpa Shetty (Phir Milenge)
Urmila Matondkar (Ek Hasina Thi)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Abhishek Bachchan (Yuva)
Akshay Kumar (Mujhse Shaadi Karogi)
Akshay Kumar (Khakee)
Amitabh Bachchan (Veer Zaara)
Zayed Khan (Main Hoon Na)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amrita Rao (Main Hoon Na)
Divya Dutta (Veer Zaara)
Priyanka Chopra (Aitraaz)
Rani Mukherjee (Veer Zaara)
Rani Mukherjee (Yuva)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMIC ROLE
Akshay Kumar (Mujhse Shaadi Karogi)
Arshad Warsi (Hulchul)
Boman Irani (Main Hoon Na)
Paresh Rawal (Hulchul)
Saif Ali Khan (Hum Tum)

BEST ACTOR IN A VILLAINOUS ROLE
Abhishek Bachchan (Yuva)
Ajay Devgan (Khakee)
John Abraham (Dhoom)
Priyanka Chopra (Aitraaz)
Suniel Shetty (Main Hoon Na)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
Anu Malik (Main Hoon Na)
Anu Malik (Murder)
A R Rehman (Swades)
Late Madan Mohan (Veer Zaara)
Pritam (Dhoom)

BEST LYRICIST
Javed Akhtar (Tere Liye - Veer Zaara)
Javed Akhtar (Main Yahaan - Veer Zaara)
Javed Akhtar (Main Hoon Na - Main Hoon Na)
Javed Akhtar (Yeh Taara Woh Taara - Swades)
Javed Akhtar (Aisa Des Hai Mera - Veer Zaara)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER MALE
Kunal Ganjawala (Bheegey Honth Tere - Murder)
Sonu Nigam (Tumse Milkey - Main Hoon Na)
Sonu Nigam (Do Pal - Veer Zaara)
Udit Narayan (Main Yahaan - Veer Zaara)
Sonu Nigam (Main Hoon Na... - Main Hoon Na)
Udit Narayan, Master Vignesh (Yeh Taara Woh Taara - Swades)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER FEMALE
Alka Yagnik (Saanso Ko Saanso Mein - Hum Tum)
Alka Yagnik (Saanwariya, Saanwariya - Swades)
Alka Yagnik (Lal Dupatta - Mujhse Shaadi Karogi)
Sadhna Sargam (Aao Naa.. Kyon! Ho Gaya Na...)
Sunidhi Chauhan (Dhoom Macha Le.. - Dhoom)

My selections for the best of 2004(based on what I have seen):

BEST FILM
Meenaxi: A Tale Of Three Cities

BEST DIRECTOR
Vishal Bharadwaj (Maqbool)

BEST ACTOR
Raghuvir Yadav (Meenaxi)

BEST ACTRESS
Tabu (Meenaxi)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Pankaj Kapur (Maqbool)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Rani Mukherjee (Veer Zaara)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMIC ROLE
Vijay Raaz (Raghu Romeo)

BEST ACTOR IN A VILLAINOUS ROLE
Abhishek Bachchan (Yuva)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
A R Rahman (Meenaxi)

BEST LYRICIST
Javed Akhtar (Yeh Taara Woh Taara - Swades)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER MALE
A R Rahman (Yeh Jo Desh Hai Tera... Swades)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER FEMALE
Reena Bhardwaj (Yeh Rishta... Meenaxi)

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Best Screenplay: Owais Husain (Meenaxi)
Best Editing: A.Sreekar Prasad (Meenaxi)
Best Cinematography: Santosh Sivan (Meenaxi)
Best Art Direction: Sharmishta Roy (Meenaxi)
Best Choreographer: Prabhu Deva (Ma Asa Kyon Hoon...Lakshya)

It's by no surprise that Meenaxi still manages to amaze me. I firmly believe it's a stand-alone masterpiece.
Other 2004 hindi film releases I have yet to see are; Chokar Bali, Vaasu Shaatra, Raincoat, Musafir & Charas.

[quote="VijayDinanathChavan"]50th FILMFARE AWARDS NOMINATIONS (2004)
These are a joke.

here are mine…

Best film - Bobby Bedi (Maqbool)
Best director - Shimit Amin (AT56)
Best f. actor - Kareena (Chameli)
Best m. actor - Nana (AT56)
Best sup f. actor - Kareena (Yuva)
Best sup m. actor - Pankaj (Maqbool)
Best actor in comedic role - Paresh (Hulchul)
Best actor in negative role - Saif (EHT)
Best music - ARR (Yuva)
Best background score - SS (AT56)

no comments!

out of those 5 in the "best film" category, only "swades" deserves to be there. what about "maqbool", "ek hasina thi", "raincoat", "phir milenge", "dev"???

FF etc, cant see above SRK Arse! they are so much infatuated with it!