Zee Cine Awards 2017's Jury Nominations Are Here

Zee Cine Awards is going a step ahead, to ensure transparency and to authenticate the voting mechanism of both, the 'Jury Awards' and the 'Viewers' Choice Awards'. ZEE has appointed the global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, Ernst & Young as the 'Official Tabulators for Zee Cine Awards'.

Zee Cine Awards 2017 have now announced its nominations of Jury Awards. This year, the jury panel included the celebrated filmmakers, Boney Kapoor, Pradeep Sarkar, Tigmanshu Dhulia, the renowned Cinematographer, Sudeep Chatterjee ISC, the distinguished lyricist & playback singer, Swanand Kirkire, the graceful playback singer, Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam and the Academy Award winner, Resul Pookutty.

In order to be eligible to submit an entry, the film must be over 60 minutes in running time and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The received entries are then tabulated into various award categories and secret ballots with all applicants in the Jury and Viewers' Choice Awards are sent out the jury members to review applicants' details, supporting documents and forms in each category. To avoid any biases and preferences, jury members individually score the applicants in each category. The scores are then tabulated by Ernst & Young and the nominees and winners are declared solely on the basis of the jury votes. The entire process is validated by Ernst & Young and the respected and eminent members of the jury panel will ensure a high degree of fairness and transparency in the selection process.

The Zee Cine Awards 2017 Jury Nominations are:-

Best Film 

Airlift 

Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) 

M.S. Dhoni- The Untold Story 

Pink 

Sultan

Best Director 

Shakun Batra - Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) 

Neeraj Pandey - M.S. Dhoni- The Untold Story 

Ram Madhvani - 

Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury - Pink 

Ali Abbas Zafar - Sultan 

Abhishek Chaubey - Udta Punjab

Best Actor -



Male 

Akshay Kumar - Airlift 

Manoj Bajpayee - Aligarh 

Sushant Singh Rajput - M.S. Dhoni- The Untold Story 

Amitabh Bachchan - Pink 

Salman Khan - Sultan 

Shahid Kapoor - Udta Punjab

Best Actor - Female 

Alia Bhatt - Dear Zindagi 

Vidya Balan - Kahaani 2- Durga Rani Singh 

Sonam Kapoor - 

Anushka Sharma - Sultan 

Alia Bhatt - Udta Punjab

Best Supporting Actor - Male 

Rajkummar Rao - Aligarh 

Rishi Kapoor - Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) 

Rajat Kapoor - Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) 

Anupam Kher - M.S. Dhoni- The Untold Story 

Amitabh Bachchan - Wazir

Best Supporting Actor - Female 

Konkana Sen Sharma - Akira 

Tabu - Fitoor 

Ratna Pathak Shah - Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) 

Shabana Azmi - 

Ratna Pathak Shah - 

Kareena Kapoor - Udta Punjab

Best Actor In A Comic Role 

Varun Dhawan - Dishoom 

Jimmy Shergill - Happy Bhag Jayegi 

Akshay Kumar - Housefull 3 

Rishi Kapoor - Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) 

Satish Kaushik - Udta Punjab

Best Actor In A Negative Role 

Anurag Kashyap - Akira 

Akshaye Khanna - Dishoom 

Shah Rukh Khan - Fan 

Jim Sarbh - 

Manav Kaul - Wazir

Best Debutant - Male 

Master Mayur Patole - Budhia Singh - Born to Run 

Krrish Chhabria - Dhanak 

Harshvardhan Kapoor - Mirzya 

Jim Sarbh - 

Diljit Dosanjh - Udta Punjab

Best Debutant - Female 

Hetal Gada - Dhanak 

Saiyami Kher - Mirzya 

Riya Shukla - 

Andrea Tariang - Pink 

Ritika Singh - Saala Khadoos

Best Debutant Director 

Soumendra Padhi - Budhia Singh - Born to Run 

Munish Bhardwaj - Moh Maya Money