The winners of the 9th FOI Online Awards were announced this evening, on January 26, 2024. The annual online poll, which considers votes from an exclusive community of cinephiles, unveiled its nominations on January 19, 2024.
Avinash Arun Dhaware's Three Of Us secured the topmost honor this year, leading the tally with the most wins across six categories. These include Best Feature Film, Best Dialogues (Varun Grover & Shoaib Zulfi Nazeer), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Shefali Shah), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jaideep Ahlawat), Best Cinematography (Avinash Arun Dhaware), and Best Music Direction - Score (Alokananda Dasgupta).
In addition to winners in award categories, the jury also recognized four (4) Special Mentions.
Check out the complete list of winners below:
Best Feature Film: Three Of Us
Best Direction: Joram (Devashish Makhija)
Best Original Screenplay: Goldfish (Pushan Kripalani & Arghya Lahiri)
Best Adapted Screenplay: 12th Fail (Vidhu Vinod Chopra)
Best Dialogues: Three Of Us (Varun Grover & Shoaib Zulfi Nazeer)
Best Actress in A Leading Role: Shefali Shah, Three Of Us
Best Actor in A Leading Role: Vikrant Massey, 12th Fail
Best Actress in A Supporting Role: Smita Tambe, Joram
Best Actor in A Supporting Role: Jaideep Ahlawat, Three Of Us
Best Performance By An Ensemble Cast: Gulmohar
Best Cinematography: Three Of Us (Avinash Arun Dhaware)
Best Film Editing: 12th Fail (Jaskunwar Kohli & Vidhu Vinod Chopra)
Best Sound Design & Mixing: Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar (Rohan Deep Saxena, Ankush Prasad & Bhaskar Roy)
Best Music Direction - Score: Three Of Us (Alokananda Dasgupta)
Best Music Direction - Songs: Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar (Pritam)
Best Original Song: Itni Si Baat, Sam Bahadur (Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Gulzar, Shreya Ghoshal & Sonu Nigam)
Best Lyricist: Kausar Munir, Taiy Nahin Kiya Abhi, Goldfish
Best Vocalist – Female: Shilpa Rao, Besharam Rang, Pathaan
Best Vocalist – Male: Arijit Singh, O Bedardeya, Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar
Best Production Design: The Archies (Suzanne Caplan Merwanji)
Best Costume Design: The Archies (Poornamrita Singh)
Best Make-Up & Hair Styling: Sam Bahadur (Shrikant Desai & Soamaa Goswami)
Best Visual Effects: Jawan (Redchillies.vfx - Harry Hingorani)
Best Choreography: Main Parwaana, Pippa (Vijay A Ganguly)
Best Action Direction: Jawan (Spiro Razatos, Anl Arasu, Yannick Ben, Craig Macrae, Kecha Khampkdee & Sunil Rodrigues)
SPECIAL JURY MENTIONS:
Amruta Subhash (Actress) – Lust Stories 2
Jackie Shroff (Actor) – Mast Mein Rehne Ka
Tanaya Khan Jha (Actress) – Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar
Tillotama Shome (Actress) – Lust Stories 2
(Click here to view complete Nominations List)