Now for the most difficult awards .... This is my selection for the best films and performances of the year. Following is a list of the nominees and the final winners are indicated in italics. Feel free to comment and discuss about the final winners:

Best Film
Taare Zameen Par
Chak De! India
Johnny Gaddar
No Smoking
Manorama Six Feet Under

Best Director
Aamir Khan — Taare Zameen Par
Shimit Amin — Chak De ! India
Sriram Raghavan — Johnny Gaddar
Anurag Kashyap — No Smoking
Sagar Bellary — Bheja Fry

Best Actor
Shahrukh Khan — Chak De! India
Darsheel Safary — Taare Zameen Par
Vinay Pathak — Bheja Fry
Neil Nitin Mukesh — Johnny Gaddar
Abhay Deol — Manorama Six Feet Under

Best Actress
Tabu — Cheeni Kum
Kareena Kapoor — Jab We Met
Vidya Balan — Bhool Bhoolaiya
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan — Guru
Gul Panang — Manorama Six Feet Under

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Vinay Pathak — Aaja Nachle
Vinay Pathak — Manorama Six Feet Under
Rajat Kapoor — Bheja Fry
Ranvir Shourey — Aaja Nachle
Akshaye Khanna — Aaja Nachle

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Konkona Sen Sharma — Life in a Metro
Konkona Sen Sharma — Aaja Nachle
Konkona Sen Sharma — Laaga Chunari Main Daag
Rani Mukherji — Saawariya
Raima Sen — Manorama Six Feet Under

Best Music
A R Rahman — Guru
Illayaraja — Cheeni Kum
Pritam — Life in a Metro
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy — Taare Zameen Par
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy — Johnny Gaddar

Best Cinematography
Muraleedharan CK — Johnny Gaddar
Arvind Kannabiran — Manorama Six Feet Under
Sudeep Chatterjee — Chak De! India
M. Sethuraaman — Taare Zameen Par
P.C. Sreeram — Cheeni Kum

Best Editing
Jabeen Merchant — Manorama Six Feet Under
Pooja Ladha Surti — Johnny Gaddar
Suresh Pai — Bheja Fry
Amitabh Shukla — Chak De! India
Chandan Arora — Cheeni Kum

Best Story
Sriram Raghavan — Johnny Gaddar
Amol Gupte — Taare Zameen Par
Jaideep Sahni — Chak De! India
Navdeep Singh — Manorama Six Feet Under
Sagar Bellary — Bheja Fry