Time once again for the Filmfare Awards, the equivalent of Hollywood's Oscars which each year parades a Who's Who of top Bollywood films and their legendary stars along with new and aspiring actors, actresses, and film directors.

I've bolded the ones I think most deserve it from the choices given.. I think there are definitely deserving entries missing here that I'll discuss further when the results are out on the night of February 24, 2008.

BEST FILM
Chak De! India
Guru
Jab We Met
Om Shanti Om
Taare Zameen Par

BEST DIRECTOR
Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Anurag Basu (Life... In A Metro)
Farah Khan (Om Shanti Om)
Imtiaz Ali (Jab We Met)
Mani Ratnam (Guru)
Shimit Amin (Chak De! India)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)
Abhishek Bachchan (Guru)
Akshay Kumar (Namastey London)
Darsheel Safary (Taare Zameen Par)
Shahrukh Khan (Chak De! India)
Shahrukh Khan (Om Shanti Om)
Shahid Kapoor (Jab We Met)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Guru)
Deepika Padukone (Om Shanti Om)
Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Madhuri Dixit (Aaja Nachle)
Rani Mukerji (Laaga Chunari Mein Daag)
Vidya Balan (Bhool Bhulaiyaa)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)
Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Anil Kapoor (Welcome)
Irrfan Khan (Life in a... Metro)
Mithun Chakraborty (Guru)
Shreyas Talpade (Om Shanti Om)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Life in a... Metro)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Laaga Chunari Mein Daag)
Rani Mukerji (Saawariya)
Shilpa Shukla (Chak De! India)
Tisca Chopra (Taare Zameen Par)

BEST MUSIC
A R Rahman (Guru)
Monty Sharma (Saawariya)
Pritam (Jab We Met)
Pritam (Life in a... Metro)
Vishal-Shekhar (Om Shanti Om)

BEST LYRICS
Gulzar...Tere Bina (Guru)
Javed Akhtar...Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)
Prasoon Joshi...Maa (Taare Zameen Par)
Sameer...Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
Vishal Dadlani...Aankhon Mein Teri (Om Shanti Om)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)
A R Rahman ...Tere Bina (Guru)
K K...Aankhon Mein Teri (Om Shanti Om)
Shaan...Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
Sonu Nigam...Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)
Sukhwinder Singh...Chak De (Chak De! India)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)
Alisha Chinai...It's Rocking (Kya Love Story Hai)
Shreya Ghoshal ...Barso Re (Guru)
Shreya Ghoshal ...Yeh Ishq Hai (Jab We Met)
Sunidhi Chauhan ...Sajanaji Vari Vari (Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd.)
Sunidhi Chauhan ...Aaja Nachle (Aaja Nachle)