Nominations for 69^th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2024 - Best Production Design

Best Production Design -

Amrita Mahal Nakai

Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

Production Designer Amrit Mahal Nakai is familiar with tackling grand-scale projects. In Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, she does a great job of blurring the line between the real and make-believe. From the opulent homes that the characters inhabit to the locales of Delhi, the film’s production design exudes grandeur. From colourful maximalist interiors to subtle symbolism, the film has a carefully crafted set-up.

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Nikhil Kovale

OMG 2

Production Designer Nikhil Kovale is best known for his work in the Marathi and Hindi film industries. In OMG 2, he fleshes out the landscapes of Ujjain with all its local colours and flavours. The film puts the city’s architecture and bustling streets on full display offering a taste of the time and space it's set in.

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Prashant Bidkar

12th Fail

Production Designer Prashant Bidkar has worked predominantly in Bollywood. He was tasked with bringing the grounded, relatable narrative of 12th Fail to life. He elevates familiar everyday settings with the use of rugged realism. His work is a huge part of turning the emotionally loaded film into an easy-to-digest, breezy watch.

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Rita Ghosh

Zwigato

Production Designer Rita Ghosh knows how to make one believe in the stories presented on the big screen. In Zwigato she maintains a realistic style, setting up the homes, bylanes and city streets. She manages to add pops of colour and layers to the most simplistic spaces within the frame. It makes for an easy viewing.

Winner

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Subrata Chakraborty And Amit Ray

Sam Bahadur

Production Designers Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray took on the herculean task of creating the historical sets of the war biopic film Sam Bahadur. The two craft outstanding set designs that perfectly bring out the period settings with authenticity. The film accurately captures the highs and lows of its fascinating subject.

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Suresh Selvarajan

Animal

Production Designer Suresh Selvarajan predominantly works in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industry. His work on Animal sets the bar high for production design. He takes the massive canvas and paints it with a gritty, neo-noir design that contributes strongly to the film’s overall aesthetics.

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T Muthuraj

Jawan

T Muthuraj is a Production Designer who has majorly worked in the Malayalam and Tamil film industry. In the pan-Indian film Jawan, he creates some grand sets that meet the film’s over-the-top, stylised action head-on. The film covers a broad range of settings as the plot unfolds and the design keeps up the scale of the narrative.