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

Best Sound Design -

Anita Khushwaha

Bheed

The film is all about the migration of the underprivileged class which occurred during the pandemic and the difficulties faced by the masses during that. The sound design captures the ambient noise created by a group of disturbed people to a T and adds to the narrative.

Winner

Best Sound Design -

Kunal Sharma (Mpse)

Sam Bahadur

Sam Bahadur is a film about one of the most decorated generals of the modern Indian army. Sam Manekshaw was an institution by himself. He was posted all over the country and the sound design is reminiscent of the film’s armed forces backdrop and leaves you in the thick of things.

Best Sound Design -

Manas Choudhury, Ganesh Gangadharan

Pathaan

Pathaan is a mass entertainer for sure. It tells the extraordinary journey of a fictitious spy. The sound design is reflective of its thriller status. It sets up the mood of the viewers for the chills and thrills to come and adds to the suspense as well. It keeps you hooked in the narrative without being intrusive.

Best Sound Design -

Manav Shrotriya

12th Fail

12th Fail chronicles the effort of a candidate from the economic backward class trying his best to pass the Indian Administrative Service exams. He works in a library, a tea stall and even a flour mill during that period and the sound design incorporated all the noises connected with the places and made you feel you were actually in the middle of his story.

Best Sound Design -

Mandar Kulkarni

Faraaz

Faraaz took a dark look at religious extremism. It spoke about how communal intolerance leads to terrorism. The sound design of the film, which was inspired by true events, mirrored the ebbs and flows of the seminal, hard-hitting film.

Winner

Best Sound Design -

Sync Cinema

Animal

Animal is a hard core action revenge drama. It has many twists and turns and moves from one location to the other all the time. All these changes are reflected in the sound design, keeping you abreast of the changing milieu.

Best Sound Design -

Vinit D'souza

Three Of Us

The film takes us back to our childhood, to our schooldays, when everything was innocent and unique. The film is set in a small Konkon town and the sound design teases the inner rhythms of the sleepy hamlet, which seems far removed from today's hectic life.