It is that time of the year, and Galaxy Lollywood Awards (GALA) makes a return for its fourth edition. Adding to its grandeur this time will be Luxus Grand Hotels, one of the biggest names in the hospitality industry of Pakistan, bringing with itself great valuable additions to the award brand of GALA, details of which will be unwrapped further at the later stage of this exercise.
With twenty categories and lot more exciting nominations, all that made our 2017 an entertaining year in their individual and collective capacity, we aim to honor what deserves to be honored, and recognize even what got missed out in the cutthroat world of box office numbers and critical receptions.
Departing from its structure in the first three editions of being solely the People’s Choice Awards, the fourth edition will have a slight change, where although the people’s choice (that is your vote), will still carry the majority weight with seventy-five percent share in the total mix of final selection, the remaining twenty-five percent of that voting weightage will amount for ‘Jury selection,’ comprising of voting by the members of Galaxy Lollywood team.
This eminent change to the voting formula has been incorporated in an effort on our behalf to put a little but valuable weight in the basket of those deserving nominations, that the jury may feel to be in danger of being eclipsed amidst the more glittery and popular choices, so that their remains an equal playing field within every category.
So what are you waiting for, get on with the voting, and share with us your valuable opinion on who you think stood out in terms of cinematic performances presented last year. Happy voting!
UPDATE: The voting closed on May 8th, 2018. The winners will be announced on Tuesday, May 15yh, 2018 on Galaxy Lollywood’s Facebook and Instagram profiles. Stay tuned.
Here are the nominations of 4th Galaxy Lollywood Awards 2018.
Best Film
- Balu Mahi – Sadia Jabbar and Chaudhry Muhammad Arshad
- Mehrunisa V Lub U – Yasir Nawaz, Nida Yasir and Hassan Zia
- Na Maloom Afraad 2 – Fizza Ali Meerza and Mehdi Ali
- Punjab Nahi Jaungi – Salman Iqbal, Humayun Saeed and Shahzad Nasib
- Saawan – Mashood Qadri and Asma Qadri
Best Actor in a Leading Role Male
- Ahsan Khan – Chupan Chupai
- Danish Taimoor – Mehrunisa V Lub U
- Fahad Mustafa – Na Maloom Afraad 2
- Humayun Saeed – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
- Shaan Shahid – Arth
Best Actor in a Leading Role Female
- Ainy Jaffri – Balu Mahi
- Mahira Khan – Verna
- Mehwish Hayat – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
- Syra Shahroz – Chalay Thay Saath
- Uzma Hassan – Arth
Best Director
- Farhan Alam – Saawan
- Haissam Hussain – Balu Mahi
- Nabeel Qureshi – Na Maloom Afraad 2
- Nadeem Baig – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
- Yasir Nawaz – Mehrunisa V Lub U
Best Story
- Atiya Zaidi – Chalay Thay Saath
- Khalil ur Rehman Qamar – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
- Mashood Qadri – Saawan
- Nabeel Qureshi and Fizza Ali Meerza – Na Maloom Afraad 2
- Yasir Nawaz – Mehrunisa V Lub U
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Male
- Faizan Khawaja – Chupan Chupai
- Gohar Rasheed – Rangreza
- Mohib Mirza – Arth
- Mohsin Abbas Haider – Na Maloom Afraad 2
- Sohail Ahmad – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Female
- Humaima Malick – Arth
- Mansha Pasha – Chalay Thay Saath
- Navid Shahzad – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
- Sana Bucha – Yalghaar
- Urwa Hocane – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
Best Performance in a Comic Role
- Ali Rizvi – Chupan Chupai
- Javed Sheikh – Na Maloom Afraad 2
- Nayyar Ejaz – Mehrunisa V Lub U
- Sadaf Kanwal – Balu Mahi
- Saqib Sumeer – Mehrunisa V Lub U
Best Performance in a Negative Role
- Adil Murad – Chain Aye Na
- Humayun Saeed – Yalghaar
- Saleem Mairaj – Saawan
- Shafqat Cheema – Geo Sar Utha Kay
- Zarrar Khan – Verna
Best Male Debut
- Azfar Rehman – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
- Bilal Abbas Khan – Thora Jee Le
- Haroon Shahid – Verna
- Osman Khalid Butt – Balu Mahi
- Shahroz Sabzwari – Chain Aye Na
Best Female Debut
- Neelam Muneer – Chupan Chupai
- Sana Javed – Mehrunisa V Lub U
- Sarish Khan – Chain Aye Na
- Syra Shahroz – Chalay Thay Saath
- Uzma Hassan – Arth
Best Playback Singer Male
- Adnan Dhool – ‘Sadqa’ (Chupan Chupai)
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – ‘Sanawar De Khudaya’ (Arth)
- Sahir Ali Bagga – ‘Ronay De’ (Arth)
- Sahir Ali Bagga – ‘Tu Kia Janey’ (Balu Mahi)
- Shafqat Amanat Ali – ‘Tere Naal Naal’ (Punjab Nahi Jaungi)
Best Playback Singer Female
- Abida Parveen – ‘Phool Khil Jaein’ (Rangreza)
- Aima Baig – ‘Kaif o Suroor’ (Na Maloom Afraad 2)
- Meesha Shafi – ‘24/7 Lak’ (Punjab Nahi Jaungi)
- Nirmal Roy – ‘Raunaq e Ashiqui’ (Punjab Nahi Jaungi)
- Zeb Bangash – ‘Sambhal Sambhal Kay’ (Verna)
Best Music
- Arth – Sahir Ali Bagga
- Balu Mahi – Sahir Ali Bagga
- Mehrunisa V Lub U – Simaab Sen
- Punjab Nahi Jaungi – Shiraz Uppal, Shani Arshad, and Sahir Ali Bagga
- Rangreza – Akhtar Qayyum
Song of the Year
- ‘24/7 Lak’ – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
- ‘Kaif o Suroor’ – Na Maloom Afraad 2
- ‘Phool Khil Jaein’ – Rangreza
- ‘Sanwar De Khudaya’ – Arth
- ‘Tere Naal’ – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
Best Choreography
- Nigah Hussain – ‘Kaif o Suroor’ (Na Maloom Afraad 2)
- Nigah Hussain – ‘Marhaba’ – (Mehrunisa V Lub U)
- Shabina Khan – ‘24/7 Lak’ (Punjab Nahi Jaungi)
- Shabina Khan – ‘Raat Ka Nasha’ (Punjab Nahi Jaungi)
- Wahab Shah – ‘Balu Mahi’ (Balu Mahi)
Best Dance Performance
- Danish Taimoor and Amna Ilyas – ‘Marhaba’ (Mehrunisa V Lub U)
- Humayun Saeed, Mehwish Hayat, Urwa Hocane, and Ahmad Ali Butt – ‘24/7 Lak’ (Punjab Nahi Jaungi)
- Osman Khalid Butt and Ainy Jaffri – ‘Balu Mahi’ (Balu Mahi)
- Sadaf Kanwal – ‘Kaif o Suroor’ (Na Maloom Afraad 2)
- Sharjil Khan And Ushna Shah – ‘Raat Ka Nasha’ (Punjab Nahi Jaungi)
Best Special Appearance
- Ali Azmat – Arth
- Alyzeh Gabol – Rangreza
- Hina Rizvi – Balu Mahi
- Ushna Shah – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
- Yasir Hussain – Arth
Best On Screen Couple
- Ahsan Khan and Neelam Muneer – Chupan Chupai
- Danish Taimoor and Sana Javed – Mehrunisa V Lub U
- Humayun Saeed and Mehwish Hayat – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
- Mohib Mirza and Humaima Malick – Arth
- Osman Khalid Butt and Ainy Jaffri – Balu Mahi
Cinematic Moment of the Year
- Final scene – Verna
- Help Me Durdana – Punjab Nahi Jaungi
- Nayyar Ejaz’s entry scene – Mehrunisa V Lub U
- Shaan Shahid and Humayun Saeed’s faceoff – Yalghaar
- Uzma Hassan’s pre-interval confrontation scene – Arth
