Queen is a 2013 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Vikas Bahl and produced by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane.[1] The film stars Kangana Ranaut in the lead role, and features Rajkummar Rao and Lisa Haydon in supporting roles.[2] The film was edited by Abhijit Kokate and Kashyap, and the cinematography was provided by Bobby Singh.[1] Amit Trivedi composed the musical score for the film.[3] Queen tells the story of Rani, an under-confident woman, who embarks on her honeymoon alone after her fiancé calls off their wedding.[4][5]

Kangana Ranaut's performance in Queen garnered her several awards and nominations including the National Film Award for Best Actress at the 62nd National Film Awards.

Made on a budget of ₹125 million (US$1.6 million),[6] Queen was released on 7 March 2014, and grossed ₹970 million (US$12 million) worldwide.[7] The film garnered awards and nominations in several categories, with particular praise for its direction, performance of Ranaut, cinematography, and editing. As of June 2015, the film has won 32 awards.

At the 62nd National Film Awards, Queen won the awards for Best Feature Film in Hindi and Best Actress (Ranaut). At the 60th Filmfare Awards ceremony, Queen won six awards, more than any other film, including Best Film, Best Director (Bahl), and Best Actress.[8] Haydon and Tridevi also garnered nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Music Director, respectively. Queen received the most nominations at the 2015 Screen Awards ceremony,[9] and won the awards for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Cinematography (Singh). Ranaut, Rao and Haydon were nominated for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. The film also won five awards at the 16th ceremony of the International Indian Film Academy Awards, including Best Movie and Best Actress.

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony[a] Category Recipients Result Ref.
BIG Star Entertainment Awards 18 December 2014 Most Entertaining Actor in a Social Drama Film – Female Kangana Ranaut Nominated [10]
Most Entertaining Social Drama Film Queen Nominated
Most Entertaining Director (Film) Vikas Bahl Won
Most Entertaining Film of the Year Queen Nominated
Most Entertaining Actor (Film) – Female Kangana Ranaut Nominated
Filmfare Awards 31 January 2015 Best Film Queen Won [11]
[12]
Best Director Vikas Bahl Won
Best Actress Kangana Ranaut Won
Best Background Score Amit Trivedi Won
Best Editing Anurag Kashyap, Abhijit Kokate Won
Best Cinematography Bobby Singh Won
Best Supporting Actress Lisa Haydon Nominated
Best Music Director Amit Trivedi Nominated
Global Indian Music Academy Awards 24 February 2015 Best Background Score Amit Trivedi Nominated [13]
[14]
[15]
[16]
Best Music Arranger & Programmer Amit Trivedi, Sourav Roy Won
Best Music Director Amit Trivedi Won
Best Playback Singer – Female Nandini Srikar (for song "Harjaiyaan") Nominated
Best Playback Singer – Male Labh Janjua (for song "London Thumakda") Nominated
Best Film Song "London Thumakda" Won
Best Film Album Queen Nominated
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 3 May 2014 Best Actress Kangana Ranaut Won [17]
International Indian Film Academy Awards 7 June 2015[b] Best Movie Queen Won [18]
[19]
[20]
Best Director Vikas Bahl Nominated
Best Actress Kangana Ranaut Won
Best Supporting Actress Lisa Haydon Nominated
Best Story Vikas Bahl, Chaitali Parmar, Parvez Shaikh Won
Best Screenplay Vikas Bahl, Chaitali Parmar, Parvez Shaikh Won
Best Editing Anurag Kashyap, Abhijit Kokate Won
Jagran Film Festival 28 September 2014 Best Actor (Female) Kangana Ranaut Won [21]
Best Music Amit Trivedi Won
Best Singer (Female) Shefali Alvares (for song "O Gujariya") Won
Lions Gold Awards 8 January 2015 Favourite Actress in Supporting Role (Female) Lisa Haydon Won [22]
Mirchi Music Awards 27 February 2015 Song of the Year "London Thumakda" Nominated [23]
Album of the Year Queen Nominated
Upcoming Vocalist (Male) of the Year Rupesh Kumar Ram (for song "Ranjha") Nominated
Upcoming Lyricist of the Year Raghu Nath (for song "Ranjha") Nominated
Programmer & Arranger of the Year Amit Trivedi, Sourav Roy (for song "London Thumakda") Nominated
National Film Awards 3 May 2015 Best Actress Kangana Ranaut Won [24]
[25]
Best Feature Film in Hindi Queen Won
Screen Awards 14 January 2015 Best Film Queen Won [9]
[26]
[27]
[28]
Best Director Vikas Bahl Won
Best Actress Kangana Ranaut Nominated
Best Actress – Popular Choice Kangana Ranaut Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Rajkummar Rao Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Lisa Haydon Nominated
Best Music Director Amit Trivedi Nominated
Best Male Playback Labh Janjua (for song "London Thumakda") Nominated
Best Screenplay Vikas Bahl, Chaitali Parmar, Parvez Shaikh Nominated
Best Dialogue Anvita Dutt Guptan, Kangana Ranaut Nominated
Best Child Artist Chinmaya Agrawal Nominated
Best Editing Anurag Kashyap, Abhijit Kokate Nominated
Best Cinematography Bobby Singh Won
Best Costume Manoshi Nath, Rushi Sharma Nominated
Star Guild Awards[c] 12 January 2015 Best Film Queen Nominated [31]
[32]
Best Director Vikas Bahl Won
Best Actress in a Leading Role Kangana Ranaut Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Lisa Haydon Nominated
Best Male Playback Singer Labh Janjua (for song "London Thumakda") Nominated
Best Story Vikas Bahl, Chaitali Parmar, Parvez Shaikh Won
Best Screenplay Vikas Bahl, Chaitali Parmar, Parvez Shaikh Won
Best Dialogue Anvita Dutt Guptan, Kangana Ranaut Nominated
Best Lyrics Anvita Dutt Guptan (for song "London Thumakda") Nominated
Best Music Director Amit Trivedi (for song "London Thumakda") Nominated
Best Editing Anurag Kashyap, Abhijit Kokate Won
Stardust Awards 15 December 2014 Best Film Queen Won [33]
[34]
Best Director Vikas Bahl[d] Won
Best Actress Kangana Ranaut Won
Star of the Year Award – Female Kangana Ranaut Nominated
Best Music Director Amit Trivedi Nominated
Best Playback Singer – Female Neha Kakkar, Sonu Kakkar (for song "London Thumakda") Nominated

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
  2. ^ The awards in the technical categories were announced on 22 April 2015. The presentation for the awards in the technical category was held on 5 June 2015, and the main award ceremony took place on 7 June 2015.[18]
  3. ^ Also known as Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards.[29][30]
  4. ^ Tied with Imtiaz Ali for Highway.[33]

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