Ghanta Awards

The Ghanta Awards (sometimes abbreviated as The Ghanta) is an award presented in recognition of the worst film in Bollywood. Founded by Prashant Rajkhowa and Karan Anshuman   in 2010, the annual Ghanta Awards ceremony in Mumbai takes place about the same time as other major Bollywood awards. The awards themselves are a large golden bell that is typically used for idol worship.

INvision Entertainment exclusively holds the IP rights for the Ghantas Since 2013.

The Ghanta Awards is a live show shaped by online voting by the audience. The public can vote on 13 'worst of' categories.

The first Ghanta Awards ceremony was held in February 2011 at Tian Santorini to honour the worst in film of the 2010 film season. The last 2 editions have been held at J W Marriott on 15 February 2013 and 14 March 2014 respectively. The Ghanta Awards 2015 are slated to be held at the same venue on 8 March 2015 & 2021 (which is the last edition).

Historical categories

 * Worst Film of the Year
 * Worst Actor of the Year
 * Worst Actress of the Year
 * Worst Director of the Year
 * Worst Supporting Actor of the Year
 * Worst Supporting Actress of the Year
 * Worst Couple of the Year
 * Worst Song of The Year
 * Worst Remake, Rip-off, Sequel of the year
 * Worst Holier-than-thou Movie
 * WTF Was That..!!
 * That's Anything But Sexy

Categories for 2015 edition

 * Worst Film
 * Worst Director
 * Worst Actor
 * Worst Actress
 * Worst Song
 * Worst Debut
 * WTF Was That!
 * That's Anything But Sexy
 * Most Controversial Controversy
 * Worst Couple
 * Worst Miscasting
 * Worst Brand Endorsement
 * Worst Supporting Role
 * Shit Nobody Saw

Awarding process
Earlier, mainstream media film critics such as Rajeev Masand and Karan Anshuman picked the nominees and put them out for public vote on the awards' website. Voting closed a day before the event. Thousands of film enthusiasts usually participate in voting. Since 2014, the nominees have been decided by an internal team of professional writers and film enthusiasts at the company that manages the event.

Ceremony
The ceremony, typically held around the same time as other popular Bollywood film awards, is hosted by stand-up comedians of repute (the comedy group East India Comedy since 2014) and is interspersed with sketches mocking the worst film of the year nominees.

Collecting in person

Most winners do not attend the ceremony to collect their awards. Notable exceptions include Sonam Kapoor (Mausam/WTF Was That) and Ritesh Deshmukh (Grand Masti/That's Anything But Sexy).

2011
1st Ghanta Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

2012
2nd Ghanta Awards (2012) Nominees and Winners. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

2014
Here's The Complete Winner List of the Ghanta Awards 2014:

Worst Film: Himmatwala

Worst Director: Sajid Khan For Himmatwala

Worst Actress: Priyanka Chopra For Zanjeer

Worst Actor: Prateik Babbar For Issaq

Worst Couple: Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif For Dhoom 3

Worst Supporting Actor: Imran Khan For Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara!

Worst Supporting Actress: Ameesha Patel For Race 2 And Shortcut Romeo

Shit Nobody Saw: Sona Spa

Worst Remake: Krrish 3

That's Anything But Sexy: Grand Masti

Kuoting Krap With Karan: Salman Khan

2015
On March 8, 2015, the ceremony was held presenting the awards:

Worst Film: Humshakals

Worst Director: Farah Khan for Happy New Year

Worst Actress:


 * Sonakshi Sinha for Holiday and Action Jackson


 * Katrina Kaif for Bang Bang
 * Tamannaah for Entertainment
 * Jacqueline Fernandez for Kick

Worst Actor:


 * Saif Ali Khan, Ram Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh for Humshakals
 * Ajay Devgn for Action Jackson


 * Salman Khan for Kick
 * Arjun Kapoor for Gundey

WTF was That!: Ajay Devgn’s genitals being a good luck charm in Action Jackson

Anything But Sexy: Sonakshi Sinha as a Boxer in Holiday

Special Sajid Khan Lifetime Achievement Award: Sajid Khan

Worst Song: Himesh Reshamya for Icecream Khaungi from The Xposé

Worst Case of Miscasting: Sonam Kapoor for Khoobsurat

Shit Nobody Saw: Dishkiyaoon

Worst Brand Endorsement: Vivek Oberoi for Swacch Bharat Campaign

Most Controversial Controversy: TOI and Deepika Padukone for Cleavage Gate!

Worst Couple: Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh in Gunday

Worst Debut: Mika Singh and Shaan in Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya

Worst Supporting Role: Kamaal R Khan or KRK for Ek Villain.

2016
In April 2016, the nominees for the awards were announced, with the winners being named the following month.

Worst Film
 * Shandaar
 * Roy
 * Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
 * Bombay Velvet

Worst Director


 * Vikas Bahl - Shaandaar
 * Karan Malhotra - Brothers
 * Mohit Suri- Humari Adhoori Kahani
 * Vikramjeet Singh- Roy

Worst Actor


 * Shah Rukh Khan - Dilwale
 * Ritesh Deshmukh- Bangistan
 * Arjun Rampal- Roy'
 * Arjun Kapoor- Tevar

Worst Actress


 * Anushka Sharma - Bombay Velvet
 * Aishwarya Rai - Jazbaa
 * Sunny Leone - Ek Paheli Leela/ kuch kuch locha hai
 * Sonam Kapoor- Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo/Dolly Ki Doli
 * Sonakshi Sinha- Tevar

Worst Song


 * Ke dil kare chu cha chu cha - Singh is Bliing
 * Paani Waala Dance- Kuch Kuch Locha hai
 * Banno Tera Sweater (Swagger)
 * Daddy Mummy - Bhaag Johnny
 * Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo- Title Track

Worst Debut


 * Athiya Shetty - Hero
 * Sooraj Pancholi - Hero
 * Kapil Sharma - Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon
 * Karan Singh Grover- Hate Story 3/Alone
 * Mandana Karimi- Bhaag Johnny

Worst Supporting Actor


 * Varun Dhawan - Dilwale
 * Pulkit Samrat- Bangistan/Dolly ki Doli
 * Jackky Bhagnani- Welcome to Karachi
 * Neil Nitin Mukesh - "Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo"

WTF Was That!


 * Guddu ki Gun
 * Dil Dhadakne Do Dog Narration (Aamir Khan)
 * Kattapa ne Bahubali ko kyu maara?
 * Ranbanka (Manish Paul and Ravi Kishan)
 * Shamitabh

Worst Couple


 * Anil Kapoor- Nana Patekar in Welcome Back
 * Bipasha one- Bipasha two in Alone
 * Karan Johar- Ranbir Kapoor in Bombay Velvet (Karan's character has a strong gay undertone)
 * Sonam Kapoor- Varun Sharma in Dolly Ki Doli
 * Amitabh-Dhanush in Shamitabh

Worst Miscasting


 * Jacqueline Fernandes as a Filmmaker in Roy
 * Ajay Devgn as an Intelligent Family Man in Drishyam
 * Emraan Hashmi as an Invisible Man in Mr X
 * Karan Johar as Gangster in Bombay Velvet
 * Sunny Deol in I love NY as an eligible bachelor

Most Controversial Controversy


 * Anushka Sharma blamed for Virat Kohli poor performance, and he replying back
 * Spectre Kissing scene edited for Indian viewership (Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan!)
 * Kangana calling Hrithik her "silly ex" and everything that followed

Shit Nobody Saw


 * Hawaizaada
 * Mr. X
 * Welcome to Karachi
 * All Is Well
 * Hunterrr
 * Ab Tak Chhappan 2
 * Hamari Adhuri Kahani

The Ghanta Tweet of the year


 * Sunil Grover
 * Rishi Kapoor
 * Abhishek Bachchan
 * Hrithik Roshan