+ List of awards won by Ra.One The film's visual effects, co-ordinated by Jeffrey Kleiser (centre), received numerous awards at major award ceremonies, in addition to receiving critical, industry and audience acclaim. Awards and nominations Award Won NominatedBIG Star Entertainment AwardsETC Business AwardsLions Gold AwardsStar Screen AwardsZee Cine AwardsFilmfare AwardsStardust AwardsNational Film AwardsApsara Film & Television Producers Guild AwardsFICCI Best Animation Frames AwardsAsian Film AwardsMirchi Music AwardsIIFA AwardsGhanta AwardsGolden Kela AwardsTally

Ra.One is a 2011 Indian superhero film co-written and directed by Anubhav Sinha, and starring Arjun Rampal in the title role with Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Shahana Goswami and Armaan Verma in the lead roles. The film was co-produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Eros International, and involved a large, multi-national crew for the production. Ra.One was one of the most expensive Indian productions, and the most expensive Bollywood film at that time with an official budget of .

Commercially, the film set records for single-day net revenue and highest three-day opening weekend, though it suffered large drops at the box office in subsequent weeks. Ra.One became the third-highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2011. It is estimated that the film earned worldwide if the dubbed versions are included.

Upon release, Ra.One met a mixed critical reception in India, though the overseas reception was more positive. Despite the mixed reception and reports of failing audience expectations, the film's visual effects and other technical aspects received unanimous praise from the audiences and a number of industry members, including prominent actors and directors. Mirroring this trend, Ra.One received a number of awards and nominations at high-profile ceremonies including the National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards and International Indian Film Academy Awards, the majority of them being for technical aspects like action, production design and sound design. The visual effects, executed by Red Chillies VFX under the supervision of Jeffrey Kleiser, won the award for Best Special Effects at nine award ceremonies.

Another heavily awarded feature of Ra.One was its business aspect, which won a number of awards at the ETC Bollywood Business Awards and the Zee Cine Awards for the marketing and box office records. The film also received numerous nominations for its soundtrack, with a special emphasis on the song "Chammak Challo" and its choreography. The film received further nominations at the Star Screen Awards and Stardust Awards, primarily for the acting and entertainment categories which were voted upon by popular choice. Despite this, it was reported that winning the National Film Award had given a major boost to the enthusiasm for a sequel to Ra.One.

Awards and nominations Note – The lists are ordered by the date of announcement, not by the date of ceremony/telecast.

Award distributor Date Award category Nomination recipient Nomination result Reference BIG Star Entertainment Awards 19 December 2011 Most Entertaining Actor – Male Shahrukh Khan rowspan="3" Most Entertaining Song "Chammak Challo" Most Entertaining Singer – Female Hamsika Iyer – "Chammak Challo" ETC Bollywood Business Awards 9 January 2012 Most Profitable Actor – Overseas Shahrukh Khan(along with Don 2) rowspan="5" Most Profitable Actor – Female Kareena Kapoor(along with Bodyguard) Best Marketed Movie of the Year Highest Single-Day Collections Excellence in International Distribution Eros International(with other films) Lions Gold Awards 11 January 2012 Favorite Actor in a Leading Role – Male Shahrukh Khan rowspan="3" Favorite Choreographer – Critics Ganesh Hegde – "Chammak Challo" Favorite Special Effects Naresh Malhotra Star Screen Awards 14 January 2012 Best Actor – Popular Choice Shahrukh Khan(also for Don 2) rowspan="3" Best Special Effects Keitan Yadav, Harry Hingorani Best Action Spiro R., N.D. Gill, Parvez, Feroze Best Child Artist Armaan Verma rowspan="5" Best Background Music Vishal–Shekhar Best Sound Design Resul Pookutty Best Choreography Ganesh Hegde – "Chammak Challo" Best Costumes Anaita Shroff Adajania, Manish Malhotra Zee Cine Awards 21 January 2012 Best Film Anubhav Sinha rowspan="2" Best Actor Popular (Male) Shahrukh Khan Song of The Year "Chammak Challo" rowspan="6" Best Sound Design Resul Pookutty Best Action Spiro R., N.D. Gill, Parvez, Feroze Best Visual Effects Best Marketed Film Best Use of New Media Filmfare Awards January 29, 2012 Best Music Director Vishal–Shekhar rowspan="4" Best Lyricist Vishal Dadlani, Niranjan Iyengar – "Chammak Challo" Best Playback Singer (Male) Akon, Vishal Dadlani – "Chammak Challo" Shafqat Amanat Ali – "Dildaara" Best Special Effects Red Chillies VFX Stardust Awards 10 February 2012 Film of the Year rowspan="4" Best Actress in a Thriller/Action Film Kareena Kapoor Star of the Year – Male Shahrukh Khan(also for Don 2) Star of the Year – Female Kareena Kapoor(also for Bodyguard) National Film Awards March 7, 2012 Best Special Effects Harry Hingorani, Keitan Yadav Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards 11 March 2012 Entertainer of the Year Shahrukh Khan(also for Don 2) Best Choreography Ganesh Hegde – "Chammak Challo" rowspan="4" Best Singer (Male) Akon, Vishal Dadlani – "Chammak Challo" Best Editing Sanjay Sharma Best Art Direction Sabu Cyril Best Sound Design Resul Pookutty, Amrit Pritam Dutta rowspan="3" Best Special Effects Red Chillies VFX Best Sound Mixing Anup Dev, Tarun Bhandari FICCI Best Animation Frame Awards 15 March 2012 VFX in a Motion Picture Red Chillies VFX rowspan="2" VFX Shot of the Year (Jury) Asian Film Awards March 19, 2012 Best Special Effects Ritesh Aggarwal Mirchi Music Awards March 21, 2012 Best Programmer and Arranger Abhijeet Nalani, Giorgio Tuinfort – "Chammak Challo" rowspan="2" Best Song Recording Vijay Dayal, Mark Goodchild – "Chammak Challo"Song of The Year"Chammak Challo" rowspan="3" Album of The YearVishal–Shekhar, Atahar Panchi, Vishal Dadlani, KumaarBest Item Song of the Year"Chammak Challo" International Indian Film Academy Awards May 4, 2012 (technical)June 9, 2012 (general) Best Music Director Vishal–Shekhar Best Special Effects Red Chillies VFX rowspan="4" Best Production Design Sabu Cyril Best Song Recording Vishal–Shekhar – "Chammak Challo" Best Sound Recording Resul Pookutty, Amrit Pritam Dutta – "Chammak Challo" Ghanta Awards 17 March 2012 Worst Film Worst Director Anubhav Sinha rowspan="4" Worst Actor Shahrukh Khan(also for Don 2) Worst Song "Chammak Challo" WTF Was That? "The unexplained science behind the science fiction part of Ra.One" Golden Kela Awards 1 April 2012 Worst Film rowspan="2" Worst Director Anubhav Sinha Worst Supporting Actor Tom Wu rowspan="2" Most Irritating Song "Chammak Challo"

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