The Ghanta Awards (sometimes abbreviated as The Ghanta) was 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 took place about the same time as other major Bollywood awards. The awards themselves were 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 JW Marriott on 15 February 2013 and 14 March 2014 respectively. The Ghanta Awards 2015 were 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

Format

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).

Winners

2011 1st Ghanta Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. {| class="wikitable" |- aamir khan ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Picture ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Director |- | valign="top" | Pyaar Impossible! Blue Raavan Housefull Kurbaan | valign="top" | Sajid Khan (Housefull) Anthony D Souza (Blue) Mani Ratnam (Raavan) Jugal Hansraj (Pyaar Impossible) Rensil d' Silva (Kurbaan) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Actress |- | valign="top" | Uday Chopra (Pyaar Impossible) Himesh Reshammiya (Radio) Abhishek Bachchan (Raavan) Shahid Kapoor (Chance Pe Dance, Milenge Milenge, Badmaash Company, Paathshaala) Akshay Kumar (Blue, Khatta Meetha, Housefull) | valign="top" | Aishwarya Rai (Robot/Raavan)

Kareena Kapoor (Kurbaan, We Are Family) Barbara Mori (Kites) Sonam Kapoor (Aisha, I Hate Luv Storys) Anushka Sharma (Badmaash Company) Katrina Kaif |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Supporting Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Supporting Actress |- | valign="top" | Zayed Khan (Blue, Anjaana Anjaani) Sir Ben Kingsley (Teen Patti) Farhan Akhtar (Karthik Calling Karthik) Sameer Dattani (I Hate Luv Storys) Upen Patel (Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani) | valign="top" | Lara Dutta (Blue/Housefull/Do Knot Disturb) Nandana Sen (Prince) Kangana Ranaut (Kites) Shenaz Treasurywala (Radio) Tabu (Toh Baat Pakki) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Couple ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Breakthrough (for the worst new actors/actress) |- | valign="top" | Uday Chopra / Priyanka Chopra (Pyaar Impossible) Abhishek / Aishwarya Bachchan (Raavan) Naseeruddin Shah / Vidya Balan (Ishqiya) Shahid Kapoor / Kareena Kapoor (Milenge Milenge) Sushmita Sen / Govinda (Do Knot Disturb) | valign="top" | Aditya Narayan (Shaapit) Luv Sinha (Saadiyaan) Neha Sharma (Crook) Shazahn Padamsee (Rocket Singh) Sukhwinder Singh (Kuchh Kariye) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Song ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Story Rip-Off |- | valign="top" | All Izz Well (3 Idiots) Mann Ka Radio (Radio) Pe Pe Pe (Chance Pe Dance) Jailhouse Rock (We Are Family) Papa Jag Jayega (Housefull) | valign="top" | Prince (from every action movie ever made) Bum Bum Bole (Children of Heaven) Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai (My Stepmother is an Alien) Hum Tum aur Ghost (Ghost Town) Knock Out (Phonebooth) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | That's Anything But Sexy ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | WTF Was That |- | valign="top" | Two hot women chasing Himesh in Radio Udita Goswami in Chase Kareena Kapoor seduction in Kurbaan The Great Indian Butterfly (Aamir Bashir / Sandhya Mridul) Girl down on her knees from London Dreams (Salman Khan / Asin) | valign="top" | The vegetarian sharks that only circled, but never attacked, the bleeding Akshay Kumar, Zayed Khan & Sanjay Dutt underwater in Blue. Celina Jaitley's cleavage in Hello Darling! Vivek Oberoi's Bruno-inspired leather outfit from Prince The diamond sucking vacuum from Prince The baby sucking vacuum from 3 Idiots

2012 2nd Ghanta Awards (2012) Nominees and Winners. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Picture ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Director |- | valign="top" | Ra.One Mausam Bodyguard Double Dhamaal Desi Boyz Ready | valign="top" | Anees Bazmee – Thank You Anubhav Sinha – Ra.One Pankaj Kapur – Mausam David Dhawan – Rascals Rohit Dhawan – Desi Boyz |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Actress |- | valign="top" | Salman Khan – Bodyguard, Ready Ajay Devgn – Rascals, Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji Sanjay Dutt – Rascals, Chatur Singh Two Star, Double Dhamaal, Desi Boyz Shah Rukh Khan – Ra.One, Don 2 Vinay Pathak – Utt Patang, Tere Mere Phere, Chalo Dilli, Bheja Fry 2 | valign="top" | Nargis Fakhri – Rockstar Kangana Ranaut – Game, Miley Na Miley Hum, Double Dhamaal, Tanu Weds Manu, Ready, Rascals Jacqueline Fernandez – Murder 2 Gul Panag – Turning 30 Bipasha Basu – Dum Maaro Dum |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Supporting Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Supporting Actress |- | valign="top" | Prateik Babbar – Dhobi Ghat, Aarakshan, Dum Maaro Dum, My Friend Pinto Anupam Kher – Every other film Om Puri – Don 2, Khap, Teen Thay Bhai, Bin Bulaye Baarati Shreyas Talpade – Hum Tum Shabana, Teen Thay Bhai Tusshar Kapoor – The Dirty Picture, Hum Tum Shabana, Shor in the City | valign="top" | Hazel Keech in Bodyguard Giselli Monteiro in Always Kabhi Kabhie Mallika Sherawat in Double Dhamaal Charmy Kaur in Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap Raveena Tandon in Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Couple ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Breakthrough (for the worst new actors/actress) |- | valign="top" | Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri in Rockstar Shahid Kapur and Sonam Kapoor in Mausam Kangana Ranaut and Chirag Paswan in Miley Naa Miley Hum Kangana Ranaut and Sanjay Dutt in Rascals Kangana Ranaut and Ajay Devgn in Rascals | valign="top" | Nargis Fakhri Rana Daggubati Chirag Paswan Zoa Morani Sarah Jane-Dias |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Song ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Story Rip-Off |- | valign="top" | Dhinka Chika Jalebi Bai Bodyguard title track Dum Maaro Dum Chammak Challo | valign="top" | Desi Boyz – Full Monty + all Adam Sandler films Don 2 – every Hollywood action film Murder 2 – The Chaser FALTU – Accepted Ragini MMS – Paranormal Activity |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | That's Anything But Sexy ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | WTF Was That |- | valign="top" | Anything involving Kangana Ranaut in Rascals Ram Gopal Verma's camera angles in Not A Love Story Kareena Kapoor seduction in Kurbaan 3 girls conned by Ranveer Singh's looks and acting abilities in Ladies VS Ricky Bahl Any time Shahrukh Khan says "Junglee Billi" in Don 2 | valign="top" | How Sonam Kapoor & Shahid Kapoor don't manage to exchange a measly phone number over 10 years in Mausam Colourful holi song in the middle of a movie about Hitler & the holocaust in 'Gandhi to Hitler The unexplained science behind the science fiction part of Ra.One Ghost Rape in Haunted 3D Akshay Kumar going to Trinity University in Desi Boyz |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Holier-Than-Thou Movie |- | valign="top" | Dhobi Ghat No One Killed Jessica That Girl in Yellow Boots Shaitan Memories in March

2013 Worst Picture Worst Director Housefull 2 Department Student of the Year Players | valign="top" | RGV – Bhoot Returns, Department Abbas-Mustan – Players Vikram Bhatt – Raaz 3, Dangerous Ishq Kunal Kohli – Teri Meri Kahaani Samir Karnik – Chaar Din Ki Chandni |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Actress |- | valign="top" | Ajay Devgn – Son of Sardaar, Bol Bachchan Akshay Kumar – Rowdy Rathore, Khiladi 786, Housefull 2, Joker Saif Ali Khan – Agent Vinod, Cocktail, Abhishek Bachchan – Players, Bol Bachchan Arjun Rampal – Heroine, Chakravyuh, Ajab Ghazab Love | valign="top" | Sonakshi Sinha – Rowdy Rathore, Dabangg 2, Joker, Son of Sardaar Asin – Bol Bachchan, Housefull 2, Khiladi 786 Katrina Kaif – Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Ek Tha Tiger Bipasha Basu – Raaz 3, Jodi Breakers, Players Priyanka Chopra – Teri Meri Kahani, Agneepath |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Supporting Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Supporting Actress |- | valign="top" | Mithun Chakraborty – Zindagi Tere Naam, Housefull 2, Enemmy, Oh My God, Khiladi 786, Buddhuram Dhol Duniya Gol Boman Irani – Housefull 2, Tezz, Ferrari Ki Sawaari, Cocktail, Joker Sanjay Dutt – Agneepath, Department, Son of Sardaar, Dabangg 2 Anupam Kher – Chaar Din Ki Chandni, Kya Super Kool Hai Hum, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein Rishi Kapoor – Agneepath, Housefull 2, Jab Tak Hai Jaan | valign="top" | Sonam Kapoor – Players Minnisha Lamba – Joker Anushka Sharma – Jab Tak Hai Jaan Shazahn Padamsee – Housefull 2 Jacqueline Fernandez – Housefull 2 |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Couple ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Worst Breakthrough (for the worst new actors/actress) |- | valign="top" | Rajneesh Duggal and Karishma Kapoor – Dangerous Ishq Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor – Players Vivek Oberoi and Mallika Sherawat – KLPD Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra – Teri Meri Kahani Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson – Ek Deewana Tha |valign="top" | Sunny Leone – Jism 2

Alia Bhatt – Student of the Year Esha Gupta – Jannat 2, Chakravyuh, Raaz 3D Amy Jackson – Ek Deewana Tha Pulkit Samrat – Bittoo Boss Worst Song Worst Rip-Off/Remake Paw Paw Paw Paw – Son of Sardaar Balma – Khiladi 786 Fevicol – Dabangg 2 Ishq Wala Love – Student of the Year Chinta Ta Chita Chita – Rowdy Rathore | valign="top" | Agent Vinod – every Hollywood action film**

Barfi – every classic Hollywood film** Teri Meri Kahaani – Chaplin meets What's Your Rashi meets Three Times** Agneepath**