Die Nominierungen für den GPBA 2009 wurden am 15.01.2009 veröffentlicht.
Folgende Optionen, verteilt auf 20 Kategorien, ergeben sich für das Voting am 1. Februar:

Bester Film - Best Film

A Wednesday! Dostana Ghajini Jodhaa Akbar Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Bester Schauspieler - Best Actor

Aamir Khan (Ghajini) Hrithik Roshan (Jodhaa Akbar) Imran Khan (Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na) Naseruddin Shah (A Wednesday!) Shah Rukh Khan (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

Beste Schauspielerin - Best Actress

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Jodhaa Akbar) Anushka Sharma (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) Katrina Kaif (Singh is Kinng) Preity Zinta (Heroes) Priyanka Chopra (Fashion)

Bester Regisseur - Best Director

A.R Murugadoss (Ghajini) Aditya Chopra (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) Ashutosh Gowarikar (Jodhaa Akbar) Neeraj Pandey (A Wednesday!) Ram Gopal Varma (Sarkar Raj)

Beste Geschichte - Best Story

A.R. Murugadoss (Ghajini) Abhishek Kapoor / Pubali Chaudhury (Rock on!!) Aditya Chopra (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) Haider Ali (Jodhaa Akbar) Ram Gopal Varma / Prashant Pandey (Sarkar Raj)

 

Bester Nebendarsteller - Best Supporting Actor

Anil Kapoor (Race) Arjun Rampal (Rock On!!) Jimmy Sheirgill (A Wednesday!) Sonu Sood (Jodhaa Akbar) Vinay Pathak (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

Beste Nebendarstellerin - Best Supporting Actress

Bipasha Basu (Bachna Ae Haseeno) Kangana Ranaut (Fashion) Kirron Kher (Dostana) Ratna Pathak Shah (Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na) Shahana Goswami (Rock On!!)

Beste Rolle als Komiker - Best Role as a Comedian

Abhishek Bachchan (Dostana) Boman Irani (Dostana) Hiten Paintal (Bachna Ae Haseeno) Om Puri (Singh is Kinng) Tusshar Kapoor (Golmaal Returns)

Beste Musik - Best Music

A.R. Rahman (Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na) A.R. Rahman (Jodhaa Akbar) A.R. Rahman (Ghajini) Vishal Dadlani / Shekhar Ravjiani (Bachna Ae Haseeno) Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (Rock on!!)

Beste Dialoge - Best Dialogue

Abbas Tyrewala (Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na) Aditya Chopra (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) Anvita Dutt Guptan (Dostana) unbekannt (Ghajini) K. P. Saxena (Jodhaa Akbar)

 

Bestes männliches Debüt - Best Male Debut

Imran Khan (Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na) Nikhil Dwivedi (My Name is Anthony Gonsalves) Prateik Babbar (Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na) Rajeev Khandelwal (Aamir) Harman Baweja (Love Story 2050)

Bestes weibliches Debüt - Best Female Debut

Adah Sharma (1920) Anushka Sharma (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) Asin Thottumkal (Ghajini) Mugdha Godse (Fashion) Prachi Desai (Rock On!!)

Bester Sänger - Best Singer (Male)

Farhan Akhtar - Pichle Saat Dinon Mein (Rock on!!) K.K. - Zara Sa (Jannat) Rashid Ali - Kabhi Kabhi Aditi (Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na) Sukhwinder Singh - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) Lucky Ali - Ahista Aahista (Bachna Ae Haseeno)

Beste Sängerin - Best Singer (Female)

Alka Yagnik - Bakhuda Tum Hi Ho (Kismat Konnection) Monali Thakur - Zara Zara Touch Me (Race) Shreya Goshal - Teri Ore (Singh is Kinng) unbenannt - Dil Ka Rishta (Yuvraaj) unbenannt - Main Chala (Black & White)

Beste Choreografie - Best Choreography

Farah Khan / Vaibhavi Merchant (Dostana) Ganesh Acharya u.a. (Singh is Kinng) Rajeev Soorti (Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na) Remo (Rock on!!) Remo / Vaibhavi Merchant / Ahmed Khan u.a. (Love Story 2050)

 

Beste Kamera - Best Cinematography

Alphonse Roy (Aamir) Jason West (Rock on!!) Kiran Deohans (Jodhaa Akbar) Rajeev Soorti (Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na) Ravi K. Chandran (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

Bester Schnitt - Best Editing

Aarti Bajaj (Aamir) Anthony (Ghajini) Manan Sagar (Dostana) Merzin Tavaria / Hemal Kothari (Love Story 2050) Shan Mohammed (Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na)

Beste Spezialeffekte - Best Special Effects

Drona Ghajini Love Story 2050 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Roadside Romeo

Beste Ausstattung - Best Art Direction

Allan Amin (Love Story 2050) Amrita Mahal (Dostana) Muneesh Sappal (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) Nitin Desai (Jodhaa Akbar) Peter Heins (Ghajini)

Beste Kostüme - Best Costumes

Aki Narula / Manish Malhotra (Dostana) Anahita Shroff Adajania (Drona) Neeta Lulla (Jodhaa Akbar) Pooja Sarin / Theia Bomanbehram (Love Story 2050) Wendell Rodricks (Fashion)

 

Filme in Nominierung für den German Public Bollywood Award (GPBA) 2009:
1920 A Wednesday! Aamir Bachna Ae Haseeno Black & White Dostana Drona Fashion Ghajini Golmaal Returns Heroes Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na Jannat	Jodhaa Akbar Kismat Konnection Love Story 2050 My Name is Anthony Gonsalves Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Race Roadside Romeo Rock On!! Sarkar Raj Singh is Kinng Yuvraaj