58th Filmfare nominations: Best Director - Let's take a look at the nomin- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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Let's take a look at the nominations for Best Director in the 58th Filmfare Awards for the year 2012: Anurag Basu for his heart-wrenching 'Barfi!'. The film created mass frenzy upon its release and the director seems to be a hot favourite among other nominations in this list.

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Anurag Kashyap for 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. The director struck gold with his five-and-a-half hours long opus with GOW and stands a fair chance to win the 'black lady' this time round.

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Gauri Shinde for 'English Vinglish'. The debutant director won accolades for bringing out a wonderful film with the yesteryear queen of Bollywood - Sridevi in the lead!

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Shoojit Sarkar for 'Vicky Donor'. An out-of-the-box venture, but a smart and an intelligently crafted film.

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And last but not the least - Sujoy Ghosh for 'Kahaani'. Sujoy's thriller made the whole nation sit back and marvel at the sheer genius of the auteur.

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