Shah Rukh Khan’s blockbusters Pathaan and Jawan have earned multiple nominations at an upcoming stunt awards show. At Vulture’s second Annual Stunt Awards, the 2023 releases will compete with the likes of Keanu Reeves’s John Wick 4 and Tom Cruise-starrer Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, popularly referred to as Mission Impossible 7.
Both Jawan and Pathaan got nominations in the Best Overall Action Film category. Jawan also received a nomination in the categories of Best Stunt in an Action Film and Best Vehicular Stunt for ‘the highway chase’ sequence. Meanwhile, Pathaan earned a nomination for Best Aerial Stunt for the ‘jetpack fight’ sequence.
Here’s a complete list of nominations
Best Stunt in an Action Film
The Equalizer 3 (the Stained Glass Ceiling scene)
Extraction 2 (the Opening Oner)
Jawan (the Highway Chase)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (the Stair Fight and Fall)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (the Base Jump)
Best Vehicular Stunt
Fast X (the Rome Car Chase)
Ferrari (the Mille Miglia Race)
Jawan (the Highway Chase)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (the Arc de Triomphe Scene)
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (the Rome Car Chase)
Best Aerial Stunt
Extraction 2 (the Helicopter Shoot-out)
Godzilla Minus One (the Plane Circling Godzilla)
Kandahar (the Helicopter Fight)
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (the Base Jump)
Pathaan (the Jet-Pack Fight)
Best Overall Action Film
Ballerina
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant
Extraction 2
Fist of the Condor
Jawan
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
Pathaan
Silent Night
Shin Kamen Rider
About Jawan and Pathaan
Four years after delivering a series of not-so-successful films such as Zero and Jab Harry Met Sejal, Shah Rukh Khan made a grand comeback in 2023 with Siddharth Anand’s Pathaan. The spy film broke several records at the box office and presented Shah Rukh as an action hero.
Co-starring Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, Pathaan was released around Republic Day 2023 and its lifetime worldwide gross stands at ₹1055 crore, as per a report by Sacnilk.com.
Jawan, Shah Rukh Khan’s other blockbuster of 2023, grossed ₹1160 crore worldwide, as per a Sacnilk.com report. The film also stars Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Sanya Malhotra, Sunil Grover, Ridhi Dogra, Lehar Khan, Girija Oak and Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, among others. Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Dutt had cameo appearances in the film.
