The nominations for the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) were announced recently. Vidya Balan’s Tumhari Sulu has scored most nominations, including Best Actor (female) for Balan and Best Director for Suresh Triveni. Rajkummar Rao-starrer political satire, Newton is second with nominations for Rao and his co-star Pankaj Tripathi in the Best Actor and Supporting Actor category, respectively.
Tumhari Sulu and Newton are competing with Bareilly Ki Barfi, Hindi Medium, and Toilet – Ek Prem Katha in the Best Film category. Tumhari Sulu has also been nominated in the following categories – Best Story, Best Performance In A Supporting Role (both Male and Female) and Best Music Direction.
Sridevi-starrer MOM, which brought the late actress her posthumous National Award, also scored a nomination for her in the Best Actor (Female) category. Other contenders in this section include, Alia Bhatt, Zaira Wasim and Bhumi Pednekar.
In the Best Actor (Male) category, Irrfan Khan along with Akshay Kumar, Ranbir Kapoor and Adil Hussain have been nominated.
This year’s award show will be held in Bangkok. It is scheduled to be held for three days- from June 22 to 24 at the Siam Niramit Theatre.
Here is the full list of nominations:
Best Film
Bareilly Ki Barfi
hindi medium
Newton
Toilet – Ek Prem Katha
Tumhari Sulu
Best Director
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Bareilly Ki Barfi
Saket Chaudhary, Hindi Medium
Anurag Basu, Jagga Jasoos
Amit V Masurkar, Newton
Suresh Triveni, Tumhari Sulu
Best Actor (Female)
Alia Bhatt, Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Sridevi, Mom
Zaira Wasim, Secret Superstar
Bhumi Pednekar, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Vidya Balan, Tumhari Sulu
Best Actor (Male)
Irrfan Khan, Hindi Medium
Ranbir Kapoor, Jagga Jasoos
Adil Hussain, Mukti Bhawan
Rajkummar Rao, Newton
Akshay Kumar, Toilet – Ek Prem Katha
Best Actor In Supporting Role (Female)
Seema Pahwa, Bareilly Ki Barfi
Tabu, Golmaal Again
Meher Vij, Secret Superstar
Seema Pahwa, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Neha Dhupia, Tumhari Sulu
Best Actor In Supporting Role (Male)
Rajkummar Rao, Bareilly Ki Barfi
Deepak Dobriyal, Hindi Medium
Nawazzuddin Siddiqui, Mom
Pankaj Tripathi, Newton
Vijay Maurya, Tumhari Sulu
Best Story
Amit V Masurkar, Newton
Siddharth-Garima , Toilet – Ek Prem Katha
Suresh Triveni, Tumhari Sulu
Best Music Direction
Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi, Akhil Sachdeva, Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Pritam, Jagga Jasoos
Tanishk Bagchi, Guru Randhawa-Rajat
Nagpal, Amartya Rahut, Santanu Ghatak, Tumhari Sulu
Best Background Score
Pritam, Jagga Jasoos
Best Screeenplay
Nitesh Tiwari, Shreyas Jain, Bareilly Ki Barfi
Best Dialogues
Hitesh Kewalya, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Best Choreography
Vijay Ganguly and Ruel Dausan Varindani, Galti Se Mistake (Jagga Jasoos)
Best Cinematography
Marcin Laskawiec, Usc, Tiger Zinda Hai
Best Editing
Shweta Venkat Mathew, Newton
Best Lyrics
Recommended
Nusrat Fateh Ali, A1 Melody Fana and Manoj Muntashir, Mere Rashke Qamar (Baadshaho)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Meghna Mishra, Main Kaun Hoon (Secret Superstar)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Arijit Singh, Hawayein (Jab Harry Met Sejal)
Best Sound Design
Dileep Subramaniam and Ganesh Gangadharan (YRF Studios), Tiger Zinda Ha
Best Special Effects
Ny Vfxwala (Prasad Vasant Sutar), Jagga Jasoos
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