IIFA awards 2015 nominations

Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan pitted against each other for 16th IIFA award, while Salman Khan misses the race!

14 April, 2015

The International Indian Film Academy, which is better known as IIFA awards to us has announced its nominations for the 16th edition. This award, which is all set to be hosted in Kaula Lumpur, is all set to felicitate a number of worthy performances of the gone by year. While 'Queen' is not the surprise package in the nomination, garnering five nominations in the popular category, it was the fact that Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan pitted against each other, which is sure to grab eyeballs.

National Award winner, 'Haider' has got eight nominations and the highest nominations has been grabbed by romantic comedy '2States,' closely followed by 'PK' with six nominations. PK got Aamir Khan a nomination for the leading man and SRK also got a nomination in the same category for 'Happy New Year.'

While the film Happy New Year did a roaring business in the box office, it just got two nominations in the IIFA award. Another big budget film, which did very well in the box office was Salman Khan's Kick and even this film got three nominations. As was reported by ibtimes.com, Andre Timmins, Director ? Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd said, ''It is amazing how Indian cinema is growing strength by strength every year. It has been a spectacular year for Indian Cinema across genres of films and a multitude of talent on and off screen. Some of the biggest films are contending for awards this year and the nominations reflect the talent and achievements of our Indian Film Industry.''

The IIFA award, which is presented by the the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood was started in the year 2000 and every year celebrities from Bollywood goes to various foreign locations to celebrate this occasion, which is increasingly becoming popular among the non residents Indians across the globe. The nominations list for this year's award is as follows:

Best Picture
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Vikramaditya Motwane & Anurag Kashyap - Queen
Sajid Nadiadwala & Karan Johar - 2 States
Vinod Chopra Films & Rajkumar Hirani Films - PK
Utv Motion Pictures & Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures - Haider
Sajid Nadiadwala & Imtiaz Ali - Highway
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures & Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Mary Kom

Best Director
Vikas Bahl - Queen
Vishal Bhardwaj - Haider
Rajkumar Hirani - PK
Abhishek Varman - 2 States
Imtiaz Ali - Highway

Leading Role Male
Shahid Kapoor - Haider
Aamir Khan - PK
Arjun Kapoor - 2 States
Hrithik Roshan - Bang Bang
Randeep Hooda - Highway
Shah Rukh Khan - Happy New Year

Leading Role Female
Kangana Ranaut - Queen
Alia Bhatt - 2 States
Priyanka Chopra - Mary Kom
Deepika Padukone - Happy New Year
Rani Mukherji - Mardaani
Anushka Sharma - PK

Supporting Role Male
Ronit Roy - 2 States
Ritesh Deshmukh - Ek Villain
Kay Kay Menon - Haider
Randeep Hooda - Kick
Inaamulhaq - Filmistaan
Naseeruddin Shah - Finding Fanny

Supporting Role Female
Tabu - Haider
Amrita Singh - 2 States
Lisa Haydon - Queen
Juhi Chawla - Gulaab Gang
Huma Qureshi - Dedh Ishqiya

Comic Role
Sharib Hashmi - Filmistaan
Sanjay Dutt - PK
Varun Dhawan - Main Tera Hero
Govinda - Happy Ending

Negative Role
Ritesh Deshmukh - Ek Villain
Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Kick
Kay Kay Menon - Haider

Music Direction
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - 2 States
Mithoon-Banjara, Zaroorat & Hamdard, Ankit Tiwari- Galliyan, Adnan Dhool (Soch) - Awari, Rabbi Ahmed-Awari - Ek Villain
Vishal Bhardwaj- for the full album - Haider
Mithoon, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Pritam, Arko Pravo Mukherjee - Yaariyan

Best Story
Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh - Queen
Chetan Bhagat-Based On A Best Selling Novel "2 States: The Story Of My Marriage" - 2 States
Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani - Pk

Lyrics
Manoj Muntashir - Galliyan - Ek Villain
Rashmi Singh - Muskurane - Citylights
Amitabh Bhattacharya - Mast Magan - 2 States

Playback Singer Male
Ankit Tiwari - Galliyan - Ek Villain
Arijit Singh - Muskurane - Citylights
Mika Singh - Jumme Ki Raat - Kick
Sukhwinder Singh - Bismil - Haider

Playback Singer Female
Kanika Kapoor - Baby Doll - Ragini Mms2
Sultana & Jyoti Nooran - Patakha Guddi - Highway
Shreya Ghoshal - Samjhawan - Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhani

I guess it will be the expected Shahid, Kangana, and then everything Queen for film, director etc. Music is between EV and 2States. Though I would like to be surprised and see PK get everything it's nominated for.

Rajkumar Rao for Citylights would have been a better option over both. Nevertheless, good to see Randeep up there.

Joke 🥱