IIFA 2017 Nominations Are Here

Indian Cinema has had an incredible year with a diverse number of truly unique films that not only took the box office by storm but were also critically acclaimed.

Leading the race with a whopping 8 nominations in the popular categories along with Best Picture is Ae DIl Hai Mushkil followed by the biopic of the Former Indian Cricket Team Captain – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story bagging 7 nominations in popular categories including the Best Picturenominations. Top Contenders for Best Picture category are Neerja, Pink, Sultan and Udta Punjab.

The nominees for Best Actor in Leading Role Male are Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab, Ranbir Kapoor for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Shah Rukh Khan for Fan, Sushant Singh Rajput for M.S. Dhoni, Amitabh Bachchan for Pink and Salman Khan for Sultan. The nominees for Leading Role Female are Anushka Sharma for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Alia Bhatt for Dear Zindagi & Udta Punjab, Sonam Kapoor for Neerja and Tapsee Pannu for Pink. The Best Director nominations feature Karan Johar (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil), Neeraj Pandey (M.S. Dhoni), Ram Madhvani(Neerja), Aniruddha Roy Chowdhary (Pink), Ali Abbas Zafar (Sultan) and Abhishek Chaubey (Udta Punjab).

As IIFA continues to bring together the biggest stars of Bollywood and Hollywood on one stage, the 2017 IIFA Festival New York will play host to some of the most celebrated stars and musicians of the Indian film industry, notable guests, and dignitaries from India and the region, world media and Indian cinema fans from across the globe.

2017 IIFA AWARDS POPULAR NOMINATIONS BEST PICTURE

ENTRIES	FILM
Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar & Apoorva Mehta	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Fox Star Studios, Arun Pandey(Inspired Entertainment)	M.S.Dhoni
Fox Star Studios, Bling Unplugged	Neerja
Rashmi Sharma, Ronnie Lahiri, Sheel Kumar	Pink
Aditya Chopra	Sultan
Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Sameer Nair, Aman Gill, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane & Anurag Kashyap	Udta Punjab

BEST STORY

ENTRIES	FILM
Ayesha Devitre Dhillon, Shakun Batra	Kapoor & Sons
Saiwyn Quadras	Neerja
Ritesh Shah, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Shoojit Sircar	Pink

BEST DIRECTION

ENTRIES	FILM
Karan Johar	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Neeraj Pandey	M.S.Dhoni
Ram Madhvani	Neerja
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury	Pink
Ali Abbas Zafar	Sultan
Abhishek Chaubey	Udta Punjab

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)

ENTRIES	FILM
Shahid Kapoor	Udta Punjab
Ranbir Kapoor	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Shah Rukh Khan	Fan
Sushant Singh Rajput	M.S.Dhoni
Amitabh Bachchan	Pink
Salman Khan	Sultan

BEST COMEDIAN

ENTRIES	FILM
Varun Dhawan	Dishoom
Jimmy Shergill	Happy Bhag Jayegi
Rishi Kapoor	Kapoor & Sons

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)

ENTRIES	FILM
Anushka Sharma	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Alia Bhatt	Dear Zindagi
Sonam Kapoor	Neerja
Taapsee Pannu	Pink
Alia Bhatt	Udta Punjab

MUSIC DIRECTION

ENTRIES	FILM
Pritam	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Amaal Malik & Rochak Kohli	M.S.Dhoni
Amit Trivedi	Udta Punjab

LYRICIST

ENTRIES	SONGS	FILM
Amitabh Bhattacharya	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil	Channa Mereya
Gulzar	Mirzya	Aave re Hitchki
Tanveer Ghazi	Pink	Tu Chal

PLAYBACK SINER (MALE)

ENTRIES	SONGS	FILM
Arijit Singh	Channa Mereya	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Amit Mishra	Bulleya	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Diljit Dosanjh	Ikk Kudi ( reprise )	Udta Punjab
Armaan Malik	Besabriyaan	MS. Dhoni