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 |
PLAYBACK SINER (FEMALE)
ENTRIES |
SONGS |
FILM |
Kanika Kapoor |
Da Da Dasse |
Udta Punjab |
Neha Bhasin |
Jag Ghoomeya |
Sultan |
Tulsi Kumar |
Soch Na Sake |
Airlift |
BEST ACTOR IN NEGATIVE ROLE
ENTRIES |
FILM |
Neill Nitin Mukesh |
Wazir |
Shah Rukh Khan |
Fan |
Jim Sarbh |
Neerja |
SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)
ENTRIES |
FILM |
Rajat Kapoor |
Kapoor & Sons |
Rajkumar Rao |
Aligarh |
Rishi Kapoor |
Kapoor & Sons |
Anupam Kher |
M.S.Dhoni |
Amitabh Bachchan |
Wazir |
SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)
ENTRIES |
FILM |
Shabana Azmi |
Neerja |
Andrea Tariang |
Pink |
Ratna Pathak Shah |
Kapoor & Sons |
Disha Patani |
M.S.Dhoni |
Richa Chadha |
Sarbjit |