IIFA Awards 2009 Nominations

With the announcement of the official venue for the 10th IIFA Awards,2009, Amitabh Bachchan, the Brand Ambassador of the Awards, also declared the nominations for this year’s ceremony which are decided through a unique voting system. He praised the ‘transparent’ voting process exercised by IIFA and he reinforced the credibility of the awards.

The three day affair will commence on June 11th where Kareena Kapoor and current squeeze Saif Ali Khan, Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif will be the higlighting the event with their performance and presence.



Until then, this will give you something to chew over… the nominations are out!!!

Best Film
A Wednesday
Dostana
Ghajini
Jodhaa Akbar
Race
Rock On

Best Director
A.R. Murugadoss - Ghajini
Madhur Bhandarkar - Fashion
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On
Ashutosh Gowariker - Jodhaa Akbar
Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Male
Aamir Khan - Ghajini
Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana
Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar
Naseeruddin Shah - A Wednesday
Shah Rukh Khan - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Female
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Jodhaa Akbar
Asin - Ghajini
Bipasha Basu - Race
Katrina Kaif - Singh is Kinng
Priyanka Chopra - Fashion

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Male
Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar Raj
Arjun Rampal - Rock On
Irrfan Khan - Mumbai Meri Jaan
Sonu Sood - Jodhaa Akbar
Vinay Pathak - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Female
Bipasha Basu- Bachna Ae Haseeno
Ila Arun - Jodhaa Akbar
Kiron Kher - Dostana
Shahana Goswami - Rock On
Kangana Ranaut - Fashion

Best Actor in a Comic Role
Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana
Anil Kapoor- Race
Rajpal Yadav - Bhoothnath
Tejpal Singh - Jodhaa Akbar
Shreyas Talpade - Welcome to Sajjanpur
Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns

Best Actor in a Negative Role
Akshaye Khanna - Race
Imran Khan - Kidnap
Paresh Rawal - Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
Pradeep Rawat - Ghajini
Vishwas Badola - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Story
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On
Haidar Ali - Jodhaa Akbar
Madhur Bhandarkar, Ajay Monga, Anuradha Tiwari - Fashion
Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday
Shiraz Ahmed - Race

Best Music
A.R.Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar
A.R.Rahman- Ghajini
Pritam - Race
Shankar Ehsaan Loy - Rock On
Vishal Shekhar - Dostana

Best Lyrics
Anvita Dutt Gupta - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Jaideep Sahni - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
Javed Akhtar - Jashn-E-Bahara (Jodhaa Akbar)
Javed Akhtar- Socha Hai (Rock On)
Sameer - Pehli Nazar Mein (Race)

Best Playback Singer - Male
Atif Aslam - Pehli Nazar Mein (Race)
Farhan Akhtar - Socha Hai (Rock On)
Javed Ali - Jashn-E-Baharaa (Jodhaa Akbar)
KK- Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Sukhwinder Singh - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

Best Playback Singer - Female
Bela Shinde - Man Mohana (Jodhaa Akbar)
Monali - Zara Zara Touch Me (Race)
Shilpa Rao - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Shreya Ghoshal - Teri Ore (Singh is Kinng)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Desi Girl (Dostana)