IIFA Awards 2012 – Nominations and Winners

Among the most celebrated award ceremonies of the country, the International Indian Film Academy Awards are presented to appreciate and honor Bollywood professionals. Since its inception in the year 2000, it is organized every year by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt Ltd in various countries all over the world.

Every year, some films click with the audiences, while some don’t. Then you have some films which receive critical acclaim and some which fall flat on their faces.

2012 will see the 13^th edition of the IIFA Awards being held in South Africa on 17^th June. All the professionals in the Hindi film industry who worked hard in the past year will be given their due recognition.

The award function will be hosted by a popular face of the industry. The last four editions have been hosted by Boman Irani and Ritesh Deshmukh and it would be interesting to know if this would be their fifth year in a row. The gala event is broadcast on Star Plus.

According to latest reports, the IIFA voting weekend began on 30^th March with celebs like Arbaaz Khan, Dia Mirza, Parineeti Chopra, Ramesh Sippy, David Dhawan, Zoya Akhtar, Sujoy Ghosh, Genelia D’Souza, Salim-Sulaiman, Shaan, Vivek Oberoi, Sonu Sood and many others, coming forward to cast their respective votes.

The official nominations are finally out. Let’s take a look at the most wanted films, cast and crew of Bollywood:

Popular Award Nominations are enumerated below :

Best Movie

Nominees are:

• BODYGUARD – Alvira Agnihotri, Atul Agnihotri and Reliance Entertainment
• NO ONE KILLED JESSICA – Ronnie Screwvala
• ROCKSTAR – Dhilin Mehta
• THE DIRTY PICTURE – Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor
• ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA – Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar

Best Director

Nominees are:

• Raj Kumar Gupta – NO ONE KILLED JESSICA
• Rohit Shetty – SINGHAM
• Imtiaz Ali – ROCKSTAR
• Milan Luthria – THE DIRTY PICTURE
• Zoya Akhtar – ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA

Best Actor/ Performer in a leading role (Male)

Nominees are:

• Amitabh Bachchan – AARAKSHAN
• Salman Khan – BODYGUARD
• Shah Rukh Khan – DON2
• Ranbir Kapoor – ROCKSTAR
• Ajay Devgn – SINGHAM
• Hrithik Roshan – ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA

Best Actress/ Performer in a leading role (Female)

Nominees are:

• Priyanka Chopra – 7 KHOON MAAF
• Kareena Kapoor – BODYGUARD
• Mahie Gill – SAHEB BIWI AUR GANGSTER
• Kangna Ranaut – TANU WEDS MANU
• Vidya Balan – THE DIRTY PICTURE

Best Actor in Supporting Role

Nominees are:

• Abhay Deol – ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA
• Randeep Hooda – SAHEB BIWI AUR GANGSTER
• Naseeruddin Shah – THE DIRTY PICTURE
• Emraan Hashmi – THE DIRTY PICTURE
• Farhan Akhtar – ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA

Best Actress in Supporting Role

Nominees are:

• Divya Dutta – STANLEY KA DABBA
• Parineeti Chopra – LADIES VS RICKY BAHL
• Sonali Kulkarni – SINGHAM
• Swara Bhaskar – TANU WEDS MANU
• Kalki Koechlin – ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA

Best Performance in Comic Role

Nominees are:

• Paresh Rawal – READY
• Riteish Deshmukh – DOUBLE DHAMAAL
• Divyendu Sharma – PYAAR KA PUNCHNAMA
• Pitobash – SHOR IN THE CITY
• Deepak Dobriyal – TANU WEDS MANU

Best Performance in Negative Role

Nominees are:

• Irrfan Khan – 7 KHOON MAAF
• Boman Irani – DON 2
• Vidyut Jamwal – FORCE
• Prakash Raj – SINGHAM
• Naseeruddin Shah – THE DIRTY PICTURE
• Ash King for I Love You – BODYGUARD

• Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Teri Meri – BODYGUARD
• Mika Singh for Subha Hone Na De – DESI BOYZ
• Mohit Chauhan for Nadaan Parinde – ROCKSTAR
• Kamal Khan for Ishq Sufiyana – THE DIRTY PICTURE

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Nominees are:

• Usha Uthup and Rekha Bhardwaj for Darling – 7 KHOON MAAF
• Shreya Ghoshal for Teri Meri – BODYGUARD
• Sunidhi Chauhan for Te Amo – DUM MAARO DUM
• Harshdeep Kaur for Katiya Karun – ROCKSTAR
• Shreya Ghoshal for Ooh La La – THE DIRTY PICTURE

Best Music Director

Nominees are:

• Vishal Bhardwaj for Darling – 7 KHOON MAAF
• Sohail Sen for Isq Risk – MERE BROTHER KI DULHAN
• Vishal and Shekhar for Chammak Challo – RA. ONE
• Shankar – Ehsaan – Loy Senorita for ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA
• A.R. Rahman for Nadaan Parinde – ROCKSTAR

Best Lyricist

Nominees are:

• Shabbir Ahmed for Teri Meri – BODYGUARD
• Gulzar for Darling – 7 KHOON MAAF
• Irshad Kamil for Nadaan Parinde – ROCKSTAR
• Javed Akhtar for Khaabon Ke Parinday – ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA
• Rajat Aroraa for Ishq Sufiyana – THE DIRTY PICTURE

Best Story

Nominees are:

• Imtiaz Ali – ROCKSTAR
• Amole Gupte – STANLEY KA DABBA
• Himanshu Sharma – TANU WEDS MANU
• Rajat Aroraa – THE DIRTY PICTURE
• Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar – ZINDAGI NA MILEGI