Nominations for IIFA Awards 2010

The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, are presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour the professionals in artistic and technical side in Bollywood. Started in 2000, the ceremony is held in different countries around the world every year.

This year the event is set to take place in Colombo, in Srilanka in June first week. Last year it took place in Macau. Kal Ho Naa Ho holds the most number of wins in an award function with14.Jodhaa Akbar follows it with 11 awards. The nominations for this year are as follows:-

Best Film
Vidu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots
Boney Kapoor - Wanted
Anurag Kashyap & Ronnie Screwvala - Dev D
Vishal Bharadwaj & Ronnie Screwvala - Kaminey
Sunil Manchanda & AB Corp - Paa

Best Direction
Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots
Anurag Kashyap - Dev D
Ayan Mukerji - Wake Up Sid
Vishal Bharadwaj - Kaminey
Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal
R.Balki - Paa

Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Aamir Khan - 3 Idiots
Amitabh Bachchan - Paa
Saif Ali Khan - Love Aaj Kal
Salman Khan - Wanted
Shahid Kapoor - Kaminey
Ranbir Kapoor -Wake Up Sid

Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Kareena Kapoor - 3 Idiots
Priyanka Chopra - Kaminey
Deepika Padukone - Love Aaj Kal
Vidya Balan - Paa
Mahie Gill - Dev D

Performance in Supporting Role (Male)
Sharman Joshi - 3 Idiots
Irrfan - New York
R. Madhavan - 3 Idiots
Abhimanyu Singh - Gulal
Abhishek Bachchan - Paa
Rishi Kapoor - Love Aaj Kal

Performance in Supporting Role (Female)
Kalki Koechlin - Dev D
Arundhati Naag - Paa
Divya Dutta - Delhi 6
Supriya Pathak - Wake Up Sid
Kirron Kher - Kurrban

Performance in a Comic Role
Omi Vaidya - 3 Idiots
Ajay Devgn - All The Best
Johny Lever - De Dana Dan
Govinda - Life Partner
Sanjay Dutt - All The Best

Performance in a Negative Role
Boman Irani - 3 Idiots
Amol Gupte - Kaminey
Prakash Raj - Wanted
Kay Kay Menon - Gulal
Arya Babbar - Jail

Music Direction
Shantanu Moitra - 3 Idiots
A.R.Rehman - Delhi 6
Pritam - Love Aaj Kal
Amit Trivedi - Dev D
Vishal Bharadwaj - Kaminey

Best Story
Abhijat Joshi,Raj Kumar Hirani & Vidu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots
Ayan Mukherji - Wake Up Sid
Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane - Dev D
Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal
R.Balki - Paa

Best Lyrics
Swanand Kirkire - 3 Idiots
Prasoon Joshi - Delhi 6
Irshad Kamil - Love Aaj Kal
Gulzar - Kaminey
Amitabh Bhattacharya - Dev D

Playback Singer (Male)
Shaan - Behti Hawa Sa Tha Who (3 Idiots)
Mohit Chauhan - Masakali (Delhi 6)
Sonu Nigam - All Izz Well (3 Idiots)
Atif Aslam - Tu Jaane Na (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Aaj Din Chadiya (Love Aaj Kal)
Sukhvinder Singh & Vishal Dadlani - Dan Te Nan (Kaminey)

Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal - Zoobi Doobi ( 3 Idiots)
Kavita Seth - Ek Tara (Wake Up Sid)
Rekha Bharadwaj - Sasural Genda Phool (Delhi 6)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Chor Baazari (Love Aaj Kal)
Shilpa Rao - Moodi Moodi (Paa)
Tulsi Kumar - Hafiz Khuda (8X10 Tasveer)