IIFA Awards 2015 Complete Nominations List Revealed

Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 18:21 [IST]

Leaving behind the likes of Kangana Ranaut's Queen and Aamir Khan-starrer PK, Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor's romantic comedy 2 States is leading the nominations for the 16th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in categories like Best Picture, Best Director and Best Story.

Coming close on the heels of 2 States is Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider, with its nomination in eight categories, including Leading Role Male for Shahid Kapoor, and Kay Kay Menon in both Supporting Role Male and Negative Role.

2 States, based on Chetan Bhagat's novel of the same name, will be vying for the Best Picture trophy with Queen, PK, Haider, Highway and Mary Kom.

IIFA stands for International Indian Film Academy Awards and it is a set of awards presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour the artists of different talents in Bollywood.

It was instituted in 2000 and each year the ceremony is held in different countries, the last one being held in Tampa Bay Area, Florida USA.

This year the IIFA will be taking place in Malaysia and to announce the same Bipasha Basu and Anil Kapoor flew to the country along with other officials and held a press conference.

After a huge gap of 13 years is the IIFA taking place in Malyasia. The awards ceremony is one of the biggest, along the lines of Oscar for Bollywood.

Check out the nominations for this year...

Best Picture

Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Vikramaditya Motwane & Anurag Kashyap - Queen
Sajid Nadiadwala & Karan Johar - 2 States
Vinod Chopra Films & Rajkumar Hirani Films - PK
Utv Motion Pictures & Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures - Haider
Sajid Nadiadwala & Imtiaz Ali - Highway
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures & Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Mary Kom

Best Director

Vikas Bahl - Queen
Vishal Bhardwaj - Haider
Rajkumar Hirani - PK
Abhishek Varman - 2 States
Imtiaz Ali - Highway

Leading Role Male

Shahid Kapoor - Haider
Aamir Khan - PK
Arjun Kapoor - 2 States
Hrithik Roshan - Bang Bang
Randeep Hooda - Highway
Shah Rukh Khan - Happy New Year

Leading Role Female

Kangana Ranaut - Queen
Alia Bhatt - 2 States
Priyanka Chopra - Mary Kom
Deepika Padukone - Happy New Year
Rani Mukherji - Mardaani
Anushka Sharma - PK

Supporting Role Male

Ronit Roy - 2 States
Ritesh Deshmukh - Ek Villain
Kay Kay Menon - Haider
Randeep Hooda - Kick
Inaamulhaq - Filmistaan
Naseeruddin Shah - Finding Fanny

Supporting Role Female

Tabu - Haider
Amrita Singh - 2 States
Lisa Haydon - Queen
Juhi Chawla - Gulaab Gang
Huma Qureshi - Dedh Ishqiya

Comic Role

Sharib Hashmi - Filmistaan
Sanjay Dutt - PK
Varun Dhawan - Main Tera Hero
Govinda - Happy Ending

Negative Role

Ritesh Deshmukh - Ek Villain
Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Kick
Kay Kay Menon - Haider

Music Direction

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - 2 States
Mithoon-Banjara, Zaroorat & Hamdard, Ankit Tiwari- Galliyan, Adnan Dhool (Soch) - Awari, Rabbi Ahmed-Awari - Ek Villain
Vishal Bhardwaj- for the full album - Haider
Mithoon, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Pritam, Arko Pravo Mukherjee - Yaariyan

Best Story

Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh - Queen
Chetan Bhagat-Based On A Best Selling Novel "2 States: The Story Of My Marriage" - 2 States
Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani - Pk