IIFA Awards 2015 Nominations

The nominations for the 16th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2015 are out! 2 States has received the most number of IIFA Nominations (9), followed by Vishal Bhardwaj’s critically acclaimed ‘Haider’ which was received 8 nominations. The other two popular films of 2015 – Rajkumar Hirani’s PK and Vikas Bahl’s Queen have received six and five nominations respectively.

Three major superstars starting with Shahrukh Khan for Happy New Year, Aamir Khan for PK and Hrithik Roshan for Bang Bang have been nominated in the Best Actor category. Akshay Kumar (Holiday) and Salman Khan (Kick) miss out. Shahid Kapoor, the leading contender to win the trophy, has been nominated along with Randeep Hooda for Highway and Arjun Kapoor for 2 States!

Almost every popular female actor, except Katrina Kaif have received Best Actress nominations. Deepika Padukone has been nominated with Kangana Ranaut, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, Rani Mukherji and Alia Bhatt.

For the Best Picture category – PK , Queen, 2 States, Haider, Highway and National Award winning film Mary Kom will be fighting it out for the IIFA Award.

Check out the full list of IIFA Awards 2015 nominations and tell us who you think will the awards!

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)

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

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)

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

Best Picture

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

Best Director

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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)

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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)

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

Best Actor in a Comic Role

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

Best Actor in a Negative Role

• Ritesh Deshmukh – Ek Villain
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Kick
• Kay Kay Menon – Haider

Best 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 – Haider
• Mithoon, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Pritam, Arko Pravo Mukherjee – Yaariyan

Best Story

• Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh – Queen
• Chetan Bhagat – 2 States
• Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani – PK

Lyrics

• Manoj Muntashir – Galliyan – Ek Villain
• Rashmi Singh – Muskurane – Citylights
• Amitabh Bhattacharya – Mast Magan – 2 States

Playback Singer Male

• Ankit Tiwari – Galliyan – Ek Villain
• Arijit Singh – Muskurane – Citylights
• Mika Singh – Jumme Ki Raat – Kick
• Sukhwinder Singh – Bismil – Haider

Playback Singer Female

• Kanika Kapoor – Baby Doll – Ragini MMS 2
• Sultana & Jyoti Nooran – Patakha Guddi – Highway
• Shreya Ghoshal – Samjhawan – Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania