The nominations for the 2011 Micromax IIFA awards were announced at press conference in Mumbai today and The Nominees Are…
Music Direction
Salim – Sulaiman – Band Baaja Baaraat
Sajid – Wajid & Lalit Pandit – Dabangg
Vishal – Shekhar –I Hate Luv Storys
Vishal Bhardwaj – Ishqiya
Shankar Ehsaan Loy – My Name Is Khan
Pritam – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Playback Singer Male
Vishal Dadlani – Adhoore – Break Ke Baad
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Tere Mast Mast Do Nain – Dabangg
Shafqat Amanat Ali – Bin Tere – I Hate Luv Storys
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Dil Toh Bachcha Hai – Ishqiya
Shankar Mahadevan – Uff Teri Adaa – Karthik Calling Karthik
Mohit Chauhan – Pee Loon – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Playback Singer Female
Sunidhi Chauhan – Ainvayi Ainvayi – Band Baaja Baaraat
Mamta Sharma – Munni Badnam – Dabangg
Shreya Ghoshal – Bahara – I Hate Luv Storys
Rekha Bhardwaj – Ab Mujhey Koi – Ishqiya
Sunidhi Chauhan – Sheila Ki Jawani – Tees Maar Khan
Lyrics
Amitabh Bhattacharya – Ainvayi Ainvayi – Band Baajaa Baraat
Faaiz Anwar – Tere Mast Mast – Dabangg
Gulzar – Dil Toh Bachcha – Ishqiya
Niranjan Iyengar – Sajdaa – My Name Is Khan
Irshad Kamil – Pee Loon – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Screenplay
Dilip Shukla, Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bhavani Iyer – Guzaarish
Abhishek Chaubey, Sabrina Dhawan, Vishal Bhardwaj – Ishqiya
Shibani Bathija – My Name Is Khan
Rajat Aroraa – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Anjum Rajabali, Prakash Jha – Raajneeti
Best Story
Maneesh Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat
Abhishek Chaubey – Ishqiya
Shibani Bhatija – My Name Is Khan
Rajat Aroraa – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan
Dialogue
Habib Faisal – Band Baaja Baaraat
Dilip Shukla, Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg
Vishal Bhardwaj – Ishqiya
Rajat Aroraa – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Prakash Jha – Raajneeti
Performance In A Comic Role
Paresh Rawal – Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
Johny Lever – Golmaal 3
Riteish Deshmukh – Housefull
Anil Kapoor – No Problem
Pradhuman Singh Mall – Tere Bin Laden
Performance In A Negative Role
Naseeruddin Shah – Allah Ke Banday
Sonu Sood – Dabangg
Emraan Hashmi – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Manoj Bajpayee – Raajneeti
Ronit Roy – Udaan
Performance In A Supporting Role Female
Amrita Puri – Aisha
Dimple Kapadia – Dabangg
Ratna Pathak Shah – Golmaal 3
Shernaz Patel – Guzaarish
Prachi Desai – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Performance In A Supporting Role Male
Mithun Chakrobarty – Golmaal 3
Arshad Warsi – Ishqiya
Emraan Hashmi – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Arjun Rampal – Raajneeti
Manoj Bajpayee – Raajneeti
Performance In A Leading Role Female
Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat
Kareena Kapoor – Golmaal 3
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Guzaarish
Vidya Balan – Ishqiya
Katrina Kaif – Raajneeti
Performance In A Leading Role Male
Hrithik Roshan – Guzaarish
Salman Khan – Dabangg
Shah Rukh Khan – My Name Is Khan
Ajay Devgn – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Ranbir Kapoor – Raajneeti
Best Direction
Maneesh Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat
Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg
Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Guzaarish
Karan Johar – My Name Is Khan
Milan Luthria – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan
Best Film
Band Baaja Baaraat: Aditya Chopra – Yash Raj Films
Dabangg: Arbaaz Khan Productions
My Name Is Khan: Karan Johar – Dharma Productions; Gauri Khan – Red Chillies Entertainment
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai: Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor – Balaji Motion Pictures; Puneet Kinra; Vikram Malhotra
Raajneeti: Prakash Jha Productions; Ronnie Screwvala – UTV Motion Pictures; Manmohan Shetty – WalkWater Media
The online voting for the Awards will go live on the 15th of April, 2011 and will be open to audiences of Indian Cinema, across the world on www.iifa.com/toronto2011.
You can read more about the press conference and see some cool pics here!
