The nomination list for the 15th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA Awards) was announced on Thursday.
And as expected, Deepika Padukone steals the limelight with three nominations for performance in a leading role (female) category. Deepika has been nominated for three films "Chennai Express", "Goliyon Ki Rasleela- Ramleela" and "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewaani."
Surprisingly even Sonakshi Sinha, Nimrat Kaur and Shraddha Kapoor have been nominated for the leading role (female) category award.
Amongst the films, the biopic "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" starring Farhan Akhtar bagged 10 nominations followed by "Goliyon Ki Rasleela- Ramleela" and the musical love story "Aashiqui 2" with seven nominations each.
Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika starrer "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewaani" has scored six nominations.
The 15th IIFA Awards will be held in Tampa Bay, Florida, for four days starting from 23 April. This year the main award ceremony will be hosted by Farhan Akhtar and Shahid Kapoor.
Check out the complete list of nominations here as released by the official website:
Best Picture
Nomination - Film
Aditya Chopra - Dhoom 3
Karan Johar - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Kishore Lulla & Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Goliyon Ki Rasleela-Ramleela
Rakesh Roshan - Krrish 3
Ronnie Screwvala & Siddharth Roy Kapoor - Kai Po Che
Ronnie Screwvala,Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Gauri Khan & Karim Morani - Chennai Express
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Direction
Nomination - Film
Abhishek Kapoor - Kai Po Che
Rakesh Roshan - Krrish 3
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Rohit Shetty - Chennai Express
Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Goliyon Ki Rasleela- Ramleela
Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Nomination - Film
Farhan Akhtar - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Hrithik Roshan - Krrish 3
Ranbir Kapoor - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Ranveer Singh - Goliyon Ki Rasleela-Ramleela
Shahrukh Khan - Chennai Express
Sushant Singh Rajput - Kai Po Che
Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Nomination - Film
Deepika Padukone - Chennai Express
Deepika Padukone - Goliyon Ki Rasleela- Ramleela
Deepika Padukone - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Nimrat Kaur - The Lunchbox
Shraddha Kapoor - Aashiqui 2
Sonakshi Sinha - Lootera
Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)
Nomination - Film
Aditya Roy Kapoor - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Anupam Kher - Special 26
Nawazuddin Siddiqui - The Lunchbox
Pawan Malhotra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Saurabh Shukla - Jolly LLB
Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)
Nomination - Film
Divya Dutta - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Kalki Koechlin - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Kangana Ranaut - Krrish 3
Richa Chadda - Goliyon Ki Rasleela-Ramleela
Shruti Hassan - D Day
Swara Bhaskar - Raanjhanaa
Performance in a Comic Role
Nomination - Film
Arshad Warsi - Jolly LLB
Riteish Deshmukh - Grand Masti
Varun Sharma - Fukrey
Performance in a Negative Role
Nomination - Film
Rishi Kapoor - D-Day
Rishi Kapoor - Aurangzeb
Supriya Pathak - Goliyon Ki Rasleela- Ramleela
Vivek Oberoi -Krrish 3
Music Direction
Nomination - Film
Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari,Jeet Ganguly - Aashiqui 2
Pritam - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Shankaar - Ehsaan - Loy - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Story
Nomination - Film
Prasoon Joshi - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Pubali Chaudhuri, Abhishek Kapoor & Chetan Bhagat - Kai Po Che
Ritesh Batra - The Lunchbox
Lyrics
Nomination - Song - Film
Mithoon - Tum Hi Ho - Aashiqui 2
Prasoon Joshi - O Rangrez - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Sandeep Nath - Sunn Raha Hai - Aashiqui 2
Playback Singer (Male)
Nomination Song Film
Ankit Tiwari - Sunn Rahai Hai - Aashiqui 2
Arijit Singh - Tum Hi Ho - Aashiqui 2
Siddharth Mahadevan - Zinda - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Playback Singer (Female)
Nomination - Song - Film
Bhoomi Trivedi - Ram Chahe Leela - Goliyon Ki Rasleela - Ramleela
Monali Thakur - Sawaar Loon - Lootera
Shreya Ghoshal - Sunn Raha Hai - Aashiqui 2
Shreya Ghoshal - O Rangrez - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
