It's that time of year again as the 2009 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards nominations were announced today! It comes as no surprise that the stars with the biggest hits of 2008, Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan, are the leading names going in with their film's 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' and 'Ghajini.'
The award show itself is celebrating its 10th year and the weekends festivities will be held from May 11th to the 13th in Macau, China. Check out a full list of this year's nominees below.
Best Film
A Wednesday
Dostana
Ghajini
Jodhaa Akbar
Race
Rock On
Best Director
A.R. Murugadoss - Ghajini
Madhur Bhandarkar - Fashion
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On
Ashutosh Gowariker - Jodhaa Akbar
Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Male
Aamir Khan - Ghajini
Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana
Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar
Naseeruddin Shah - A Wednesday
Shahrukh Khan - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Female
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Jodhaa Akbar
Asin - Ghajini
Bipasha Basu - Race
Katrina Kaif - Singh is Kinng
Priyanka Chopra - Fashion
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Male
Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar Raj
Arjun Rampal - Rock On
Irrfan Khan - Mumbai Meri Jaan
Sonu Sood - Jodhaa Akbar
Vinay Pathak - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Female
Bipasha Basu- Bachna Ae Haseeno
Ila Arun - Jodhaa Akbar
Kiron Kher - Dostana
Shahana Goswami - Rock On
Kangana Ranaut - Fashion
Best Actor in a Comic Role
Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana
Anil Kapoor- Race
Rajpal Yadav - Bhoothnath
Tejpal Singh - Jodhaa Akbar
Shreyas Talpade - Welcome to Sajjanpur
Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Akshaye Khanna - Race
Imran Khan - Kidnap
Paresh Rawal - Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
Pradeep Rawat - Ghajini
Vishwas Badola - Jodhaa Akbar
Best Story
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On
Haidar Ali - Jodhaa Akbar
Madhur Bhandarkar, Ajay Monga, Anuradha Tiwari - Fashion
Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday
Shiraz Ahmed - Race
Best Music
A.R.Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar
A.R.Rahman- Ghajini
Pritam - Race
Shankar Ehsaan Loy - Rock On
Vishal Shekhar - Dostana
Best Lyrics
Anvita Dutt Gupta - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Jaideep Sahni - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
Javed Akhtar - Jashn-E-Bahara (Jodhaa Akbar)
Javed Akhtar- Socha Hai (Rock On)
Sameer - Pehli Nazar Mein (Race)
Best Playback Singer - Male
Atif Aslam - Pehli Nazar Mein (Race)
Farhan Akhtar - Socha Hai (Rock On)
Javed Ali - Jashn-E-Baharaa (Jodhaa Akbar)
KK- Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Sukhwinder Singh - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
Best Playback Singer - Female
Bela Shinde - Man Mohana (Jodhaa Akbar)
Monali - Zara Zara Touch Me (Race)
Shilpa Rao - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
Shreya Ghoshal - Teri Ore (Singh is Kinng)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Desi Girl (Dostana)
So what do you think about the nominees this year? Was anyone left out? Well you can be rest assured that a good process was set in place to vote for these nominations. The Big B to help with that process. Check out the video from that event below.
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I think hrithik truly deserves for best actor award. because srk,aamir done their role like they done already. akshay's acting is very fucking in film . so as like always when hrithik is nominated for nay award he alwyas get it.
srk,hrithik or amir deserves the award akshay did a fucking role in singh is king and it was even a fucking film and the most deserving r hrithik,srk or amir
i agree navi srk sucked in rnbdj but he will still get the award i think Akshay, Amir or , Hrithik should get it.
WAT SINGH IS KING is not nominated it was one of the best film. Akshay deserves the best actor in leading role award. Either sharukh or hrithik will get the best actor award as usual. Evn tho amir khan truly deserves it for ghajini or akshay deserves it for singh is king. These awards are fake anyway.