The nominations are in for IIFA 2017

Indian Cinema has had an incredible year with a diverse number of truly unique films that not only took the box office by storm but were also critically acclaimed. Leading the race with a whopping 8 nominations in the popular categories along with Best Picture is Ae DIl Hai Mushkilfollowed by the biopic of the Former Indian Cricket Team Captain – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Storybagging 7 nominations in popular categories including the Best Picture nominations. Top Contenders for Best Picture category are Neerja, Pink, Sultan and Udta Punjab.

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The nominees for Best Actor in Leading Role Male:
Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab.
Ranbir Kapoor for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
Shah Rukh Khan for Fan.
Sushant Singh Rajput for M.S. Dhoni.
Amitabh Bachchan for Pink.
Salman Khan for Sultan

The nominees for Leading Role:
Anushka Sharma for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
Alia Bhatt for Dear Zindagi & Udta Punjab.
Sonam Kapoor for Neerja.
Tapsee Pannu for Pink.

The Best Director nominations.
Karan Johar for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
Neeraj Pandey for M.S. Dhoni.
Ram Madhvani for Neerja.
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhary for Pink.
Ali Abbas Zafar for Sultan.
Abhishek Chaubey for Udta Punjab.

As IIFA continues to bring together the biggest stars of Bollywood and Hollywood on one stage, the 2017 IIFA Festival New York will play host to some of the most celebrated stars and musicians of the Indian film industry, notable guests, and dignitaries from India and the region, world media and Indian cinema fans from across the globe.

The 18th Edition of the 2017 NEXA IIFA Awards Powered by Vivo is among the most coveted and highly anticipated awards celebrations that honor the very best of Indian Cinema with the highest level of achievement seen through the glamorous IIFA statuette. Set to be held at the iconic MetLife Stadium on the 14^th & 15^th of July, this year the NEXA IIFA Awards will witness the felicitation of powerhouse performances and films at the highly anticipated Awards night. The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards announced the list of nominations in the popular category today as IIFA Global Voting goes LIVE on May 20th, 2017 till June 18th, 2017.

Andre Timmins, Director- Wizcraft International, the producers and creators of the IIFA movement says, “It is amazing to see the progress that the IIFA Festival New York has seen in the past few months as we prepare for our biggest IIFA Awards ever.  Featuring a mega star line up for IIFA Rocks & IIFA Awards we will be creating entertainment like never seen before.  We are thankful for so many of the industry that turned out to vote for the nominated films and people involved.  It now remains for the global online voting to begin for the popular category awards to be determined.  The 2017 IIFA Awards is going to be a night not to be missed and exciting times to see who finally wins those highly coveted IIFA Awards.

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