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Mumbai:

Alia Bhatt’s two blockbusters of the 12 months 2022 — “Gangubai Kathiawadi” and “Brahmastra Part One: Shiva” — lead the nominations for the upcoming International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards.

The organisers of the IIFA Awards on Monday introduced the nominations for common classes for its twenty third version, to be held at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE in February 2023.

“Gangubai Kathiawadi” acquired eight nods, together with Best Actor (Female) for Alia Bhatt, Best Picture, and Best Director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Besides his Best Director nod, Sanjay Leela Bhansali can be a contender in the most effective music director class.

The movie, tailored from one of many chapters of famous creator Hussain Zaidi’s e-book, “Mafia Queens of Mumbai”, is nominated in Best Supporting Actor (Male) for Vijay Raaz, Best Playback Singer (Female), Best Story (Adapted) and Best Lyrics as nicely.

Alia Bhatt’s “Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”, co-starring her actor-husband Ranbir Kapoor, can be vying for awards in Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (each female and male), Music Director, Best Story (Original), Best Playback Singer (each female and male) and Best Lyrics classes.

The different contenders for the Best Picture trophy are — “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2”, “Darlings”, “Drishyam 2” and “Vikram Vedha”.

In the Best Director race, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ayan Mukerji of “Brahmastra Part One: Shiva” fame are joined by Anees Bazmee (“Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2”), Jasmeet Ok Reen (“Darlings”), Vasan Bala (“Monica O My Darling”) and R Madhavan (“Rocketry: The Nambi Effect”).

Alia Bhatt has an extra nomination within the Best Actor (Female) class for her efficiency in “Darlings”, which marked her debut as a producer.

She faces competitors from “Darlings” co-star Shefali Shah in addition to Yami Gautam Dhar (“A Thursday”) and Tabu (“Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2”).

Similarly, Tabu is nominated for Best Supporting Actor (feminine). She is joined by Sheeba Chadha (“Badhaai Do”), Mouni Roy (“Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”), Nimrat Kaur (“Dasvi”) and Radhika Apte (“Monica O My Darling”).

Kartik Aaryan is nominated within the Best Actor (Male) together with Hrithik Roshan (“Vikram Vedha”), Abhishek Bachchan (“Dasvi”), Ajay Devgn (“Drishyam 2”), Rajkummar Rao (“Monica O My Darling”) and Anupam Kher (“The Kashmir Files”).

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan acquired a shock nomination in Best Supporting Actor (male) class for his prolonged cameo in “Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”. He will go up in opposition to Abhishek Banerjee (“Bhediya”), Vijay Raaz (“Gangubai Kathiawadi”), Anil Kapoor (“Jugjugg Jeeyo”) and Sikander Kher (“Monica O My Darling”).

Ayan Mukerji is nominated in Best Story (Original) as nicely, alongside Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary (“Badhaai Do”), R Balki (“Chup”), Jasmeet Ok Reen and Parveez Shaikh (“Darlings”); and Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (“The Kashmir Files”).

The nominees for Best Story (Adapted) are Aamil Keeyan Khan and Abhishek Pathak (“Drishyam 2”), SHussain Zaidi and Jane Borges (“Gangubai Kathiawadi”), Yogesh Chandekar (“Monica O My Darling”), Madhavan (“Rocketry: The Nambi Effect”); and Pushkar, Gayatri and BA Fida (“Vikram Vedha”).

The nominees for Best Music Direction additionally embody Pritam (“Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2”) and “Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”), Oaff and Savera (“Gehraiyaan”), Tanishk Bagchi, Pozy, Kanishk Seth and Vishal Shelke (“Jugjugg Jeeyo”).

In the Best Playback Singer (feminine) class, Shreya Ghoshal has two nominations for “Rasiya”(“Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”) and “Jab Saiyaan” (“Gangubai Kathiawadi”).

Jonita Gandhi for the tune “Deva Deva” (“Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”), Lothika for “Doobey” (“Gehraiyaan”) and Kavita Seth for “Rangi Sari” (“Jugjugg Jeeyo”) are the opposite nominees in the identical class.

Arijit Singh has two nominations in the most effective playback singer (male) phase — “Kesariya” and “Deva Deva” (“Brahmastra Part One: Shiva). Also vying for the award are Mohit Chauhan for “Gehraiyaan” (reprise) (“Gehraiyaan”), Kanishk Seth for “Rangi Sari” (“Jugjugg Jeeyo”) and Aditya Rao for “Behney Do” (“Rocketry: The Nambi Effect”).

The nominees for Best Lyrics are Varun Grover for “Atak Gaya Hai” (“Badhaai Do”), Amitabh Bhattacharya for “Kesariya” (“Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”), AM Turaz for “Jab Saiyaan” (“Gangubai Kathiawadi”), Ankur Tewari for “Gehraiyaan” (“Gehraiyaan”) and Raj Shekhar for “Behney Do” (“Rocketry: The Nambi Effect”).

Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar and Maniesh Paul will be hosting the award ceremony.

The annual gala is being held in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), and Miral, Abu Dhabi’s leading curator of immersive destinations and experiences.