MUMBAI: Voting for the popular awards category of the eighth annual International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2007 has begun on MSN.
This year, the IIFA Awards are scheduled to take place in Yorkshire, England from 7 – 9 June and will recognize the best of Indian cinema for the year gone by.
MSN is also holding a contest, wherein people voting for the awards can get a chance to fly to Yorkshire.
The nominees for the IIFA Awards 2007 are:
Best Picture: Dhoom 2, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Krrish, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Rang De Basanti, Vivaah
Best Direction: Karan Johar (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna), Rakesh Roshan (Krrish), Rajkumar Hirani (Lage Raho Munnabhai), Vishal Bharadwaj (Omkara), Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Rang De Basanti)
Performance in a Leading Role (Male): Shah Rukh Khan (Don), Hrithik Roshan (Krrish), Sanjay Dutt (Lage Raho Munnabhai), Ajay Devgan (Omkara), Aamir Khan (Rang De Basanti)
Performance in a Leading Role (Female): Aishwarya Rai (Dhoom 2), Kajol (Fanaa), Kangana Ranaut (Gangster), Rani Mukherji (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna), Vidya Balan (Lage Raho Munnabhai), Kareena Kapoor (Omkara)
Performance in a Supporting Role (Male): Amitabh Bachchan (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna), Abhishek Bachchan (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna), Arshad Warsi (Lage Raho Munnabhai), Kunal Kapoor (Rang De Basanti), Atul Kulkarni (Rang De Basanti)
Performance in a Supporting Role (Female): Bipasha Basu (Dhoom 2), Rekha (Krrish), Konkona Sen Sharma (Omkara), Kirron Kher (Rang De Basanti), Soha Ali Khan (Rang De Basanti)
Performance in a Comic Role: Chunkey Pandey (Apna Sapna Money Money), Uday Chopra (Dhoom 2), Tusshar Kapoor (Golmaal – Fun Unlimited), Paresh Rawal (Phir Hera Pheri), Sharman Joshi (Rang De Basanti)
Performance in a Negative Role: Hrithik Roshan (Dhoom 2), Emraan Hashmi (Gangster), Boman Irani (Lage Raho Munnabhai), Saif Ali Khan (Omkara), John Abraham (Zinda)
Music Direction: Pritam (Dhoom 2 – Crazy Kiya Re), Shankar Ehsaan Loy (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna), Rajesh Roshan (Krrish – Dhoop Nikalti hai Jahan Se), Vishal Bharadwaj (Omkara – Beedi), A.R. Rehman (Rang De Basanti – Ru Baroo)
Best Story: Aditya Chopra (Dhoom 2), Rakesh Roshan (Krrish), Rajkumar Hirani (Lage Raho Munnabhai), Vishal Bharadwaj (Omkara), Kamlesh Pandey (Rang De Basanti)
Lyrics: Sameer (Dhoom 2 – Crazy Kiya Re), Prasoon Joshi (Fanaa – Chand Sifarish), Javed Akhtar (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna), Gulzar (Omkara – Beedi), Prasoon Joshi (Rang De Basanti – Ru Baroo)
Dialogue: Girish Dhamija (Gangster), Sanjay Masoom (Krrish), Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Josh (Lage Raho Munnabhai), Vishal Bharadwaj (Omkara), Prasoon Joshi & Rensil Dsilva (Rang De Basanti)
Playback Singer (Male): Shaan (Fanaa – Chand Sifarish), K K (Gangster – Tu Hi Meri Shab), Zubeen (Gangster – Ya Ali), Sonu Nigam (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna), A.R. Rehman & Naresh Iyer (Rang De Basanti – Ru Baroo)
Playback Singer (Female): Sunidhi Chauhan (Dhoom 2 – Crazy Kiya Re), Alka Yagnik (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna), Shreya Ghosal (Lage Raho Munnabhai – Pal Pal), Sunidhi Chauhan (Omkara – Beedi Jalaile), Lata Mangeshkar (Rang De Basanti – Luka Chhupi)
Screenplay: Vijay Krishna Acharya (Dhoom 2), Anurag Basu (Gangster), Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Lage Raho Munnabhai), Vishal Bharadwaj, Robin Bhatt, Abhishek Chaubey (Omkara), Rensil D’silva & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Rang De Basanti)
