Sher Shah and 83
Siddharth Malhotra‘Shershaah’ is leading the nominations for the upcoming International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, which include Best Director, Story and Best Actor. The IIFA Awards on Friday revealed the nominations for the popular categories for its 22nd edition to be held at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi on May 20 and 21. ‘Sher Shah’, a biopic on Captain Vikram Batra, who died fighting for the country. During the 1999 Kargil War, Vishnuvardhan received 12 nominations including Best Director, Sandeep Srivastava for Best Story (Original).
Featuring Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani, the film also won Best Song, Best Music Direction and Best Playback Singer in the male and female categories. with the help of Karan Johar And directed by Kash Entertainment and Vishnuvardhan, the film was released on August 12 last year on Amazon Prime Video. It got tremendous response from critics and audience.
bollywood star Ranveer Singh’83’ and Anurag Basu’s multistarrer ‘Ludo’ have garnered nine and six nominations, respectively.
Taapsee Pannu-fronted ‘Thappad’ and Aanand L Rai’s ‘Atrangi Re’, starring Akshay Kumarbow and Sara Ali Khaneach is nominated in five categories, followed by Kriti Sanon‘mm’ with four nominations.
The top picks for the Best Picture category include ‘Sher Shah’, ’83’, ‘Ludo’, ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ and ‘Thappad’. The nominations for Best Direction are Kabir Khan (“83”), Anurag Basu (“Ludo”), Shoojit Sircar (“Sardar Udham”), Vishnuvardhan (“Sher Shah”) and Anubhav Sinha (“Slap”).
The nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) are Vidya Balan (“Lioness”), Kriti Sanon (“Mimi”), Sanya Malhotra (“Paglat”), Kiara Advani (“Shershaah”) and Taapsee Pannu. (‘Slap’) “).
The nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) are Ranveer Singh (“83”), Vicky Kaushal (“Sardar Udham”), Sidharth Malhotra (“Shershah”), the late Irrfan Khan (“Angrezi Medium”) , and Manoj Bajpayee (“Bhonsle”). Nominees for Supporting Role (Female) are Gauahar Khan (“14 Rounds”), Radhika Madan (“Angrezi Medium”), Lara Dutta (“Bell Bottom”), Shalini Vats (“Ludo”), and Sai Tamhankar (“Mimi”) “).
For actors Jeeva (“83”), Pankaj Tripathi (“83”) and (“Ludo”), Saif Ali Khan (“Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior”), Kumud Mishra (“Slap”) is nominated for a supporting role (male).
Noted writer Himanshu Sharma has been nominated for Best Story (Original) for “Atrangi Re”, Shubham for “Eib Alle Ooo!”, Anurag Basu for “Ludo” and Sandeep Srivastava for “Shershah”.
Best Story (Adapted) for Kabir Khan and Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan for “83”, Abhishek Chaubey for “Ankahi Kahaniya”, Laxman Utekar and Rohan Shankar for “Mimi”, Om Raut for “Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior” Has been done. Vijayendra Prasad for “Thalaivi”.
In the music category, Pritam for “Ludo” and “83” for Best Music Direction, AR Rahman for “99 Songs” and “Atrangi Re”, Tanishk Bagchi, Jasleen Royal, Javed-Mohsin, Vikram Montrose, B Praak and others. Have to know For “Sher Shah”.
Playback Singer (Female) nomination went to Shreya Ghoshal for three songs ‘Chaka Chak’ (“Atrangi Re”), ‘Priya Saraiya for Kalle Kalle’ (“Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui”), ‘Param Sundari’ (“Mimi”) and Jasleen. has been done for. Royal for ‘Ranjha’ (“Sher Shah”), Asees Kaur for ‘Ratan Lambiya’ (“Sher Shah”).
In the playback singer (male) category, Arijit Singh has three nominations for his songs – ‘Lahra Do’ (“83”), ‘Rait Zara Si’ (Atrangi Re) and ‘Aabad Barbad’ (“Ludo”). The other nominees are Jubin Nautiyal for ‘Ratan Lambiya’ (“Sher Shah”) and B Praak for ‘Man Bharya’ (“Sher Shah”).
Nominated for the song Kausar Munir for ‘Lehar Do’ (“83”), Irshad Kamil for ‘Rait Zara Si’ (“Atrangi Re”) and ‘Shayad’ (“Love Aaj Kal”), Tanishk Bagchi for are nominated. Ratan Lambiya (“Sher Shah”), B Praak and Jani for ‘Man Bharya’ (“Sher Shah”).
The two-day event will take place at the Middle East’s largest state-of-the-art indoor entertainment venue, the Etihad Arena, part of the Yas Bay waterfront on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), and Miral, Abu Dhabi The leading manufacturer of immersive destinations and experiences.