8th IIFA Awards

This is the International India Film Academy awards and this year will be held in Yorkshire on June 7-9, 2007; here are the nominations for some categories.

Best Picture
Dhoom 2 (D:2 - Back in Action)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Never Say Goodbye)
Krrish (There’s No One Like You)
Lage Raho Munnabhai
Rang De Basanti (Paint It Yellow)
Vivah

Best Direction
Karan Johar - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Never Say Goodbye)
Rakesh Roshan - Krrish (There’s No One Like You)
Rajkumar Hirani - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Vishal Bharadwaj - Omkara
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Rang De Basanti (Paint It Yellow)

Male Best Performance in a Leading Role
Shah Rukh Khan - Don
Hrithik Roshan - Krrish (There’s No One Like You)
Sanjay Dutt - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Ajay Devgan - Omkara
Aamir Khan - Rang De Basanti (Paint It Yellow)

Female Best Performance in a Leading Role
Aishwarya Rai - Dhoom 2 (D:2 - Back in Action)
Kajol - Fanaa
Kangana Ranaut - Gangster
Rani Mukherji - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Never Say Goodbye)
Vidya Balan - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Kareena Kapoor - Omkara

Best Screenplay
Vijay Krishna Acharya - Dhoom 2 (D:2 - Back in Action)
Anurag Basu - Gangster
Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Vishal Bharadwaj, Robin Bhatt, Abhishek Chaubey - Omkara
Rensil Dsilva & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Rang De Basanti (Paint It Yellow)

Performance in a Comic Role
Chunkey Pandey - Apna Sapna Money Money
Uday Chopra - Dhoom 2 (D:2 - Back in Action)
Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal: Fun Unlimited
Paresh Rawal - Phir Hera Pheri
Sharman Joshi - Rang De Basanti (Paint It Yellow)

Performance in a Negative Role
Hrithik Roshan - Dhoom 2 (D:2 - Back in Action)
Emraan Hashmi - Gangster
Boman Irani - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Saif Ali Khan - Omkara
John Abraham - Zinda

The total category list can be found at their site or here. Don’t you think that some categories are great? Like “Performance in a Negative Role” or Villain!

Do you guess which movie I will see next? There is a hint somewhere...