IIFA 2023: Gangubai Kathiawadi and Alia Bhatt lead nominations

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Mumbai:

Alia Bhatt’s two blockbuster films for 2022 – “Gangubai Kathiwadi” with “Brahmastra Part I: Shiva” — Leading the nominations for the upcoming International Indian Academy of Film (IIFA) Awards.

Organizers of the IIFA Awards on Monday announced the nominations for the Hot Category for the 23rd edition, which will be held on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE in February 2023.

“Gangubai Kathiwadi” Nominated in eight categories, including Best Actor (Female) for Alia Bhatt, Best Picture and Best Director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Apart from winning Best Director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is also a contender for Best Music Director.

The film is based on a chapter in the book by renowned author Hussain Zaidi, “Queen of the Bombay Mafia”Vijay Raaz won Best Supporting Actor, Best Soundtrack Artist (female), Best Story (Adaptation) and Best Lyrics.

alia barth’s “Brahmastra Part I: Shiva”Co-starring with her actor and husband Ranbir Kapoor, will compete for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (male or female), Music Director, Best Story (Original), Best Playback Singer (male or female) and Best Best Supporting Actor Award. Lyric category.

The other contenders for the Best Picture trophy are — “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2”, “Honey”, “Drishyam 2” with “Vikram Veda”.

In the best director competition, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ayan Mukerji “Brahmastra Part I: Shiva” Anees Bazmee joins fame (“Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2”), Jasmet K. Ryan (“Dear”), Vasambara (“Monica my dear”) and R Madhavan (“Rocket: The Nambi Effect”).

Alia Bhatt (Alia Bhatt) for her role in “Dear”, This marks her debut as a producer.

she faces from “Dear” Co-stars Shefali Shah and Yami Gautam Dhar (“One Thursday”) and taboo (“Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2”).

Likewise, Taboo was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Female). Sheeba Chadha joins her (“Badhaai do”), Mooney Roy (“Brahma Part I: Shiva”), nimra kauer (“Darthwell”) and Radhika Apte (“Monica my dear”).

Kartik Aaryan nominated for Best Actor alongside Hrithik Roshan (“Vikram Veda”), Abhishek Bachchan (“Darthwell”), Ajdwin (“Drishyam 2”)Rakumarao (“Monica my dear”) and Anupam Kher (“Kashmir Files”).

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan “Brahma Part I: Shiva”. He will face off against Abhishek Banerjee (“Bhediya”)Vijay Raz (“Gangubai Kathiawadi”), Anil Kapoor (“Jugjugg Jeeyo”) and Sikandar Kyle (“Monica my dear”).

Ayan Mukerji nominated for Best Story (Original) with Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary (“Badhaai do”)Balki (“trump”), Jasmeet K Reen and Parveez Shaikh (“Dear”); with Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (“Kashmir Files”).

The nominees for Best Story (Adaptation) are Aamil Keeyan Khan and Abhishek Pathak (“Drishyam 2”), Shussein Zaidi and Jan Borges (“Gangubai Kathiawadi”), Yogesh Chandkar (“Monica my dear”)madawan (“Rocket: The Nanby Effect”)and Pushkar, Gayatri and Bafidha (“Vikram Veda”).

Nominees for Best Music Direction also include Pritam (“Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2”) with “Brahma Part I: Shiva”), off and savera (“Gehraiyaan”), Tanishk Bagchi, Posy, Kanishk Seth and Vishal Shelke (“Jugjugg Jeeyo”).

Shreya Ghoshal has two nominations in the Best Replay Vocalist (Female) category “Rasia”(“Brahmastra Part I: Shiva”) with”Jab Saiyaan” (“Gangubai Kathiawadi”).

Jonita Gandhi for the song “Deva Deva” (“Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”), losika for “Doobey” (“Gehraiyaan”) with Kavita Seth’s “Rangi Sari” (“Jugjugg Jeeyo”) are other nominees in the same category.

Arijit Singh has two nominations for Best Replay Singer (Male) – “Xarya” with “Deva Deva” (“Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”). Also up for the award is Mohit Chauhan “Gehraiyaan” (repeated) (“Gehraiyaan”)Kanishk Seth for “Rangi Sari” (“Jugjugg Jeeyo”) and Aditya Rao “Behney Do” (“Rocket: The Nambi Effect”).

Best Lyric nominee is Varun Grover “Atak Gaya Hai” (“Badhaai Do”), Amitabh Bhattacharya “Kesariya” (“Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”), Am Turaz for “Jab Saiyaan” (“Gangubai Kathiawadi”), Ankur Tewari “Gehraiyaan” (“Gehraiyaan”) and Raj Shekhar “Behney Do” (“Rocket: The Nambi Effect”).

Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar and Maniesh Paul will host the ceremony.

The annual event is held in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Miral, Abu Dhabi’s lead curator of immersive destinations and experiences.