NEW DELHI, Apr 22: After winning accolades at various mainstream film awards, the Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra-starrer ‘Barfi’ has bagged the lion’s share of 13 nominations in the 14th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards.
While Anurag Basu’s Barfi bagged 13 nominations, it was followed by Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Vicky Donor’ that has garnered nine nominations.
Other films which won many nominations at the IIFA awards are ‘Gangs of Wasseypur 1’, the action-packed ‘Agneepath’, ‘Cocktail’,
‘Kahaani’, ‘Paan Singh Tomar’ and Yash Chopra’s swan song ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’.
Vying for the awards in the Best Director category are Anurag Basu (Barfi), Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur-1), Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani), Tigmanshu Dhulia (Paan Singh Tomar) and Shoojit Sircar (Vicky Donor) while Hrithik Roshan (Agneepath), Ranbir Kapoor (Barfi), Manoj Bajpayee (Gangs of Wasseypur-1), Shahrukh Khan (Jab Tak Hai Jaan), Irrfan Khan (Paan Singh Tomar), and Ayushmaan Khurrana (Vicky Donor) are all contenders for the IIFA Award for Performance in a Leading Role (Male).
The contenders for performance in a Leading Role (Female) are Priyanka Chopra (Barfi), Deepika Padukone (Cocktail), Sridevi (English Vinglish), Huma Qureshi (Gangs of Wasseypur-1), Kareena Kapoor (Heroine) and Vidya Balan (Kahaani). (UNI)
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