The nomination list of 7th IIFA Awards, to be held in Dubai on June 16, is out. Rani Mukherjee leads the list
of nominations in the best actress category along with Amitabh Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan vying for best
actor trophy.
Bachchan has been nominated for Black and Sarkar , while Saif for Parineeta and Salaam Namaste in the
best actor award category.
SRK has been nominated for Paheli, which was the country's representation at the Oscars awards last year
in the best foreign film category. Rani has been nominated for Bunty Aur Babli and Black in the best
actress category. Konkana Sen(Page 3), Preity Zinta (Salaam Namaste) and Vidya Balan (Parineeta) are
the other contenders.
Black, Parineeta, Bunty Aur Babli, Iqbal , No Entry , Page 3 will vie for the best film award. Madhur
Bhandarkar (Page 3) and Nagesh Kuknoor (Iqbal), Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta), Prakash Jha's (Apaharan) ,
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black) are in the race for the best director award.
Abhishek Bachchan
(Sarkar), Amitabh Bachchan (Bunty Aur Babli), John Abraham (Garam Masala), Naseeruddin Shah (Iqbal)
and Sanjay Dutt (Parineeta) are the nominees for the best actor in supporting role category.
Ayesha Kapoor (Black), Juhi Chawla (My Brother Nikhil), Lara Dutta (No Entry), Shernaz Patel (Black) and
Shweta Prasad (Iqbal) are in the race for best actress in supporting role. Akshay Kumar (Garam Masala),
Boman Irani ( Waqt – A Race Against Time ), Isha Koppikar (Kyaa Kool Hai Hum), Javed Jaffery (Salaam
Namaste) and Ritesh Deshmukh (Bluffmaster) have been nominated for best actor in comic role.
Ajay Devgan (Kaal), Amrita Singh (Kalyug), Nana Patekar (Apaharan) and Pankaj Kapur (Dus) are the
nominees for best actor in negative role.
Saturday, June 10, 2006 14:42 IST