AXN Action Awards, a platform dedicated to felicitate the popular genre in the Indian Film Industry, is inviting fans to vote for their favorite action stars, movies and directors.

In its 6th edition, the AXN Action Awards has emerged as a bellwether for everyone associated with the exciting world of action in films.

From the runaway record basher Salman Khan in Dabangg to unnerving Rakta Charitra from Ram Gopal Verma and the usually filmy Farha Khan turning Action Queen with Tees Maar Khan –the competition looks tough.

AXN Action Awards are a people's choice awards and the adventure loving audiences of AXN get an amazing opportunity to voice their choice of the best action talent in the country and watch them get felicitated with the prestigious AXN Action Awards. Voting starts now till 10 June.

"To vote log onto www.axn-india.com or Log onto the AXN India Facebook page and vote for your favorite action heroes or you can just SMS your favorites to 52525, " said an official spokesperson on Thursday.

Adding to the glamour and zing quotient of the AXN's most popular action packed awards, style diva Anusha Dandekar has been announced as the new host of the sixth edition of the AXN Action Awards.

Says Rohit Bhandari, SVP, AXN and Animax, India, "Action has evolved over the years and we at AXN love to provide edgy, bold, adventurous and action packed entertainment to our audiences.

" This time around adding a touch of style and glamour to the AXN Action Awards is the gorgeous Anusha Dandekar. I am looking forward to the results as our audiences vote for their favorites."

The style diva Anusha Dandekar says, "I am exhilarated about hosting the AXN Action Awards. I love Bollywood action films and it's an honour to host the biggest action awards show. I can't wait to see who bags the Awards this year!"

Nominations for the AXN Action Awards are:

1. Best Action Actor

a) Salman Khan - Dabangg

b) Vivek Oberoi - Rakta Charitra

c) Akshay Kumar - Tees Mar Khan

2. Best Action Actor in a Negative role

a) Sonu Sood - Dabangg

b) Surya - Rakta Charitra

c) Abhishek Bachchan - Raavan

3. Best Action Film

a) Dabangg

b) Rakta Charitra

c) Tess Mar Khan

4. Best Action Director

a) Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg

b) Farah Khan -Tees Mar Khan

c) Ram Gopal Varma - Rakta Charitra

5. Best Action Sequence

a) Dabangg

b) Raavan

c) Prince