Alia Bhatt's 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', 'Brahmastra' lead IIFA Awards nominations

Alia Bhatts two blockbusters of the year 2022 Gangubai Kathiawadi and Brahmastra Part One Shiva lead the nominations for the upcoming International Indian Film Academy IIFA Awards The organisers of the IIFA Awards on Monday announced the nominations for popular categories for its 23nd edition to be held at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi UAE in February 2023Gangubai Kathiawadi received eight nods including best actor female for Bhatt best picture and best director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali Besides his best director nod Bhansali is also a contender in the best music director category The film adapted from one of the chapters of noted author Hussain Zaidis book Mafia Queens of Mumbai is nominated in best supporting actor male for Vijay Raaz best playback singer female best story adapted and best lyrics as wellBhatts Brahmastra Part One Shiva costarring her actorhusband Ranbir Kapoor will be vying for awards in best director best supporting actor both male and female music director best story original best playback singer both male and female and best lyrics categories The other contenders for best picture trophy are Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Darlings Drishyam 2 and Vikram VedhaIn the best director race Bhansali and Ayan Mukerji of Brahmastra Part One Shiva fame are joined by Anees Bazmee Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Jasmeet K Reen Darlings Vasan Bala Monica O My Darling and R Madhavan Rocketry The Nambi Effect Bhatt has an additional nomination in the best actor female category for her performance in Darlings which marked her debut as a producerShe faces competition from Darlings costar Shefali Shah as well as Yami Gautam DharA Thursday and Tabu Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Similarly Tabu is nominated for best supporting actor female She is joined by Sheeba Chadha Badhaai Do Mouni Roy Brahmastra Part One Shiva Nimrat Kaur Dasvi and Radhika Apte Monica O My Darling Kartik Aaryan is nominated in the best actor male along with Hrithik Roshan Vikram Vedha Abhishek Bachchan Dasvi Ajay Devgn Drishyam 2 Rajkummar Rao Monica O My Darling and Anupam Kher The Kashmir FilesSuperstar Shah Rukh Khan received a surprise nomination in the best supporting actor male category for his extended cameo in Brahmastra Part One Shiva He will go up against Abhishek Banerjee Bhediya Vijay Raaz Gangubai Kathiawadi Anil Kapoor Jugjugg Jeeyo and Sikander Kher Monica O My Darling Mukerji is nominated in the best story original as well alongside Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary Badhaai Do R Balki Chup Jasmeet K Reen and Parveez Shaikh Darlings and Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri The Kashmir FilesIN PICS Inside Alia BhattRanbir Kapoors first Christmas post weddingThe nominees for best story adapted are Aamil Keeyan Khan and Abhishek Pathak Drishyam 2 Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges Gangubai Kathiawadi Yogesh Chandekar Monica O My Darling Madhavan Rocketry The Nambi Effect and Pushkar Gayatri and BA Fida Vikram Vedha The nominees for best music direction also include Pritam Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Brahmastra Part One Shiva Oaff and Savera Gehraiyaan Tanishk Bagchi Pozy Kanishk Seth and Vishal Shelke Jugjugg JeeyoIn the best playback singer female category Shreya Ghoshal has two nominations for Rasiya Brahmastra Part One Shiva and Jab Saiyaan Gangubai Kathiawadi Jonita Gandhi for the song Deva Deva Brahmastra Part One Shiva Lothika for Doobey Gehraiyaan and Kavita Seth for Rangi Sari Jugjugg Jeeyo are the other nominees in the same categoryArijit Singh has two nominations in the best playback singer male segment Kesariya and Deva Deva Brahmastra Part One Shiva Also vying for the award are Mohit Chauhan for Gehraiyaan reprise Gehraiyaan Kanishk Seth for Rangi Sari Jugjugg Jeeyo and Aditya Rao for Behney Do Rocketry The Nambi Effect The nominees for best lyrics are Varun Grover for Atak Gaya Hai Badhaai Do Amitabh Bhattacharya for Kesariya Brahmastra Part One Shiva AM Turaz for Jab Saiyaan Gangubai Kathiawadi Ankur Tewari for Gehraiyaan Gehraiyaan and Raj Shekhar for Behney Do Rocketry The Nambi EffectActors Abhishek Bachchan Farhan Akhtar and Maniesh Paul will be hosting the award ceremony The annual gala is being held in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Tourism iquest Abu Dhabi DCT Abu Dhabi and Miral Abu Dhabis leading curator of immersive destinations and experiencesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever