IIFA 2016 Nominations: Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Bajirao Mastani, Piku compete for top honours

Nominations for the popular categories for IIFA 2016, which will be held in Madrid, Spain, on 25 June, have been announced. As the trend has been this year, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Bajirao Mastani and Piku have scored the maximum nominations.

While Varun Dhawan (Badlapur), Amitabh Bachchan (Piku), Ranveer Singh (Bajirao Mastani), Salman Khan (Bajrangi Bhaijaan), Ranbir Kapoor (Tamasha) have been nominated in the Best Performance in a Leading Role Male category, Priyanka Chopra (Dil Dhadakne Do), Shraddha Kapoor (ABCD 2), Deepika Padukone (Piku), Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns) and Deepika Padukone (Bajirao Mastani) will compete in the corresponding Female category.

Talvar, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Piku, Bajirao Mastani and Tanu Weds Manu Returns have been nominated in the Best Picture category. 

The winners will be decided by audience voting. 

Nominations:

Best Picture
Talvar
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Piku
Bajirao Mastani
Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Director
Kabir Khan
Shoojit Sircar
Meghna Gulzar
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Aanand L Rai

Performance in a Leading Role Male
Varun Dhawan – Badlapur
Amitabh Bachchan – Piku
Ranveer Singh – Bajirao Mastani
Salman Khan – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Ranbir Kapoor – Tamasha

Performance in a Leading Role Female
Priyanka Chopra – Dil Dhadakne Do
Shraddha Kapoor – ABCD 2
Deepika Padukone – Piku
Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Deepika Padukone – Bajirao Mastani

Performance in a Supporting Role Male
Irrfan Khan – Piku
Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Anil Kapoor – Dil Dhadakne Do
Deepak Dobriyal – Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Farhan Akhtar – Dil Dhadakne Do

Performance in a Supporting Role
Priyanka Chopra – Bajirao Mastani
Anushka Sharma – Dil Dhadakne Do
Tanvi Azmi – Bajirao Mastani
Konkona Sen Sharma – Talvar
Huma Qureshi – Badlapur

Best Story
V Vijayendra Prasad – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku
Massimo Carlotto – Badlapur

Music Direction
Pritam – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Amaal Mallik, Ankit Trivedi, Meet Bros Anjjan – Roy

Singer Male
Arijit Singh – Sooraj dooba (Roy) 
Arijit Singh – Hamari adhuri kahani (Hamari Adhuri Kahani)
Papon – Moh moh ke dhage (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)

Singer Female
Shreya Ghoshal – Deewani Mastani (Bajirao Mastani)
Kanika Kapoor – Chittiyaan Kalaiyan (Roy)
Monali Thakur – Moh moh ke dhaage (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)

Fans can click here to vote for their favourites